Preparing and TTC in 2023 - Thread 2

[DanisEndo]

Thread no 2 as thread 1 was so close to getting full!

As a reminder this is a positive support thread for anyone preparing and planning to start TTC in 2023 💖

If you join start by introducing yourself with your age. what no. you're trying for and when you plan on starting plus any goals you might have before then! for example:

@DanisEndo
Age 27
TTC No.1
Starting Sep 23
I want to:

• loose some weight (would like to get down to a healthy BMI by exercising and doing all home cooking, nothing to major or restrictive)
• do some decorating around the house
• get married (1st September woooo!)
• change job / company

I have endometriosis and PCOS, 2 surgeries down and hoping I'll still be all clear by the time we get to trying.

Theres a long list of us now so bare with me updating it as we go 😅

Good luck everyone!!!

Those are definitely positive Leia so congratulations!

Thank you! Paranoid every time I go to the loo now…

Absolutely positive! Congrats! 🥳
For reference, here are my Boots ones from 10dpo and today (12dpo) your lines are clearer than mine!
I did a clear blue digi yesterday and it came up with pregnant so yours are defo positive too! x

@Leiapup @HannahLouD congratulations!! Xxxx

@Floralsandsmiles thanks so much!
@HannahLouD ahh congrats to you too - so we’re a day apart 😊

Congratulations @Leiapup @HannahLouD !

Congratulations @HannahLouD @Leiapup 😁great news!

Congratulations @HannahLouD @Leiapup see you over on the pregnancy boards!

Thanks for the congrats guys, but unfortunately my tests were much lighter this morning so I'm just waiting to bleed now... Hopefully it'll just start soon so I can forget about this cycle and try again... Gutted. x

@HannahLouD Aw I'm sorry about your tests this morning. How are you feeling in terms of your usual cycle?
It's early days so you don't have to rule it out just yet.

Hi everyone! I haven't posted on here since the first threat but still lurk every now and again. The plan wasn't to TTC until June so I have been trying not to think about it yet too much as it was obsessively taking over my thoughts.

We are in the process of buying a house. Mortgage application has been approved and now we are just going through the solicitor stuff. We have major work to do to the house and also need a new car! So I'm wondering if June will be too soon with the other stuff going on 😔

Anyway, congrats to everyone who is pregnant! So happy for you all. Can't wait to join in properly once I am actively TTC 😊

Thread* not threat lol

@HannahLouD Did you stop taking your BBT? It might be okay still! I never kept testing but I wouldn't have had as strong lines as you at your DPO. Crossing my fingers for you! Sending lots of love.

@ViewFromTheAfternoon We're remortgaging, have work to do on the house and are saving for two cars so we're in a similar position! I keep thinking about it and I'm taking all my vitamins but probably not going to start until May at the earliest. Also considering switching jobs sooo...

Help!
I’m currently 8DPO and I tested this morning and after 3 minutes it was negative, as expected, so I finished getting ready. I then glanced at it on the way out of the house and this has appeared… what’s going on?

@LeopardLover @ViewFromTheAfternoon I’ve found my people. Hoping to TTC in 1-2 months, mainly because we have a million November and December birthdays in our family so we are holding out until then. Also having a lot of work done on our house in March so waiting until that carnage is over and we have sorted finances so we can go for it.

@TTCTeacher if it didn’t come up in the time window it’s probably a weird type of evap or a dye bleed especially as it’s not a solid line. All you can do to he sure though is retest in a couple of days! Good luck x

@CinderRosie oh I'm so glad there's other people here in a similar position who can relate. I want to just crack on but I'm way too nervous about finances so feel like I want things to settle a bit after getting the house and decorating etc so we can see where we are at.

@happyfeet5 how are you feeling? have you done any more tests yet?

@CinderRosie I did think that, fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Firstly congrats to all the bfp and baby dust to the rest xx Ladies can i ask your advice. I took my last pill 21st feb ttc no2. Ive purchased clear blue digital ovulation tests the ones that detect 2 hormones. I was on degestrol pill so i barely had a period and if i ever did it was always random with months upon months in between. Basically when would you advise testing for ovulation if you have absolutely nothing to base it on! Lol! Part of me is like just try a week after coming off the pill and then part of me is like eh surely after being on it for years my body may release an egg at any point really whether that be instantly or longer. I fell pregnant on first cycle with DD didnt even have a withdrawl bleed nor a period just a bfp. And i know they say its better to wait for a natural first period before but time isnt really on my side i feel as im 37. Any advice before i drive myself utterly mad looking for smileys ☺️

Hi everyone!

Jumping in!!

Coming back to the conception side as we are going to start trying for #2!!

Baby #1 is 13mos and I'm turning 40 this summer, so I think we should give it a go.

Wondering if other girls from the 35+ thread are here.

Morning all...

My last post...

Took my last test this morning... It's lighter than yesterday's and to be honest, I'm really relieved. Obviously I would have loved it to be darker, but I knew that wouldn't be the case so I'm relieved it's at least finally lightening up instead of stalling for a fourth day.
I'm hoping that it being lighter today will mean that I will hopefully bleed soon.

Thank you so much to everyone for all of your love and support on this absolutely rollercoaster of a few weeks... It's been a wild ride! 😅

Onto the next month for me and hopefully I'll have my amazing, sticky baby soon 🤞

Good luck to everyone who is on this journey... Sending so much love and sticky wishes! 💕

Over and out. x

@Freya8 could you get some cheap tests for this month and just do them every day? I had been on the pill for about 17 years and had no idea...I ended up just waiting 4 weeks and then had a period (aware that 4 weeks is nothing but it felt loooooong to me) I decided I couldn't just guess re ovulation after that so bought 50 cheap OPKs from amazon and have just been testing every day since end of AF...finally got a positive today so likely to ovulate tomorrow (CD17) 😁

@NoodleQueen90 thanks so much for replying to me! Omg i didnt even think of just trialing this unknown month with the amazon ones!! Im so so clueless its a wonder i even got preg with dd! I guess i used the clear blue with my last pregnancy i just thought meh it worked last time however i cant remember anything from 7 yrs ago. Cant rem wen i started testing cant remember symptoms nadda! Congrats on ur pos ov!!!! Heres hoping i will be joining you soon xxx

@Freya8 no problem 😊 my sister has 3 DC, the youngest is 8 and she swears baby brain has never gone away since her first pregnancy 😂
Thanks, busy weekend coming up! I naively thought I'd just stop the pill and see what happened but noooo...obsessing like a mad woman!