1DPO and starting the TWW - who's with me?

[XenaTheWarriorPrincess]

Third cycle ttc #1, 2nd cycle using opks.

Ovulated yesterday (peak on Wednesday) and dtd Wednesday night.

I've got 23-25 day cycles and seem to have a 11 day luteal phase, so due on the 30th.

Anyone else around the same dpo wanting to ride the tww out together?

Hoping to hold off on testing until I'm 10dpo at the earliest, but we'll see.

Gearing up for the symptom spotting to begin in a week or so, even though I know I shouldn't.

This is my chart I peaked and then my levels came down it's.my first time tracking aswell so I'm all new to this , I can bbt cause my body clock is a bit everywhere , I got my fingers crossed for you Hun 🎉🤞 well over 2 years on and off , not every cycle because I'd got so stressed and upset when It didn't Happen but this cycles first one back actually trying and tracking , so hopefully our bfps will come soon , how long have you been trying ? I'm 28 and partner is 32 xx

Hope you don't mind me joining for a chat c: I'm currently 3dpo. Got my peak on Saturday midday c: bd on Thursday before. I'm currently doing the baby dust method to try and sway for a girl so it gives me a 3 day cut off c":

Makes conceiving so much less fun and more complicated lol

Hiya welcome to join us .... Sounds good I'm just 1 day ahead of you .... What's that I've never heard of that 😂 oh me and my partner just laughing the whole week we was baby dancing 😂 how you finding ttc ?xx

Good luck to you then @Amy95 , fingers crossed we both get our positives soon!

Came off the pill about 9 months ago but we weren't actively trying or anything (partner knew i wasnt on birth control though ofc), just dont like being on birth control, the hormones mess with me. Coil was the mildest but when the thread got stuck in my cervix and had to be painfully 'dug' out when removed, i decided against another one 😅

Only second cycle properly trying.

Well I know all about the pill it was hell for me I've been off contraception for about 3/4 years now took a while for my body to get back into the swing of things , omg that sounds awful , hopefully it happens for you soon xxx

Ooh that’s interesting @ddaisynner we we’re actually going to try and sway for a girl too (just a bit of fun, we are 100% happy with either) so DTD Wednesday then stopped but then I didn’t get positive OPK until Sunday and we thought it was a bit far off and we didn’t want to waste a cycle (also have no self control so we were finding it really hard to not DTD which really takes the fun out of it!).

So this month we have DTD 5 days before ovulation, twice the day before ovulation, day of ovulation, and day after. Pretty sure that will cover us 😂 and it’s literally the opposite of what we were planning 🙈

Oh I love this haha! I got a positive OPK on Saturday, and DTD Thursday and then Sunday (likely my ovulation day). I did think we might be more likely to conceive a girl with that Thursday DTD but I'd be happy with either. Ideally we'd have another boy 💜

This will be baby number 3 and I already have two boys so would love a girl bit honestly if a another boy comes along I'm not gonna be sad. But will be the last baba so want to do everything I can to try to sway c:

We nearly did bd on Saturday with peak day but my youngest had a nap and so he went yo bed super late. But we said if I don't catch by next cycle we will add in more bds and try and sway with just diet lol 😆 but I'm trying to be optimistic that this is the month 🤞

I do believe it's more ph than timing tbh my friend is having her 4th girl after doing the deed on peak and ovulation day so I think it's more based off her diet (and she likes the wine lmao) compared to me who enjoys salt, potato and no alcohol so honestly doesn't surprise me why I've had two boys so during the af to o I'm trying Mt hardest to keep a low pH. The things we do honestly 😪🤣

Oh sooo cute you have two boys already 🥰 I've not heard this re diet!? What diet should you be aiming for? I have the same diet as you hahha

@LeopardLover so basically foods that are high in salt and Potassium are meant to sway boy while foods that are high in calcium and magnesium are meant to sway girl :)

More acidic foods keep your pH levels low so I got those little pH sticks to keep checking. But I'm basically having yogurt, milk rice cheese and pasta for a girl.

While potatoes, tomatoes and bananas are super good for boy sway :)

Wine and coffee is also good for a girl, cranberry juice as well. And for the boy tap water and tea lol

@ddaisynner This is fascinating! But now even more convinced #2 will be a boy. I survive on tap water and tea. I eat tomatoes and potatoes all week long and don't touch yogurt, milk, wine or coffee 😂 I do love cheese though 🤤 PH sticks! Wow! So cool.

I literally live on wine coffee and cheese 😂

@BudgetBuster Seems you're on track for a little lady 🤣💜

I also live for this 😂😂😂🙌

The mind really loves to play games in this two week wait, doesn’t it? 😅 it’s a real mind boggler that at this point whatever will be will be but I’m going through lots of scenarios in my head of what if…. How is everybody doing?

Really interested in the gender swaying you mention @ddaisynner , I had no idea this was a thing so I’ll be doing some extra googling.

News fresh in over here from the fertility doctor, DH has not got the best swimmers (there’s a lot of them and they seem well formed but not necessarily swimming the best!) so wondering how that’s going to affect our journey.

My friend who literally just had her bfp was trying for about 3/4 months her husband had swimming but they were shapped a weird way and she litreally just caught so , there's a positive for you 🎉🤞xxx

Absolutely not an expert on this but I wonder would preseed or something similar help with the slow swimmers? I think it's meant to help them reach if you know what I mean @dcrxcm

I was going to say the same the @dcrxcm, we used conceive plus last time. Had been trying a few months and caught on first month using conceive plus. Will pick some up if nothing happens this cycle.

I might be dumbing down the issue, but worth a try?

Thank you @Pastaf0rbreakfast @Amy95 @BudgetBuster !!

I have just done a mammoth order of various supplements and including Impryl (I assume that’s similar to conceive plus?) which the doctor recommended. It’s a bit confusing really because we did a preliminary testing about a year ago to understand what state our fertility health was in and everything seemed ok for him, but yet the sample is significantly worse despite him definitely being a lot healthier 🧐 perhaps just a bad batch!

Morning ladies are see we all this morning xx

Morning @Amy95 all good here so far thanks.

Nothing really to report other than the awful breast tenderness that started yesterday. The sides feel bruised. Usually not this bad this soon but I'm trying not to read too much into it.

Expecting pms cramps to start today (as that's when they usually get pretty bad) and the leg aches have started so I'm sure they won't be far behind.

How are you doing?

How many dpo are you I forgotten?
Ummm yes I'm ok but ive had little cramps from 3dpo and still now 5dpo never ever get cramps it's just weird but other than that I feel fine xx

7 or 8dpo (more likely 7).

I always get little twinges and stuff pretty much throughout the tww but I did have a central kinda jolt-like sharpish pain for a second or two twice yesterday morning which I'm hoping could have been implantation, but only time will tell I guess!

Morning all! I'm also getting pms symptoms, cramping and sore boobs/nipples, extremely tired. I don't have much hope for this cycle to be honest we only dtd once, 2 days before ovulation

Ooooo that sounds exciting 🤞 I have my fingers crossed for you , when are you going to start testing x