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! 🤗

We are similar stages then! There’s another cycle twinnie on the thread but I’ve forgotten her username (thanks ADHD 🙈)

I know 5dpo is way too early to start all this symptom spotting, but here we go anyway 😂 after a little drop yesterday my temp is rising again today, still well above the pre-ovulation baseline. I had cramps last night and this morning, also my nipples hurt! And it’s not the cold becuse my office is boiling.

@PamelaDoov I’m the same boat as you! Omg my boobs are so huge, only ever had this when pregnant with DD. I normally bloat around ovulation and it goes right down, when pregnant the bloating doesn’t go away, I’m so bloated. Getting up in the night to pee when I’m not drinking more than usual, the list goes on 🙈 kicker for me is that I was putting my DD down for bed last night and thought oh my armpits are a bit whiffy, I am not a smelly person but by god I thought I stunk for the whole first trimester before. Have you been doing OPKs? I had a lovely sharp drop after ovulation with the test line barely visible, test with second urine today like I normally do was quite dark, like as dark as it usually looks a day or two before I ovulate.

But I also had a CP last month so my body could be doing weird stuff so I’m really not sure what to think.

@SarahB88 mine are already huge so I wouldn’t be able to spot the difference 😂 hmm bloating sounds promising, like it might be the progesterone? That is so weird, I had the smell thing too! Like I could smell myself really strongly the other day haha. And I’ve just eaten a banana that tasted extra banana-y, like the best banana ever? Yes I do OPKs but I don’t carry on after I get a peak and then see that it’s low again, especially when my bbt readings match up, I feel like that confirms it for me.

@SarahB88 are you going to do some more opks in case your first peak was a false alarm? Sometimes we can gear up to it then it fails. .

i will be joining you on Feb thread @BerrieSweet if you dont have any luck on repeat tests! I had two days of VFL but bfn today 😭 and started spotting so AF here right on time. Feeling positive new year ready for cycle 6 🤞

Remember it is pretty average to take a year!
We panicked and got private tests. It was worth it. Found out my eggs were in good condition despite being in my 30s, and this helped me to relax as I didn't feel as pressured to get pregnant. We took a break for a couple of months. We did loads of fun things like Alton Towers, went on mini breaks etc. We then gave it a go and had a positive.
After my MC my cycles went from 27-30 days, to 23 days for literally 7 months. It meant nothing was long enough to stick. It was so frustrating.
It's hard when ppl around you get pregnant first time, as though it's an achievement. It's just plain good luck and nothing more. Most people I know it took 5-12 months!

Had a faulty clear blue 😞

AF not due until 20th at the earliest for me! I’m only just post ovulation.
All the BFPs is making me impatient but going to try not to test early

I think AF is due around the 13th/14th for me, think I’m going to test on the 12th xx

Currently ovulation week for me so trying to DTD as much as possible!! AF due on 21st, really hoping this is our month for anyone still in it 

@PamelaDoov I don’t do BBT but I do monitor CM and had loads of EWMC on CD11 and 12. I got a good strong OPK line on CD11 so thought I’d ovulate on CD12 but then got another super dark line on CD13 so who knows. But I must have ovulated somewhere between CD12 and 14, I’m now CD18. I’ve had a really clear positive progesterone test this morning so I reckon I must have ovulated CD12 and my second peak wasn’t actually ovulation, unless it’s possible to pop two eggs out a couple of days apart 😂 I thought when that happened they both came at the same time though.

My parents dog also won’t leave me alone and was sniffing around my lower tummy but I had also just eaten a cheese sandwich so again who knows 😂

Just checked my cervix and it’s low & hard which isn’t a great sign…

It's me :) I'm the cycle twinnie!! 5DPO today and feeling weirdly calm about everything! I guess because I'm not expecting anything following the MC in December. AF is due the 17th, but I'm planning to test on the 16th as have a work party and would like to know ahead of it! I normally get tempted to test from 8DPO, so if I can hold off til 13DPO I will be amazed with myself!

@blackberryhill I'm an early ovulator, around day 11-13. Conceived DS when we knew this information!!

Well I've still had no AF (due 4th) done 2 cheap tests which were bfn, I've ordered some more which come tomorrow, but I didn't get my bfp with ds until af was 5 days late. So I'm still hopeful.

I should be ovulating again this month but won't be testing until Feb.

👋I'm an early ovulator too. Normally cd11-12 I get a positive OpK.

Had ewcm this morning. Wasn't due to ovulate until the weekend. Going to dtd tonight in the hopes we haven't missed this month 🤞🏻

5 dpo here too! @SarahB88 @MummyV2021
I've got a few twinges here and there and sore boobs. But those are all normal luteal phase symptoms for me 🙁

@Matildahoney You've inspired me to go back and check my charts from when we were TTC my son - I had it in my head that I'm ovulating earlier now than I used to, but actually Day 12 was average for me back then (although it was slightly later the cycle we actually conceived). I've had a couple of very early positive OPKs on recent cycles (first positive OPK on Day 8 in my November cycle with a BBT rise the following day) whilch has just left me a bit paranoid about it all.

@MummyV2021 so sorry I forgot your name but I knew there was another person 🙈 yay @AmazeB that you’re the same as us!

TMI but just went to the loo and had loads of watery discharge in my pants. That’s a good sign for me but now I feel like I’m just looking for things!!

@SarahB88 id be happy with that as a sign lol. I checked my cervix again and now it’s disappeared, I probably scared it off 😆 phew

Hi all, I haven’t posted or joined the group, as I’ve been on the ttc boards for a long time, and it was all getting a bit much. I’ve been reading everyone’s advice of timing and supplement recommendations etc

I hid all the sensitive topics, but have been watching and wishing I could pluck up the courage to join again. I think I’ve just had a BFP, and am sitting here shaking and convincing myself that it’s an evap line.

@SarahB88 no need to apologise at all... there are so many posts and users to keep up with! Welcome to the 5DPO crew @PamelaDoov :) I'm normally terrible for symptom spotting so trying my best not to this time!! But the CM and disappearing sounds promising!!

I've always found my cervix does whatever it wants and changes position and firmness multiple times throughout my cycle so don't read anything into it anymore.

@Floomobal welcome!! Understand your overwhelm and anxiety!! And tentative congrats on your BFP!!!

My SIL recommended royal honey to concieve easier, she got pregnant on the first try tho so she didn't know if it was because of the royal honey. I take folic acid, does anyone else have good experience with royal honey or is it just a "myth"? Just curious 😊

I mean royal jelly 😂