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 😩

Aw @NattyPeer it's crap isn't it. Sending hugs.

Period due in 4 days so I feel like it's a bit late for that 😔 also getting AF style cramps. Period came 2 days early last cycle so I feel like it might be the same again. My cycle always used to be like clockwork but it definitely seems a bit off the last few which is VERY inconvenient when you're trying to time things 😂

Ladies I really need help. So sorry I've not been replying to messages. I did an early test at 9 days PO and it was start white and it really affected me so I've stayed off the platform. I've just done an easy at home test though and have a very faint line. Are these tests reliable? I've never used them before. I'm 11 days PO now and been getting such bad cramps like Af is coming. That's due in 3 days. Really don't want to get my hopes up and have no idea about these kind of tests. Help please!

Also tested my LH levels, does it mean anything if they are still high?

@hopefullyTTC2x hey! I can’t comment on the easy at home tests as I’ve never used them. But… on the opks… When I was pregnant with my first, I didn’t have any pregnancy tests so I peed on an opk and it was very positive. Went out to buy a bunch of pregnancy tests and all positive! This was at 15dpo. I’m keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you!

Hey @hopefullyTTC2x honestly I'm no expert but that looks pretty promising to me?!?!

Thanks both, I've done a second as I couldn't wait and there was a second line on that too 🥲 so as long as it's not a whole dodgy batch 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 it was lighter but it's later in the day and been drinking a lot. Just got to see how it goes and try not to worry.

The only thing we did different this month was use pre-seed. I've never used anything like that but thought why not if there's even the smallest chance it might help and it might have. Praying this is sticky if it is right and sending everyone the beloved baby dust x

Ohhhh that's so exciting @hopefullyTTC2x im keeping everything crossed! I'm ready to throw everything at this now.. excuse my ignorance but how does preseed work?xx

Hi, I hope you don't mind me joining the thread. I think my husband is at his wits end, listening to me go on and on and on about ovulation, strips, bloating, acne etc and I think I am just hoping for some conversation with people that ✨get it✨.

I had my mirena coil in for just under a year due to mental heath reasons and I loved it, ive wanted another baby (I have a 5yo and he has a 7yo from previous) so when he gave me the go ahead to the coil out, I moved earth to get an appointment 🤣

I had my coil out on 11/06 and we BD every other day & then 3 days around predicted ovulation. I tracked ovulation with OPK (with negative results for the entirety) and then AF came and I was totally fine about it and just pleased things were going back to normal.

Fast forward to this month, I am obsessed. But also obsessed with trying not to be obsessed.

I started tracking w OPK with no luck again (started worrying) and then almost gave up when I just had a feeling and it came back positive (this was yesterday). I was so relieved I actually didn't care if we BD or not because again, I was pleased my body was doing as it should after the coil. We did end up BD with excitement.

Today the OPK went back to negative (which is assume is normal?) And we BD.

Because I didn't know what my cycle was doing, I started tracking with Flo and she said that my ovulation was due 4 days ago, I changed the settings to a longer cycle and she's saying it's today, which would make sense with the OPK result right?

I think I am just reaching out to some more experienced women who could help me with identify what is going on, because I have no idea and the constant thinking about it, is actually making me hate myself 😳

This might help actually voice what I'm trying to say here. I also feel really silly because I've only just started trying. I think it's the not knowing where my cycle is, or what anything means that is confusing me.

@hopefullyTTC2x this looks like a definite positive to me! Congratulations hun! It’s early days so the line will still be light plus the test strips are not as sensitive as say for example first response! I am keeping everything crossed for you!

It's a lubricant that you put inside with an applicator (kind of like a pessary) just before you DTD. I didn't know that some lubes can hinder sperm getting to where it needs to be so thought I'd try it and use this instead. Worth a shot I think if you are willing to try anything in case it helps

Thanks @hopefullyTTC2x I'll try it next cycle. How are you feeling, are you testing again in the morning?xx

We also used it as we would normal lube. I think I won't be able to help myself from testing tomorrow. Going to try and nip out to get a how many weeks test to use later in the week when the line hopefully gets darker. I feel bad not telling my husband yet but I'm just so worried it won't be right. So I think I'll try to test daily with the cheapies to check line progression and use the boots early detection one when AF is due in 3 days and the line is hopefully darker by then. My stomach cramps and backache are just so bad today, I'm trying not to think about it but know I'm so scared this will be a chemical 😢

@hopefullyTTC2x I’ve always used the easy at home OPKs and test strips, never had a problem with false positives so I’d say that looks good!
Also read in the past about OPKs being positive when pregnant as they pick up on hormones that have a very similar chemical composition that the two strips can’t always differentiate.
Congratulations!! Really hope it sticks for you

@beansread Hi & welcome!

