TTC October 2025

[bluepears96]

Hi everyone,
I’m a bit early but I liked having people to chat to last cycle who were going through similar. It can feel isolating having nobody to talk to about it other than DH when it’s taking up your every thought.

CD5 for me today. Will start uploading LH strips to Premom from CD 10.

Going to try the ‘sperm meets egg’ method this month to see if a bit of structure helps.

sending everybody lots of luck!

I’m currently on my first month of ttc baby #2. I’m on cycle day 9.

Everyone close to us knew we was ttc our first because we had a twin miscarriage prior. I’m keeping it between me and DH this time.

Hi guys, tentatively joining for now, to not lose this thread. We are technically on cycle #2 ttc #2, but last cycle we only had one opportunity to dtd two days before ovulation, so I'll count this cycle #1 of trying. Currently 9dpo, did a test this morning, which was negative. I know it's probably still early but I don't feel lucky this cycle, so I'm counting myself out (although tested negative with my DD 9/10 dpo as well, then had a bfp four days later so you never know ). I have the same symptoms as last cycle, imsomnia and vivid dreams, so unfortunately I don't think we were lucky

Hi! Joining you I’m cd7 first cycle of ttc number 2 with a 17 year age gap and a history of HG. I must be mad 😂

Hello, joining in on CD13 of cycle 4 trying for my first baby. I'm due to ovulate in a few days so hoping this is our month after a chemical on our first month and nothing since. I hate how obsessed I've become about it all since we've started trying and it's definitely getting me down sometimes too

@summertime94I'm with you on the becoming obsessed part. First time we were trying to conceive, I convinced myself we were not going to be able to do it, because it didn't happen on the first try.. DD was conceived in cycle 3. I feel the same obsession kicking in now, and I'm afraid of having too much stress about this

Hi ladies, took me a bit of searching for this to come up for some reason 🤣 glad I found you!

CD5 for me today and started LH testing. Here’s to a hopefully successful month xx

This is cycle 3 trying for our first baby.
Cycle 1 I ovulated bang in the middle of our honeymoon which was fun. After a decade of being terrified of getting pregnant accidentally, I was a bit shocked when I got a BFN at the end of it all😂

Then cycle 2 like @Anya23we only dtd once due to logistics.

Going all in this cycle so fingers crossed.

@summertime94im with you! I thought I’d be more chill but im not. Currently CD7 so not much happening which has been a nice reprieve from the insanity of last months 2ww. How do I not do that again this month!?

CD8 and first time ttc this month🤞using natural cycles so hoping for a successful month!

@bluepears96same, we started trying straight after honeymoon and I naively just thought it would happen straight away..... knew nothing about chemical pregnancies or any of it but have sadly learnt quickly.

I think I do feel a bit more relaxed about this cycle in a sense as I've lost the excitement / expectation that it would happen fast and I'm sort of resigned to it taking up to possibly another 8 months

Hi ladies! We’re ttc baby no 2. Currently on our first cycle. Our first DC took 8 months with a missed miscarriage (twins) in between so not too long but I’m definitely nervous about losing another pregnancy.

I hate how uncertain trying for a baby can be!

Hi all. I dip in and say hello at the start of new threads, and do catch up reading through posts but not much of a poster at the moment.

Had two losses this year (March and July). Was treated with methotrexate for a suspected ectopic in July so I'm out of TTC until end of October. Very eager to get back on the horse... have been grateful for a bit of a break from it and probably did need a bit of time.

Ended up in emergency gynae yesterday as was worried my ovarian cyst may have burst. Thankfully, all is good on that front. Cyst has gone. Had my fertility blood tests done too whilst I was there so hopefully, getting everything sorted ready for trying again in around a month's time.

Do these look faulty? I have them the full 10 mins to develop but was just wondering as the lines seem thinner then usual / incomplete ?

@LaurLou22i agree they look a bit odd

@bluepears96 thanks! I’ll try another one from that box and if it comes out the same I’ll see if I have another / buy some more

Hello everyone, we are ttc number 2, had a second trimester loss in Feb and haven't been preventing pregnancy at all, month 3 of bbt and month 2 of opks. Last 2 pregnancies concieved within 3 months so a bit of a shock im still not pregnant but I guess hormones take time to balance after a late loss

I have my LH surge this morning and dtd today and will again tonight or tomorrow.

I generally feel relaxed about ttc but i google symptoms, tips and bbt chart help multiple times a day. So not that relaxed I guess.

Im cd14 but didn't ovulate until cd18 and cd20 the last 2 cycles. Has anyone had that much variation before? I thought my cycles were generally quite regular and range from 29-33 days ish.

@Kittybway so sorry for your loss in Feb 💔
I usually violate around CD14-15 but let month I ovulated CD21! And my cycles are usually pretty clockwork so I was completely thrown off!

Hi everyone, hope it’s okay to join!
Sorry to read about peoples losses, hopefully this is your month 💕
Ive just entered in the TWW we dtd on Tuesday and I ovulated yesterday on Wednesday and I’m already torturing myself 🙄 hoping that this chat will bring me some sanity. X

ooh I just re-read my chatgpt notes, it says to keep sperm fresh every 3-5 days during the non fertile window, during the fertile window it's every 2-3 days! I will just see how we get on!
Best of luck everyone 😄

@Kittybwayso sorry for your loss, that must have been awful. Fingers crossed for you this month.

@Chloemariehwelcome! I dipped in and out of a similar thread for the first time last month and it was helpful! You’ll have to come back and let us know how you’ve got on.

CD9 for me today. DTD yesterday as per the sperm meets egg plan, seemed a bit early but we’ll go with it. Then it’s every other day until LH peak, then every day for the next 2 days.

it’s weird being on such a set schedule for the first time 😂

Hi everyone! I need a bit of advice regarding ovulation tests. I have PCOS so I can have 25 day cycles or 45 day cycles. It’s a bit random. We’re only on cycle 1 but I’ve decided to take ovulation tests just to see when I’m actually ovulating.

I am currently cycle day 13 with a very definite negative. Would you still dtd ever 2 days despite light negative tests or is it ok to dtd every 3 days. I don’t want to ruin our chances of conceiving.

Hi. I'd dtd every second day, if you have the opportunity
I for example have very fast surges, this cycle it was only two days. I also have quite a lot of EYCM luckily, so I do know if I'm going to be ovulating in about 2days, but if you don't have other symptoms, you might not know when your fertile days actually start if that makes sense

Thank you for your help!

So I am currently ttc baby2. I used to have very regular 28 day cycles, we fell pregnant in Jan 2022 but lost twins at 10 weeks. I then fell pregnant in august 22 and have a son. I never took opks because of how regular I was.

Fast forward to earlier this year and I get diagnosed with PCOS after a scan and blood tests. Periods went from regular to sometimes 3 weeks, sometimes 7 week cycles. With our symptoms as well.

I do sometimes get sharp pain in an ovary around time of ovulation but to get an idea on my symptoms around ovulation I might just see how they align up when I get a positive test and go from there!

Jumped on from the September thread ..
6dpo for me and already started the crazy symptom spotting etc
felt hungry and nausea the last 2 days.
super bloated today which is annoying as I have recently lost 2 stone and was feeling flat- today I’ve swollen up . Lol
how’s everyone else doing ?

@Tes0046dpo is the day I start to lose my marbles too 😂 it’s horrible isn’t it.