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?

@Solyaire my cycles are anywhere from 29-36 days. Used to be regular until TTC. Do you recommend checking BBT as well?

I checked the book and it says to start OPKs on CD10, if cycle is longer than 26. If they are longer, subtracting 20 days from the average length and starting OPKs that day.

The book, in general, is easy to read and have some good tips, I would really recommend. We will be using the plan.

I can’t speak on BBT, never done it, sorry (when I read about it and how so many factors can affect it, I knew I would get stressed not having everything under control). Maybe someone here has experience and can help.

Hey! Joining the party here. We've been "seeing what happens" for a good few months now to no avail. So this month is first of fully going for it! Cycle day 1 today, so a couple of weeks to wait and prepare. started taking some supplements for both of us to try and help. Hopefully this month might be it!

Hey everyone! Hope you're all doing well.

I've been dropping into the background a bit on here recently as we're going to push this back a bit, probs start around May now instead.

But still exciting to watch all your progress in the meantime! Fingers crossed this is a lucky month for people.

My cycle (typically) has started to become quite irregular suddenly, so I might start using OPKs next month just to see if I can learn any sort of pattern before TTC.

Baby dust ✨

@skyerojo, sounds like you’ve got a plan. Hope when you get at it in spring all goes smoothly.

This month, finally, I have my hysteroscopy, so have we also have to wait to next month to start TTC. Or a couple more months, if they find/do something. But overall I am very happy I can finally get that small fibroid checked.

I will continue testing, so I will start OPKs tomorrow for this cycle.

@skyerojo I think May is the most likely time for us to start properly too!

We are likely to not be careful this month, and weren't on CD10 - however I'm away with work during when it would be ovulation, so it's very unlikely! I'm not tracking ovulation or doing anything like that, when it comes to actually trying we'll just regularly do it for a period of time! Id probably only consider that if after 6 months of active trying nothing happened. That was also my plan when TTC our first.

Hope you're all doing well and fingers crossed for lots of October babies!

Hey everyone, how's January been for those trying? Sending luck 🍀

@skyerojo AF arrived last night for me so back to CD1. Got a BFN at 10DPO so not entirely unexpected. Looking back at my cycles I seem to be ovulating earlier than my apps predict so I think we just need to start DTD every other day as soon as AF ends. So that's now the plan for this cycle!

@MrsRandallFraser sorry to hear that, but great you have a plan already for this month 💪 maybe valentines will help work some magic too hehe

Hello! We didn't really try in January, we just DTD a couple of times. I did get a bit excited and started overthinking everything but AF arrived of course. Im ovulating this weekend and we've DTD once in the last couple of days and DH has just been struck down by the flu so I think we're out for this month!!

@MrsRandallFraser definitely go as soon as your AF ends - my ovulation is quite soon after finishing AF - it's about CD12-13 and AF finishes CD8!! 😮

So sorry, @MrsRandallFraser. Hopefully this next cycle is the good one.

@WonderingAboutBabies, fingers crossed for you (even if you count yourself out!)

I had my hysteroscopy and there is no fibroid. I am on CD1, so happy to start finally the journey, and without that worry over my head.

I don't know why I did this but I know this is a safe place to vent!
I'm only 6/7 DPO (didn't use clear blue opks this month only Flo app) been feeling rough last couple of days. Just took an early test and there was the faintest line 🤦🏻‍♀️
I know this is stupidly early, I'm trying for my 3rd pregnancy and have only ever got a faint positive around 10dpo.. took another early test about half hour later and stark negative.
So many emotions in the space of an hour, I'm such an idiot in not waiting until next week 🙈

@Solyaire aw thats great, that you don't have to worry about that!

Now I'm feeling a bit unwell but we somehow managed to DTD so we may not be out just yet... however I picked up a few ovulation sticks just to see if I'm definitely ovulating this weekend and the line was so so faint...! I was really surprised so I guess I haven't ovulated yet? Or can you get faint lines after ovulation?

@Bluebella27 oh no! Maybe wait a few more days and test again?? Fingers crossed for you!

How's everyone getting on? My apps are saying ovulation was either Monday or yesterday. Gave up on OPKs as they never seemed to give me a peak. We managed to DTD last Thursday, this Monday and yesterday, and will again tonight, but then I'm away for a few days. Had EWCM yesterday so really really hope we've got the timings right. Will probably still DTD every other day from when I'm back on Sunday until AF comes (or hopefully not!) just to cover all bases

@WonderingAboutBabies your TWW must nearly be over going by your last post? Any symptoms?

@Bluebella27 did you test again?

