TTC February 2024 ✨

[RW269]

Thought I’d make a new thread for those of us Ttc in February 2024. I know some of us will cross over from end of Jan to Feb! Wishing everyone all the luck ✨❤️

@ButterflySkies good shout being the designated driver! I'm sure you'll be absolutely fine just take it slow 🤗

@Czzpop I'm exactly the same, I cried a tiktok of a choir singing earlier 🤣

@Ren0991 ahh yay cycle buddy haha! So sorry for your loss, I can't imagine. Everything crossed for us 🤞🏻

@RW269 thank you - right back at you!

I think I'm going to treat myself to a takeaway tonight and watch a film while trying not to exhaust my Google search with the likes of '8dpo I sneezed once, am I pregnant?' 🤣

@Mrshaitchxo never heard it said better 😂 “I sneezed once, am I pregnant”

my google search has been called out

Hi test buddies.

Sorry to drop a downer into the convo, but I'm pretty sure I'm out. I've posted this in two other threads I follow, but felt sorry to let you all down.

I'm DPO10 and not had a single symptom. I don't think I'll bother testing as I'm just not mentally ready to see negatives after having to keep testing after my chemical to make sure it was all gone. I'd had a positive test by now last time, and definite symptoms. I just don't feel it at all. I feel pretty depressed tbh.

I didn't really expect to fall this month because of all the stress I've been under (redundancy), but I'm devastated anyway. I did feel really hopeful when I managed to catch my ovulation so well, but it's all dwindled now. After our loss, it's like there's a big hole and seeing two healthy lines on a test feels like the only way to heal it. Sounds silly, I know, but I've been waiting and waiting to feel those little bubbles and twinges I felt last time. I knew I'd know before any test could tell me. There's just nothing. I feel so empty.

I've found the last two weeks so hard. I've obsessed every single day, Googled a million different things to try and explain why I've not had a single symptom of even AF coming. The time has moved so slowly. I think I might need to take a little break away from it all.

@KittyFantastica sorry you're feeling this way.
I have feelings of despair regularly but I just have to stand tough, cause keeping your mind positive is so important. If you stay positive anything is achievable if you let yourself be negative it take-over your mind and body. Really all you can do is your best. Ttc after loss is very hard. I know fir me ttw is exhausting so this month I'm going to distract myself with walking and swimming. I just try keep busy. I'm really sorry you feel like this,you said you felt really hopeful when you managed to catch ovulation well. Some of us are struggling at pin pointing ovulation i know i am. So don't let anything dwindle your hope, you were pregnant before and will be again.

@KittyFantastica i am so so sorry - redundancy on its own is horrific and a lot for one person to deal with. How are you doing? Do you have support? Sending so so much love.

And I understand about the two lines too. I had an early loss in November and I completely understand what you mean. I think I subconsciously ruled myself out the next month as I just couldnt deal with it. I really want to give you a big hug and cry with you!

Looking after you and taking time to heal is the most important thing at the moment - if it happens this month, amazing. If not, it's ok. You definitely need to look after you and put yourself before TTC.

I dont want to speculate because i dont think it will help - but what I would say is that I had hardly any symptoms with my first until a missed period. Every pregnancy and every body is different xxx

@RW269 @Mrshaitchxo are you following my search history?! 😂

@KittyFantastica sorry you're feeling so down, it's really tough to stay positive sometimes and personally I have multiple meltdowns a week over it all!

Each cycle can be so different even if you think you're completely predictable and know what to expect, the body is an amazing, strange thing and can be completely different after months/years of being predictable.

AF hasn't arrived yet so try and hold on to that little glimmer, you're not out until she shows remember ✨

Take some time for yourself and do what's best for your mental health, sending you so much love and keeping everything crossed for you 🩷

@ButterflySkies @RW269 glad it's not just me 😂 it's funny what the tww can do to someone ha!!

@Mrshaitchxo @RW269 honestly - ive not been able to handle warm dairy since i had covid in December, tastes awful still and makes me want to heave. So today, I ordered a panini, think me and DD can share it... immediately think im going to heave and my brain goes it's because you're pregnant... no just lingering old covid symptoms 😂

Day 8 of the flashing smiley today! The easy@home strips are now at 0.55, so still negative but a slight increase on yesterday. I'm using the sticks in the afternoon as LH is meant to surge then, but also doing strips 4 times a day in the hopes of not missing it.

Got no idea on the reason why, as I only started TTC last month, so tracking ovulation is all new. My cycles have always been a bit varied in length and I'm on waiting list to see someone because of period pain issues...query endo. But cycles had started to stabilise in 28-32 range a little more over the last year. Perhaps I'm drifting back to more irregular cycles again...28 to 40 days was my old range.

I thought the tww was bad last month, but gosh the ovulation wait now is going to be nearly as long as this at rate and then I'll have the tww in top. Will it even happen!?

Thank you all ❤️ I'm really lucky, I do have some fantastic support and I will be okay.

