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 😩

Oh interesting thanks ladies, I've brought the tests back out! Had loads of water tonight so the test I just did was 0 as my week was basically water so will try again tomorrow 😬

Wee not week 😂

@NattyPeer
yeah you need to do it the same time each morning, as soon as you wake and before you drink, speak or get up. Ideally you’d have had at least 4hrs undisturbed sleep prior to taking it.
Drinking alcohol and getting up in the night can also skew it a little bit.
I keep the thermometer in my bedside drawer and take the temp as first thing I do when I open my eyes.

Blue line is temperature and orange is my OPK reading (when you enter the coloured sticks into the app they will give a number to indicate how dark they are compared to the control line like you can see in my previous pic). So in the chart, as the orange line rises, body is preparing the ovulate and then once I ovulated on CD 18 my temperature rose and went above the cover line (horizontal line) the next day

@Mummio92 annoyingly I get up most nights for a wee 🤣🤣 I will have to start doing it at the same time each day on the next cycle!

Or starting from tomorrow I will do it at the same time each day as I know it needs to be consistent for the next cycle!

@NattyPeer I also usually need to wee in the night 😂 but don’t find that makes a difference as usually still have a few hours back asleep after. I think the timing is the most important thing to keep consistent, for every hour later your temp rises by like 0.1 degrees which seems minimal but as you're only looking for a rise of 0.2+ for ovulation it’s easy for it to start getting confusing.

This temperature stuff is fascinating - I might have to start doing that next cycle!!

Still a big fat 0 on the OPKs.. am i broken 😂😂😂

So this was two cycles ago….

Last cycle…

Then this one…. 🥴

@LemonBitter it must be because you are ill as the previous cycles are bang on and the peak was on the same day!!!

@NattyPeer that's what I'm thinking.. do you reckon I still haven't ovulated?

@LemonBitter yep I reckon you still haven’t ovulated, I think once your body has tried to Ov once but been delayed from illness it’s likely to take another 7-10 days to try again, so I’d still keep going with the tests through to CD 24 even though it feels tedious.
If nothing at that point I’d probably just wait and see what happens period wise and reset from there.

@LemonBitter from the tests it doesn’t look like it but who knows!!! Are you feeling any better now?

Eughhhh thanks @Mummio92 @NattyPeer ... I'm feeling a bit better, thinking it might be hayfever but that doesn't explain the lack of ovulation ..

Honestly it's so frustrating as we both work away a lot so this is the first cycle we have been around for CD 13/14 and it's just typical 😩

Anyway sorry to be a downer, how are you both doing?

@LemonBitter keep testing like @Mummio92 said as ovulation could still happen! I’m ok thanks hun, just plodding along! TWW is just rather annoying tbh and the time drags on!

Yeah I'm still going but it's all still low. We aren't going to be able to DTD the next few weeks anyway so I'll just wait for AF and rest 😃

How many DPO are you @NattyPeer? When are you going to test?xx

6DP0, when do you usually test @LemonBitter , I always cave so may Monday?! But I know that’s so early 🤣

@NattyPeer I would be doing Monday if I were you 😂😂 always have intentions to wait until missed period but unless I'm really distracted I can't help it! I'll probably be the same this cycle even though I probably didn't ovulate 🤷🏼‍♀️

Hahaha! I personally don’t think it will happen for me this month but who knows! When I was pregnant back in January I was extremely tired but I can’t remember when I started getting very tired! But I feel nothing at the moment but I know implantation can take place anytime now haha! I have been positive previous months but doesn’t get me anywhere haha! Nothing to lose taking a test on Monday @LemonBitter

You never know, I hate all the uncertainty it's so stressful isn't it. I'll probably cave Monday 😂

@Mummio92 how are you and how many DPO are you now? ☺️

@LemonBitter the waiting is so stressful! Really gets my anxiety up!

Same @NattyPeer . I've literally had zero symptoms and not even sure I ovulated so I'm taking this month as a negative before I even test 😂 are you going to test tomorrow?