@Solyaire you must be close to ovulation as well?

I'm completely lost on this whole TTC malarkey!! I downloaded Premom and Flo, and put in a year's worth of AF data.
Premom said I'd ovulate around CD10 (v early???), and Flo said CD14 (seems more likely). Managed to DTD every 2/3 days even with DH's flu.

Based on Premom- I'd be well past the 2WW now and I did test even though I had no symptoms other than AF symptoms. BFN obviously.

Deleted both apps as they just confused me so much and Flo kept sending notifications like 'if you're 4 days pregnant you might feel more tired... etc' and it made me overthink everything!

Just going to go with the flow from now on. AF due this weekend/early next week - that I do know for sure 😆Might get some OPKs to see if I am ovulating and when...

Sounds promising @MrsRandallFraser fingers crossed!!

@WonderingAboutBabies that's so frustrating.

Honestly I think going with the flow is the best plan but obviously much easier said than done!

Hi :)

Hope everyone is doing ok.

3rd cycle in now, I thought my vitamins had regulated my irregular cycle to 32/33 days but last month I had a 39 day cycle. I had been using OPKs and the clue app but after that, I did research and think even thought the OPK said I had high/peak fertility I either didn’t ovulate or ovulated later … thus now for this cycle I started taking my BBT every morning, which is a bit of a pain, but gives you so much more data. I downloaded the fertility friend app, it came quite recommended and the ability to look at other people’s charts is interesting.

this month I’m also going to keep taking OPKs until AF comes in case I get a second peak/high rating (learning from last month)

my research online has shown it is quite common to have one cycle a year where you don’t ovulate (annovulation) and from my cycle history I know I’m pretty irregular.

I also did the hertility test but I think it gave me more questions than answers so I don’t know if I’d recommend it.

Fingers, toes and everything crossed for everyone this month!

@MrsRandallFraser, thanks for checking! My cycles are so short that I am in DPO territory already. Not sure if DPO1 or DPO3. So much time trying to get comfortable with OPKs and when the time came, didn’t know how to work with them. Looking at the apps, we were either early or late.

@Timeforacutie, glad you are happy with BBT, the more info, the better.

@WonderingAboutBabies So frustrating!!! All apps, with the same data, give you completely different information. Even reading OPKs, within seconds, same light = different values…

Hey guys, how's it going? Any success stories here yet? 🤞

Hi @skyerojo! Hope it’s okay to jump back in! We decided to wait as the Zika risk didn’t feel worth it, and couldn’t find information on how accurate the test for it was. So next month is our first one trying eek! Been using Natural Cycles since October so think I’ve got the hang of BBT.

How’s everything your end? ❤️

Hi all! I wrote on 14th February and ended up having a positive test on the 25th Feb (I remember it was a Sunday because I didn’t want to test on Monday). That was DPO13.

We were a little in shock as it was the first try, and I really think it was the hysteroscopy that might have helped.

I look at it now and it’s so faint 😄. I didn’t want to test everyday and get into that (for me) unhealthy path but once I got an appointment I did test a couple of more times.

We went last week (6+6) and were able to see something and hear the heartbeat 🙂

Looking forward to read some updates

How is it going for you @skyerojo?

Congratulations @Solyaire ! That's amazing news :) so pleased for you!

No news over here - I had quite a long cycle in February so I'd got my hopes up and was about to test and AF arrived...of course! And then this cycle has been really short. It's really throwing me off as I never get peaks on OPKs so I can never predict when I've ovulated. I got an offer to go sign back up to Natural Cycles as I always found that accurately predicted when AF was going to arrive.

So we go again next month...I think it'll be cycle #5 for us.

Hello again friends!

@Solyaire woweeee that's incredible news, huge congratulations! So happy for you, and hopefully this makes it a lucky thread for the rest of us too 🤞 lovely to already have that reassurance, was that a private scan you went for or first NHS appt?

@LeCreusetLove that's fair, gives your body more time to settle first too! Do you have a plan? Or just going to see how the month goes? Sending luck, keep us updated.

@MrsRandallFraser such a pain, do you find your cycles are generally unpredictable? I'm quite gutted as mine are getting more unsettled and longer too even though it's nearly a year now since I stopped the pill. Mine's just arrived this evening though on day 34 so could be worse I guess!

As for me, we decided to delay a bit so likely starting May/June time now. In all honesty, OH got cold feet right at the last minute! Which was hard at the time, but I really want him to be as excited as I am, and actually it's probably enabled us to do a few amazing things this half of the year that might not have been possible. So hoping it's one of those 'everything happens for a reason' things. Bring on June 🙏