TTC May 2025

[Flowersflowers121]

Anyone else out for April, and starting to plan for May?!

We're trying for #2 :)

I’m on CD9 too! Hope the acupuncture helps!

I'm also 35 and ttc our second :) our first has just turned 2 xxx

This thread feels lucky <3 and if not, just everyone is really lovely, so it's nice haha

Hey @A2025 snd @daisy2025 - I’m CD3 so also well behind!

@Flowersflowers121 how lovely you have a little 2 year old at home. I have a 2and a half year old- let’s hope we give them little siblings soon! Xxx

Hi all, hoping someone may be able to shed some light for me! I am on month 9 of TTC my first baby, 33 y/o F. I normally have regular cycles (30-31 days in length and lasts around 5 days with normal flow) and can normally catch my ovulation around CD16-20 with ovulation sticks. However in February I ovulated on CD28 which was very late for me, and subsequently pushed my cycle to 40 days. When my period did arrive on March 1st, it was really heavy with clots and lasted 8 days which is unusual for me. My cycles in both March and April have been 40 days too and been really heavy and sore periods with clots aswell. My period finished two weeks ago (thankfully!) and I’ve been patiently tracking my cycle this month waiting for a peak, and while my fertile week was due to start yesterday, instead another period arrived. Again, abnormally heavy for me and two weeks early. I’ve made an appointment for the doctor later this week, but just wondering if anyone has any clue as to what could be going on?! I’ve gone from being textbook regular to completely unpredictable due to something happening in February. If anyone has any ideas please let me know as it is beyond frustrating :( sending love to you all on this crazy journey to motherhood! Xx

Did you do anything fun for the 2nd birthday? Were thinking of going to peppa pig world 🤣

@BeHappyPeachShark welcome!! Awwh, how stressful!! It's so confusing when things go all haywire! The only time I noticed my cycle going all weird was when I first started taking folic acid and conception vitamins etc. Not sure why, but it soon settled down! Think it just made the hormones go all different or something! Hope the doctor has good news for you :) are you tracking LH and BBT?

@BGxxx hahaha awwh sounds fun! We went to Birmingham aquarium which was super cute - he loved it 😊

@PurpleOrchids12345 awwhhh, cute!! And yes, here's hoping 🤞🏻☺️

Huge congratulations to you both @peps2917 and @BGxxx !! Amazing lines 😍

I am 8DPO & resisting the urge to pee on a stick although I don’t have much hope this cycle.

where is everyone else at?

@SY2007you're doing well resisting the urge to check! Fingers crossed for when you test!

I think I ovulated Thurs so I'm on 3DPO today... however when I went to the bathroom this morning I had bloodstained jelly like substance when I wiped, Google isn't helping me with my searches so feeling kinda worried about it. Mind now playing tricks thinking I'm feeling cramps and all sorts

Sounds like ovulation bleeding? X

@NavigatingLife yeah maybe even implantation bleeding?! wishful thinking haha xx

Hadn't thought of that @BGxxx- mind went straight to panic! @Flowersflowers121a girl can dream right 🙈

@NavigatingLife i caved this evening and BFN 😂 plus cervix is low and firm so im not feeling hopeful!

@Flowersflowers121 how are you feeling, where abouts are you in your cycle now?

@SY2007 I'm 5dpo, so thinking I'll test on Thursday or Friday??? No idea if I'm even in for a shot this month as I didn't catch an LH peak, but premom app said because of my BBT numbers it thinks I did ovulate, and we DTD 2 days before that and 1 day after, so who blooming knows hahahaha

Hate to symptoms spot, obvs haha, but feeling a bit tingly and bloated, but that's all!

@Flowersflowers121 yeah sounds like a good idea with testing! Great you are doing temp too… definitely helps likelihood of catching O day! I think I caught ovulation on the strips and DTD 3 days before and 1 day before so I’m not sure if that’s good enough as I think day of and day after is best?!

sounds like you have timed it well so fingers crossed for you!!!

its hard not to symptom spot when something new pops up so I definitely feel you! I keep having random symptoms but then I’m like ‘this could just be luteal phase pre menstrual lol’

@SY2007it's early tho so still have fingers crossed for you!

