TTC February 2024 ✨

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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 ✨❤️

Will grab one first thing tomorrow. I’m too impatient and don’t want to get my hopes up! Absolute emotional rollercoaster TTC!

Ah @meepthebeep im really sorry to hear that! Pleased you're doing ok though lovely and staying quite positive. Cheering you on for next month lovely.

Have resisted testing this morning, slept awfully worrying as im super crampy and got up for a wee a couple of times so didnt think there was much point testing! I dont remember cramping at all with my first so im not filled with confidence about this. X

On Friday just gone I was 8dpo when I did my tests, I did a FRER, an easy @ home preg test and just for good measure I did an easy @ home LH test. All from the same pee sample. The first one I did was the LH test and it came up roaring blazing positive so I knew that I was probably going to get a positive on the pregnancy tests too (I had a feeling as my temps indicated a huge implantation dip on 6 dpo then a huge rise after. Sure enough I then got vvf positives on the preg tests.

Here’s the tests I did

Thank you ladies ❤️ I tested again this morning and I don't think there's been any progression. I know the hormones take 48 hours to improve, but I've seen so many progression pictures where there's a notable difference. I'm 13DPO now, AF is due tomorrow, and I think they should be darker by now.

My last pregnancy, I tested positive 9DPO and lost it at 5 weeks, so even going beyond tomorrow when AF is due is no real comfort. I had symptoms last time as well and this time nothing at all still. I'm driving myself mad with desperation.

I did a digital yesterday and it was negative, I can't bring myself to do another one. None of the other tests I have (just some boots cheapies) are sensitive ones. I did one, but it had the faintest squinter I've ever seen and I'd have thrown it away without knowing if I hadn't had other positives. I haven't told hubs yet as I planned to last night, but his mum ended up coming over and she stayed quite late. He's out tonight and has a work event tomorrow, so don't want to put it in his head until after those. I do wish I'd told him when I first got the positive. Lesson learned if there has to be a next time!

Attached a picture. Bottom photo is yesterday, top photo is today. They're just so faint 😢.

Aw @KittyFantastica. I hope everything turns out okay for you. I have no advice, but I'm thinking of you. Do tell your husband if you need his support.

Good luck @LillieAsh!

2DPO here. Feels like forever already 😆 I'm looking after a friend's toddler this weekend so she can go for a private scan with her husband and then announce her pregnancy. I'm thrilled for her, but I swear, I'm surrounded by babies. It's the strangest feeling. I am very lucky to have a lovely toddler, but I really thought he'd be a big brother.

Taking the morning off this morning to go to toddler club. It'll be full of babies too, but hoping it gives me a boost!

I’d definitely say the top one is slightly darker and definitely positive!! Wishing you all the luck!

OMG, so it’s true! I’m going out to get a HPT as soon as I can, but maybe I will try an opk! Huuuge congratulations to you 🥰

@KittyFantastica it is darker lovely! I can definitely see it's darker.

You can tell DH still, im sure he would understand.

I'm similarly anxious. My cramps are quite bad (and getting worse). If i hadnt tested early id 100% say AF was imminent.

Sending you a hand hold xx

Thank you @LillieAsh and @ButterflySkies ❤️. I did tell Hubs, I couldn't keep it to myself any longer, I just had to find a quiet moment. The idea of having to tell him it was a loss before he even got to know it was a possibility broke my heart.

Funnily enough, @ButterflySkies, he also said he could see it a bit easier and thinks it's a tiny bit darker. I'm too scared to hope and think of it were sticky then the line would be quite dark by 13DPO. My last loss wasn't until 5 weeks, but the tests never progressed beyond 11DPO really.

I'd also say, my cramps were really strong last time and only stopped once my lines started to get fainter. I'd be glad of someone cramps right now as weird as it sounds! It felt like someone moving furniture around in there. I have all my fingers and toes crossed for you, lovely.

Hi ladies! I hope you don’t mind me joining this thread a bit late- it’s my LH peak day today and I think I’ll need the support for the tww. It’s cycle number 5 ttc baby number 1 for me.

Really sorry for your loss @KittyFantastica - wishing you and everyone lots of luck 🍀

Does anyone have any views on exercising during the TWW or when ttc more generally? I do fitness classes like hiit and circuits 2 or 3 times a week but I recently read I should really only be doing mild or moderate exercise like swimming or cycling during the luteal phase when ttc. Has anyone else reduced their exercise? I feel like cutting out mine will make me obsess even more about getting pregnant!

I am 6dpo today and I am feeling soooo distracted. I was OK over the weekend keeping myself busy but work today is just not cutting it. Maybe I will do an OPK in a couple of days just to get some testing out of my system!

