TTC keep sane. Hoping for April 24 baby. Part 2

[HelloMoon87]

Hi,

Continuing on from "dpo 1, tww keep sane" thread.

@pm24
@Tes004
@Doodlestar
@longingtobe23
@cth96
@Maybebaby12345
@JLN88
@missmae
@bookworm100
@rosecbrm
@MrsP20202
@FirstTim3Mummy
@BlossomTree123
@cosymama2020
@Boobag

Congrats to @pinkandredflowers and @Scarletthoping on bfps last cycle, hope all goes well in the pregnancy.

Here we go...

Hi all, can I join you too?

I'm ttc no4 and in my previous three pregnancies I fell very quickly but I was in my 20s and now in my 30s I feel a bit more anxious about everything. I'm actually due AF on Monday and I'm expecting it to arrive but I'd still have an April due date it it did happen next cycle.

Hi all, CD3 for me today. So waiting for AF to go and my fertility window to open before anything exciting happens for me

@ttcthoughts @Ecgx thank you for replying. I'm sorry you had miscarriages too, hope we get good news this time 💚 baby dust to you!

@BlossomTree123 I'm CD5! When do you normally ovulate? I think I'll ovulate next Sunday or the following Monday.

Hello,
Can I join the party over here? I'm 40, and ttc baby no 4- have 2 boys and girl so far (6,4 and 16m).

Hubby and I have decided would like to have one more- I've been broody for about 7 months now and can't talk myself out of it 😂

Problem is my cycle is not regular- AF actually arrived today on day 48 (last month was 43 days, and cycle before that was 35). Worrying it might be down to start of menopause but my mum was late with hers so hoping it's more related to the fact I'm still BF my toddler!

Anyway, this v long cycle had me hoping- I've felt icky and nauseous, bloated etc for well over a week, and now AF has arrived in reading stories of heavy IB and still being pregnant, though I know in my heart I'm not 😂 will just have to have a lot of sex in August and hope for the best- I bought a handful of OPK off eBay so will try them!

I’m out - think I’ve started AF today although super light at the mo.

Literally did everything right last cycle so got to try again!

💔

@cosymama2020 so sorry to read this. Is AF due today? Could it be implantation bleeding?
im in TWW currently, AF is due around 3/4 August. But with PCOS I do randomly have long cycles, I had some mild cramping then spotting on CD17 so have been DTD regularly since then but we were on honeymoon before that so I’m hoping we are well covered and there’s some little swimmers doing their magic right now. Trying desperately not to symptom spot as I’m only 5DPO but it’s so addictive and consumes every thought doesn’t it?!

If this isn’t your month, I hope next cycles is x

Not been on for a few days ladies ! How is everyone ?? I’m still on last cycle no af and NO bfp sooooo fed up - ewcm on and off feeling really down now . Cd33 I think and I thought I ovulated around d10 so definitely sure I woulda had bfp by now - I had another positive opk around 13-14 days ago too - going insane tbh lol have I missed any bfp ???? Hope so. Xx

Hi all! CD 4 here waiting for AF to finish so I could start working out when I ovulate.

@Tes004 what’s your normal CD Length?

@cosymama2020 gutted you have come on, it’s so frustrating when you dtd at the right time and everything .

@Ncl31 no, 3 days early but it’s definitely AF now. I thought it might have been implantation bleeding last night but definitely Ms Flo today! Gutted but going to have a some wine and a laugh with family at a wedding this weekend and try to relax before the stress of it all begins again!

@BlossomTree123 aw thanks babe - it’s so frustrating but just need to keep faith that it will happen eventually. The Flo app was really good today. I had my settings to ‘trying to get pregnant’ and when I logged my period today there was a post that said, ‘we know you’re probably feeling down that you got your period but here’s some reasons to feel positive’. It actually helped a bit.

