January TTC Support Group 💚

[MyGardenDaisies]

Hello!

Since I created the December one, making one for January!

A supportive place to chat for those that are:

• starting to TTC in January
• will be testing ovulation/pregnancy in January

all welcome! 🤗

Can I ask a daft question or two? What's an OPK - I'd assumed that you get tests that you wee on to see if you are ovulating (guessing the strips you are talking about) - do you need to know you are ovulating; or just before - or does that not matter provided it's around the right time?
I've not done any of this previously but the chemical pregnancy this month and how excited then heartbroken I was has made me realise how much I want this and am ready now (previously I've had nagging fears it's too soon) ... So wondering if I need to try and optimise the chances a bit!

@Sunshine924 ovulation prediction kits are digital devices that read the ovulation results and display predictions

On cd 20. 12th month ttc. Positve OPK day 11 and day 12. Several days before fertile window but defo on cd 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 as remebered to mark them in 🤣. I have been very nauseous with painful nipples with some cramps. Not have a bfp the whole year we have been trying. Too pessimistic to get my hopes up as always have been so used to a negative outcome. Would be absolutly over the moon if i was pregnant x

Oh yes 😂 announcements from family/friends that stung a bit! One couple though I know have been trying with IVF for many years so I am actually genuinely happy for them.

2DPO today… i’ll be 6DPO on my birthday and the maddest thing is if I woke up feeling nauseous or with implantation bleeding i think i’d be happier than any other birthday i’ve had before 😂

hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! 10DPO today. Had a temp drop yesterday to 36.44, today back up to 37.4. LH strip looked darker too…hoping these are positive things!

Thanks @Fashionlover123 I had a nice chilled Christmas thank you. Was trying to comfort myself that this could be my last one where I'm neither pregnant or have a child, so should enjoy it 😊

Wow that is a big jump up will keep my fingers and toes crossed for you.

Just had a look at my Instagram and not a single pregnancy announcement, perhaps I'm too old now (36 next month)? A lot of first baby Christmases though, which could be painful as I could have had a baby by now but I'm trying not to let it get to me!

@CoolSummer89 me too..when we had a lye in until 9am we were laughing about those with children up at 6am😂😂

8DPO, negative test and my urine progesterone tests are negative, so not sure I ovulated. Think I'm going to see a private consultant in the new year!

Merry belated Christmas everyone, I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. So am joining over here from the December thread. After about two weeks of cramping on and off my period has finally started today. I’m not too disappointed though as I figured there’d be an adjustment period after being on the pill for so long. And it’s come 4 weeks after it was meant to which means my periods are still (as they’ve always been) very regular.

Deciding whether to try a OPK just to make sure I am ovulating ok or might give it another cycle. Either way here’s to cycle 2!

No pregnancy announcements in our group/family but I think people are either done, just not long had babies or baby is due at the start of 2025.

Looks like the bleeding from my CP is nearly finished so that’s just a couple of days longer than a normal period for me. Looking forward to it being over tbh.

We weren’t going to do OPKs this cycle but my partner has become really interested in the science aspect of it so I think we will. Won’t be stressing about when the peak is coming but will log in premom so he can check out the graphs 😂

Morning!
I think I am 3DPO.
not having much hopes for this cycle, feeling quite reflective that if has been 5 months, feeling a bit scared to go to the doctors too although my doctor is nice and polite

Sorry that I can’t remember, is this your first or second that your TTC? Fingers crossed this it for you! When I fell pregnant with my daughter I felt like we had zero hope that cycle so you just never know x

Do you measure BBT as well? I’m not sure how much I trust those urine progesterone tests!

Hey everyone, ok to join? 5DPO today, struggling alot in this wait!

Pregnancy announcement from my husband's step sister today. We already knew as she was due a few days after our little boy. She's had a loss herself, so was waiting until 30 weeks to do a social media announcement, but instead of hiding all the pregnancy stuff from us, she tagged all the family in them. She lives far away, so we only see her every so often, but she knows our son died and still went ahead and tagged us. The inconsiderate nature of people, particularly my husband's family, continues to be disappointing.

I'd hoped to be entering my fertile week by yesterday, and so far not even a sniff that I'm anywhere close to ovulating. I've had the lowest OPK reading I've ever seen, and no bodily signs. Last cycle, I ovulated around CD11/12 and the one previously was CD16/17. I'd hoped I'd ovulate on the earlier side again, as my husband leaves until the 30th tomorrow. I just know I'll get my peak while he's on his way back or something. We really wanted to have a few tries at before ovulation this time as we only DTD on peak day last month as we were unwell and no luck.

I've had dreams all night for the last two nights about OPKs, pregnancy tests and looking for lines. It's been a terrible Christmas anyway, but it really puts the cherry on top. We've never stressed about conceiving before as we conceived easily and it was always (though they ended in losses) previously. Now, I have this huge anxiety that it won't happen again, not helped by my husband being away at the crucial time. Worrying about it won't do any good, so I'm just going to eat another mince pie and be sad for a bit.

@CoolSummer89 no I don't. I thought the BBT just shows your body is ready for ovulation? Yeah I'm not too sure either, I've read a lot of mixed reviews. More bad than good really!

My chart looking a bit wierd as I’m not very well I have this bug that’s going around so my temp was well high last night

From my understanding BBT confirms that you’ve ovulated (the day after ovulation) so can be more accurate as you can actually have an LH peak without ovulating apparently!

@Kateb149 oh wow!! I didn't realise that!! I've never done my BBT. I caught first time twice and miscarried both. Now I'm struggling to catch. I'll try this next cycle!! Thanks so much!!

So sorry to hear about your miscarriages 😔 hopefully tracking BBT might help though 🤞
I only check my LH levels at the mo but have been tempted to get a thermometer for a while now… only thing is you have to test same time in the morning every day which can be tricky for me 😅

@Kateb149 oh fab. Thank you!! I'll definitely be trying that! I've been doing LH strips too. I'm going to get rid of the progesterone testing and use BBT instead! Will definitely be cheaper too!!

I’ll be trying again in Jan for baby no 1.
Never been pregnant before and found out my partner has reduced morphology last week.
He is starting impryl and coQ10.
can anyone recommend supplements for me? My tests have come back normal so far.

finding this holiday period incredibly difficult x

Sorry to hear that @OliveTraybake what was your partner's morphology score? I think my partner's was 4% which is a bit on the low side but still 'normal' so we didn't get any recommendations

Hi all, hope you don’t mind if I join. I’m about 10dpo on cycle 3 ttc number 2.

Well tbh it’s probably really uncertain when I ovulated, I’m only using clue to try and tell - not using opks as I don’t want to go down that rabbit hole and find it impossible to see any signs in my body! Also cycles are still trying to settle I think after coming off the pill. First one was 34 days and second was 26. Pre pregnancy they were pretty consistent at 28 days so they could be trying to get back to that - who knows 🤷‍♀️

Tested yesterday and BFN, not sure whether to test again tomorrow or just wait until AF is due!

@SarahB88 I have a toddler that we conceived on 1st cycle , so trying for baby nr 2 and still struggling to wrap my head around that I am on a TTC journey. I didn’t even know what that meant back then lol

@KittyFantastica that is very insensitive indeed, especially if your son died. I see how she could think that pregnancy loss is common, but to tag someone that has lost a child is so inconsiderate