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!

Currently 9DPO, have zero symptoms to speak of… took a test this morning and BFN.

i know I’m not out until AF arrived and it’s still early, but with my only other positive test (chemical) I had definite symptoms of breathlessness, spotting, strong sense of smell and cramps well before 14DPO when I tested. Started LH tests for the first time and they’re super low so going to test again in 2 days time and if still negative I’ll just wait until AF arrives. This TWW is so painful!

@SleepySkyRatI was testing negative with both my pregnancies at 10 dpo. With my dd I had more obvious signs (lower back ache and a pulling feeling in my lower abdomen), but with this pregnancy I only felt the occasional lower back ache, then started testing positive 11 dpo. Still don't know if it'll stick or not, but only yesterday I started having a stronger back ache, and started feeling really tired today

Oh no, you’re a couple days ahead, I’m scared to get any symptoms. I’m hoping I don’t get too tired, gonna be rough doing three weeks of travelling (across a country by train, not a chill beach holiday) if I feel like napping all the time.

i was so hungry the last couple of days but thankfully am back to normal today and not trying to devour the universe.

Fingers crossed it won't start so soon! With my dd that was also the earliest symptom for me, but back then I could at least sleep on the weekends 🤣

@SleepySkyRat you aren't too far ahead of me! I am now 7dpo and nothing to report. No achey boobs, no tiredness, no breakouts, nada. Are you going to test again??

It’s just this holiday for me. Outside of that I wfh and my husband does most of the house chores (he likes cooking and is incapable of sitting still if anything is remotely dirty/messy/needs doing) so I’m completely free to do what I like when I like. If I need to nap four times a day it’s fine.

AF has arrived, so that’s me out this cycle folks 😢

Hello! Hope you don’t mind me springing up out of the blue - I was on the sept thread but feeling a bit disheartened so decided to switch off from ttc a bit this month.

juat for this at 9dpo (evening wee). It’s a bit more clear in real life. I’m pretty sure it’s a positive but worried I’m losing the plot. Could I have thoughts pls? Don’t want to get excited over nothing

Looks pinkish, I think that's a faint positive 🙂retest in the morning!

Looks positive, line looks pretty consistent and not dye run! Early congrats

Eek, thanks @Anya23 and @Andrasa Hoping you’re right. Will try to retest in the morning

That looks positive to me, how did you get on this morning?

Thanks ☺️ looking more clear this morning I think.

Definitely! 💯

That looks real good! Congrats!

I tested again this morning (10DPO) because I’m a sucker for punishment, was second morning urine. Still BFN. Did another LH also (I know it’s better later in the day) and that’s reading basically zero on Premom.

DH is away this weekend so will probably drive myself crazy testing, will definitely test Sunday morning (12DPO) but might test again tomorrow morning too seeing as I’m alone and bored!

Tbh with my chemical I had a gut feeling that we’d conceived, this time I just don’t feel it. I’m obviously hopeful but I’d be surprised if I’m pregnant, Now I’m waiting for the cramps and AF to start making her presence known…

Is this positive or indent im 13dpo

Indent I think, the line is very skinny although some shadow behind it too. You’ll jus have to retest.

At 13dpo I’d expect a solid think line. Can you try a different test?

i did another but think it was negative

Well, 8dpo today and I used an IC... negative. I know that it would be negative at this stage, pregnant or not, but why am I disappointed by it?

@MountainMummy95 I totally get that disappointment - we all hope we're the rare people who get a positive super early, and when its negative it feels less like a let down because we know the chances were slim anyway.

Hoping you get a positive soon!

11DPO and still negative… pretty sure I’m out now as easy@home is pretty sensitive I’ve heard? TBH not even sure if I definitely ovulated as recently diagnosed with PCOS and didn’t test LH just went with CM which was a subtle change. Will take one last test tomorrow before DH gets back, then I’ll just wait for AF to arrive I think.

@SleepySkyRat I'm sorry! ☹️ you aren't out until AF shows. I tested negative on an FRER with my now 4 year old! Don't lose hope just yet. I took an easy at home today too, with fmu and it was stark white. So I feel your pain.

Okay... call me a chronic overthinker or symptom spotter but I have to ask... do you think yesterday's wrist temp could have been an implantation dip? I have always watched my wrist temp trends (not small, daily fluctuations) and they always rise after ovulation (ov day is the one with blue dot underneath) and as you can see, there was a general rise there until yesterday when there was a steep drop and a rebound. I also had an uptick in RHR by 3bpm which has sustained into today and I had very mild cramping in lower back last night (kinda like AF but much milder). Thoughts?