Anyone TTC from Jan 2024?

[skyerojo]

Any other lurkers out there patiently (or impatiently!) waiting to TTC in the new year?

Anything in particular you're doing to prepare?

Happy new year everyone!

I'm about to get started too but pretty sure I've missed ovulation for this month so that's a bit of a flop already.

I'm not using OPKs or properly tracking either, for now just going vaguely on dates in Flo app and also keeping an eye on CM.

Question for those that also go by CM, do you notice your EWCM just before ovulation? Or during too/after ovulation too? Wondering if I'm still in with a chance this month...

@Wanderingthroughparenthood and @HolyMoly24 maybe you can advise! 🙏

@skyerojo I usually get it just before and the day of ovulation. Approx 3 days.

I read somewhere (sorry can’t remember where) that women on their 20’s can have up to 5 days of cervical mucus but by your 30’s you get 2-3 days.

Hopefully you haven’t missed it?

mine started last night - and I think it’ll probably be here through until the 5th which is due to be ovulation day. Going by memory as I’ve never really paid much attention before now!
when I conceived the first time I was on day 3 of my fertile window on my maya app which shows as ovulation day when I look into it now, x

I have cervical mucus today so will try and DTD tonight although tricky as we are at in laws.

Do any of you experience a cervical mucus either on or just after ovulation which is like EXTREME egg white. Almost like a mucus plug. I find blobs of it in my knickers.

Not sure if this is a sign of ovulation or a sign that ovulation is over and the CM is almost conjealing.

Any clue?

Apologies if this is TMI

Can't say I've noticed it myself but I've never really payed much attention to my CM other than when it's egg white.

Sounds as though it could be the progesterone in the process of drying it up post ovulation?

I think they should teach you more about CM when you start doing puberty etc in school. I had no idea it held so many clues about what your body is doing until I started reading about ttc

Happy New Year ladies!

CM is quite tricky, especially these days with more eating and drinking, and less sleeping. Hopefully you didn’t miss the window@skyerojo.

Mine was very watery today and I had a positive OPK few days ago (CD8, so very very early…). It was not the plan to DTD driven by cycle or OPKs yet, but we ended up not using protection, so I guess we “test-drove” this cycle. I am mainly worried to see if in fact my ovulation was CD9-CD10 and it’s a bad sign.

Thank you for your responses guys, really helpful.

I think I just missed the window 😭 gutted plus my cycles are really long so feels ages to wait again. Though am supposed to be just stopping preventing, rather than really focused trying, so maybe it's a good way of taking the pressure off the next few weeks. It's a big plunge for us!

@Solyaire I think everyone is so different you shouldn't necessarily see it as a bad sign just yet, fingers crossed for you.

I'm having doubts about whether to actively start this month or wait 3/4 months or so, I think realistically I should lose some weight and a good opportunity at work has cropped up. The work thing on its own isn't something I'd consider delaying TTC for (I'm not a workaholic by all means, I loved my previous maternity leave!) but on the same day I was also told I had high blood pressure, which must be to do with my weight, not sure whether it's a sign?

Hello may I join? Husband and I have decided to ttc for our first from now onwards and just go with the flo. Having PCOS I imagine it'll take us a while but fingers crossed.

Got my period finally 7 weeks after having implant removed!

@Pcosdegallo hey we’ve just started TTC baby #2. DD was a complete surprise so we weren’t actively TTC, I’ve got PCOS too and suspect baby #2 could take a while, if we are lucky enough to have one. I started using OPKs this month and honestly wish I hadn’t as I’ve become almost obsessive! Are you tracking at all?

@skyerojo sorry to hear that. Hopefully you’re able to take the pressure off yourself!

CD14 on cycle 2 of TTC for me now . This cycle we’re trying the SMEP plan.

Theres so many acronyms with TTC 🤣

Based on previous cycles and my clue app, I think I’m due to ovulate on Sunday. This time I’m going to try to not do any testing until the day my period is supposed to be due… let’s see if I manage it.

I ordered the Hertility fertility testing kit and I didn’t realise you need to wait until your 3rd day of your period to test.. wish I had known beforehand. It was quite pricey at £159. Has anyone tried it?

We DTD just (3 days before ovu) and also did it 5 days before ovu.

Hubby now goes away for work so than was our only chance.

Reckon we stand a chance???

