TTC Sept 2023

[MrsNT]

Lets jump on this bus
Xx

@twinkles18 congratulations to you!
sorry I hadn't scrolled yet that was going to be my bedtime reading lol

Hi guys. Extremely happy but very confused. Got positive tests thismorning 🥰 but I was tracking my ovulation and according to that only ovulated 3 days ago 🤷‍♀️. Also the Clearblue digital says 2-3 weeks. Had a negative test a little over a week ago. Does this seem strange??

@Reya1603 and @Twinkles18 congrats ladies

@Reya1603 it is normal to get LH surges on your TWW hence why Drs will say once your got the first sirgw to atop teating. So you probably ovukated very early this month and you jad the days all covered.
I got a Massive LH surge 3 days before my period last month it came up before the control line and was much darker

Thankyou 🥰. It's so helpful talking and reading on here. Couldn't get a Dr apt untill Thursday.

@Twinkles18 Congratulations!! Wishing you an uneventful and happy 9 months!
@Tartanhaggis Yes. I can see a faint line. Definitely think this could be it for you!

Congratulations @Reya1603 !

Possibly might have ovulatrd yesterday. I sometimes get ovulation cramping. And I was cramping yesterday. Baby danced the night before.
Decided to use the Ava bracelet I got previously out of desperation. This says I am currently in my period of high fertility.
Husband wanted to get it on last night but played on the PC until 11pm. And I was too tired at that point.
Ans today its bloody boiling I'm our house, so unlikely he will be into it.
Ah well. We are only at the start. And we said we wouldn't put pressure on it this time.
Ever since we had my son my libido has been much lower anyway. I don't know if it was all the stress of trying beforehand, the disastrous birth or smthg hormonal. Anyone else experience this?

@MrsHousePlant I have a slightly shorter LP too although these past 2 cycles it's extended by a day or two. When will you test?

@Confusedddddddd I hope the heat is a good sign for me then 🤞🏽 I used to ovulate on CD 14 but it's around CD12 now so hoping it's soon... then I get to enjoy the longest 2 weeks ever 😂

Congratulations to those who have had their BFPs already this month ✨

@ReginaPhalange12 trying to hold out until Tuesday morning when AF is due if I can. That will also make me 12DPO so more of a chance of an actual result.

I have a cupboard full of tests that I’m trying to ignore because it’s an expensive habit to waste them too early 😂

Congratulations to everyone with their BFPs! This seems to be a lucky thread!

@FigandHoney I agree postpartum my Libido os very high in my fertile week but is low after ovulation and have 0 interest. Pre baby my Libido was high all month even during my period!
My LO is fully weaned so that is no longer a factor

Guys I did a stupid. I am 9DPO and did a HPT this morning. I slept all night no middle of the night pees. So very concentrated. Aaaaaand there is the slightest line that is BARELY visible can't be picked up on my old phones camera. But it is there and now I know why they say not to test before AF ia due now I am second guessing and torturing myself.
I had spotting yesterday midday CM with slight streaks within it and only on paper and nothing since. All I have had since is pelvis pain and lower back aches just extreme fatigue.

Feel super annoyed I caved. I purchased 25 strips for £4 on eBay so that is why I just used them. Got loads! But oh I wish I hadn't.
I showed my hubby right away and he can see a faint "shadow". But didn't care and just said wait until AF is due that is 4/5days away!!!!!!

I got my BFFP with DS at 12DPO and told myself I would wait each month. But nope. I am stupid. Ughhhhhhhhhhh

@MixedCouple it’s so easy to do! The temptation gets ridiculous even when you know you shouldn’t. Hopefully you’ll see some progression in a few days 🤞🏻

@MrsHousePlant thank you. I am hopeful but have a feeling it might not be just becuase at the moment our circumstances are not ideal. Each month mever seems to be the right time. And I though AUG/SEPT but then Hubby is adamant he 2anta to travel abroad end of the month and I have said I will not travel abroad while pregnant (personal choice) so things don't seem to be working out, never seems to be the right time even though I want this so much. 😢

been watching silently, congrats on all the bfps, so lovely to see!

5dpo here - where are people getting FRERs from? I can't find a single one in boots or Superdrug!

