BBTing our way to a BFP in August 🎉

[Hotmalibu94]

Hi all!
My body has begun a new cycle in its quest to torture me with cycles that are getting a day longer at a time 😅 so I thought I'd see if anyone wants to join me in BBT charting this month!

DH and I are currently TTC #1, we started in June so are on CD1 of cycle #3 now and I wanted to start doing something a bit more to track without feeling like I'm constantly peeing on some kind of stick 😂 I've previously tried charting in April and May to prevent pregnancy but I hadn't quite got the hang of it yet so the charts were a bit all over the place. My chart since restarting BBT on Sunday already seems a lot more stable than it was last time so hopefully it'll give me some more info this time!

Please feel free to say hi below and introduce yourselves 😊 looking for as many friends as possible in this crazy world of TTC 💕

@Huriya I'm 2dpo now. I would think that that would be enough but it's the same pattern as last month and I didn't fall then. Who knows though. Maybe my stress last month stopped me conceiving 🤷🏽‍♀️ I'm just leaving it to fate. It will happen when it's meant to 😊

@pinkmarshmalloww that test looks very peaky to me!! I reckon you will ovulate today or tomorrow xx

@Huriya @thejollytrolleydolly I just tested again and it's gone faint again 😫😫😫

@Huriya yeah I will probably do that as well, I tested a few times yesterday and that time as well but was lower than in the morning but who knows today might be different, I'm WFH today so trying to test at a few different times :)

@thejollytrolleydolly that's good coverage! Hopefully you've covered it well even if you didn't get O day! I found the chart that was posted the other day really helpful, it was from @Huriya at the bottom of page 14. Not a huge amount of difference between O day and LH surge day so 🤞 for you!

@Myna13 thank you lovely! Can't wait for you to join 😁

@pinkmarshmalloww hopefully it goes darker again later! Or else maybe you just missed the peak? Overnight or something? Seems like it's so easy to miss them!

@CatiaR let us know how your OPKs go!

@pinkmarshmalloww you might be at the other side of your peak now? I found my lines dropped really quickly after my peak.

@Hotmalibu94 hopefully! You would think the 3 days before would cover it wouldn't you? We will see! I think I'm going to keep doing opk's each day just to monitor it incase I get another spike. I think I'll do a preg test on 10dpo x

@thejollytrolleydolly yeah I reckon that's really good! That's 3 days worth of spermies sitting and waiting for the egg to drop 😅
If we manage to DTD today then I'll have covered CD 11, 13, 15 and 16 with ovulation on CD16 so 🤞

@thejollytrolleydolly Fingers crossed for you this month. How long have you been TTC? (Hope you dont mind me asking).
Il also post that graph in again.
We are a chatty lot cant believe we are on page 17 already 😬

@Huriya I was just thinking this, the thread'll be full before we all finish our TWW- Possibly even before @thejollytrolleydolly finishes her TWW 😅😂

@Hotmalibu94 fingers crossed his swimmers were happy to hang around until eggbert got released! Your days sounds really promising!!

@Huriya thanks for that! It's pretty even odds for each day in your fertile period isn't it?! So this time around we've been trying since January with a MMC thrown in for good measure. It took 3 years to fall pregnant with my daughter though 😵‍💫 x

@Hotmalibu94 I shall do! starting to get some EWCM so its just right around the corner! can't wait 😄

hopefully we will get lots of BFPs in this thread but regardless it was made this month way better than last already!

@thejollytrolleydolly fingers crossed this is the cycle for all of us 🤞🤞

I might be jumping ahead of myself but im already looking at cots/bedside cribs, breastpumps and travel systems 😂😂

The price of a good travel system though is extortionate, its like buying a car for the baby 😱

@Huriya it's outrageous! We're just going to buy a second hand one next time. We spent £600 on our first one which wasn't bad in the grand scheme of things. We thought we wouldn't have another so we sold it 😩 I wish we hadn't now because it was a good pram!!

Yeah I really hope this is a lucky thread and even if it isn't we've had a good giggle! ❤️

@CatiaR I agree this thread has been really good. We all jumped on this thread roughly at the start of our cycles so weve all been together. Ive honestly really enjoyed coming on here and being able to talk to people on a similar journey 💖

@thejollytrolleydolly its my first so I really want everything new and perfect but i might end up looking at fb marketplace to see if theres any good items.

