October 2025 - Halloween 🎃, colder weather and hoping for our BFP’s

[Iris2024]

Here you go ladies!

October TTC thread 🧡 I’m still to get AF and test but set up the group

Hey ladies,

hope you’re all ok. Going to catch up on everyone’s messages now but praying I see some BFPs. This month marks officially a year of trying. I have decided to book a private appt as the nhs waiting list is still almost 2 years.

I take it no one sees anything on these? Xx

I’m so sorry lovely that must be so hard. X

Sorry @MyPeppyLimeBeari can’t see a line but I do use the line checker app sometimes lol. How many dpo are you?

@Mash0917how are you doing?

Morning all - decided to cave this morning at 8DPO and ????? Pics attached - trying not to get my hopes up but feeling hopeful?😱

Oooh! I can see that! And I’m usually hopeless at this game

I can definitely see something there! Try again tomorrow and see! But it looks promising?

when did you dtd and when did you ovulate! Do you use LH and Opks?

Ahh thank you guys. Will do another in the morning and see!

I’m really surprised as I only had a few LH strips this month. I think my peak was CD15 (but annoyingly I ran out of strips after that so had no way of knowing for sure and I don’t do bbt!). We DTD on CD14, 15 and 16 (presumed ovulation day)!

wow. Identical. I also ran out of sticks on CD19 and haven’t a clue how to BBT 🤣. Not so far being you I don’t think. My peak was CD18 (DTD), so ovulation assuming CD19 (29th October) so I’m 6DPO.

Is this your first cycle of baby 1?

CD1 today. It means my next period is due on Halloween. Hoping for a spooky BFP instead 😂 best of luck to everyone this month!

29th September rather

oh how exciting! How are you feeling? When are you planning to test?

This is our third cycle ☺️

It blows my mind…. How like you can have perfectly timed sex one month and it not work- then you can have it the next month and it works!

I already have a 4 year old little girl!

Although I’m not sure if i actually will be lucky enough… I done the night of my peak. So that’s 1 day before ovulation say…. Only done it once this window?

is that enough? And I’ve been slightly stressed with about 6 hours sleep. Hopefully no negative effects!

Oh that’s the single same day as me @Qwerty93, circumstances really conspired against us this month. I’m not holding out much hope but I’m also thinking if that were to be the single day we managed it, surely it’s also the best day of the month! And also hoping that the methods I used to try and predict ovulation were accurate

Hey ladies ☺️ 9/10 dpo today and took a test but can’t tell if this is an indent or a vvvvvfp it came up within the required 5 minute time frame. I’m not getting my hopes up just yet but thought I’d ask for opinions ! DH can see it too 🤔

Yeah surely it can just take the one time fingers crossed 🤞. I used LH strips!

Clearer picture

I think I can see it. Sort of if you follow the tile line down? There!

@Qwerty93 yeah ! I’m not entirely convinced just yet I’ll re test in the morning and see if it shows up again and it’s not just a random fluke 🫣

thought I’d check in here as well
as the other thread 💕 3DPO after a particularly symptomatic ovulation (peaked to over 2 and had quite a lot of pain a nausea, that never happens!) and have no idea how I’m going to make it through until AF due date 😭.

Anyone been symptom spotting… currently 7dpo.

New to this thread! Hi :)
Got peak OPK on Saturday and did a few times over the weekend. Wait starts now, feel kind of nervous as only been TTC for a few months. Would be my first baby!

I get a regular period every month and ovulation symptoms like EWCM/sore nipples etc, but something that worries me is that I don’t sleep generally well, get insomnia, not as bad as it USED to be… but worry for stress too. Any tips?

good luck everyone 😊

Hi all, I’m cd 7 today, we have our first fertility appointment at the end of the month, after our 1 try for ivf we will be calling it a day in April and accept that it wasn’t meant to be, has anyone else felt like this and have any tips, it’s so hard each month so I think we need a timeline to stick to

Hey @EmeraldPie:) I’m a psychotherapist by occupation and can recommend a couple of good places for stress management tools.

GetSelfhelp - I recommend the pages on Stress self help, STOPP, all the modules on worry and sleep too :)

if you feel like you need some more direct support, you could refer to your local IAPT service (google your location plus IAPT and it should bring your local service up) and they can offer thongs such a stress management course, or even 1:1 support if you feel it would help!

@Qwerty93 I'm 8dpo today and no symptoms so far really. How about you?

I also don't really get any period symptoms so anything I had would be a clue for me