Is it pulling pains that are more noticeable when you move around. Or does period pain do that aswell. I can't remember whether period pain hurts more when you move a certain way. You wouldn't think Iv had periods for 25 years would you 🤣

Further to my prior post with the test,I really don't think I'm pregnant probably because iv been trying so long it now seems impossible. literally the only symptom I have are these pains and backache . And the faint line I had. Iv had faint lines before though. Just this one is a tiny bit more noticeable than the ones iv had before that nobody else could see lol.. iv No extra cm or anything. I feel like I'd have the cm if I was at least. Have any of you had a pregnancy where you didnt get increased cm before your bfp? My brain is doing the "what if" thing. The pains are a bit different feeling to normal menstrual pain but this could be my mind again . 🤯 i really tried not to symptom spot but I'm at it again 🙈. Does anyone ever manage to not symptom spot. If so you need to teach how lol

Hey ladies. Sorry I was here for the start of this post then life took over a little! Just on either O day or 1DPO and honestly TTC in that heat with a toddler running about constantly was NOT fun this week lol. We are exhausted!

We just literally managed to DTD today and missed peak yesterday which is frustrating but we aren't sex every day people anyway so it was a lot! Hope we didn't miss our mark this time around. Soooo ready for this to be our last cycle TTC baby #2!

Congrats on all the BFPs to date and commiserations to the gals out already - all the best for next cycle.

@MrsHousePlant good luck for Tuesday 🤞🏽

@mamamason they are available on Amazon, I think I got 2 for £10.

I got my peak this afternoon, does that mean I'll be 1DPO tomorrow or Monday?

@ReginaPhalange12 thank you!

Is that on a CB test? The day after a static is ovulation so the day after that (Monday) will be 1 DPO from what other people have told me!

@peonym omg yes I jadnt even thought about this! Fan right next to you. It is so horrid tonight my LO.jas woken up for water twice and I can't sleep.

Luckily missed heat wave for fertile week I am 10DPO today.

@ReginaPhalange12 sorry to sound repetitive the Fertility Dr I spoke to said it could happen within hours up to 48hrs.

Inkmow this heat is horrid but try cover all the days DTD

@Tartanhaggis snap! I have had a deep ache in my back and uterus for 24hrs now and it doesnt feel like a PMS cramping. Just like a have a bad back but very low down radiating to the front as well as my pelvis to. I experinced this with LO around 5-6 weeks. Bot had it as PMS before ever.

Of course the heat woke me at 1am and I am wide awake still at 6am. I am 10DPO so tested at 3am I couldn't hold it any longer and BFN but no proper light to see it anyway! I know it's very early still. Can I wait 2/4days - Nope I doubt it.

I've been lurking on these posts over the last month, first time posting.

TTC for the first time last month, but been off the pill since end of last year and tracking my cycle (took about three or so months to regulate) averages 29 days. Assumed it wouldn't happen on first attempt, so was gearing up for trying again this month and thinking of using OPK for the first time. I was due my period Mon/Tue - I think it did come but it wasn't at all like it normally is, was super light and lasted barely three days. I started to wonder if it was implantation bleed as it was a light pinky/brown, but I've tried a couple of tests and they're negative. Feel very confused now as worrying I didn't ovulate. It's just annoying as this has never happened to me before - I assume it's just coincidence but can't help feel it's connected to TTC for the first time.

Any advice, if I go down the OPK route do I start testing straight away?

@MixedCouple the fan was much needed honestly!! So glad it's over haha.

@Dee51121 i would definitely try OPKs, I find them helpful particularly as we are not a couple who religiously have sex every day / every other day anyway. There's some helpful guidance out there that tells you when to start OPK testing based on your cycle length. Generally I would:

• start around CD 9/10 for a 28 day cycle
• use SMU or afternoon urine
• use cheap test strips like easy@home and test 2 times a day in case you have a short and sharp peak you miss
• input your data into the Premom app (free and basically does all the interpretation of strips legwork for you)

I used clear blue advanced digital OPKs for TTC my first, this time I tried the easy@home and really liked them. I did use clear blue at same time to check if they matched up and they largely were in sync give or take half a day!

Thank you @MrsHousePlant & @MixedCouple I'll keep going 😂