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TTC December
AussieMum888 · 03/03/2023 01:21
Hi everyone,
Thought I'd create a new thread as the TTC Oct and Nov we're so helpful to me :) There were so many BFPs in the Nov group so statistics doing their thing there will be lots of BFPS in this Dec thread too which is super exciting.
Im currently on CD3 of my 5th cycle TTC #2.
Un7breakable · 07/03/2023 15:49
Mine is at random points and then this last.month 6 days before AF. At first thought it was implantation bleeding 😞Glad I have you ladies to obsess with. We're not telling anyone we're trying and I don't want to keep going on to DP as it puts pressure on him and isn't exactly the best topic to get you in the mood for BDing
Jennifer89 · 07/03/2023 16:49
Un7breakable · 07/03/2023 15:49
Mine is at random points and then this last.month 6 days before AF. At first thought it was implantation bleeding 😞Glad I have you ladies to obsess with. We're not telling anyone we're trying and I don't want to keep going on to DP as it puts pressure on him and isn't exactly the best topic to get you in the mood for BDing
Yes it is annoying spotting before period, at first I got excited it could be IB but now when I get it I just expect my period to arrive. Implantation bleeding does not seem to actually occur for most women from what I have heard..
chezvic · 07/03/2023 23:27
Hi can I join please?
On 4th month of TTC, CD2. DD is 10 and I'm now 44, hoping not left it too late.
Just ordered some easy @ home tests as not sure when I'm ovulating. My last three cycles have only been 25/26 days - typical when I'm TTC 🙄
No idea what I'm doing with the tests as didn't do anything like that first time around.
But hoping these help as I don't think I've got it in me to try for months and months, and age isn't on my side!
Good luck to everyone this month, hoping its a lucky thread!
Polkadotfloral · 08/03/2023 06:18
I was wondering if anyone could help me - I did a Clearblue digital OPK this morning (CD16), and I got an empty circle after 3 days of flashing smileys. I used FMU and have been doing them once per day.
For context, last cycle I had flashing smileys from CD11 to CD16 and then had a solid smiley on CD17 (so I think I ovulated on CD18). Has anyone else had this happen? I'm worried maybe I'm not going to ovulate this month. 😭
Polkadotfloral · 08/03/2023 07:13
Polkadotfloral · 08/03/2023 06:18
I was wondering if anyone could help me - I did a Clearblue digital OPK this morning (CD16), and I got an empty circle after 3 days of flashing smileys. I used FMU and have been doing them once per day.
For context, last cycle I had flashing smileys from CD11 to CD16 and then had a solid smiley on CD17 (so I think I ovulated on CD18). Has anyone else had this happen? I'm worried maybe I'm not going to ovulate this month. 😭
I just realised that maybe this happened because I started a new pack of the Clearblue digital OPKs this morning 🤦🏼♀️ I didn't realise that you couldn't just start a new pack of them mid way through the cycle (was using up the leftover ones from last cycle up until now). Could that be the reason why it was an empty circle this morning? Like it was establishing what it thinks my 'baseline' is (despite the fact I think it should have been a flashing smiley today)? Worried I've messed it up this month and it won't detect when I ovulate now. 😭
Polkadotfloral · 08/03/2023 07:20
bringmearainbow · 08/03/2023 07:16
@Polkadotfloral yes new reader will always have a blank circle on the first day it gets your baseline reading. You can use a new pack just use the old reader with them
Oh amazing that's so helpful, thank you! Luckily I've still got the old reader so I'll use that tomorrow and hopefully see my solid smiley 😊
Feliciacat · 08/03/2023 07:41
I used a Clearblue ovulation test for the first time (with the purple sticks) and got a solid smiley on the first day. Does this mean my tests are faulty? It also means I might be wrong that I ovulated on CD11? I just stopped testing after that as I thought that was it for this month.
Tryingtoconceivenumber2 · 08/03/2023 08:00
I doubt they are wrong. Have you got any easy @ home ones you can take to compare. This month I used the clear blue fertility monitor and was shocked when I had my first peak day on CD12 but I also had a very very dark line on easy @home strips and uploaded to premom app and they also said peak. I also would have missed it this month without those as last month I ovulated about 2 to 3 days later x
Feliciacat · 08/03/2023 10:09
Hi @Tryingtoconceivenumber2! Thank you for your kind help! I had just been thrown off by people saying a blank circle always happened first time. It surely must be right though. It’s interesting that your ovulation has varied each month too; I always thought it was the same every month until I started ttc. What an eye opener!
TunnocksTCake · 08/03/2023 10:23
@Feliciacat that's interesting... maybe it's blank circle unless you have high lh on the first day then you get peak so you don't miss it? I didn't know they did that but that's v helpful.
I have finally stopped bleeding after my chemical 🥳🎉 8 days later! Usually a 4 day period girl so feels like forever! Hoping my cycle won't be too delayed because of it but we will see... just glad for it to be over and onto the testing part so I feel like I'm Making progress!
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