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

Is there a possibility of your doctor prescribing you some progesterone to initiate bleeding perhaps? It sounds really rubbish, I’m sorry.

@Taysonic absolutely agree with all of this, thanks x

Ah man, I know that feeling! I had fertility bloods done about a month ago now, and I was hoping there would be an 'easy fix' that would pop up, we can treat it and then crack on again with a bit more hope but... I suppose it's good that my results came back clear! It did pick up some thyroid anti-bodies, which the nurse said wasn't a problem in of itself but may indicate a higher chance of future auto-immune issues and that they may want to monitor it during pregnancy but, everything else came back fine and my thyroid function itself was okay.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you that either way, the blood test results give you some reassurance!

Nice to see you @Iris2024 - sorry you're a bit in limbo land at the minute. It must be so frustrating. Our bodies get put through such a lot, don't they? Hoping that you get some final closure soon and some reassurance that cycles have returned back to normal. Thinking of you.

Oh @Iris2024sorry to hear that - hope you get that reset soon! Any advice from docs or anything?

Thank you @Taysonic- all the best for when your medication ends and you can crack on! xx

@Taysonicjust realised we were on the Feb25 thread together, I've changed my name since then but think we had losses around the same time 💔 sorry you're still here too 😔

Ah, it's always bittersweet isn't it to reconnect knowing we've been on quite the journey. I wish for us both that we weren't back here but... hopefully, we'll be able to finish our stories in the best way possible soon.

@Taysonic @EmPeEf @ttcnumerodos

Ive not spoken to doctor, I think I need to now don’t I? No sign of my period at all! Doesn’t help when your TTC and want to move on to try again.

I just asked chatgpt (as I do for everything) and it says check in with doc if no period after 6 weeks, so maybe just to get peace of mind? Hope you get on ok xx

Could it be a missed chemical? I had that in March and had three very long cycles. It was only when I spoke to someone months later it twigged that’s what it was.

Thank you darling, I’m at 6 weeks and 2 days now. My LH tests have gone low at the moment and dropped so I’m hoping something is happening.

Hi lovely, I had a very early miscarriage on 1st September and had lines on tests and digital for over a week and then bled. I then had lines on a test again (shadows very faint) 23rd September to the 7th October. There blank now. What happened with you? Interested to know of a “missed” chemical. Thank you x

Sorry to hear so many ladies this month going through a tough time, I’m 2dpo on the last cycle before our ivf starts and keeping everything crossed that this is our month, the thought of ivf scares me but that’s the next step for us, if anyone can share any positive experiences that would be great.

Hi Lovely, we never got a postive test but showed my charts to our fertility expert and she confirmed it. Took three cycles for normality to return. The middle one was 41 days which was really scary as everything online said it was the start of the menopause.
I had another chemical on my last cycle but our fertility expert thinks this will be a normal cycle. I’m currently 8DPO according to my temperature and CM.
wishing you all the best- this is month 15 for us- it’s hard to feel hopeful but trying to cling onto hope.

Thank you for your message lovely. Yeah I was pregnant August and had lines and digital for over a week then bled, then high LH tests since and then got faint lines again so a second chemical (faint shadow lines from 23rd September to 8th October) head f**k! 😂😂

Still no AF and I’m on CD48. I think I have had a second chemical as my pregnancy tests are clear and now my OPK tests are really really light and low FINALLY!!!!! So I’ll either ovulate now or AF will come. Who knows lol! I cant book my hycosy until I bleed.

I’ve been reading the conception board for a while now and thought I’d finally jump in and say hi!
It’s CD1 of our 5th cycle TTC baby 2. I know 4 months isn’t a long time in the grand scheme of things. It took 12 months for DS. I really thought last cycle was the one though until I saw my BBT drop 2 days ago.
I’m doing OPKs and BBT, both of which indicate I’m ovulating, but I’m going to switch to digitals this month, and try Conceive Plus as well. And also reduce caffeine and sugar!

Best of luck to those still in their 2ww!

Hello ladies, cheking back in after the early miscarriage on 1st October. I gave myself a little break from the stress of this to heal. It took me a week to bleed out and another week for my hcg levels to go down to negative. Until CD 15 there was nothing, not even the slightest lh surge. Then CD 16 I had a straight up peak fertility on the Clearblue digital opk along with ewcm, my endo cramps and all. It was a very strong and painful ovulation for around 24 hours and then the lh surge went completely down just as fast. We did manage to dtd twice in the meantime though, (we are on a romantic weekend away now, that helped. :-p) So here I am, on a very tentative 1 dpo. Anyone else on 1/2 dpo now?

@Iris2024, I'm so sorry you are going through this. Can you see your gp to get some help with your periods?

My period has arrived 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Never thought I would celebrate AF arriving!

Yess!! Great news. You can find your balance now. And start trying again when you feel ready! I'm happy for you. ❤️❤️

@Mash0917 so sorry to hear about your early miscarriage ❤️ great that you were able to track your OD and also dtd! Best of luck to you in this tww! ❤️ I am 2DPO (tracked Ovulation with strip tests for the first time ever this month). We managed to dtd 2days before, 1 day before, and day of ovulation. Was hoping to dtd once or twice more in the following 12-24hrs but it didn’t happen 😂 but I’m hopeful we have covered our bases with our efforts 😂

I think I might test at 9DPO but I’ll see closer to the time. Do you plan on testing early? I tested early 2 cycles ago, and found it upsetting getting negatives, so then I didn’t test at all last cycle, and actually felt better about it. But I think I’m ready to test early again this month 😂🫣 so we’ll see. It’s a rollercoaster.

@underthethree, Thanks. I usually track my opk with clearblue digital test. They are pretty awesome. But I can always exactly pinpoint my O day because I have endo, and my O day involves pain worse than period cramps.
We are cycle buddies, yey!! Let's encourage each other throughout the tww to NOT test too early. :-p

@Mash0917ahhh yes let’s be buddies 🥳 I can usually tell when I’m O as I get O pain. But I starting doubting myself the past 2-3 months so decided I’d get strips and track it this month to make sure. Nothing surprising, I did lend up O as usual on day 12/13. And my O pain was actually really painful this month. Like much more painful than most other months. So if I didn’t have the Lh tests, I still would have known 😅

I am considering only testing early if I get symptoms beforehand. In my previous pregnancy it was actually really noticeable to me (boobs felt heavy/painful which never happens to me outside of pregnancy/breastfeeding) and I swear I felt implantation happen 😂🫣 I waited to test until something like 11dpo and got a pretty strong positive then.

I am actually off work next Monday when I’ll be 9DPO so that’s why if I do test early it will probably be then 😂 but yeah, if no symptoms, then I won’t, because I don’t like the heartbreak 😪

I’ll keep you updated if I notice any symptoms throughout the week. Might be better to voice it here instead of caving and taking early tests! 😅

Sounds like a plan. I usually don't test till 10dpo. But let's tell each other if there is any symptoms. That's probably better than me going crazy overthinking.

@Mash0917sounds like a plan!! Yeah im now second guessing myself about potentially testing on 9DPO. It feels a little early to be fair, it just happens to be a day off for me 😅 otherwise I’ll be testing midweek when I’m rushing around trying to get out the door for work.. but we’ll see! 😂 I love Halloween, so im hoping it’s a lucky month for us!