Whose trying to conceive baby no2 this year?

[Mummysparrow]

I have a 2 year old and looking to start TTC later year. I made great friends on here last time when trying to conceive in 2020 so thought I would start a thread for anyone who is trying to conceive whilst looking after another child (in my case a toddler ekkk)

Does anyone else now get zero pain when AF arrives? It happened overnight for me and I was not prepared 😂 fml. Bad enough realising another month of TTC has failed. I'm on cycle 4 now and already fed up 😅 I used to get such bad cramps before having my first so I had plenty of warning.

I'm on quite a casual trying approach right now just DTD when we can every other day after my period ends but not sure if I should ramp up and start ovulation kits or BBT again as I'm not sure if I'm even ovulating. I'm still breastfeeding my son to sleep so just one feed a day but perhaps it might be impacting my fertility 😬 anyone else still doing the odd feed?

How often does everyone have sex?

We have had sex 3 times so far during my "fertile days" but my dd age 2 is sleeping so poorly and we are both just knackered atm

We have dtd 3 times so far this cycle. It's so hard as the 2 year old sleeps with us a lot and I am tired all the time.

Same! DD was getting to the stage where she would wake at 4/5 and even 6 before coming to our room, but lately it's been midnight 😑

It only took as 3 times to conceive DD but we were well rested and a lot less stressed. Also I am still bf DD so I wonder if that might complicate TTC too?

I am seeing pregnant women and babies everywhere atm

@RedRobyn2021 we only managed it 2x this cycle, DH was away for a couple of nights but we managed to DTD the day of my peak and 1 day after. Next cycle we are away during what should be my peak, sharing a room with DC so we'll probably just have to try a couple of days before at home & hope for the best.

@PerfectPairOfPlums BFNs all the way and to add insult to injury AF showed a day early! At least I’m CD1 again and didn’t have to wait 🤷🏽‍♀️

@2020newbie I had no idea about UTIs either. I’m sorry. That’s cruel.

@ReginaPhalange12 oh no! It seems we’re an unlucky bunch this month. ☹️That said, 9DPO is still early isn’t it, even if you have a short LP? I’m not sure.

@GrowingPeanuts welcome! I hope either AF shows for you asap or you get a positive. ❤️

@mumsince2021 I’ve had cramps galore this month but generally AF is less painful, yep. I used to know days and days in advance and now it’s just the day before or day off that I feel it. I stopped bf two months ago but I’m still producing. I hope that doesn’t have an impact 😬

@Bells3032 ah, what I wouldn’t give for a trip to the South of France! That’s a fab distraction to have!

@RedRobyn2021 we went ott last month as it was our first cycle ttc again and we took it as an excuse. 7 times in 5 days. 🙊 It was fun but it got us precisely nowhere! I read somewhere on MN that too much wasn’t a good idea? No idea if that’s true though? Does anyone know?!

@deliwoman1 10DPO today, still no AF but it usually happens late evening for me since I had DC, before that it was like clockwork, always around 10am. I'm having very watery CM, I obviously had to read up on it & it's either early pregnancy OR the start of AF 😂 really helpful.

Thanks @deliwoman1 AF turned up last night. I may get some ovulation sticks as looks like I had a 30 day cycle. No idea what's going on. 😕

Hi - can I join too please? I’m TTC #2 and am on cycle 5, 2dpo. I have a 2 and a half year old daughter who took 6 cycles to conceive. Much more tiring and difficult to find the time to dtd this time around!

Welcome @justkeepswimming2701

I had my peak on opk yesterday. Had EWCM for the last couple of days and a slight pain around my right ovary on Tuesday so no idea when I would have actually ovulated. DH hasn't been in the mood either so haven't dtd for the last two days. I think we may be out based on timings but who knows

AF has just arrived so it's not my month, onto the next ✨ good luck to everyone testing soon

Sorry to hear that @ReginaPhalange12 I am predicted to be 2dpo according to premom app. The wait is killing me

Hi 👋, can I join you too?
Trying to conceive #2 now for 2 months made even more complicated by the fact that I haven’t had a period since having my 21 month old due to breastfeeding but have completely stopped a few weeks ago so hopefully that should kick start ovulation.
Been having positive OPKs and ovulation symptoms but nothing yet.
Hope you’re all doing ok

Welcome @Greenapples21, when do you think you ovulated?

About a week ago so I would be 7dpo. Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone

@PerfectPairOfPlums the wait is horrible isn't it, the days seem to go by so slowly. Hopefully you'll have your BFP in a week or so 🤞🏽

Does anyone here get bad ovulation pains? I usually just have a few twitches but today it’s been awful and as though I’m about to come on AF.
We only managed to DTD Friday night/Saturday morning (ovulation today) so not convinced of a conception this month, but the pains are kinda worrying me 😣 x

I do, it's worse on one side than the other and I've only been successful conceiving on the bad side. So that might be a good sign for you? (2 pregnancies from the bad side but one child)

@Mariex1989 Also the two times we've conceived was from dtd 48 hours/2 days before so I'd say you've got a good chance :)

@Throwawy thank you for replying 😊. That’s interesting! I’ve never really noticed it before. I don’t recall it with my first pregnancy either. I forgot what a whirlwind this ttc journey is 😂 x

9dpo with fmu I think I have my bfp 🤞🏻

Exciting @2020newbie , can you show us?

Yes @ReginaPhalange12 fingers crossed I can keep myself busy. I go away in 3 weeks so if we don't catch this month then I think we will be out next month anyway as little one will be sharing a bed with us for the week (roughly when I will ovulate)

@PerfectPairOfPlums only 9dpo so feeling quite hopeful

Oh @2020newbie that definitely looks like a line. I reckon you would get quite a strong line on a frer

@PerfectPairOfPlums i haven’t got any, I’ve just ordered one off the internet