TTC 2024 Babies 🍼🤰🏻🌟🍀🤞🏻💕

[TunnocksTCake]

New thread for those of us now trying for the first babies of 2024, may we all be lucky this month!

I'm CD1 today of cycle 6 ttc my second.
Had a chemical at the end of February and lots of illness in March so revved up to give this month all I've got!

Still not unfortunately @Angelselevenx . Thank you for trying! I am using the app and can't DM on it, annoyingly! Lol xxx

@Angelselevenx Thanks for the Whatsapp link, I've just joined :)

@Floralsandsmiles how are you feeling today?

@Belle97 have you retested this morning? As others have said it may be to do with how much you drank or could you possibly have ovulated later than you thought?

I'm now CD 7 or 8 so nearly at go time. Need to restock on OPKs I got through so many last month!

@TunnocksTCake We're cycle buddies as I'm the same CD. First time trying OPKS and tracking BBT. I always feel like this is the calm before the go go go!

@Bailem yayyy! Hi Cycle Buddy! what CD do you usually ovulate on? Yeah I find this bit so frustrating its the only time when you literally cant do anything youre just waiting.... 🙄

I’ve just joined the WhatsApp group 👌🏻

Hi everyone. We’ve been trying for a few months. Bit worried as we both had chlamydia without realising for the first two years of our relationship. I have a LO from previous relationship but that was years ago so my age and chlamydia are worrying me that it might not happen for us. 😓

OK, thank you @TunnocksTCake . Just feeling a little annoyed with AF still not officially arriving yet.. and trying to take my mind of things.
How are you? Xxx

Hey all, I'm officially in the tww and symptom spotting like mad even though I'm only at 2dpo. Anyone else in tww? Think this is going to be a long one!! 🙃

@Savvy21 hope it flies by for you! I'm still waiting for O day, 7 days to go 🤞🏼🤣

@Savvy21 me! My app thinks I’m 7dpo but I think it’s more like 5/6. Anyway it is dragging so much!!

I need to make more plans next week to keep me busy as this week has taken so long!

How are you getting on?

@Angelselevenx haha. I feel bad sometimes - almost like I'm wishing the time away. Was going for a chilled tww this time round but I think I aim for that every tww and still find myself reaching for the tests by 10dpo. 😆
@Mushroo I think I'm going to have to make more plans as well. Fingers crossed that it's sunny next week - I am fed up of the cloud and rain showers. Off to the park today to meet up with friends and give DD a run around. I bet it's freezing but DD is very much an outside child - I blame covid for this (lockdown baby) as my husband and I are very much indoor people haha! What plans have you got to keep busy?

@Savvy21 yes I’m hoping the better weather next week will help! I have work to do today / tomorrow and watching my friend run a marathon.

Then next week going to go to my running club, yoga, the cinema. I’ve basically got something for every evening! How about you?

The other thing I’m pleased to report on is I went out last night and had AF beer just in case and it was surprisingly fine! I actually might make the switch more often.

Hello all. First ever post. Have kept an eye on some threads over the last few months but have been feeling a bit isolated this month so felt it would be good to reach out. Almost 32 TTC #1. Hard to say how long I’ve been trying as stopped being careful last August but started ovulation sticks and tracking Sept/Oct but gave up for Nov/Dec as didn’t want to be early pregnant over Christmas we thought it would be difficult to hide. Started tracking again in Jan. I don’t know many people with children but everyone I know who does seems to have fallen pregnant as a bit of a woopsie after one time so I feel like I have no one to talk to about the TTC journey. Became quite worried about it this month as my cycles are like clockwork usually 29/30 days. Ovulate day 16. However the last 2 months I’ve struggled to get a pos OPK so convinced myself I’m not ovulating. I started tracking BBT this month on CD20 and no pos OPK but then this morning I’ve had one and feel silly for getting wound up about it. Gonna DTD a few times over the next few days and then the dreaded TWW. Hello all, great to reach out. Sorry for long post!

@Mushroo Amazing that alcohol free beer is OK- I tried alcohol free gin and it was a bit grim.
I really need to get back into running again as I really liked park run - have work commitments now. My DH was working from home but has to go into the office more so I worry that he won't get back in time to look after DD if I join a running club! Might meet up with a friend one evening but that's about it. Otherwise just checking my heart rate and waiting until I can test. Are you an early tester or do you wait until AF due?
Hi @Bluebell0921 it's annoying when people around you fall pregnant so easily. You're happy for them but at the same time think why can't that be me. Hope this cycle is your cycle. Fingers crossed and baby dust to you.

Thanks so much. It’s hard because when people have fallen pregnant very quickly they have no experience of the TTC journey so I’ve ended up feeling really isolated like I don’t have anyone who gets it. My husband is much more relaxed, a lot of his mates it’s taken a while with one couple going through IVF so perhaps his expectations are different. Plus they don’t have to do all the tracking etc!

Yes I was very pleasantly surprised with the beer! I only started running in Jan as part of my ‘get healthy’ regime and actually enjoying it!

I always say I’m not an early tester but I think I’ll cave! I normally spot before AF so it that doesn’t happen it’ll spur me to test. How about you?

@Mushroo I always cave early and test but AF always turns up the same day! It's almost like it waits for me to test before turning up a few hours later.

What date is everyone due to test?

@Savvy21 im predicting ovulation happened CD15 which was yesterday. Or is yet to come, I’m going to keep going with my OPKs to see.
I’ll be testing April 30th what about you?

Hi hows everyone doing? Im finally at CD 12 and beginning the loong week of dtd, wish me luck!
@Bluebell0921 hi, how did you get on over the weekend? Its so hard when people around you seem to fall so easily, your time will come.

@Mushroo good job on keeping busy in tww, I always manage it with the weekends but have to be home in the week for DD so those evenings dragggg!

@TunnocksTCake keeping busy hasn’t kept me that distracted tbh! But I’m not going to early test, just going to keep an eye on bbt and see if AF arrives. I get spotting beforehand so will see what happens (9dpo today).

Good luck DTD! Are you following a plan or just going with the flow?

@TunnocksTCake good luck! 🥰🙏

@Babyhopeful23 I'll probably test next Monday which according to my ovia app would be 12dpo. My rhr is still high but looking back I've had sudden plummets and the arrival of AF so trying not to get too hopeful.

I’ve had some brown spotting! I’ve never had this before… could it be implantation?

@Mushroo going to do SMEP (or try to!) this monthas that worked well for us with DD. Well done for not testing early, when is AF due?
@Babyhopeful23 if you ovulated a couple of days ago it is unlikely to be implantation unfortunately. I wouldnt worry sometimes the cervix can be a bit sensitive and bleed randomly,

Hello all.

Im still new to this and don’t really know how to reply to people.

I inadvertently ended up doing SMEP. Only came across that last week but we were DTD every other night anyway and I assumed I hadn’t ovulated but then got a positive ovulation test and some signs 5 days late so DTD 3 days in a row. I’m shattered!!!

Sending you all good vibes! How are you all?

I don’t plan on testing early. I generally only test early if I have an event like a wedding and I want to have some alcohol otherwise I really try and wait it out although I must admit it’s getting harder to do that with every month that passes. I’m a bit confused about when AF is due now as my ovulation was so much later so I don’t know if AF will be 5 days later or the usual time. I guess there’s only one way to find out!