TTC FIRST BABY - New cycle, let's go girls !

[Lila34830]

Follow up form TTC BABY #1 - cycle buddies.
For all the girls trying to conceive their first baby !

Thanks for the help! Do you guys stick to a certain brand of ovu tests? I’m gonna buy a new batch in for the new cycle 😂😂

I’m lucky that I’ve got a high sex drive for some reason however my husband sometimes takes some convincing! We DTD 5 times in 6 days over my predicted ovu week on the app but I didn’t ever get the peak on the test so must’ve missed it!

Ok so my ‘evap lines’ may not have been, this test tonight is dark enough for the camera (hopefully you can see it!!)

I’ll take one with FMU and keep you all updated 🤣🩷

@HE93C yes maybe try testing more frequently! This month I was testing once a day then switched to twice a day when my lines started to get darker.
This month we DTD when the lines got their darkest, then a couple more times over the next few days because my lines were still dark, and then once more for luck the day after I ovulated. So I'm hoping we covered all bases.

Definitely keep testing and keep us posted 😊

I use easy at home! The first month or so I bought Wondfo. Both worked for me no problem at all, they’re both on Amazon. I think the easy at home are more widely used. Do you use the pre mom app once you’ve taken your LH test? That’s helped me note surge/peak.

Hahahaah, good for you!! I feel like I’m less interested in DTD around ovu week now as it’s not as fun 🤣

Ahhh this is exciting. Got my fingers crossed for you, update us tomorrow!!! 🤞🤞🤞

Hi all, I’d love to join! Have been following the thread as we had just decided to start trying, but the timing wasn’t right for last month. Now finished wk 1 of cycle.
I am also just about to turn 36, and very new to the wonderful world of TTC. It’s funny to feel simultaneously old and clueless!

Oh i really hope it works out for you 💫💫 keep us updated tomorrow🤞🏻

Welcome to the journey, im almost a year in this and still feel clueless 😆

Thank you guys! We go in a weekend break tomorrow so ideally I need to know for certain as I don’t want to drink if I am 🤣

@ThisOchreTiger welcome!! Have you been tracking or anything? good luck on your first real try! Hope you only have one month 🥰🩷

@ThisOchreTiger WELCOME to the Dino club ! 🦕 full of friendly non judgemental (and as clueless as you!) mid 30s women !

@Gemmaemilyx I have my fingers crossed for you !

@HE93C I use the premom ones and put them in the app ! Personal preference but I think they honestly all do the same job. I just avoid clear blue as it's overpriced imo !

I'm 6 or 7 dpo today, absolutely no sign of anything, apart from lower back pain yesterday all day, this is the pain I get when I'm on my period but I would expect implantation pain would be at the front ? So I'm not sure!

I have read that you can sometimes get backache with implantation too so you never know!!

Still getting flashing smileys on CD 19/26

8 days since donation.

Exhausted, I keep napping & having lie ins!

Hang in there @lovealways97 ! 🫶🏽

@HE93C oh really ! I thought af might come earlier as I only get this pain on my period, it's so low in the lumbar area ! But it was very mild, so no idea 😭 we shall see.... I'm aiming to test next week around 11/12 dpo ...

@ThisOchreTiger welcome!! ☺️ Hopefully it’ll only be a short journey!

@Lila34830 implantation pain can defo be in the back!! Fingers crossed for you.

CD3 over here, feels quite weird not peeing on sticks and having to second guess my body 🤣 but also very enjoyable!! Feel like this is the least stressful part of the cycle now, whereas when AF was in town prior to TTC I hated this time of the month 😅

All the nervous waiting must be so exhausting! How long to you have to wait before testing?

thanks for the welcome @Lila34830 @Gemmaemilyx @KT199 @Heartypandaa . The 🦖 seems like a very supportive club!! I like the vibes here.

Ive been using the ClearBlue 2 most fertile days LH sticks, just once a day in the morning, along with the flo app. Right now I’m day 8 DPO and the app is predicting my best chances start tomorrow, with ovulation on day 13. I’ve never used the sticks before this month.

A friend who had a tough journey of her own very kindly gave me 2 monitors (clearblue and mira) but I haven’t tried either as the refill tests are expensive!! Any experience with either brand here?

Forgot to update 😅 no smileys on the clearblue so far, but too early anyway so that would be right.

@ThisOchreTiger it's a great club ! 🦖

Regarding the LH strips, it's recommended to test from a few days after your period, until you get a peak (test line as dark or darker than control line, anything less dark isn't a peak). and you should test morning and evening because a peak can happen so quickly you sometimes can miss it ! (I know it's tedious). I wouldn't trust your app without any ovulation tests (sorry idk about mira !) because an app only bases itself on " typical cycle". The strips test your level of LH. This is the hormone sent to the brain to release the egg. When the LH is very high (peak) it means the signal was sent to the brain and the egg is released within 36 hours.
I know that the girls also use temping (@KT199 will be great at explaining as I haven't done temping yet!) to confirm ovulation too.
You app can be great if you combine it with more " science based" methods and input the results in.
By the way I don't know how much you know so if it comes across patronising and you already knew all this I'm so sorrry !! 😅

I haven’t used the advanced monitors no! I did look at the mira, but it’s very expensive. I thought if I was still on this journey at month 7/8 I may purchase, but also the refills each month are sooo expensive too so I’m unsure!

I use the CB advanced ovu which gives a flashing smiley, then static.. not sure if it’s worth the money.. it’s meant to be good as it indicates the opening of your fertile window as detects oestrogen rise, followed by giving the static smiley once your LH rises like the one your using. I use the OPK strips alongside it once I get flashing as I test it least twice a day (usually around CD10/11) to make sure I catch my LH surge as I may miss it without as I have had a few shorter surges less than 24hrs!

Looks like @KT199 and I responded at the same time @ThisOchreTiger , I'm sure all the combined infos will help.
Regarding testing, if your egg was fertilised it would take about 6-10 days to implant in the womb. It only starts releasing HCG then. So any test before 6 (even sometimes before 10 dpo) would be negative. Some brave women only test once period is late, but you'll find that it's very hard to wait until then 😅 I guess a result would be accurate from 10/12 dpo. Definite after missed period x

According to the clearblue app we can test tomorrow but that seems really early. Might wait until Monday (AF due the Thursday)

Thanks for all the info @KT199 and @Lila34830 . It is very helpful and doesn't come across as condescending. This is all new to me - I naively thought you could get pregnant at any time during the month until quite recently!!

My friend said the Mira was fantastic, though the sticks are so expensive. My plan is just to DTD as much as possible over the next fortnight and learn more about tracking in the meantime - if nothing happens this month I'll maybe look for some Black Friday Mira sales!

Good luck today everyone, fingers crossed for you all and looking forward to updates!

@ThisOchreTiger if the mira stuff are still too expensive on sale, you can get 50 pre mom ovulation sticks (that you dip in urine) for I think £15 !

Morning ladies! I don't have much to say this morning other than, I've been reading back through the posts from the past couple of days and I just love what a helpful and welcoming space we have here to chat and ask questions without judgement.
Long live the dino club 🦕

Is anyone here older than me (38)? Or do I get to wear the queen dino 🦕 crown? 😅

Ditto @pastelpink0 , hopefully the Dino club will turn Into a Dino mum club at some point ! 🤞🏼