TTC / TWW Feb March 2026

[Anya23]

Hi guys! Moving the January thread here!

I was going to make a separate post about this but thought I'd ask on here first - since I have no idea what's going on with my cycles I'm going to start testing for ovulation. I've ordered OPKs but am aware they might give false positives if I am perimenopausal, which I think is highly likely.

Those who monitor BBT, I'm reading that your temperature rises after ovulation so how do you use that to time DTD? Or are you literally just doing it to confirm you have ovulated? Not sure if I'm being a bit thick 😅

@Sa11yCinnamon yep, so BBT is good for seeing patterns. So from tracking the temp shift know I normally ovulate on Day 19/20, so plan around then. I also use OPKs and know that my temp usually rises on the day after my first positive OPK so that's the key date for me. So over time it will help you to predict your pattern and plan ahead!

@tiutinkerbell ah yes I was being a little bit thick - that makes perfect sense, thank you 😊

I think they got darker 😵‍💫👀

To be honest I think it was darker on 28/02 - at this point it should be much darker if you're pregnant. I read some stories where tests never got much darker with time, but it's really rare.. Try and go have your hcg levels checked from blood, because this seems quite weird

@Flataf

Does anyone have any advice on when to ttc again after miscarriage?

Progression one a day 🤷🏻‍♀️🫶

@anxiousme1 you can try again as soon as you feel ready - it can be the very next cycle if you like. I’ve suffered from recurrent mcs and have conceived the cycle immediately following a mc quite a few times (mcs caused by something totally different and now treated).

@LizzyRL those tests look very dark to me! I never really got ovulation tests to work so just tend to go by EWCM - is that a reliable indicator for you?

@anxiousme1i think it's just when you feel ready to try again and also you body. I had a mmc and it took my body quite a while to be ready but mentally I was so I think it's just when you feel it's right to try again, sending you so much luck

@BurningOutti think I've got it down to knowing when I get a peak though I think that still doesn't actually mean you've 100% ovulated, I find it really stressful in the run up to getting the peak though in case it doesn't happen, even though I know it doesn't actually confirm ovulation 😅 ttc is not for the faint hearted!

7 dpo and time is dragging!! I felt some pain in the ovary region yesterday, a bit like ovulation pain. So panicked that I hadn’t ovulated when I thought I had so took an ovulation test which was soooooo low it was laughable. So fingers crossed the pain was something else. Also, otherwise my timing for dtd is going to have been all off!

Finally got my very late ovulation confirmed by the app, so I am 3DPO now but on CD25. Only managed O day this month so pretty low chance!

@tiutinkerbell my son was a happy accident after DTD once on O day, once is all it takes! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

@Sa11yCinnamon THANK YOU for this hope! Just what I needed today. I was going to skip using my progesterone this month as I thought there wasn't much hope, but I've decided to go ahead and try with it anyways.

Thoughts with those of you who have had losses 💕 and thinking of those of you in the tww 🤞 I have been fortunate enough to get my bfp this month 🥰 here's hoping it sticks!

Sounds like you've had a really tough time, I'm so pleased this little one looks like they're a fighter! Fingers crossed for a sticky one

Oh hi @DorsetGirl89 girl, I remember you and your story (how could I not). I am so hopeful that you get your happy ending, you couldn’t deserve it more

Wishing you all the luck @DorsetGirl89 ! I bled throughout my first trimester with my son, it definitely doesn't have to mean game over x

@CSR721 congratulations!
@DorsetGirl89 congrats to you too! Have they offered you progesterone? Ask for it if not!

Im 6dpo today so starting to get into symptom spotting territory though I’m on progesterone so realistically know that any symptoms will be caused by that. Work has been really tough and I’m exhausted so hoping that doesn’t affect anything.

Me too! What a journey you have had.
Nothing happening here at all unfortunately. I had a couple of positive tests in Sept but it only lasted a day. This will be cycle 12 so wondering whether it’s time to call it a day (we do have a lovely 2 year old).
Having some fertility testing in a couple of weeks but have a feeling we’re going to be told the only option is IVF and I’ve not much appetite to put myself through that considering the stats for my age.

@DorsetGirl89 so I should probably have caveated by saying I have a bicornuate uterus, I basically got periods until baby was big enough for one half of my womb to realise there was a baby in the other half. But I know people who've bled for other reasons/no reason and been absolutely fine too!