May 2025 TTC Support Group

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Hope it’s not too early to start this! For anyone trying in May, and “out” for April.

By some miracle I did fall pregnant this month after over a year TTC but it ended in a chemical just before 5 weeks. I’d tried some new things last cycle (inc baby aspirin and L’arginine, using preseed and doing a daily morning walk!) so going to try all of that again this month and keep my fingers crossed 🤞🏻 don’t know when I’ll ovulate yet but I imagine it’ll be right at the end of April…

@2Sugars2 I would aim for every second day just to cover it.

@FlyHighSky72 I was using One Step from Amazon and my tests were completely white. Not a hint of a line. Until all of a sudden I had a darkish line. A lady on here told me that that brand have thinner tests and they don't show the lines as well as others. I've moved to easy@home now and I've had faint lines from CD3.

@am44a sorry AF is painful. That's my thinking as well. A spring baby is much more appealing. I had a November baby and found the dark evenings really difficult.

That's great @Mickey1995 looking good!

Thanks @SureLookwhen I run out of these I’ll try the easy@home. Can you get them from Amazon?

Yep @FlyHighSky72 I ordered them off Amazon. Then you download the Premom app and upload your results 😊

Fab thanks @SureLook! I mean, hopefully, I don’t need them as I’ll get pregnant on my first try #SuperUnlikely #WishfulThinking

God, I hate it when they are really painful. Mine are always painful but occasionally horrendous. Loving your positivity though x

@ObjectiontimeSame they’re just horrible aren’t they! I’ve not had an agonising af like this for ages though so im looking at it as a sign😂(everything’s a sign at this point) Does make me wonder how ill get on in labour though because the pain i’m in w my periods is debilitating x

Hey everyone, night time sickness is my worst enemy at the moment. I go all day without feeling anything, but as soon as 6pm rolls, the nausea comes in full clutch. Making in hard for me to settle in bed, can feel it brewing at the top of my tummy. I feel gross, on a continued note from my previous posts, my bowel movements are a lot better 🤣💀

@FlyHighSky72 you never know! I conceived on my first try twice before.

@am44a labour is relatively short compared to being pregnant. I think I had an outer body experience during my contractions 😂

@ttcjourney20001 hopefully the sickness will pass quickly 🤞🏻

Joining the May thread - AF came this evening.
Feeling a little better just to stop wondering!
Ready to try again cycle 2 - day 1- ttc #3. ✨

@am44a- also loving the positivity! 🌸

A little update from me ❤️ 6 DPO today, entering 7 DPO tomorrow morning and now every day is a lot more stressful because I’m an early tester who is trying to hold out to 10 DPO 😭 I’ve never had a positive pregnancy test so my brain right now is telling me why would I get it this month anyways. I’m normally so positive and optimistic but it’s really hard to stay hopeful month after month. It feels good though that fertility investigation is on full speed now and every month hopefully is a month closer to meeting my future baby 🥹

@BerrieSweet sorry to hear you're not feeling your usual positive self. It's very hard to keep the motivation every month. I didn't test at all this month and it actually made me feel a lot better. The previous month every negative test made me a little hopeful that I'd get my BFP. I was crushed then when I got AF. Waiting this month and not testing really helped cause I wasn't that hopeful. Plus it meant I could have some wine over the weekend!

I’m so sorry you’re not feeling great right now 😔 the mind games TTC is as well! It’s rubbish. Fingers crossed for the fertility testing 🙏 this month could be your month 🙏

I’m now 3DPO and my nipples are SO painful. I’m not boob pain person pre period. The only time I’ve had this stingy, burning feeling in my nipples was in the TTW with my son. But I am not naïve enough to think this is the month I’ll see a positive, I know it’s most likely my mind playing tricks on me 🤣 feeling ok otherwise, usual PMS stuff. My period would be due the 8th or 9th of May. I am NOT testing until the 10th, not having tests in the house either cos I am a POASA and it’s not a good thing for me 🤣 wishing away the days!

@FlyHighSky72 I'm not actually sure about those ones!

@BerrieSweet you can't be positive all the time though, that would be exhausting and lets be honest TTC is exhausting enough anyway. I'm 6DPO and feeling pretty similar, although I purposely don't test any more because the disappointment is bad enough when AF inevitably arrives, is it worth trying that or would that make you feel worse? Positive news about your investigations though, hopefully that is light at the end of the tunnel x

Good luck @jelliebean9and sending hugs @BerrieSweet

This is todays ovulation test - I’m day 11 or 12 depending on whether I’m counting my first day or period correctly or not - that counts as the start of a surge right (I know I’m not ovulating within the next 24/48 hours but it’s the start right?)

@FlyHighSky72from my experience there is always a second line on an opk but the test needs to be as dark or darker than the control (so should darken as your LH starts to rise!). This is mine from this morning and looks like Im going to ovulate in the next 24hrs

Keep testing, I usually test a couple times a day so I don't miss the peak!

Hi everyone! Recognise some names from the April thread ☺️ been TTC #3 since January. I did fall pregnant last month but it sadly ended in a chemical pregnancy. Now on cycle day 4.

Sorry not last month, it's not May yet.. doh! I fell pregnant earlier this month and it sadly ended in a chemical pregancy I mean!

@DownWithCremeEggssorry to hear that! Sending lots of luck for this cycle 💕

I remember your name from last month too! We’ve been trying loosely since January, proper getting on it last month. It’s no2 for us. How old are your older littles? My DS is 3.5, I’ve a gut feeling it’s gonna take us a while to fall this time 😩

Hi! My other two are 6 and almost 3. I have also had two losses (the chemical last month and a missed miscarriage before my first DC). Sending you all the luck 🥰

@BerrieSweet please try not to stress, lovely 🤗 You are so young and it hasn't been that long (although I totally get it, it feels like ages). I am certain you will succeed, I know it! 🥰
I understand how you feel. I am normally a very possitive and cheerful person but it's so hard to see a negative every month. I just cried to my husband in the car on my way to work this morning and now I have back to back meetings and have to pretend I am fine 😫 Not tested yet but I know I am not pregnant, I am never wrong.

Thanks @Katfluff21dont know if it’s just this brand (wondfo) but I didn’t seem to have any line yesterday