TTC January 2024 miracles ✨️ 💖

[Floralsandsmiles]

Hi everyone, welcome to those joining and hello again to my soul sisters from the December thread. I saddened to see you still, but happy to have company.
May this thread bring us all luck xxx

@Daniki I'll join you in the minority! Trying to get in a sexy mood after a day with a toddler and squeezing it in around nap times/bed time/ovulation is a literal nightmare.

@Daniki i also find DTD a proper chore. We normally just DTD at the weekend, so when ovulation falls on Friday it’s a real effort!

Also I cant relax and enjoy it because very conscious of the need for DH to erm, finish in the right place!

Looking forward to the day we can have relaxed spontaneous sex again!

@buckingmad @Mushroo oh not just me then! I do be wrecked every evening as my son is going through the terrible twos and refusing sleep so it's really the last thing on my mind and defo hard to relax and enjoy it properly, I feel like I'd need to be on a weekend away! 😂

I’d like to join too.

We are on cycle 4 of TTC #2. Our first’s birthday is in Jan too, in fact we have two Jan birthdays in our family, so part of me wonders if we should take a break this cycle, but I don’t think my heart will let me! January will just have to be birthday month!

We sadly had a miscarriage in our first cycle back in Jan.

I am 14dpo today with BFN. Expecting period any moment. I am pleased that taking B6 has lengthened my short luteal, which was 12 days before.

I have long cycles, 35-6 days - so I’ve a while to wait until next ovulation.

I use easy@home ovulation tests but keep it all to myself as I don’t want to spoil the magic for DH. I’m sure he notices that I am a bit more keen to DTD at certain times though… ha!

@MilkyAndFluffy my LP is 12days, ttc this time has been a struggle but previously had no issues. I also need to lose weight, I’m getting back on it after this week as it really does making conceiving easier and makes for a healthier and safer pregnancy.

I’ve just bought some more supplements for me and OH. Have been doing some reading around male fertility and their age which is eye opening, my OH is 45. I’ve found out how much coffee he drinks so will be discussing reducing this with him tonight! I take conceive plus, zinc, vit C, vit b complex, and OH takes pregnacare for men.
I've bought selenium and omega 3 with DHA for me and OH, and magnesium and Maca root for me. The maca root apparently helps boost progesterone

CD4, bleeding slowed down a lot today, feeling a lot better emotionally, I wasn’t planning to go in all guns blazing for a January baby as I already have one and I’m January also, but after the CP I’m 100% all in. Need to buy some OPKs again to start testing maybe Sunday. Hopefully ovulation isn’t delayed

@HavinKittens I don’t share anything about my OPKs with OH either, he will definitely know though based on my keenness for sex!!

@Mummyme87 another family with lots of January birthdays!

I also need to lose weight. Much easier said than done.

I used to always be on a diet but I haven’t since my last pregnancy. I still BF my 15mo old and would like to cut that down, partly for my own sanity but also have to admit I have concerns it’s messing with fertility (even though lots of BF resources say it doesn’t necessarily).

Hey,
Sorry I've been so busy, moving house & working.
Fertile window has started and todays test is looking good despite Premom telling me it's low, I had to edit it when I uploaded as they had the T/C ratio so bad.
BD last night but don't get another chance until late tomorrow night so hopefully I'll still be covered for that!
It's just all so stressful trying to catch peak, DTD and hope the egg is released soon after peak! 🙈
Hope everyone is doing good!

I’m on Dpo 5 and I feel like I’m out already,

i read up all about the times you should dtd and everything and I don’t think I was that far out but I also feel I didn’t do enough

I’ve seen lots of people conceive having only DTD once! We caught in our first cycle having only DTD 3 days before ovulation. Don’t count yourself out just yet x

Please can I join? CD1 today. Praying for a 2024 baby. Not too hopeful as I’m 44 but fingers crossed 🤞🏻

@Kirstyddd i conceived my first having only had sex twice that month and then with my miscarriage a couple of months back it was from one time! It only takes one go, just luck and timing!

I’ve gone from a low OPK yesterday to peak less than 24 hours later along with ovulation pains. We DTD last night and DH is away tonight. Will give it another go tomorrow.

@buckingmad I'm on the exact same as you, low yesterday and positive earlier to peak tonight but OH is away working tonight so we have tomorrow night, I haven't yet had any ovulation pains so hoping they don't come until we DTD tomorrow night.
Fingers crossed for us all 🥳

@Kirstyddd when I had my ectopic, we only DTD once after coming off the pill and swear it wasn’t my fertile week. Just takes once…. Which is bloody irritating when I’m still going 18months in this time but yeah.

@Nmmck93 ah we’ll have the same 2ww then! Someone to symptom spot with 😂

@buckingmad yay! Last month I was so patient with waiting to test but I can already tell once I fully enter my TWW I'm gunna be so egar to test as soon as I can, but I'll just need help to be talked out of it lol.
I go on holiday on May 14th and keep saying I would love my BFP before going so me and my partner could have a little 10 day bubble to ourselves lol. 🙈

@Nmmck93 with my first pregnancy I waited till I was 16dpo to test.

i thought I’d be equally cool this time round but every month so far I’ve been peeing on sticks at 8dpo 😂

@buckingmad yeah I know I just think the d I did before ovulation May have been to far away

@buckingmad aw I kept myself busy last month, but I've been so egar this month for fertile window; I'm deffs gunna do my absolute best to hold out to around 10dpo at least lol.
Can't wait to have someone to symptom spot with during my TWW. 🥳

@buckingmad i think I am just always planning for the worst, I hope I’ve done enough I keep getting random little tugs and pinches hut there not all in the same place

CD9 for me today! Fertile window should be starting in a couple of days! So far, feeling quite optimistic (considering I had a chemical last cycle).

@TTCnumberfour CD1 for me too!
This is our first month of hopefully TTC. I am so nervous , it’d be my second child and my first is an older teen so it’ll be starting all over again for me. DH has no children and really wants kids. I do too it’s just so flipping scary.

Hi ladies - hope you're all doing well.
CD18 for me today. As some of you know I had an ovulation testing nightmare this month so no idea when I ovulated of how many DPO I am. I would assume it would have happened by now though.
Yesterday and today I've had really sore/sensitive nipples. I don't want to read too much into it because I know tender breasts can just be a regular part of our cycles so could be absolutely nothing. As it's my first cycle I think we'd have to be very lucky to conceive straight away but I don't really know when my next AF will be or when I should test (if it's even worth doing) but hanging in there for now x

@BB2023 do you track cervical mucus? I get ewcm like clockwork 2-3 days before my LH surge.
Hoping you get lucky first try :)

I didn't track it no. I tried to be more aware of it but I can't say I saw much difference day to do to be honest x