@tryingforbaba obviously it’s a smaller chance than if you dtd right on ovu or the day after but there’s still a chance for sure! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

@Sarah452 how exciting! Hope it is quick for you again! I haven't been tracking yet- my time of month is all over the place, so maybe I should do it Focus will probs be on supplements/fitness as that seemed to regulate me more. Might start tracking in the summer if we're having no joy.

@Pcosdegallo appreocate it may sound really whacky (and I’m usually quite science led black and white so really out of character for me!) but a friend talked me in to seeing a traditional Chinese herbal medicine doctor (I saw someone with a PhD rather than backstreet), as my periods were all over the place and I wasn’t really getting many after I came off the pill (I’d been on the pill for years which was probably masking my Pcos) conventional meds weren’t working and I didn’t want to put my hormones in me to regulate. Within a month of seeing the TCM and taking the herbs I got my period and they’ve been on time to the day ever since (besides pregnancy) Fully aware it could have been a placebo effect but just thought I’d share!

@Sarah452 As someone whose from Hong Kong, it doesn’t sound “whacky”
to me. I’m glad TCM has helped you regulate your periods ☺️

my periods were all over the place too but prenatal supplements and vitamins have regulated them in a month the same way TCM did for you. It’s a relief!

CD15 and peak ovulation on the clear blue digital strips for me today so we’re busy DTD this week and I’m already thinking about the two week wait..

Hope everybody is doing well, and the ones busy these days get very positive news in a couple of weeks.

Any advise navigating the TWW? Getting annoyed with myself and my brain is still not in TTC mode.

We are visiting family/friends and I ended up in a pharmacy, considering buying Clearblue, because today is DPO10. I decided against wasting money on an obvious negative but ordered a pack deal as part of the preps for next cycle. At home I have the cheapie ones that come with the OPKs and I will test (will be DPO12-13), so I would like to avoid next months testing too early just because I have access to them.

I guess it’s just a matter of self control, really 🙂

@Timeforacutie great yours have regulated too! Fingers crossed for you this month!

@Solyaire I’m massively struggling I’m 5DPO, period due on Thursday though I think I ovulated this month due to illness so pretty sure I’m out this month but I’m so impatient I almost wish AF would arrive early to put me out my misery, knowing my luck it will choose to be late this month and give me false hope though 🤦‍♀️ the TWW is no good for people with no patience 😂

I have carried on testing with OPKs, mainly out of interest given I ovulated so late!

@Solyaire AF arrived Sunday night for me so just come out of the TWW.

I had two apps saying my period would arrive on the 4th Jan and one saying the 11th. So obviously when it didn't arrive on the 4th I started testing 🤦🏼‍♀️ I've just got the cheapie ones which were obviously negative but decided I'd buy a digital clearblue to confirm if it was positive. Like you, I dont want to waste money on a digital text if I'm getting BFNs on the cheapie ones.

No advice other than to keep busy really! By the time AF appeared, it was almost a relief so I could get on with the next cycle.

CD1 :( TTC FOR 12 months. Just started taking Macaroot after lots of great reviews as I have nothing to lose. When does everyone start testing ovulation in their cycle? I want to track it more closely. I want my miracle baby in 2024 :(

@Sarah452 you are so right! 😅 it’s very inconvenient to be impatient when it comes to TTC and the TWW. Hopefully now that you’re further in your DPOs you get good news!

@MrsRandallFraser, thank you for the advise! And hopefully this new cycle is the good one for you.

I didn’t test while away, so the clearblue was “to know” as I was way too impatient and didn’t have access to the cheapie ones. Once I got back home, I allowed myself to test once to see a negative. I am now very much relaxed (but let’s see once my brain is actually on TTC mode)

@Alh96, what’s the average length of your cycles? That will tell you when to start testing. OPKs normally have instructions on when to start, I also remember that, at least the book “The Sperm meets Egg Plan” includes guidance even if you are not regular. For reference, when I was tracking to learn about my cycle I did from CD7-8 to CD14-15, because my cycles are short, so that I could register a wide trend, and continued if it showed a “late” peak (never more than a couple of days) to have a couple of low tests at the end.

Now that we will TTC, I will probably start testing on CD6.

I've decided to give it a go this month anyway, problem is I am away with work over most of my fertile window (2 different apps are saying 2 different windows - but both cover a lot of when I'm away!).

When we fell pregnancy with first DC, we just did it every day for about 8 days. So I feel like it won't happen this month as I can probably only do it twice - the day I leave and the day I come back, but I suppose it only takes one go!

Hope you're all doing okay! I'm CD6 today so not there yet, but I'm still excited.