March 2025 TTC support group

[Room4onemore]

Hi everyone
moving over to March now as AF has arrived today. That means my last cycle was 26 days. My cycles haven’t been the same since being on the depo injection. I’ve had 33, 28, 31, 29, 21 lol. As long as I ovulate then I’m happy.

Is temperature the only way to know if you have actually ovulated?

@littlefox depends how late. Ovulation cd14-18 is optimal for fertility as long as your luteal phase is steady.

Hi ladies, moving over here from the Feb thread as AF showed! Still awhile before ovulation so just enjoying the calm!

Can you bottle some of your calm and send it this way please. I'm feeling impatient for ovulation 😂. Still over a week to go! Don't know how I'm gonna get through the tww when this part of the cycle is already dragging

CD 24 😣 and luteal phase averages at 10 days so is also a bit short.

Thank you for your kind words! Baby dust for you too! I am 4DPO so not far behind you x

I am so so sorry for your loss. How horrific for you all. I hope you get your rainbow soon, I really do. Sending lots of love and baby dust ❤️

Hi all, moving over from the Feb thread as AF arrived this morning. This will be cycle number 4 TTC baby no 2. Wishing everyone who's testing all the best!

Temp rised today so I think ovulation is on its way, I predict I get a blinking smiley tomorrow. Someone else at CD10 or soon to ovulate? :)

I'm a bit ahead at 7dpo but do you mind me asking if you find BBT easy to do? I bought a thermometer but haven't started using it yet, do you start from CD1 or any day?

Ahhh I hate the TWW.. I change between thinking I'm out and then thinking oh that might be a symptom so then thinking I still have a chance.

I caved today and did a test at 7dpo obviously BFN as too early and wasn't even FMU so really don't know why I did it 🤣

Been trying to keep busy though and removed all my blinds today to wash them in the bath and clean the windows lmao. Have a night tomorrow and Sunday night at work so hopefully that'll keep my mind off it.

@BerrieSweet I'm curious, I thought a dip in temperature indicated ovulation on its way rather than a rise? Or does yours tend to rise a bit before that?

@littlefox90 I find BBT pretty easy! I think it must be a lot harder if you don't have regular sleep patterns (another child, nights, etc) but I just have the thermometer on my bedside table and it's the first thing I do on waking. You can start whenever, the bit just before and just after ovulation are the important days but it's helpful to get into the habit so you could start now. It only really indicates ovulation HAS (likely) happened rather than is/is (likely) about to happen so is different from OPK that way.

Also so with you on the flipping between being hopeful and utterly sure it's not happened. I've already started and I'm not even definitely post ovulation yet 🙄(it's today, I think, but not sure)

@Pleasestopjumpingonthesofa Yes sorry I wrote a little misleading, my BBT rised right after a dip ☺️ But not high enough yet for the LH rise.
I just documented every temp and let chat gpt analyse it, it said that my estrogen-levels might got higher yesterday and ovulation is on its way. I'm only on my third cycle BBT tho so very much a newbie still and is open to learn!🥰

@littlefox90 I like BBT, I started right away mid cycle and I love to compare my BBT to last cycle and learn about my body more. Still trying to figure it all out tho! 🥰

@littlefox90 I'm 7DPO are you going to test again before period is due or wait it out?
i haven’t tested yet, I’m going to try wait until
friday if I can!!

Chatgpt - that's actually genius. I'll be off to do that now..

Coming over from the Feb thread, AF has just arrived 😢 been feeling crap, headachey, cold and sick all day, fell asleep around 4.30, thought it may have been pregnancy exhaustion but sadly not. We DTD every day from af finishing until a few days ovulation and no luck! So begins cycle 3

So sorry, it's so frustrating when you DTD in your fertile window and it still doesn't happen. It's another type of sadness that you can't explain. I'm in cycle 3 as well ❤️

Joining from the February thread as AF arrived this morning 😢 this will now be cycle 5 of TTC #2.

I’ve downloaded the Cronometer app to track my food for a couple of weeks to pay attention to protein and micronutrient intake. I couldn’t donate blood earlier today as my iron wasn’t at the target level and I also just feel like my hormones are out of whack.

Thank you, I'm trying to stay positive, it took 6 months to conceive DS so as long as it doesn't take longer than that!

@Matildahoney That gives me hope, I know 3 months is short for TTC but it is still tough as you probably know. 6 months isn't so far away❤️

If I'm out this month I'll give BBT a try then 😊 should be a bit easier next month as I'm mainly day shifts and only one night in march. Think that's mainly why it's been sitting in my drawer.

Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one! Honestly I try to just tell myself that I've done all I can and now I've just got to wait the two weeks but it's so difficult not to think about it!

@cltw chatgpt is GREAT😭✋🏼

@jo2104 if AF comes it will probably be before Friday for me as I normally only have 10 days between ovulation and AF. I'll try hold out until Friday with you though 😊 as even if AF is later Itll still be too early to test

Yes! Sometimes you DTD on your most fertile day but it just wasn't the most perfect egg to handle a pregnancy or so on. Most of the times you can't do something about it ❤️ As a control freak that's a nightmare but It's just the case 😭😂

Exactly that! I've done everything I can my end 🤣 supplements, OPKs, books, dtd at the right time. It's just waiting to see if everything I can't control is going to line up too, I'm so impatient lol

10 days is quite short, I believe there are things you can do to lengthen it.

It seems my acupuncture I had last month is still positively affecting my ovulation which is good I guess. CD11 and opk is still
Pretty light.