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 feel the same. AF due tomorrow or Weds. considered testing but I’ll see what the week brings. I feel very hot and have sore boobs but could just be AF….

Yeah, the hotness I feel too, but again, it's what I usually feel before AF😂did a frer, and compared it to the one with my dd from two years ago (also an afternoon test), and it's about the same line! Fingers crossed for tomorrow, I won't be able to sleep for sure 🤞

Got our BFP today. Very unexpected, didn't think we had DTD close enough to ovulation, but BBT went back up this morning instead of continuing to drop, so took a test 13DPO and it was positive immediately.

Just had to tell someone.

Congrats @midnights92!!
So many positives today 😊

Congrats everyone! Such lovely news ❤️

CD 7 here and it’s the longest ever …..

Congrats!!!

Never realised how slow the month goes when you’re TTC 😂 only CD4 and it’s dragging 😂 about to order some ovulation tests and praying nothing gets in the way of when we can dtd! Fingers crossed for everyone!

@jw97 YES. My cycles are super long now (didn't ovulate this time until CD32) and I am currently 4dpo and I am SICK of waiting. It's already been 5 weeks and I have another 10 days to go?!? How is this fair?? 🤣 how are you taking your mind off of it??

Congrats to all the positives!! So exciting!!

Oh it’s so frustrating isn’t it! I was so gutted when AF arrived I honestly thought I was pregnant but sadly it was just the usual symptoms 🙄 probably naive but why are they so similar!! So inconvenient 😂
I’m trying to just focus on a healthy eating/light exercise plan to keep focused on something actually and get in as good shape as possible! I’m planning a relaxing weekend with my husband and an at home date night on Saturday just to maybe cook together, watch a film etc! Just trying to make sure we get some quality time without TTC talk! I’m away for work soon so that will be a week gone and then hopefully it’ll be time to cross my fingers again! It’s really hard not to think about it isn’t it? I feel like it’s always buzzing around my brain!

have you been doing anything to keep yourself occupied? I’m open to suggestions!! 🤣

Good morning ladies, what do we think? I didn't manage fmu because I barely slept, this was after a three hour hold in the morning.. Is it normal to look the same as last evening's? Am I overthinking it? Bottom one is today's

On its own it looks good for 12dpo..especially considering that two days ago I had a BFN

@Anya23 beautiful line. You are 100% stressing over nothing. Like, your urine concentration, hydration will affect your lines for a day or two until hcg establishes it's hold. As long as it doesn't fade to nothing, youre good! Enjoy this! Don't let ttc brain suck the fun from the moment ❤️

I kinda feel like Rachel from friends when I see the line pics: "I am 90% happy for you and maybe 10% jealous... maybe 80/20." 🤣

Thank you@MountainMummy95! 😊
I compared it to the picture of yesterday's test and today's does look darker luckily, but I'm still gonna be checking line progression in the next days 😂good luck to everyone still in, I'm keeping everything crossed for you 🙂

5dpo today and it is draaaaggging. I just need the weekend to be here already so that my testing window opens up? When did you start testing vs start seeing your first hint of a line??

I tested first 7 dpo PM😂which was pointless obviously
Then I think 8 and 10 dpo, when I had BFNs on ic, then 11 dpo PM I had my first lines 🙂

Okay... interesting! With DD1 I tested negative at 11dpo and assumed I was out and didnt test again until my missed period. With DD2 I tested positive at 9dpo pm. So... I will hold off until 9dpo and then maybe take an IC that day. I have frers too but I dont wanna waste them seeing as you can't get them in shops here anymore, has to Amazon! So I will keep those three for 10/11/12 dpo and if nothing shows up by then, I will know I'm likely out again!

I also thought I was out this time, to be honest the ic I used 10dpo is a shitty one, even today it was a lot lighter than the test I attached, even though they are the same sensitivity.. But I tested with another ic yesterday which seemed darker than the frer 😂 I'm gonna buy some more of those today, for line comparison
You can't get that brand in my country so I'm using our version of 'frer'

Why is it we can no longer buy FRER in the shops anymore? Everywhere I go it’s just clear blue!

That looks really good! 🤞🏻

So 10DPO - negative this morning but peak LH?! And temperature has dropped this morning, no idea what's going on but with my son I didn't get a positive til 14DPO so keeping my fingers crossed that these are all good signs 🤞🏻

Negative here this morning but I didn’t have much morning wee - must have been dehydrated. My temp is increased though so hopefully still not out. We’ll see

mine yesterday were 9dpo, the fmu one was super faint and only turned up well after the max time, the one in mid afternoon was way easier to read and visible in 5 mins.

This looks great, congrats 🥳 my line is probably weaker than my afternoon one, but at least it’s still there this morning! Hopefully by tomorrow (11dpo) it’s a little darker.

Keeping fingers crossed for you too!