TTC Feb 2025

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Hi everyone, I'm on CD 7 (I think.. last month was a very weird cycle for me) and going to start ovulation testing with the easy @ home strips and use the app they have.

I've used the clear blue smiley face tests the past 3 cycles but wanted to try something different this month.. but I'm worried I'm going to read them wrong as the clear blue ones were very straightforward!

If anyone has used these strips, what time of day did you test? I've read not to use the FMU so plan to test at 6pm (due to work) until I get a line and then try and test at 12pm too..

And did you not drink/wee for 2 hours before doing the test? With clear blue I left it 4 hours but struggled!

Would be great to chat to anyone who's also hoping this will be the month🤞🏼

@MakeMeJuno Congratulations ❤
@Mama09876 @xTinkerbell nothing wrong with taking time for yourselves, ttc is so mentally exhausting, especially when you've got busy home and work lives too!
@Taysonic i'm day 8 tomorrow so will start testing then i think

Congratulations @MakeMeJuno so happy for you!

I've also been considering if we should pause so we don't have a Xmas baby but I guess what will be will be.

DD 3.5 was asking me for a sibling today 🙈. I'm there thinking 'we're trying!!!'

DTD to order is harder than I imagined 🙈.

@MakeMeJuno congrats!

Basically waiting to find out what’s going on with my cycles. I’ve had a consistent 10 day luteal phase since having my daughter in 2022. Not hugely concerned by this because I got pregnant with my son despite this but it’s annoying having 21-24 day cycles and would like them to be longer.

Last month I randomly had a 14 day luteal phase so really hoping for the same this month and things finally starting to regulate.

Today is 11 dpo and no AF yet so we’ll see.

I think knowing and having this information is such a gift, isn't it? SO much of how we function is tied into our hormones, and to know and understand exactly what's happening with your body is amazing. Hopefully, you'll start to see things go in the direction you want them to. Ive heard about people trying to extend their luteal phase but don't know much about it - what kind of thing helps to encourage a longer luteal phase?

All hopes of DTD last night dashed when my son was ill. Ah well, at least it's early on in the cycle. Did remember to do my BBT this morning (twice in a row, well done me).

@Taysonic definitely! I started trying to understand my cycles out with TTC and it’s really interesting having that understanding.

I read that vitamin c & b6 can help lengthen luteal phase. I tried vit C but actually stopped it partway through the month last month as I was worried it was drying up my cm. I was too scared to try b6 based on what I read so I haven’t actually done anything. Have been actively trying to improve my diet though so maybe that’s had some impact I’m not sure. No AF yet so far so good for a longer luteal phase again this month so hoping that’s just regulated.

Hope your little one is okay!

Thanks so much everyone. I am still having some spotting and lower back cramps but otherwise feel ok - trying to avoid repeatedly testing!

@xTinkerbell not sure if it's just coincidence but I started taking evening primrose last month and my luteal phase was one day longer. Obvs don't know what it would have been this month xx

I've had some spotting with cramps aswel so hard trying not to over think it all aswel ,my fingers are crossed both are little beans are sticky and it's just because we are near what should of been our monthly (mines due tomorrow)

Hello!! Found out I'm pregnant this week!! Does anyone know if there's a WhatsApp group for anyone due in November 2025?!

@MakeMeJuno I’ve heard of EPO for lengthening luteal phase before actually.

Mine just seems to have randomly lengthened by itself. Last month it was 14 days and this cycle I’m 12dpo and no AF yet. Strange after years of short cycles but I’m glad about it

That sounds promising @xTinkerbell! I am quite looking forward to being able to know more about my own cycle through OPKing and BBTing.

Not much to report from my end... just getting into the swing of things with OPKing and BBTing. Finding it really interesting so far, and looking forward to seeing how things change over the coming week. Since putting my OPK results in the PreMom app, it keeps bringing forward my expected ovulation date which I'm fascinated by! It previously estimated ovulation for next Saturday, and now it's saying Wednesday. Can't wait to see what it actually ends up being and how accurate the predictions are.

Hope everyone is doing well and for those of us around the same cycle day as me - hope you're limbering up for the antics!

@Taysonic 13dpo so looks like I’m definitely on track for another normal length cycle so feeling pretty good about that. Though at the same time ready to just get onto next month now.

It’s definitely really interesting learning more about your cycles. I’m not currently tracking bbt because I was starting to stress myself out but actually started tracking when I wasn’t ttc because I wanted to understand what was going on in my body more

Hi ladies,

Could I please join this thread?

I am 10 days DPO and have had these lines this morning! I wasn’t expecting anything but I just knew!

