Ttc oct 2024

[Nicola1988]

Hey everyone moving over from the ttc sept 2024 thread. Very light start to period today. Expect to start tomorrow with negative pregancy tests. Thought id dip my toes in and start a wee thread.

Little bit about me. Im 35 years (soon to be 36 in oct...a birthday bfp would be lovely) been ttc since jan this year. This will now be cycle 10 for me. I have a 8 year old daughter with my ex and had to have ivf/icsi to have her due to his low sperm count. My new partner and i have been together now 2 and a half year and would love to extend our family.

So far i have had day 21 bloods which confirmed that i am ovulating and waiting to hear back regarding his SA results.

Please feel welcome in joining this thread and sending postive pregnancy vibes to all 😍

@MyGardenDaisies
Same! Anyway I can help myself I'll do it poor dh on vitamins too. We both got over a cold very fast recently we both put it down to all our vitamins 🤣

@Nicola1988 thanks 🥰 sounds as if we're in the same boat - pregnancy accouncements all around!

@KarlaP123 to be honest I wouldn't worry - I have 2 friends who have recently conceived very quickly (both within 6 months) #2 whilst breadfeeding toddlers

@FinallyPregnant2022 thank you for the reassurance! It's good to hear your friends were successful even though they were still breastfeding. We both take magnesium, calcium, zinc, vitamin B and D and I also started taking folic acid a couple of months ago. TWW is dreading but our holiday is coming, so hopefully we'll rest and it will help me to think about something else as well 😊

@MyGardenDaisies its is a lot of sex 🤣🤣 we have quite a good sex drive over all. But somenights im too tired
We sisnt like the idea of SMEP as it seemed too regimented but thought we would try this month x

October will be our first month without contraception, I've been taking Vitamin D, folic acid and spirulina (helps with energy levels). I have been testing for ovulation for the last three months just to try and notice symptoms. I'm hoping to just have sex every other day and hope for the best. We conceived first try with our 8 year old, my husband is thinking it'll be that easy this time, I think he's forgotten that we have both aged!

@HighSir we also conceived 1st try with first and I had done 1 or 2 months of ovulation tracking before to roughly know the dates before.

Now October will be month 2 of trying for 2nd.

My plans try SMEP this month has went out the window 🤣 think im on cycle day 7 and just havent been in the mood at all this month. Just feeling so deflated by it all not they we are on our 10th cycle x

Hi All, please may I join too.
Early 30s with a soon to be 3 year old. We've been trying for #2 for a few months. Hoping this month we'll get lucky but we'll see!
Currently day 2 of a brand new cycle so still feeling a bit down in the dumps things didn't work out last month at the moment.

Hi all can I join please 🥰
First month ttc #3, I'm 32 Just finished contraception/ started vitamins,not really expecting much this month. We were super lucky conceiving #1 but #2 took a long time with a mc in between.

We decided to try for #3 a couple of months ago but I got cold feet worrying about how difficult it was ttc #2. But this time I'm ready to give it a good shot. Hopefully it is a great a month for us all 🥰

@Mrscmay17 good luck to you ! :)

if not a secret, how long did it take you to conceive nr2?

Hey, can I join?
Currently 6dpo on cycle 4 of ttc.
I'm 31 and boyfriend is 37, neither have children before. However he was previously trying to conceive with ex wife about 8 years ago for 6 months with no luck. She immediately fell pregnant with new partner, would this sound like something of concern regarding fertility?

@MyGardenDaisies thank you.

It took 3 months to get bfp then mc happened, I took a bit of time before trying again so it took about 15 months

I had a lovely pregnancy/birth then ironically much easier then my first but it was just so tough after mc I couldn't let myself believe until baby actually arrived.

Hello all - joining while TTC #2. We had a loss last cycle, expected ectopic but my body resolved on its own thankfully so no surgery.
I got a positive ovulation test today however we decided to wait until next cycle to try which should also be October!
Good luck to everyone xx

Hi all CD2 here of cycle 11 😖fertile window is next week so will try and feel more positive for then 🙃

@katsworld24 no harm him getting an SA if you're worried. But 4 months isn't that long when people have a 1 in 7 chance of getting pregnant each month. Are you and he taking fertility supplements?

