TTC FOR JANUARY

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Af just arrived so I'm officially out for this month :(

But onto new beginnings!
Trying to conceive for 2024 <3

Everyone welcome to join and discuss :)

My AF still hasn't come and still no signs of pregnancy either. It's really annoying because it leaves me in limbo and makes me question everything that's going on in my body.

Ive got this weird knot/Butterfly feeling in my lower abdomen and I'm like 'oh could it be some sort of symptom?' - it's not but just so urgh!

Oh wow, I am so new to all of this but I got some ovulation strips today, tested (I’m on CD15) and my T line is extremely strong, Premom app has it at 1.27 “high”! I will take another later and try and find “peak”, but does anyone know how long after your peak do you actually ovulate? I ask because BF is working away until late tomorrow night so I’m worried we will miss the window by then.

@Daisychain27 I've never had an LH that high, good timing for you to start using them! LH should peak 24-48hours before ovulation, you can be fertile a few days before and 1 day after, I think 1 day before ovulation is highest chance, so definitely not out, especially if you were able to try in the last few days too.

@LuceNumberTwo mine are never dark!! I also read that the clearblue ovulation tests pick up on two different hormones so I feel like how can they be wrong! But im deffo not an expert 😄

Im pretty sure I am ovulating now because I can feel it im sure! Only 14 days to go now 😁.

Hi ladies, this is my second cycle TTC, and I’ve ordered a batch of OPKs to try and focus my efforts a bit more this time!

I’ve not really tracked ovulation before, just logged my period. What cycle day is the best day to start OPK testing? It’s day 6 for me currently and my cycle is usually 34-35 days long.

i didn’t want to start testing too early and burn through a load of tests unnecessarily.

@H938 OK I'm going to stop being a mad mental psycho & go by the clearblue 😆😆 think I'm going to stop testing LH now with the straps & just DTD a couple more times
I think I've ovulated already! 🤷‍♀️

Hey @FantasticalCat welcome!
My cycle was 28 days & I started testing on cycle day 11.. which seemed to work for me tracking but I over use the tests so might not be the best to ask 😆😆 is it the cheapie strips you've ordered?

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Strips* not straps 🤣🙈

@LuceNumberTwo me too. Im going to dtd again a couple more times next week if it happens, I dont have the energy to be going all the time 😂. I will keep busy over the next week trying to get the house back to normal and finding space for all the new toys!! Im ready to take down the decorations already 🤣

I’ve started using OPKS and we DTD yesterday on cycle day 11 when I’ve entered my fertile window. I’ve just done a OPK (not easy at home) on the Premom app and it’s still saying low. I’m supposed to ovulate on New Year’s Eve apparently. Does this mean high or peak or low still?

I've never used ovulation tests. They seem a good idea though. Here's to hoping for some bfp in January

@Newmumwales I always miss the high number when ovulation testing but when on the up I know I am about to ovulate. I would say today/tomorrow is your day. I have attached my latest picture of my stripes

@H938 I actually feel the same this year & I'm Mrs christmas usually 🤣🤣🙈 just feel as though I want this year to end quicker! Bloody sound a right bundle of joy 🤣🤣

@Newmumwales I'd say the same as above, I think your peak will be in the next 24-48 so I'd be getting down to.it 🤣 I also feel like some apps (I use premom) don't take very good/accurate pics. My tests were pretty dark & all coming back as low then one suddenly high, then the next low so it changed the high to peak 🤣🤣 I think your better going by your own initiative & if its dark its time!!
Bloody thought OPK are supposed to make life easier 🤔🙄

Guys silly q but I started spotting on the 8th of Dec but full flow a few days later, flow lasted 10 days including spotting, and by spotting I mean not little amount, but like half a pad, when do I count my period? From spotting or full flow?
There is a difference of 5 days.
8th Dec or 13th Dec?
I'm confused as not sure when my fertile days are.
Past 2 days I've had light spot- would that be ovulation bleeding?
I'm so confused 😕 I had a cp in Oct which has messed my flow up 😩

@RWSS I’ve always been told you count your period from when it actually starts, red blood, as opposed to stop/start spotting, if that makes sense?

@Jess780 thanks for your advice! I wasn’t expecting to see a number that high, no clue what that’s all about! It’s definitely dying down a bit this morning on my test but will dtd over the weekend. Thank you

Hi everyone I'm officially migrating from the Dec ttc to Jan ttc as AF arrived yesterday!
Fingers crossed for a lucky Jan thread!!

Makes sense, I did an ovulation strip and it was a dye stealer so I was peak ovulation yesterday and that lines up with counting my period from when it's red full.

Thank you hun x

@LuceNumberTwo I’ve tested today and it’s light again? What the hell 🙈🤣🤷🏼‍♀️😂

Hello everyone, was in the Dec thread but sadly af arrived today 😭 (changed my username I was jossiwood). Here's to the next cycle and fingers crossed for lots of BFPs !

@Newmumwales maybe your peak was yesterday? My strips never got as dark as usual this time! Have you only tested this morning? X

BFN at 12po today, so I'll be jumping on the January attempt.
This will be my 5th cycle trying for my second child.
Starting to feel very despondent. I was certain December was our month.

@againandagainand I’m sorry to hear about your BFN. Join us lot for January.

@LuceNumberTwo im starting to think now we missed our peak. I DTD Wednesday and strong line yesterday and back to light today and tonight. We didn’t DTD yesterday as my daughter is with us and she was up until late coughing so no alone time 😞 I thought I was ovulating this weekend

Anyone feel completely irrational? I’ve tried my best to act happy over Xmas but I can only think about conceiving. Doesn’t help that last night we were at a family birthday and my husband and his sister in law (brother’s wife) announced that her brother is having his fourth….. they can just pop them out apparently. I smiled and said congrats but felt teary. Pushed it down but then today I’ve been out shopping and went past a heavily pregnant woman stood outside Costa having a cigarette and I just started crying and became irrationally angry. Had to walk myself back to the car. Just feels so unfair. I’m so jealous and so irrational.

I suppose I hope this message shows that it’s so hard and I would like to give a hand hold to anyone who is going through the same. I get you!!! Although it’s not any bodies fault. It just feels unfair.

@SlinkMcSlink I have moments of feeling like this but then I put things into perspective and realise all the things I do have in my life. I do completely get you though, going to meet a family members new baby tomorrow and took her 1 month to conceive. We struggled conceiving our son who has just turned 2 and needed ivf but praying it happens naturally this time. (Hardly had period before and they regular now).
It's going to be hard seeing a newborn.
How long have you been trying? It's a hard slog.

Hello gals

Back after xmas break and I hope you're all ok. My boyfriend and I are trying SMEP method this month

For those who don't know it's where you dtd every other day starting CD8, until you get a positive OPK, at that point you then you dtd that day and for 2 days after (different ways online have varying versions). We've been quite relaxed the past few months just being sure to dtd a few times around fertile window and ovulation but decided to give a 'routine' method a go while we're still both off work, less stressed and seem to have higher sex drives 😂

Maybe tmi but I wish my fertile window was over Christmas, life stress slipped away and it's been like honeymoon period returned 🙈

I tend to ovulate CD14-16 and we're starting today as I'm on CD8 so fingers crossed.

Sending baby dust to you all xx

@Swirls346 Around 19-20 months. I’m 35 as well so that’s playing on my mind. Under IVF at the moment but don’t get our feedback/plan from tests done in September this year until January 22nd and who knows how long until any treatment of needed.

Thanks for the listening ear though. It’s good to hear other people’s thoughts.