Background story - (sorry this may be triggering to some ladies).

I had 3 miscarriages last year, 2 around 6/7 weeks and 1 at 11 weeks that was a mmc and actually stopped growing at 9 weeks. Tests all done, nothing wrong with any of us just apparently bad luck. So we decided to have a break and rest since last July and decided to try again without any stress on us this time so here we are…

I cant feel happy or excited yet as I know how this could end but just keeping my fingers crossed for a sticky one this time :)

Good luck to you all💕

@DearDarcy tentative congratulations and so sorry to hear of your losses. Have you heard of the podcast 'the worst girl gang ever'? A close friend has a similar story to you and found the community a real comfort. Wishing you all the best for a sticky one!!

@DearDarcy wishing you all the luck in the world for a healthy pregnancy this time 💓
@Taysonic glad to hear bbt & opk is going well, we started SMEP but did CD 7 &9 instead of 8 & 10, going to start every other day from now, OPK still really low but I usually have a really quick peak, so ovulation still due on friday for now.

Hope you other girls are all doing ok! x

Hey ladies! Glad to see people in the fertile window! I have been very chilled this weekend, haven’t bothered BBT and only done one OPK on Friday then couldn’t be bothered this weekend cause OH hasn’t been home so thought what’s the point 😂

Came home yesterday but honestly I have no drive to do anything about trying this month but I know we’ll DTD tonight as we haven’t seen each other for a 5 days so I thought I’ll just see what the OPK are looking like. My app says I’m on CD14 and ovulating today. I think I probably have cause my mucus has been really low and none existent now, but my test is below. It still look like it could the day before peak? So now I’m thinking maybe I haven’t missed it. Or maybe it was yesterday and this is showing the line getting fainter?

Either way we’ll try tonight and see what happens!

Hows everyone else getting on?

@Mama09876 glad to hear you're feeling more chilled, sounds like its exactly what you needed! That definitely looks like you're just coming up to peak.

I'm CD 12, app says ovulation due CD15, OPKs still really faint, but then im sure I have this panic every month & it just peaks really quick😅

Yeah, it's definitely 'go' time for lots of us with synced up fertile windows!

CD13 for me today, but just went to check the PreMom app and all predictions around ovulation and fertile window have disappeared? Not sure if it's just a glitch or if it thinks my test results are rubbish and so doesn't think I'm due a peak? I don't know.

I've been speculating like mad at home which I know probably isn't a good thing or healthy but I guess I'm just desperate for that better understanding of what's happening so I can feel more prepared? I don't know. I'm a bit 'all or nothing' when it comes to most things.

Ahh enjoy your reunion with OH @Mama09876! Annoyingly, I've got essentially a dissertation to write this week (because I'm an idiot and left it to the last minute) so I'll be chained to my laptop most evenings, but hoping a bit of ba-doinking will be a good motivator and relaxant! 😂

@Taysonic which app are you using? Id say probably just a glitch, if my opks are faint it usually moves ovulation back a couple of days, mine are always faint & then I have a really quick peak, so usually only raised for a couple of days, I normally find the peak easier if I test twice a day during ovulation week

@LuckyDuck93 im not sure if I’ve missed it to be honest cause it was fainter this morning. I’m going to do another tonight to see if it’s got stronger if not ill know peak was probably Sunday. Either way I’m completely out this month timings weren’t right.

Got everything crossed for you girls though! Hoping for some positives this month for you all.

Yeah, I've started to test twice a day as worried about missing. Also, because fascinated by the science of it all. Will see what happens today. The app is probably throwing a wobbly because I keep checking it so much! HA HA HA. It's the Premom app I'm using. I quite like it. But it's all still quite new to me and I feel like I'm not quite navigating my way round it properly, if that makes sense?

I’m CD20 today and think I ovulated either yesterday or today. Tried to take a much more chilled approach this month and did the deed every other day rather than every single day! Hoping this approach can be more beneficial to allow the sperm to restore during the rest time.

fingers crossed for month 6 and sending baby dust to you all💗

No I’ve never heard of it! I will have to look at this, thank you!

Just an update, I tested again today! (promised myself I wouldn’t but here we are!!) and my lines are a lot stronger at 11days DPO. Could end up being nothing .. I’m well aware or could end up finally being a sticky one we will have to wait and see 💕

11 days dpo

@Taysonic I found that with Premom, even when I had my peak it kept telling me I was 5dpo until it sorted itself out. I just went by the test lines and dtd accordingly.

Tentative congratulations @DearDarcy , nice lines x