I use 3 different apps to track BBT and LH and all 3 say different days that ovulation happened 🙈 I'm constantly comparing the graphs to when I fell pregnant with my little girl 2 years ago so driving myself crazy with comparisons. I'm away with work this week for training so hoping the busy days will distract me a little..! Wishful thinking!

@NavigatingLife ah this is the thing, using more tools to pinpoint ovulation is good but if they are different it can be so confusing! Hoping you managed to catch the right peak this month 🙏🏼 where are you in your cycle?

9dpo and BFN this morning again for me and no symptoms. I didn’t get a very faint line until 12DPO with my first but my cycles were also a few days longer then. Hard not to let it get to you but I’m also like we literally just stopped being careful this morning so there’s plenty of time to get this right!

@SY2007 @NavigatingLife yeah, tracking can be so helpful yet so confusing hahaha I'm also constantly comparing to my positive chart from 2023 hahaha I've had a pretty significant 3 day dip in BBT the last 3 mornings, so who knows what that's all about. Hoping it jumps back up tomorrow, otherwise maybe I'm just out and AF is on her way. Has been such a weird cycle and not sure on the dates they said at all haha

@Flowersflowers121 yeah definitely! My first pregnancy I only knew (well a good indicator) when I ovulated because I get quite intense ovulation pain each month and I was messaging my friend about it- which is how I came to figure out I was 12DPO when I first got a faint line as period was 3 days late!

But now I’m actually using the sticks it’s a bit more of a competition with yourself and timing isn’t it 😂! Did you get any implantation signs with your first?

Fingers crossed that the BBT increases!

Hey, that sounds awfully confusing. I must admit; in the past when I’ve clocked a couple of 40+ day plus cycles with a horrible period afterwards, I’ve wondered if something “happened” but just didn’t take.

I’m 40 with 33-35 day cycles since I turned 35, but last month threw me a curve ball with 28 days. So I’m in the dark! What I’ve decided to do is to track my basal body temperature and see if it offers more confirmation than OV tests.

I got a thermometer from Amazon that goes to 2 decimal places, and have been logging it using the fertility friend app. Perhaps this could help you try and understand if you get any freaky cycles in the future? Because the not knowing is definitely the worst part, and I just don’t have faith in tests any more. I tried the Clearblue digital ovulation one and it was a nightmare!!

Is anyone in a similar boat to me; anywhere from 9dpo to only just ovulating or somewhere in between? 😭😭 I have no idea where I’m at in this cycle, felt like I saw faint lines on tests for a 28 day cycle, but they haven’t become darker and I don’t even know if I BDd on the right days for a longer cycle! I’m almost desperate to start AF at this point just so I’m at day bloody 1 again 😆

@A2025@PurpleOrchids12345 How are you both feeling about this cycle? CD12 for me today so it’s all systems go 😅

@daisy2025 Feeling ok about things so far. First proper cycle trying and just stopped the pill in early April so not sure if this cycle will be regular or not. My predicted day of ovulation is Thursday but the Premom app is now saying my levels are very low and ovulation might be delayed, so we will see. How are you feeling about it all? There’s a lot more to TTC than I thought!😅

Are you tracking with OPK too? I found Premom really helpful to understand my cycle and it’s handy having the lh tests and bbt all recorded on one app!
We’re 8 months in and have had a few obstacles but trying to remain positive 🙂 there really is!

Hi @daisy2025 im one week behind you at CD5! What’s happening with you opk and bbt?

@EmPeEf I’ve had cycles like that where nothings been very clear! How are you tracking your cycles? I’ve also tried the clear blue digitals which have been a mare. Much clearer and simpler with premom

@NavigatingLife have you tested anymore?!

So I’m tracking my basal body temperature now to see if that gives me any sort of fever able pattern throughout the month 👍🏻