Praying for sticky babies for you all ladies 🫶🏼

Im trying so so hard to stay positive today but I've just got home from work and had to have a big cry. Still have cramps & I noticed a sharp pain in my uterus/that area earlier. I then went to the toilet a few hours later and noticed a small bit of blood (barely noticeable but there) on the tissue so I'm pretty sure AF is on the way for me as I'm due on Wednesday 😔 so sick of this!

@Linalou12 the cycle i conceived but unfortunately lost at Christmas I continued my gym workouts but its weights not HIIT. I have been doing that for a good while though and they say not to change what you're doing?

This time I have been carrying on like before but listening to my body. I am 7dpo and this morning I couldn't face going to the gym to go on the treadmill and am seeing that as my body telling me to rest.

This is the first TWW since the loss and I am going a bit mad, it took a year to conceive the first time round and I don't remember ever being this insane about it but I guess that happens after a loss.

Thanks for the advice @FullMoon1917 and so sorry for your loss. I haven’t had a loss and I’m going insane after only 5 months ttc so I take my hat off to you if you didn’t go insane before!

@Linalou12 thanks, its been tough but places like this make me realise that it unfortunately happens to so many and TTC isn't as simple as its made out to be when you're younger!

I remember the cycle we conceived was one i didnt symptom spot at all or do early tests and I wonder if the fact I was unbothered is why it happened.

I said to my friend earlier that I needed an intervention for how much I am obsessively googling and checking etc so I have just decided I am going to pretend I am already out (obviously not drink though) and try and relax. However the chances of that are slim 😅

I'm 3Dpo so at start of tww....few of yee round same time so few on same path....

@KittyFantastica To me the top is stronger....
Glad you told hubby cause even saying a worry out loud helps....
Keep us posted...thinking of yee all that the bfp stay...

@Mrshaitchxo im so sorry!! Fingers crossed AF doesnt show.

Ive redone a test holding a wee for ages and i had a little glimmer of a line for couple of seconds that faded into a stark negative. Given I had lines testing at the same time at the weekend and the cramps have only got worse, I reckon I know what this is. I say cramps, it's more of a constant very noticeable ache, quite painful, very low.

When will I learn my lesson with early testing!!! Not sure whether to cry or try and hang on to a little bit of hope! X

Hi guys hope you're all well I am new here.

I was wondering do you guys think this could be a faint bfp? I am 3 days late. Always regular. Only symptoms are slight cramps.

Thanks!

This looks like my one of those kinds of tests @Fariapea and I have a few faint lines on various different tests now.

Do you have another other brands you could take?

Hi @KittyFantastica

I tried a clear blue one and boots one during lunch today and it was negative both times. I do have a tendency to drink lots of water so I am planning on dropping my water intake next day or so and retesting Wednesday. I'm just en route home from work and feel so teary. We've been trying for 5 months it's our first and I don't know why but I honestly thought it was going to happen straight away. So silly I know.

Good luck with yours! If you've seen a positive on a few tests sounds promising x

Can anyone help or offer ideas to keep me sane in the hunt for ovulation...

Today I'm CD23, and would typically have 28-33 day cycles.

I've tested LH using Easy@Home strips for the first time this month. I've been testing multiple times a day for two weeks now and I've still not found a peak. Been getting a flashing smiley since CD11 on my Clear Blue Advanced Digital too (only had four days of this last month and none in December as went circle to static in 36 hrs).

Had some spotting throughout CD 20-22.

Today's high might be iffy as was a nine hour hold (don't ask) which far out strips my normal 3 to 4 hours. But my morning strip was also higher than previous mornings.

Help!

@ButterflySkies hopefully it was just the test today not picking it up as much as the others and you’ll be back to that lovely little line tomorrow or when you next test!🤞 sending hugs and lots of crossed fingers I imagine your emotions are a bit of a pickle! X

It doesn't sound silly at all @Fariapea. We have been lucky enough to conceive twice now, but the first ended at 5 weeks and my lines aren't looking too promising this time either. It really is so tough, no matter what the exact struggle. You're in good company here, darling.

My tests on Clearblue and Boots cheapies are also barely there, I'd have thought they were negative if I hadn't looked super close. I've had the best results with Wondfo cheapies so far, oddly enough. They're super sensitive. I do see a shadow in the picture you sent though. I found popping the plastic window out of those ones made the line slightly easier to see.

Evap line or positive?? Showed within the time scale provided on packet, I want to be excited but so scared too anyone help me out here 🙏🏻