Ovulation typically happens about 24hrs after a peak OPK (peak being the darkest reading you get before it starts to go lighter again) but can be up to 48hrs after.
OPKs are more reliable predictors than the apps which are just making guesses based on averages. Once you track for a while they will get better at making those guesses but I find it most helpful to just do an OPK everyday from a few days after period ends until they become positive.
Most fertile days are the few days directly before ovulation so ideally you want to start BD from about 5 days before you think you will ovulate until about 2 days after peak OPK.

Hope that helps & good luck!

Thanks @hopefullyTTC2x xx

Argh it's such an anxious time isn't it, you wait for the BFP then it comes and there's more to worry about. How are you doing today? Have you spoken to your husband?

AF is due for me tomorrow.. did a CB early detection yesterday and stark white so pretty sure I'm out but not testing today as there's still a bit of hope until I see blood I guess 🥴

Hi ladies, sorry I dropped off for a bit. AF arrived right on time and then I was feeling a bit grumpy about it so had nothing to contribute to the conversation at the time. I'm 6dpo now and been catching up on your posts, so happy for the bfps here and hoping to see lots more! How's everyone feeling? Anyone else about 6dpo?

Sorry to hear you had a negative but you're not out until AF arrives as they say. I did 2 of the Superdrug early detection tests this afternoon and they were faint but there and had a result on clear blue weeks indicator so told my husband tonight. He cried he was so happy 🥲 it does worry me the lines are so faint but I'm just keep checking with the cheapies and hoping for the best. Baby dust to you all xx

@hopefullyTTC2x ah lovely to hear, how exciting! I would try not to worry too much about lines being faint before af is due as that’s the be expected by testing early, not enough hormones in the system yet, just check in a few days that there’s progression.

@HRHXO always disappointing when af comes. I’m 7dpo with af due at 12 (Friday), not feeling particularly hopeful!

@LemonBitter so af didn’t come earlier this month like last time? That’s good and also means that you could be less dpo than you think with regards to the test

I’ve gone and left my BBT thermometer at an Airbnb we were at for the weekend and so I feel like I’ve lost my right arm 😂

Ahhh @hopefullyTTC2x the clear blue one is the one you should focus on. Sending all my prayers that this sticks for you!!

@Mummio92 yeah it's not early and also not a sign of anything red / pink / similar in the last 5 days. I usually spot a bit the day before AF but don't want to get my hopes up too much as everything could just be a bit behind 🤷🏼‍♀️

You're right I could have ovulated later so AF might not even be "due" yet.

Oh no on the thermometer!! Can you get it back or are you going to get another one.. OR maybe a sign this is your cycle?! 😬

So period due today and nothing, nada. Took a CB digital (all I had at home) and it's negative.

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What is wrong with my body 😩

Congratulations @hopefullyTTC2x - wonderful news and what a lovely reaction from your husband 💗

I'm sorry to hear that @LemonBitter it's truly rotten going through this journey, made even worse when your period doesn't show up when you're expecting it to.

I too dropped off the thread for a bit - I was feeling briefly hopeful but tested with the easy at home tests on 9, 10 and 11 dpo and all stark white and I was feeling a bit meh. I went away this weekend and couldn't test, tried this morning with a Boots early detection test and I have the faintest of pink lines. I do really feel exactly like I do before period arrives though so not getting ahead of myself.

Cycles much longer than they were pre-baby number 1 and vary from 32-34 days long, I'm currently on CD 36 so between 2-4 days "late".

@hopefullyTTC2x congratulations! Don't worry about faint lines it's still early!

@Sevillegarden oooh I see the line and a false positive is so rare so I'd be tentatively saying you're pregnant!

@Mummio92 7dpo now and still no reply symptoms, but I didn't with my first either so not too concerned. We managed to DTD around ovulation so I'm hopeful but also I kept forgetting to take my prenatals/conception multivits this month so don't know if that will have effected things...

@LemonBitter how annoying. I can only think in that case that you’re just not ovulating when the app is predicting/ when you think you are. If you kept BDing beyond predicted fertile window then you may not necessarily be ‘out’ yet. But it is rubbish not knowing what’s going on.

Ha I am partial to magical thinking like that ‘maybe losing my thermometer means I’m pregnant’ lol but I’ll try and keep my feet on the ground as nothing is suggesting that’s the case so far (8dpo)

@Sevillegarden Definitely see that line! If your cycles vary then you’re probably just less dpo than you think and it’ll get darker over the next few days 🤞🏼

@HRHXO Yeah 8dpo here with no symptoms whatsoever but don’t think I had any last time until the day I got a bfp. Also last time, I gave up on taking vitamins the month I then got pregnant so I wouldn’t worry about that!

Yeah that must be it @Mummio92 ... I don't think my period has ever been late but just did another test and it's stark white, not even a faint line so can't be pregnant. Very strange.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you this cycle ☺️ when are you going to test?