TTC #2

[NattyPeer]

Currently TTC number 2 and struggling after getting pregnant fairly easily with number 1 (on cycle 3)!
Thought I'd start a thread so we can all support each other. Anyone else on their TTC journey for number 2? I am currently on cycle 7 and have ruled myself out already as negative pregnancy test at 10DPO. Each month I convince myself that I am pregnant! Experienced a chemical at cycle 3 😩

Please don’t panic, you are only 9dpo yesterday. A line is only going to be faint at this stage. A line is a line!

If you are pretty sure when you ovulated then that’s great! I think a lot of people who get strong lines then aren’t tracking etc! Your period is still ages away. Most people don’t even get a positive until much later ☺️

There is definitely hope, it’s early days still! I really hope this will be the month for you.

I am ok thanks just taking each day slowly. Xx

Thanks @NattyPeer for your reassurance. I got a much clearer clear blue this morning so feeling a bit better but positive tests after miscarriage aren’t easy are they…. Very anxious.

That’s ok sorry if I felt forceful with what I was saying, I just don’t want you to get in your head like I do 😂😂 I get it though it’s just an anxious time isn’t it!!! And I should take my own advice hahahaha!

great line this morning 😊

It’s hard as you feel like you can’t get too excited as you don’t want to be let down. But we all have to try and stay positive 🙏 I did some headspace last night 😂😂

I've got some more sensitive tests arriving today and I'll likely take one in the morning.

That’s exactly it…. I want to be positive so my body doesn’t get stressed but I also don’t want to get excited and have that feeling again.

sigh another late period and another bfn

😩😩😩😩 why is nothing ever straightforward! 😥

I know right. I popped Mt mooncup in last night as I had some sticky mucus like discharge streaked with red when I wiped so expected to wake up to my period but nothing this morning 🙄

I've just logged the spotting in my app and I'm an idiot who can't count
I got mt opk peakon 17th (also cd17)
So I probably ovulated on 18th or 19th right?
Which puts me at 10/11dpo?
So could potentially be implantation bleeding? Or am I just clutching at straws here 😅😂

That could be actually! I think anything is possible to be honest! That’s sounds right if that was your peak, the waiting is the longest thing ever isn’t it.

Maybe I'll test again in the morning if still no period 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

No period, negative test.
But I checked and my cervix is low so expecting af immanently

Has anyone used Premom OPKs and struggled to find your peak? I’ve had egg white mucous and a high sex drive which I think is prob a good indicator for me that I have or am about to ovulate but still getting low results on the tests. I never used them with trying for our first but I thought I’d give them a go this time to make sure everything was back to normal. I’ve also been having the worst restless legs for the past few nights, hence being awake now and I’ve read that is linked to hormones and perhaps ovulation occurring. I had horrific restless legs in early pregnancy with my daughter, obviously not pregnant at the moment.

I’ve tried taking the OPKs at a few different times during 10am-8pm and it’s all pretty much the same. I have a 26 day cycle and assumed I must ovulate early based on having my daughter so started testing when my period ended but nothing so far, now day 12 of my cycle.

@SarahB88 I used them but managed to find a peak. I would take them twice a day at around (8-10am) and (4-7pm). Varied but just morning and evening to make sure I was covering twice a day. I got a sharp rise from very low to peak rather than it being gradual and then ovulation would occur the next day.

I am fairly regular in cycles but one cycle instead of ovulating on day 18 (for a 31 day cycle) I kept testing and it ended up on day 24.

I used temping too to confirm ovulation. If you get a good nights sleep (well at least 3-4hrs before waking up in the morning) then you could try that as an option? It’s only to confirm ovulation occured though than using it to time DTD. By the time the temp rises ovulation had occured.

@Blue2020 I’ve just done a test now and it’s giving me 0.58 which is by far my highest result, tbf premom predicted my ovulation to be on Dec 3rd so I guess it might be right! I think I’m just impatient because I’m sure I ovulated really early on when I fell pregnant with my daughter.

@SarahB88 ah ok so hopefully it keeps increasing for a peak. Good luck and hopefully you will ovulate soon.

@Blue2020 I had been testing in the evening per the premom guidance but I’ve been doing a few tests with second urine of the day and they are much stronger so next month if I’m not pregnant I’ll test in the morning. My test was ever so slightly lower this morning so I think I might have missed my peak on the tests, no worried about it though as yesterday was actually the only day we’ve not had sex since my period finished so we should be covered. Will do it again tonight just in case there is a egg hanging around.

How is everyone else getting on?

@SarahB88 you will have covered your fertile window then anyway. Good luck. Yes I did it twice a day, some months my peak showed up later in the day but some it was there by the morning.

@Blue2020 thank you for your help 🥰 he’s just packed himself away off to work and is really not well so I doubt we’ll be doing it tonight so just have to hope there’s some strong swimmers in there ready for the egg. At least I feel more confident with the OPKs for next month and know when to test. I’ve ordered some more and also got a progesterone test just to confirm ovulation occurred.

I find the BBT really helpful for confirming ovulation 😊 are you doing this, I can’t remember. X

No I’m not actually, not quite got my head around how to do it. I know that once you see the rise ovulation has occurred but don’t actually know how to test. I’m up at the same time of day every morning with my daughter so maybe it’s something that would work for me next month. Do you have any recommendations?

I use natural cycles but you have to pay monthly for it! I’m sure there are free ones though. Maybe someone in this group has some ideas too 😊

i just leave it by my bed and take it near enough the same time each morning before getting up and before talking haha.

Silly question but how do you actually take your temp? Like where does the thermometer have to go to get the most accurate reading? I can’t work it out looking at them, is it internal or under your arm pit?