Anyone about to go into an ovulation week?

[Mama09876]

Hey!

TTC our 2nd been putting it off for a while but this month I’m going to be actively trying and testing LH etc
reading other posts feels as though everyone is already in there TWW this Aug 😂 so looking for company, anyone whose still waiting for their ovulation week.

I only used BBT when falling pregnant with my first but haven’t being doing it as regularly as I did back then.
Ive been trying to take my temp the past couple of weeks and natural cycles predicting ovulation on Weds!
what’s everyone plan of attack? 😂 I’m going to use LH strips from tomorrow onwards and as soon as I get my peak start DTD! Very sceptical it’ll happen this month with it being the first official month of trying but we shall see!
Hoping for some company if anyone is at a similar stage in their cycle?

I think because this was my time off work during my suppose fertile window @Mama09876 and I hoped I could go back and say I was pregnant to get a risk assessment to keep me safe. Now I feel like something will happen at work again. I think I will invest in the new Apple Watch.

I keep putting my life on hold just in case but now we’re at a really difficult point. We were meant to get a 2nd pup this summer but the mother didn’t come into season (maybe a bad omen for my fertility too). This would mean pup would be about 1 year at least by the time a baby was here. Now pup isn’t due to come home until February and we can’t decide whether to take him or not. If we don’t get pregnant it would be a lovely distraction, he can come to work with me and I’ll have a little buddy. Our other pup goes to daycare and won’t settle at work but I thought I’d take this one from really early on and it’ll be someone to accompany me during my lunch time crying session and get me out in some fresh air. However if we do take him and then get pregnant we may end up with a puppy AND a baby. We’d make it work and I’d be escatatic to have a baby but may need doggy daycare at points so need to factor in £800-900 a month for this. I think a lot of the worry is just my job to be honest, a maternity would give me a year ‘break’ and the chance to look for something else/ choose not to go back

Hopefully I just missed my peak @LuckyDuck93 if not I hope AF comes without delay.

Of course you did say with your job! Completely understand. You never no you might of caught it? It’s really difficult for some ladies to catch the peak it can happen really quickly! And if you’ve only just started bbt that takes a while to get use to and the algorithm on the app.

I completely understand the cost of day care etc factors in we’ve waited a bit to factor in two child in nursery/free hours but that being said as I’ve got older and had my first I’ve realised there’s never a right time and I wouldn’t put your life on hold, whatever happens you just make it work! Just think the puppy could grow up with the baby 🥰 it would be a lot of hard work but I bet you’d make it work whatever happens! Don’t get to down hearted.

I’ll try not to get downhearted! Our current dog is only 1 so he will grow up with them too @Mama09876 I think nearly a grand on daycare for 2 dogs if we do get pregnant though could be a bit silly but we will make it work (we also have 13 other pets so we’re used to chaos).
We’ve had a chat and decided if it happens this month/next month we won’t take the dog as we’ll be 12 weeks when they’re born giving the breeder time to contact someone else on the waiting list and we will hopefully have had a scan etc. If we get pregnant after then we have something to look forward to (the puppy) to take the pressure off.

I’m going to buy a better Apple Watch and also probably hand my notice in and look for a better job/have a few months off if I don’t get pregnant before new year. If I do get pregnant I will stick it out for 6 months full pay maternity plus 3 further months enhanced pay as it seems silly not to so I suppose we have a plan going forward.

We’ve factored in daycare for kids too and we’ve been saving for ages and have a really good buffer. It’s the thought of daycare for dogs whilst on maternity leave e.g. in the 3 months unpaid that seems a bit bonkers as I doubt I could be at home all day with 2 dogs that are under 2 and a baby without at least using doggy daycare to some extent.

daycare for kids and for the dogs we’ve considered but I’d likely go very part time/be a SAHM but if we need to fork out £1k a month for doggy daycare and £2/3/4k for child daycare we’ll just have to suck it up and use savings

8dpo

Full achey feeling lower stomach all afternoon I definitely don't usually feel like this?🤔 iv been walking a lot and it seems to be because iv not sat down it just aches. Anyone else feel like this?

I caved and took a test this morning 10dpo 🙈 of course it was negative! Stark white. This is what happens when you have tests in the house 😂 the girls that are holding out till af keep going! Next time I will not buy any till the day before af due, that’s my temptation when I’ve got them in the house! 😂

but anyway I know it’s still early and we’ll just see what happens. I feel like I’ve got nothing this month, I keep comparing symptoms to my first and apart from a few things I’m like I don’t think it’s happened so haven’t really got my hopes up.

@Itonlytakesone how you feeling this morning? I normally have a heavy tummy when I’m due on. Last time I was pregnant I was getting like growing pains or like dull pains in my legs and lower groin? Don’t know if that help.

how’s everyone else?