I listened to a good podcast on male fertility which made me realise that my DH has some medical history that could affect his fertility and he is getting an SA next month (finally after waiting 5 months for an NHS appointment!)

I think it was this episode, but all the episodes are very good: https://hannahpearn.com/2023/09/01/20-fertility-testing-part-3-what-tests-can-be-done-for-male-fertility/

@CoolSummer89 its mad the wait times on the nhs. We were fortunate to only have to wait 2 months for my partners SA , that was us getting a cancellation. Still waiting to hear back results and that was 3 weeks ago xx

Hi all 😊

Hope it's OK for me to join. I'm 34 and got married in February, we're trying for our first. We haven't been using any protection since then but haven't been actively trying or tracking. We are starting ttc as of my October cycle. I'm taking my vitamins.

Completely new here, so I'm off to Google key terms and abbreviations 😂 I know the main ones(ttc, dpo and so on) but there are some I've not yet heard of!

Sending everyone all the luck ✨️ x

Hey guys how is everyone getting on?

I’m coming into ovulation week now- CD8 today. Unsure how things will go this cycle after a chemical last month, so we are going to aim at every other day for the next two weeks (hah wish us luck! 🤣) in case ovulation is early or late.
I always feel optimistic at this time of the cycle, and struggle more mentally with the TWW- after last month though I’m going to try and stop early testing to avoid the heartache of seeing another chemical. This month I’m adamant to just wait until my period arrives (or doesn’t arrive 🤞🏻) rather than squinting at tests from 8DPO which is what I usually do haha!
I hope everyone is doing ok! Xx

I’m jumping on from the September thread. This is our second cycle after having a mmc in July. We have a 13 month little girl. I’m 38 so wanted to have two but feel like time is ticking.

I’m trying to improve my diet. I’ve just read the book Fertile by Emma Cannon and loosely following some of her recommendations. Less processed food, no added sugar, no caffeine, no alcohol, lots of fruit and veg. Keeping active. I’m currently doing the cleanse it recommends - a lot about relaxation too! It does make a lot of sense if anyone likes to read!

I’ve been taking folic acid and a multivitamin daily since the mmc. But this month have order from DHA with omega 3 and some CoQ10. Hoping that will help with egg quality. But it says it can take 3-4 months to effect egg quality. Oh and I’ve also ordered some pressed. Think we might try the SMEP this month too. Is is DTD every other day until futile window? Can any give more details. I’m currently CD8

@CoolSummer89 thank you. Yes I'm taking folic acid & vit D. He's just started a male fertility multivit so I'm guessing that may take a while to work! Hoping to convince him to do a SA in the next couple of months around 6mth mark.
AF would be due this Sunday and already feeling very irritable like pms, so I'm guessing I'm out this month!x

@Pipersgirl im look im cylce day 8 today. Need to start dtd tonight. Just been feeling so meh about it all. Im cycle 10 now so just feeling so anxious and stressed by it all x

Hi everyone.

I’m 37 and will be properly starting ttc our second in December but we’ve not been using protection since July. We are meant to pause trying now until December because SIL is getting married next summer, but neither of us really want to.

My husband travels for work so he’s only home 3 nights a week which is a bit of a struggle. Next year I think we are going to look to plan leave from work to make sure we’re together when we need to be, just hoping my cycle stays pretty regular so that that’s actually feasible.

Hey! Plonking myself in here as due af 7th October. I don't do any checking temp etc to see when I ovulated so have no idea when I've actually ovulated, had my usual pains and dtd before, during and after those pains so fingers crossed for a bfp in Oct.

This will be baby number 3. There will be a big age gap but looking forward to going through it all again.

Oct is a busy month for us due to most of our birthdays and wedding anniversary so im hoping the tww will be easier as have lots of planning to keep my mind off things.

Good luck to you all!

Hey everyone! i’m on CD10 2nd month of TTC number 2! App says ovulating on the 1st Oct but my cycle was a little longer last month than usual so i have started using ovulation sticks so i want to see if this matches the app!
It was super easy to conceive #1 and now i’m feeling anxious it won’t be easy, i think you read soooo much about people struggling for the 2nd???
Good luck to everyone trying!✨👶🏼

@AmberM223 we are nearly the same then! Second cycle TTC nr 2 and nr 1 took only 1 cycle to make.

im on cycle day 6 and tend to ovulate around day 17