Ovulation 26th/27th April - let’s TWW together

[TTCing]

Hi ladies,

Month 10 of TTC #2. I had a chemical pregnancy last cycle.

I have a one year old daughter who took almost a year and a half to conceive. I previously had a chemical pregnancy not long before she was conceived.

Really hoping this cycle will bring good news ❤️

Please feel free to join if your ovulation is around 26th/27th April and/or AF due around 7th/8th/9th May.

Wishing luck to us all xx

4 dpo here and the usual feeling warm, headaches, slight nausea, get this every month... it's not a fun time! Also I'm so irritable and hard on myself during the luteal phase and I'm having a ridiculously stressful time at work and then I keep reading about reducing stress as you won't get pregnant when stressed 😂 helpful!

I'm 10dpo and have absolutely zero symptoms - think I'm out yet again 😕 SIL - who just announced her pregnancy after 1st attempt!! - breezily told me yesterday that natural cycles worked for her and I should try it....like I haven't tried every single app/process going after 24 months, I really had to stop myself from telling her to do one 😂

@Stillwinston eugh! So irritating about your SIL... my sis keeps telling me 'just have a lot of sex' sure I didn't try that maybe that's my problem!

Also about 5-6 people on my insta or fb have announced their pregnancy this last couple of weeks! Though one girl did put a little thing saying she knows it's hard for people when others announce what seems 'easy' for them so maybe she's been on this side as well!!

3dpo ... lightenin crotch type pains .. please tell me thats wind n not ovulation as that then would put me back a few days lolll plus i was sick of sex there i even declared i was never havin sex again 🤣🤣

@suz2285 lol, I feel you! Also, 'just relax and it'll happen' drives me insane 😂😤

@Stillwinston oh yeah love that one too, I keep reading at the mo about stress being an issue, though no actual guidance of how much stress is too much stress etc, I’m super stressed about work and a generally anxious person, but am I meant to just lie in bed reading meditation books all day while ttc? Because if I was a cave person running away from a mammoth surely I’d be stressed and the human race would’ve died out long ago right ?

I've been pregnant twice before and I'm the stressiest person I know (hence the username), so I'm hoping stress isn't that much of a factor. 🤞

I'm 4dpo too and feel nothing. I'm probably imagining things but I've needed a wee at night twice now which is very unusual, and my left boob hurts. I don't think those are actual symptoms but just something I noticed. It's been a few years since I last did this whole TTC thing so I don't even know when I could test. Maybe in a week?

@StressyErica good to know, I’m super stressy and anxious but no one really knows it , other than my poor husband, and a few people at work who happened to catch me on an overwhelmed day! I need a better way to get the stress away if anyone knows of any! 😂 I already walk, yoga, listen to podcasts, wild swim, run ( though I need to do this one more ) and I also need to eat better but there’s not enough hours in the day tbh

yeah I wouldn’t test until at least do 10 , realistically dpi 12-14 more likely to produce any sort of positive, and my last luteal phases have been 8-9 days so I’m just hoping to get to at least dpo 10 this time

Wow all of those were meant to say dpo not do or dpi!

I'm doing alright 5dpo today, has gone quite quickly but been busy! I only have a 12 day luteal phase and I know any symptoms currently won't be anything pregnancy related. So trying to remain calm!

I also am a massive stresshead and autistic so I become quite obsessive with things, so 10 months of this is now a living hell for everyone who knows we are trying....

My SIL is currently pregnant and as happy as I am for her as it did take her a long time, it's still hard wishing you were pregnant too...starting to think I'm never gonna see those 2 pink lines!

Morning ladies.

eurgh to the comments @Stillwinston -not helpful and a naive thing to say! I’ve had similar before too!

Those just fell pregnant without trying or we started trying and it happened straight away types are the worst! I always think they should be more mindful of sharing potentially upsetting comments like that. It’s very hard for people who have been trying for a lot longer.

I’m also very very stressy and an anxious person. I’d be interested to know if it does play a significant detrimental role in TTC.

sending love ladies xx

(Previously username TTCbabyR)

@suz2285 thanks so much for the recommendation, I'll get myself an easy@home one 😊

@missmoosh my hycosy was actually ok. I found the speculum the worst part hahah. Just felt a bit crampy when they put the fluid through but nothing unbearable. How was your lap & dye?

I don't know why but I'm finding this month extra difficult. I've been SO emotional yesterday and today and feel really down. Trying not to symptom spot but it's impossible 😂
I don't know if anyone monitors cm? I have NOTHING! Which I don't think is a good sign, although at 5dpo it's probably irrelevant. Feel like I'm driving myself crazy.

I also have 2 SIL who are recently pregnant and I work in maternity so am around pregnant women and babies all day every day! It's draining when going through this.