It's been a difficult start to the year. Found out I was pregnant, then four days later found out I'll probably be made redundant in March, then ten days later I had the chemical. A week after that, a friend of mine passed away and we really weren't sure whether to even go ahead this month with trying after everything.

We agreed I'd track ovulation and if it was looking good then we'd have a go. We got hopeful again and it felt like something lovely to focus on and aim for outside of everything going wrong. I'm generally quite a positive person, but 2024 is trying me hard.

@KittyFantastica Im so sorry to hear you're feeling this way though it is completely understandable and valid. This journey is hard probably one of the hardest and I can sympathise with everything you've said. I truly feel the same, after the loss, all i desperately want is those two lines again so I get it and it's heartbreaking when those two lines do not appear.
Take the time you need, if it's to stay or take time out from the forum then do whatever gets you back to where you need to be.
I'll also say, symptoms do not always mean something, i know because i've had symptoms in the past but it's been a BFN, same way no symptoms can still result in a BFP. All in all do take care of yourself. xx

so I got a bfp yesterday. I guess that big dip was something to do with implantation and the big rise after. I’m being cautious as I’ve had a few cp’s before but I’m hoping this one is healthy and sticky.

Huuuuge congratulations on the BFPs!! So happy for you all.

AF came for me today. I’m absolutely gutted. I’ve got a feeling deep down that it’s not going to happen for me. Poured myself a large glass of wine this evening and just focussing on next month. Eurgh what an emotional rollercoaster TTC is!!

Congratulations everyone on your BFP that's wonderful 🌟

After my earlier post my LH levels have dropped and I've had a few very mild cramps which usually happen a week or so before I get my period, so I think I must be having an extremely short cycle,

My Premom app says I am 6DPO and my period is predicted to arrive on the 19th Feb which would make my cycle 24 days

On top of that we only managed to have sex once on my peak day, we have both been ill and DD has been waking in the night

I wish I knew how to put less pressure on myself

Joining as I can't stop myself from symptom spotting. 7dpo (I think), had mild cramping tingles and dizzy spells last night. Woke up today nauseous with lower back ache.
I know it's crazy early, but it's so hard to not obsessed.

@Mrshaitchxo @RW269 im really sorry i broke our pact... i was woken up at 5am, DD thought it was morning and in a moment of sleepiness i did a test, which had a vfl appear quite quickly. So have now done three bands of tests, all the same, and i have no more so i cant test until at least monday. Im going to be questioning whether they were cruel evaps or lines all weekend 🫠🥴 have binned them all so i dont torment myself! Why do i do this every month 😂

@KittyFantastica i am so so sorry, what an awful time for you. Sending you a huge hand hold and a huge hug. Any one if those things is horrible on their own, you're incredibly strong and allowed to feel all the things you feel. Please take time to rest and process - we're all here for support xx

Congrats to those getting their bfp!

@ButterflySkies oooo, that’s exciting but also nerve wracking!! Can’t wait to hear on Monday if it’s a line line!! 🤞🤞🤞

@Stramas congratulations!🩷 stick baby dust to you ✨

@ButterflySkies ohhh exciting - i'd say if you've had lines on all 3 then it's definitely a positive and not evap!! Keeping everything crossed 🤞🏻 keep us updated.

I tested this morning as I just couldn't help myself after my weird achy legs and back yesterday but it was stark white as expected! Not giving up hope just yet as I'm only 9dpo (8dpo according to FF but it's only my first month using this app so unsure how reliable it is) but I needed to know either way 😂

I have a bit of a stuffy nose this morning so either I'm coming down with something or my body is having fun tormenting me 🥲

Happy Chinese New year everyone. How lovely would it be to have a baby in the year of the dragon.

So I obviously couldnt wait and added a clearblue to my tesco shop last night 😂 i think, i think it might be positive... appeared straight away so i dont think it's an evap. Got some amazon cheapies turning up later so will see what that looks like tomorrow...

@RW269 @Mrshaitchxo @meepthebeep how are you ladies doing?

@ButterflySkies I definitely see it 🥰 how many dpo are you now?!

I did another test this morning, BFN again! Not entirely sure whether the easy @ home tests I've got are early ones though so could be pointless lol. Feeling a bit crampy today more like AF so I think I'm out anyway 😣

Think if she does appear I will make a doctors appointment to get the ball rolling..

@ButterflySkies that definitely looks like a positive! can see the line pretty clear! Congratulations super happy for you! ✨🎉

I’ve woke up this morning to be greeted with a 3 day early AF, so disappointed:(

Ah congrats @ButterflySkies I find clear blue very accurate come up, starking white for me im never confused so I'd say yours is a postive...

First month trying for number 3 forst time actually ttc and my OPKs are all over the place had 5 days of cheap ones being positive and 4 daysbof clearblue solid smiley with a blank circle in the middle. Wishing us all positive results. Is anyone due their period around the 25th? When is the earliest I can test with a 10ml early test?