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 exact same first cycle for our 1st! I usually ovulate anywhere between CD 16-20 (i think!!) so decided to use the sticks this month! I’m not sure how to approach it, DTD everyother day from tomorrow 😂 or just a few times the day before/ day of and day after ovulation. Finding it stressful already!
Fingers crossed for us both!

@AmberM223 I've been using the opk sticks from Amazon, I used alongside clear blue 1 month to see which was better and think the cheapies are best. I ovulate quite late, day 20/21 with 32/33 day cycle. But this month ovulation was 23 x

@AmberM223 @katsworld24 so similar then!
good luck to us! Hopefully this cycle is the one! ☺️
I’m trying to keep some excitement about TTC and be hopeful, as it’s overwhelming isn’t it?

I just got a new box of Clear Blue Ditial Ovulation tests. I think the box could last me 2 cycles if needed, but it is rather expensive.

I’ve been reading about short luteal phases (the “ 2 week wait”) as my ovulation hormone surge last cycle was day 17, but cycle was 29 days. I read that a short luteal phase is anything less than 11 days.
Technically my luteal phase is 11 days if I ovulated on cycle day 18 ( the day after the surge), but worried if 11 days is too short for the egg to implant ?

🫣🤔 anyone knows more about luteal phase of when to even start counting ? Is it from the day I get a static smiley face (hormone surge) on the Clear Blue digital tests?

Actually just recounted on my fingers lol and my luteal phase is 12 days so on the shorter side but in the normal range still 😅

@MyGardenDaisies I think your LP sounds fine. I was worried about this myself as mine was short for the first 2 months after coming off the pill, but have heard this is pretty common whilst your body is adjusting? Also there is some conflicting info online about what is considered as short! I think it's the days between ovulation and period starting.
Mine has now increased to 13 days.
Did you buy the clear blue 4 most fertile days or 2? 😊

@MyGardenDaisies i also have a short luteal phase. Normally ovulate around day 19. My last cycle it was day 21 and I have a 28/29 day cycle. so think that’s why I didn’t have any luck this cycle.

I had a really odd cycle last month- maybe due to the mmc. But I had 4 days of spotting (starting on day 28) before real period started. If I count the day real bleed started then my cycle was 31 days. So odd.

@katsworld24 it says 4 or more fertile days.
What I struggle with this the idea that I can’t actually test whether or not I ovulated and when exactly, or if I just had the hormone surge.
The CB digital test will show the solid smiley face when the hormone surge happens, which does coincide with the egg white type cervical mucus, but it’s still not 100% guaranteed you ovulate or when exactly.
for example:
I could get static smiley on day 17, ovulate on day 19 (as the smiley shows for 48h), and have a 29 day cycle, which would make it a short luteal phase <11 days.

Or is it likely that I ovulate on day 17 when I get the static smiley?

omg why is this not tought at school 🥲😅

@MyGardenDaisies So when I used the clear blue 4 days I had the smileys for so many days I thought it was too long a fertile window (also exhausting haha) The month after I used again alongside the strips and they pinpoint the progression in Lh and the surge so you can see your peak, if testing after this you can also see it go back down which I found way more useful than just the clear blue smiley. I've read others saying they use the basal temperature which helps confirm that you've actually ovulated, I haven't tried this yet though!x

@katsworld24 my CB does show flashing for about 3 days and then static

I have a question - might be daft haha! But my ovulation sticks say to test at the same time each day and twice!? I was only planning on doing it once - also when i’m in the office everyday how do i do this? 🫣 Am i okay to just say test at 5pm each day when i get home or is that too late in the day!?

I've caved early & tested 9dpo.... have very mild cramps, was sure AF due this Sunday and this is PMS symptoms, but I can see a faint line, is this too early and a false positive? Thanks

@katsworld24 Inwould say that’s quite a strong line! Congratulations ! 🥳

@katsworld24 i would say that positive!!🥰🥰 i actually thought there was no such thing as a false positive just a false negative!

Thank you - won't get hopes up yet as the reviews for false positives look concerning so will double check with some clearblue 🤞🏼

@katsworld24 congratulations 🎊

@katsworld24 that definitely looks positive. False positives are incredibly rare, and the width and colour of this one is what you would expect, so hopefully you can rest easy.
Wishing you a happy and healthy 9 months. Also great news that your DP has nothing to worry about SA wise :)

Morning! How’s everyone doing?

I got first flashing smiley on CB digital test this cycle this morning, so it’s go time for baby making 😄
Agreed with my other half that we will test together and only when period is missed, otherwise I waste so much money on testing too early

@MyGardenDaisiessending baby dust your way ✨ .

@MyGardenDaisies good luck 💖 I have no will power literally cd2 & I ordered the bulk pack of the cheap strip tests with my folic acid. I have no will power to wait once I know there is a chance so rather then spend a fortune when it's time I compromised with being prepared haha. Hopefully it's a good month for all of us

Thank you! Good luck to us all!

I have gotten myself confused with the Clear Blue digital ovulation tests!

I had sticks and holder left from last cycle and used it for the following tests:
CD 8: empty circle (not fertile)
CD 9 morning : flashing smiley (high fertility)
CD 9 afternoon: static smiley (peak fertility)

last month I got the peak on CD17, so this peak on CD9 seems very odd! Could that be true?

I thought I would us the same wee and dip a new test and use the new Holder - it shows an empty circle.

which one should I trust? The instructions say you can use a holder again for a new cycle, and that tests are 99% accurate.

very confused 🫤 these are way too expensive to be so confusing!

I don’t want to waste tests and use both Holders, but also want to get my money’s worth and find out when my ovulation and high fertility days are

@CoolSummer89 11 cycles we’ve been on these threads together. I’m hoping so so hard this is going to be both of our cycle!! Sending you lots of luck ✨🤞

Joining this thread :) We've decided to try for a second, we have a 12 month old and had the chat a few weeks ago. We had sex a few times but definitely not 'trying', more getting back into it LOL.

AF started lightly on Tuesday so now in full swing. I'm scared to track ovulation with sticks because I did that before I got pregnant with our baby and they never went dark... I'm not sure if I want the pressure as I think we're just going to try to DTD as much as possible! Sending good luck to all of you ✨✨✨

Are you ladies using any tips or tricks? I've just bought some pregnacare conception vitamins as I used them before and my partner is taking ashwaganda. Any other tips or old wives tales welcome LOL!

@hnm haha I either take/or have read good things about:
CoQ10
Inositol- this has my cycle super regular
ovulation tracking
lots of sex 😅
no caffeine
do a blood panel to check your hormones are all normal
reduce stress
balanced nutrition