TTC Feb 2025

[sjwx]

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🤞🏼

@PoppyGirl222 @TTCRach thanks both for the reassurance! Yesterday’s test went up a tiny bit but going to start testing twice a day from tomorrow so I defo don’t miss anything. I just struggle to not drink anything for 4 hours each time!

@Taysonic I think it means baby dancing but could be totally wrong, I'm still new to all the terminology 😅

Oh no - are we not suppose to drink between testing ?!

@sjwx I am the worst for consistency with opk tests. I pee all night at least twice, i don’t think i actually even officially caught the first morning urine or waited 4hrs between any pee in my life. I’m always with a glass of juice or have water in my bag. I’m unsure how much difference all those factors make because my results from morning & night were pretty consistent. Next moth i’ll try to do better because if they are a big deal i’ve seriously messed up 😬. Jeez i hope not. Im probably being too laid back because it’s the first two months of trying. I wonder does it make a difference?

@Taysonic i knew it meant baby dancing but i’m officially using your interpretation from now on lol i laughed, literally made my day. Love it!

@TTCRach @PoppyGirl222 I only can't drink because as soon as I do I need a wee 🤣 i think the clear blue tests I used previous months said about holding for 4 hours (?) but I'm not sure about the easy @ home ones so I was just going do the same as before. But your results do look consistent so it might not matter! I don't know how people do it

@sjwx
funnily enough, my results are weird today! Gone back to low when really I should be seeing a peak. Maybe I’ll hold for four hours now (if I can 😆) and test at 7ish.

where are you in your cycle? Xx

It’s a minefield, I know you said you’re TTC baby no 2 so maybe it doesn’t matter if you’re doing the same as last time and it was successful 😅

I’m not 100% sure, I had brown spotting for 4 days and then red flow for 4 days.. Google said to go off the red flow and not the spotting, so if I do that then I’m currently CD10. The few months tracking my ovulation peak has been different due to my cycle lengths so I actually have no idea when it’s going to come this time!

I have a dr appointment next week to chat about things, it's our first baby and I can’t quiet that worry in the back of my mind that something isn’t right

Hey ladies, I’m on C17 but out this month as DH is away with work. My periods due 12th Feb and then hoping I’ll be able to try late this month 🤞

I don’t think the drinking/hydration thing matters at all 😂 I think it does with pregnancy tests but I tend to drink 3L a day and I went the loo and forgot to take a LH test so went back managed a little trickle (tmi) and the test came up straight away and dark peak.
it defo doesn’t matter in the easy home ones I’ve found, I’m not sure if they work differently with the clear blue though.

Hope everyone is feeling good 🤍

This app is driving me mad - anyone else obsessing over the testing? The app has only picked up ‘high’ and not peak… but I guess it’s possible that my peak came 29/30th in between testing?

30th/31st I mean !!

That looks like what mine looked like. I think you’re right, 30th/31st. It’s apparently so easy to miss & to get it spot on at the absolute highest it’s gonna be. I only tested twice a day, will probably step it up to three next month if not successful. As long as we all remember we’re doing the very best that we can and that’s all we can give.

@Mama09876 How are you? Well i woke up this morning and felt like my period was coming (it’s not due till 14th) and i’ve been bleeding all morning, crampy, sore boobs, feel like i’ve got the cold runny nose ect. Like blood colour not pink, burgundy blood colour with tiny specks of thickness in like micro mini clots. It’s not super heaps but it’s enough to make the think wtf & be a bit down about it. Cd 3 i guess you could argue maybe cd 4. I don’t know like why can’t anything be simple lol if i didn’t laugh i’d cry. No one knows we’re trying so all i have is google and you guys 💛.

How are you all?

DH ended up home early so we DTD this morning CD18, I think I’m too late but thought we might as well try.

I had stringy discharge this morning and lots after sex, not sperm just clear string. I am hoping I’ve ovulated late but my app says it should have been day 14 when I had watery discharge. Time will tell!

Also I’m far too obsessed with my discharge lol

Good luck everyone!

Ah @PoppyGirl222 sorry to hear you’re feeling down about it. It’s honestly such a head Fk all of this. I think you still have a chance thought if period not appeared yet fully 🤞

My period is every 27 days on the dot literally for the past 20yrs so it’s not my period, it only went away 10days ago i’ll be raging if it’s gonna start mucking around now after 20 odd years lol. I meant 3/4 dpo in above post not cd 🤦🏼‍♀️ my head was a bit melted. Yea i’m 3-4 dpo and cd 14. Period’s due 14th February. It’s stopped now and is pink when i wipe. I’ve a panty liner on and i’ve told myself i’m not caring for 24hrs and i’ll readdress it then.

@PoppyGirl222 ah sorry, that’s rotten but yeah try and distract yourself today. It’s so hard not to think about it all though.

My periods were 26 days for years. Since TTC I’ve had a 32 day last month, 29 twice and a 25 🤦‍♀️

Aww no really? Why do they change? Mine have been no word of a lie like clockwork, 11pm/midnight’ish on the 27th day boom there it is….sometimes it’s been the day before but rarely and if it is it’s so light light it’s gearing up. I read online during my obsessive anxious googling this morning that some people get ovulation bleeding 🤷🏼‍♀️ i’ve never had that but maybe it is. Who knows. The ttw is a b%#ch!

I meant i’m 3dpo maybe 4dpo not cd lol my heads away. Im cd14 today.

@PoppyGirl222 they started mucking up when I started taking folic acid. I read some people are sensitive to it and it can disrupt your cycle a bit. I think this is the reason mine have changed because years ago I took a multivitamin for a few months and my cycles were off. When I don’t take any vitamins, they seem more regular.

We’re basically dammed if we do and dammed if we don’t. It’s an absolute minefield. It’s stopped now, it’s sometimes there when i wipe and sometimes not. It’s now a baby pink/light pink colour. You’re in your tww too aren’t you? We did it the three days up to ovulation, the day off and day after so no matter what happens i gave it my best. He’s great he just goes with whatever schedule i make lol.

Oh no!! Is this a common thing?? I've just started taking it this month..

@cltw not sure if it’s common but there’s lot of cases on Mumsnet of women saying their cycles changed. Mine definitely did! I ovulated later too.

@PoppyGirl222 yeah I’m 2ww. We’ve only DTD today though and shortly after my period. I had a positive ovulation test this morning though, first one I’ve ever had positive. It says 1.9 peak on the app. Hoping it works this time🤞

That’s a good number @Mossyslabs fingers crossed for you too. I take folic acid, have been for a while now because a blood test showed i was deficient in that and a couple others but it’s never altered my cycle (yet 🙄, until now possibly). Been taking it two odd yrs.