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!

@bluepears96I see it x

@Anya23i feel so validated! Going to get a CB ultra early digital for this evening to tell DH with. No idea if it’ll be pos or not.
I’m just at work trying to act normal!

@bluepears96Fingers crossed it works! I'd might wait for tomorrow's fmu, although I've never used the cb digital myself

Hey ladies I tested this afternoon and got this? I’m a little confused and unsure if it’s a real line or if the test is wet?

This is another pic of it which shows it? I don’t wanna spend loads of money on other tests for them to be negative🥲idk what to think

@amey44I do see something, but on the first pic, it looked like the whole left side is dark? The second one looks better

@Anya23Yeah that’s what i’m confused abt im tempted to buy another test even though I really wanted to wait to see if af showed this cycle before buying tests

This is another pic I just can’t decide if it’s a dodgy test or a line

@amey44When is AF due? I'd buy one for tomorrow morning!

@Anya23 I have irregular cycles so could be from 2 or 10 days. I’m pretty certain i’m 10dpo today though from symptoms

@amey44i think I’d get a FRER!

CB ultra early digital from this afternoon!… also did a normal CB digital with the weeks indicator and got a bfn so will try that again in a couple of days. Second pic is line progression from this mornings SMU to this afternoon about 4pm.
I’m going to disappear from this thread as I know we are all having different outcomes and all at different stages. Wishing you all bags and bags of baby dust for the rest of the month and beyond.

Congrats @bluepears96!!

Congrats!

first month trying properly for me so fingers crossed everything works magically. Had a practice run a couple months ago and ended up ovulating two weeks after I thought so now am armed with strips and a thermometer and pretty sure I should be ovulating tomorrow.

Good luck @Andrasa! First cycle ttc no 2 here.

My cycles are a bit variable between 22-29 days since they came back after no.1. I've had negative OPKs so far for last few days, no idea about ovulation day in my recent cycles.

I'm at CD 14 I think and when I conceived first time round it was a late ovulation on cd20-ish.

Is there any point me starting to take BBT tomorrow for the rest of the cycle? I know ideally you'd start on day 1. I suppose worst case is I don't get any clear info to confirm ovulation.

7DPO today and my resolve is already slipping not to test before period due date. Trying to train with myself that I can just use cheapie strip tests. Someone give me a virtual slap 😂

I feel like the line on this isn’t dark enough to be real? It hasn’t seemed to change since Wednesday so i’m wondering if it’s just an indent 😔

Just use a cheap one first thing. You know you have no chance that early if it’s not first morning urine so means you can just get on with your day without stressing as you’ve tested and seen alrwady

Time to subtly push my husband into the bedroom 😂 he is in such a bad mood today as well, wish me luck

True, although I just think it’s a bad idea emotionally after a chemical last month, it feels like I’ll be putting myself through a lot of unnecessary stress when I could just wait for definitive answer!

Does anyone else get so shocked when friends/family get pregnant? I honestly can’t believe people just dtd and get pregnant after ttc for almost 2 years it seems like a myth

I get annoyed 😅not that we've been trying for so long but two of my friends have gotten pregnant lately, who didn't even want to get pregnant, just forgot to use protection and I'm like...

Can anyone share their implantation symptoms if pregnant before and had them? I’m 8DPO today and from 6DPO I’ve had intermittent cramping, both aching and sharp in my lower abdomen and pelvic area, I’ve also had pain further up which feel just like trapped wind! I feel completely bloated and gassy, had reflux, the lot! I never got implantation symptoms with my first so wondered if this might be some?

@LaurLou22I had a dull lower back ache and weird twinges in my lower abdomen around 11 dpo, the next day I had a positive test (I tested a few days before that and then it was still negative, so I'm pretty sure I felt implantation)

@Anya23 ah thank you this is helpful! Well there’s defo something going on in there and if it’s not pregnancy then my digestive tract is in some sorts trouble 😂

I saw a useful thing that said if you’re pregnant enough to have symptoms, you’re pregnant enough to test positive. It helped me to stop over analysing everything - I just tested first thing from about 7dpo because I have no patience, then got on with my day without worrying as I knew my sore boobs or back ache was in my head/pms as not enough hormone to turn the test = not enough hormone to cause anything.