@Mama09876
Oh it's so disheartening isn't it!
I'm 9dpo -negative. I think all my symptoms are af revving up to start😭

@Itonlytakesone i don’t know why I did it cause I knew what the outcome would be 😂 so I don’t feel to bad to be honest. I’ll be gutted if my period arrives that’s always crap but I’ve not felt hopeful this month so not really a surprise. I’ll wait till Monday now and see what happens.

You’re still really early so keeping everything crossed! Not over till at arrives! 🤞🏻

@Mama09876 sometimes you've just got to get it out your system though, at least its done now!
Still time for you both @Itonlytakesone ❤

@LuckyDuck93 @Mama09876
Thanks. Keep seeing pregnancy announcements why does this always happen

@Itonlytakesone I know what you mean, feels like they're everywhere.
I now don't feel any different at all, apart from the odd cramp, only thing that's keeping my hope up is that my temp has risen again but that could be anything!

Hi intense stretching cramping centre lower stomach. It's so bad iv barely managed to do anything all day iv been sat under a blanket! It's like period pains but I'm not due on until Monday and I don't even suffer period pains never have - I just come on no drama so this is very unusual and uncomfortable for me. Confused.

@Itonlytakesone I read on here I can’t remember if it was this thread or another the pains could be it’s a fertilised egg but it’s not implanted?! I dunno. Or it could be implanting pains? You’re still early in TWW it could be implanting?

i’ve had a few pains today but I’m trying to ignore them 😂 don’t want to get hopes up! Been off my food yesterday and especially today as well so not sure if I’m coming down with something. I know there’s loads going round at the moment.

@LuckyDuck93 thats really good high temp! Positive signs. I didn’t take mine this morning cause I was up and down with LO from 4am!

i still deep down think it’s not our month. It’s going to be a shock if I do get a positive test cause I’ve convinced myself it hasn’t happened 😂

@Mama09876
I'm so so hot like hot flush hot too. I just feel so strange. I'm writing it all on here in case it turns into anything and it can help anyone else. I'll keep testing daily with my cheap tests. Yes best to ignore them like you say. It gets a bit obsessive 🙊

@Mama09876
Yes iv just been reading about failed implantation and it does sound like what iv had today pain wise.

So confused! I’d told myself I likely wouldn’t ovulate/I’d missed it. My LH is 0.56 this afternoon. I usually get my highest readings around 11pm so going to test again later. Am I going to ovulate now? Why don’t I have any EWCM or other signs? I was praying I’d already ovulated now I’ll just have to wait longer for my period no doubt.

Why do I still have this awful heavy and stretching feeling in my uterus that I’ve never felt before? Was caused by the pregnacare which I stopped a few days ago?

It could be! Never know. How you feeling this morning?

@CosmoMango i personally wouldn’t go off the numbers and just the look of the LH tests you’ll see if they’re getting dark/darkest. How did your test go last night?
I would say if you’ve had all the other signs earlier in the cycle you’ve most likely ovulated then? Or I’ve read some people can ovulate twice in the month?

Im 11 DPO today and another stark white! I thought I was going to see something when it was drying but now it’s dry it’s white! Never mind. Going away today so we’ll see if af arrives on Monday!

@Mama09876 yes when it was drying possibly but no it's definitely dried white.

I'm feeling bloated. No actual pregnancy symptoms and bfn still on tests so I'm going to stop wasting tests now and accept it didn't work. I definitely felt like an egg got fertilised though iv felt activity all the tww just didn't work out this month unfortunately. How clever is your body for recognising that though. Oh well on to month 2

So my LH did not rise @Mama09876 i took this this morning on a whim. Am I seeing things? Is this an indent or is there a line here?

When dry there isn’t much colour to it so I think probably got my hopes up for nothing

@CosmoMango that first one definitely looks hopeful though, maybe you just need to wait a couple of days?

I'm 10 DPO today and really fighting the urge to test, although i've just got this feeling that it's not worked this month!

I’ll wait a few days I think the latest I could be is 10DPO but who knows with this weird cycle @LuckyDuck93 I still have the intense stretching and pulling around my uterus that’s been going on for days

@CosmoMango oh I can definitely see a line!

Thank you! @Itonlytakesone So it isn’t just me…Hopefully it’s a good sign? I did one with 2nd morning urine (I know I shouldn’t really) but I can see it on that one also. I’ve ordered some early first response and a digital. Surely both tests can’t be wrong? It’s so early though I’m frightened to feel hope. I looked online and if it is a true positive it’s 2.5 times more likely to have a good outcome than bad

@CosmoMango definitely positive!!
Wonderful news!