@cosymama2020 definitely the right attitude, have a lovely weekend. Good luck for next cycle x

@BlossomTree123 I’ve been a little all over the place tbh ranges from 28-52 days !! Last month was crappy , but I assumed I would have a fairly decent duration this month as fixed smiley - but I have had lots of ewcm for 2 days and today this …
temp drop Monday - Wednesday and still nothing - I do have pcos so maybe only now ovulating and the first spike was just a surge but nothing .. I’m so confused lol

Hey, I am CD10 ttc dc2 after a missed miscarriage in December, found out at 12 week scan and was so devastated but tried again straight away, for 6 months now. I took a test earlier today after a 4+ hour hold and there is a faint but obvious positive line BUT I got a bit of pee on the test window that you can see has got into the test. My head says you know you can't trust the result but my heart really wants to. I can't see any dye run and the line is pink not a grey evap line but even so I know I shouldn't trust it. I could test again in the morning or perhaps I should wait till Sunday to test again? AF due on Tue/Wed and I have had some cramping which I had attributed to AF gearing herself up. Gahh now I wish I hadn't taken the test 😅 told myself I wouldn't test early.

@LoobyLoo92 do you have a picture of the test?
might be best retesting tomorrow or Sunday morning.
Sending baby dust

@Ncl31 thanks you, this is the test. I guess I'm not counting it as a positive because it is invalid, but it has certainly got my hopes up. I'll definitely be testing again I'm just not sure when to test.

10dpo BUT pee on the test window so invalid? Incase anyone sees this but didn't catch my earlier post 🥲

Flo says would be due Apr 2nd if I conceived this cycle 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@LoobyLoo92 I would say it’s a clear positive
so you have another you can check with

@LoobyLoo92 getting pee on the window doesn’t make it invalid - it’s the test strip that has reacted to your urine which changes with hcg - honestly I really wouldn’t worry but if it’s stressing you - do another xx

@Tes004 thank you, that has given me hope. I do have 2 more tests but I am only 10dpo and feel like I should use fmu or after a longer hold so I will likely test in the morning as I probably won't be able to wait any longwr than that 😅

In my first post I put CD10 but I meant 10dpo! CD25.

@Tes004 yes maybe your ovulating again or late, just worth DTD to make sure your within a shot incase! How annoying are cycles sometimes! You can’t keep track!

13 dpo and negative easy@home tests both this morning and Eve. Used clear blue early response and thought I could see faintest line Yesterday, but camera couldn’t pick it up. I want to get more but reviews say they can give false positives so now not sure. Not due on till Tuesday so still have a little time but just feeling sad and wanted to vent. Symptoms are still ever so slightly there hot flushes and nausea that comes and goes but with this being my first I feel like I can’t trust myself or if I’m just imagining it.

Really didn’t anticipate how much the two week wait would affect me. Just feeling like if I was pregnant there would at least be something faint by now.

CD6 here. AF was over yesterday. Having ovulation type of pain this evening, tested opk this morning, it was barely anything there. Not sure why I'm having so many aches and pains last and this cycle. Can acupuncture or vitamins contribute? It's becoming hard to read my body.

So sorry to hear of BFNs. It's so disheartening. Fingers crossed this coming cycle will be successful. At least, the weather is getting better this part of the UK, can finally get some natural sun ☀️

I think we just naturally tend to be way more aware of every pain and twinge when TTC especially the longer it goes on. It's sometimes helpful to be intune but so frustrating when it doesn't line up with OPKs and BFP/bfn. When do you typically ovulate normally in a cycle?

@HopefullMumto4 thanks for replying. I normally ovulate on cd 15 or cd 16. I've had 2 chemicals, after which I ovulated on cd 17 and then back to cd 15/16. I'm debating whether this cycle to go with the flow (which is how I got pregnant with my boy, still took 10 months) or do SMEP (which sounds like quite a lot). Feeling a bit more pressure as April baby is my dream 💛 my son turned 2 in June. How long have you been TTC? X

I did SMEP with my middle and it was quite structured but definitely worked for me!

April is the perfect month for me too, so obviously Ive put way too much pressure on it 🤦
We have only just started trying this time, but the memories have alllll come flooding back.

chemical pregnancies sound just heartbreaking, sorry to hear it's happened to you twice. How long have you been trying for no2?