@ar91 oh god I just walk past maternity every day and that's bad enough for me! Can't imagine working there... hard!

Re the CM it's meant to dry up after ovu so I wouldn't worry about that, I know what you mean tho, I've had a headache two or three times since ovulation and it's either low progesterone, high progesterone, normal pms or pregnancy 😂😂😂

@ar91 oh thats good it wasn't too bad for you! Hear some horror stories on here lol. My lap & dye they didn't stitch me up properly so I had to have a 2nd surgery the following day as I bled out quite a lot! All very traumatic! Some adhesions which they dealt with though 🙂

I couldn't imagine working around children or babies whilst ttc, must be so hard!

I know what you mean about this cycle feeling hard, although tbh since about cycle 6 they have all gotten me down. I know realistically anything happening now won't be pregnancy related this early, but give me 2 days and I will be googling everything again....

@ar91 yes also work in maternity m, I’m a midwife and it’s tough, although I openly discuss ttc with people there which helps

@suz2285 hahah it's so hard trying to figure out which one is causing symptoms 😂
I think I'm going to stop monitoring cm as it's making me a bit obsessive.

@missmoosh oh my goodness that sounds awful! I hope you're recovered and feeling better now (Sorry, I can't remember when you said you had it). Gosh the things we go through ey.
And the googling!! I think in future I need to get my husband to confiscate my phone for the whole of the TWW.. As the months go on the googling gets worse!

@Mummyme87 ah fellow midwife! I work in a really small team so I do speak to my teammates about it too which is nice.
I'm so hopeful that we'll get some BFPs in this group this month! 💕

@ar91 i know how hard it is when family and friends become pregnant whilst you’re trying. Sending love xx

i think I’m in the ‘every cycle is hard’ stage of TTC too.

Joining! I think I'm 2dpo (clearblue digital helpfully broke last week!) based on the flo app and my cycles are very regular.
If I was right I did manage to dtd the two days before ovulation, conked out at 8.30pm on the actual day of and last night we did just in case I ovulation late. However I could have missed it so not holding out much hope this cycle!

I'm ttc no 2 so in a lucky place but I feel like the second baby announcements are coming thick and fast now!

I am terrible on Google! I don't test early just obsessively symptom spot!

@ar91 just over 2 weeks ago, so still rather sore but we got creative so that we didn't miss this cycle lol. Although I missed O day and O+1, we did the 4 days prior so hoping that's enough.

Does anybody else read the same threads over and over as well, whilst googling symptoms of bfn at 12dpo 😂 could recite some of them by now!

@missmoosh I'm impressed you managed even once!
Yeah I've re read so many threads and looked at so many BBT charts 😂

@Secondtimettc hi! I think it sounds like you have a good chance, I'm sure the day before O is considered better than O day. 🤞

Is anybody else rattling with vitamins and supplements? Just walked past my pill box and thought is this even normal?! Haha

Hi @Secondtimettc, welcome! How old is your little on?

I am TTC #2 now. My daughter was 1 in December. I’m finding that a lot of people that had babies around the same time as me are now announcing they’re pregnant with baby number 2 now too. It stings more because we’ve been TTC #2 since July. So rapidly getting on for a year now. I naively thought we’d be lucky second time around and would conceive quicker than baby number 1. But it’s looking like it’ll be a year plus again. I had a chemical pregnancy before my daughter and also had a chemical last cycle too. Wishing you luck! I think you’re in with a chance!

@missmoosh i think you also have a good chance this cycle!

I only managed 1 day and 3 days before ovulation this cycle.

I only take Vitamin D and Folic Acid. I wanted to take Omega 3 but I don’t know how much to take. I worry about taking Vitamins as I’m still breastfeeding.

@TTCing it is so hard when others are announcing what you desperately want.
And I really feel for those of you trying for #2+ because I feel like once you've had a baby people are expecting you to have another easily and quickly and that's just not always the case. I think people can be quite naive to the struggles.

I take the minami morDHA omega 3 (unsure if you've heard of it but basically a cheaper version of the zitawest ones).
I know a fair few BF vitamins include omega 3 but totally understand not wanting to add in too much/unnecessary things when BF.

@ar91😂😂 i was very surprised myself that I managed!

@TTCing yeah I mean I have hit all the best days for 10 cycles so who even knows anymore! It's all just luck I guess! Your timing sounds good too though, hopefully this is our cycle!

I just take the pregnacare before conception ones
I have so many meds I have to take for my health anyway, I rattle just from those!

@TTCing So sorry about your chemical. He is 21 months and we're on cycle 4. Like you took a while the first time.
You have time on your side though unless you really want a small gap? I actually wouldn't mind a larger one as long as it happens! Could breastfeeding impact your fertility at all?