@CatiaR @Huriya @thejollytrolleydolly and everyone else! I'm so glad you all joined this thread, it's made the lead up to the TWW much more fun comparing OPKs and BBTs and I cant wait to go crazy symptom spotting with you all 😂

How is everyone feeling about this cycle? Still positive? :)

@Hotmalibu94 it has been lovely! so far feeling positive, but still waiting for that little egg to come 😄

I feel more optimistic this cycle than the last few, already looking at buggies and cots like @Huriya! But don’t want to get my hopes up prematurely so will try to stop.

We’ll keep BDing every other day until I get my temp rise, it wasn’t today but expect to ovulate today or tomorrow. I don’t think I could cope with all the OPK interpretation, and not sure we’d be up to more frequent BD and with the added pressure of a surge! Interested to see how other people are getting on with it though, and maybe something for the future if BBT alone doesn’t work.

What’s everyone doing about caffeine and alcohol in the TWW? I have one cup of tea a day but still drinking alcohol occasionally (2-4 units a week). Not sure I’m ready to give up booze the whole time we’re TTC but also want to boost my chances of conceiving! I’ve got a work night out halfway through the TWW and thinking I will just have one then switch to soft drinks, but once I’ve had one I’ll want another!

@MorningsideMaisie I've cut out alcohol pretty much entirely, I'll maybe have a couple of drinks over the weekend if I get AF but otherwise I don't really drink at all anymore! And nights like the other night when DH was struggling makes me glad of it 😂
Caffeine on the other hand... 😬 I have a cup of filter coffee in the morning, we put a pot on every morning and take a cup to work each. I have filter coffee which I will swap to when I get a BFP but I'm also a sucker for a coke and all the other fizzy drinks so that's where I will struggle!

I'm also feeling pretty positive! I didn't really want to succumb to OPKs but I'm glad I did for peace of mind that I know when I'm ovulating this month after two months of missing it 🙈
Just hoping it'll be enough!

Im also feeling very positive this month! Going to try holding off testing till im about 10 DPO.. but I am going to continue doing OPKs just incase i get another surge 🙈

@MorningsideMaisie I find the OPKs make it alot easier in knowing when youre about to ovulate, everyone has their own preferance best to do what suits you best.

Im still drinking tea, I have around 2 cups a day. I dont drink alcohol or anything but I am a sucker for coke and other fizzy drinks too. I also do Shisha with DH around twice a week but ive cut down to a few puffs 🙈 and now i am in the tww im going to completely stop.

I'm feeling semi positive but trying just not to think about it as I don't want to stress 😊

@MorningsideMaisie don't ask me 😂 I have 2 machine coffees every morning then a cup of tea later in the day. I also enjoy a glass or 2 of wine... yolo ✌🏽

Congrats on the TWW @thejollytrolleydolly @Hotmalibu94 and everyone else (sorry I can’t keep up!)

@thejollytrolleydolly I’d say your timing sounds pretty spot on!

I’m doing pretty much what I was when I was pregnant - one cup of tea in the morning the decaf everything after that. The occasional glass of wine but I won’t when (if!!!) I ever get back into a TWW! 9 days post surgery and temps still up and still bleeding a bit 😴

I didn't even think about all the baby stuff we'll eventually need until catching up on this thread 😂 when we get to it, I might be asking for tons of recommendations from your guys. Need to start asking friends and family if they've got any stuff from when their kids were little 😅
@MorningsideMaisie I don't drink much tea/coffee anyways. So cutting out caffeine hasn't been hard. I've had a few glasses of wine and a beer here and there. But nothing everything. And won't be having any during the TWW. I used to be a smoker, but quit back in jan 2021. I've been craving a cig every morning the last few days. I haven't in ages!! But I don't know why it's come up again. It's like my body has forgotten I quit 😂 so I have to keep reminding myself. Can't have any of those if I want to be a healthy mum for my kids. 😅
Hope you all have had a good day today!

And there's that temp rise! Hello 1dpo 🙌

Thanks@ginny93 !

How is everyone this morning?

@Hotmalibu94 how exciting!

just waiting for O-day here 😊 opks were still low yesterday and temps are stable. Started to get EWCM so must be around the corner! Just keeping BD every other day for now.

good luck everyone ✨

Looking pretty textbook there @Hotmalibu94 ! I'm always interested by the "predicted" temperature line that the NC app does - does your temp normally dip the day after O then go back up? The predictions on mine always look really random!

Sounds like you're a few days away @CatiaR - keep it up 😂