TTC March/April 2026

[ShivWesker]

Let’s jump on this thread since I can’t find another one 😂

Currently ttc#5. First cycle off the pill. Got four girls already _ Due to ovulate in two days. Already dtd twice out of sheer impatience 😂

Neg. Defo two false positives. The odds are ridiculous and incredibly gutting. Not going to do my last two until at least 11-12dpo now.

Hi ladies can I join please?
8th month of trying after losing my son at 17 weeks last march. I'm 40 so definitely feeling the panic trying to give my 2 year old a sibling.
Currently 3dpo so holding my breath and trying to get to day 10 🙈 but also terrified as if this is our month It'll be my 4th pregnancy so I will be a bag of nerves the entire time

Hi @Chelloooim also nearly 40 and panicking 🫣😢
lost our daughter in January at 20 weeks.
so sorry for your loss ❤️

Wow, this batch sucks!😔 I am sorry that it happened to you.

Today is CD 11 and I am due to ovulate in 9 days. Currently I am taking the advantage of not being pregnant to eat a lot of unpasteurized cheese and cured meat. Happy Tuesday! 😀

I cheered myself up by getting an energy drink 😂😂 At least we can have these for now, hey? 😂🫶

@LucyCL I’m cycle day 9 and ovulation seems so far away

Right! So!

symptom spotting is in full swing.
here’s what I have so far at 7dpo (apologies in advance if any of these are TMI!):

frequently needing to poop (softer than usual)
twinges and fluttering like cramps left side
really sensitive nips (like cannot touch them!)
High opk readings still
Tender breasts (more the left than the right)
creamy/sticky cm
high, medium, closed cervix

anyone else?!

These symptoms seem hopeful! It's just they are similar to PMS.

I am on 5/6dpo and not a peep. It's so eerily quiet apart from a few hours of breastpain day after ovulation. I think the progesterone I am releasing this month is quite high.

I thought I wouldn't cave before 11dpo but I did a test today after a 5 hours hold and I thought I saw a shadow. Probably line eyes. Eh. It's too early to test anyway.

Good luck in holding out till then! I'm going to try to as well, but not sure I'll have the willpower!

Yeah, I’m thinking PMS too tbh. You def have more willpower than me not to test as often 🫶

Jumping on hope that's ok! OH gave the thumbs up for trying for another (he was on the fence a long time!) a few days ok so going to start trying this cycle. Just brought some of those clear blue advanced ovulation sticks because first time I could never get a proper reading on the other ones - has anyone had a good experience with those??

Hiya welcome 🙂 the digital ones? I used them in my first pregnancy and from what I remember found them ok. If they’re the ones I’m thinking of I had to test more than once a day after getting the flashing smiley face to make sure I caught the solid one. It was easy to miss from memory and just get flashing ones for a few days. How many children do you have already? And will this be a big age gap for you then? We’ve got a 3 year and are really hoping to conceive a sibling to bring home after a later loss last year. Such a clumsy sentence but I’m still not sure how to phrase it!

@HopefulLeopard - I'm so sorry for your loss. 💛

I just have one - a little boy who turned two recently.

That is so helpful to know thank you - I've recently been diagnosed with lichen scloris - which means I've got to be quite organised with the old baby dance - so will need to be quite organised to make sure I hit the key days! My cycle has also changed length recently and natural cycles seems to be a bit slow in adjusting the algorithm (!) so yes thinking the tests will help me hit those key days but geeeez they are expensive!

@Pollyanna123456 i found the clearblue ones good (used them to get pregnant twice) but so expensive so I switched to the wee cheapies from Amazon. I did find I’d get peak on cheapies and wouldn’t get the solid face until the following day, dunno if that affects things but just an observation.

@HopefulLeopard sorry for ur loss, hope u are healing well ❤️

i just got 2.14 on an opk this evening, I didn’t even know that was possible, I got peak this morning but it has continued to rise even higher throughout the day. Has anyone had that before? I knew hormone levels were higher than normal but this seems a bit mental

Hi girls, 10 dpo & started to feel really nauseous exactly how I felt in first pregnancy, hard to explain but a “deep” queasiness- not an upset stomach. Wondering if this is too early to be connected? Last time it started at 4.5 weeks & I guess I’d be 3.5 weeks now.
too nervous to test…

Ohhh. How exciting! A fair amount of people get vvfl at 10dpo. You can test with a FRER as those are really sensitive

@DmcinT - that is a good success rate! I'm investing a lot upfront this one to try and hit the key days...hubby has had to come off his hair tablets (they have this ingredient in which isn't great for sperm count / not advised to take when trying to conceive) and so is keen to get going so he can go back on them 😅.

Also my cycle is going off course slightly which makes me think I can't rely on natural cycles alone (had great success with that last time).

I'm so sorry got no experience with those sticks as I never got high enough levels!

@anonhop ooo that sounds super positive! Fingers and toes crossed xxx

Oohhh keep us posted, girl! Fingers crossed for you!! 🤞🤞🫶🫶🫶

I did a Normal clear blue this morning (what I had!) which was negative. But the nausea has come back this afternoon. I’ve also been extremely hungry. Usually a bit hungrier the week before AF but not like this!
Going to try to send DH to get some more tests aha but not too optimistic. AF due in 4 days & I think I was testing positive with DD by now ish x

Hi all hope it's ok to join! I am 5dpo and this is my first month back to TTC after taking a few months break. how are you all feeling? x

Hii @Plumchumm How was the break? I'm currently 8/9dpo and I got a bfn this morning. I reckon it's still quite early as my last bfp was 12dpo. I just needed to get it out of my system. I will probably wait till 12dpo before testing again.

Negative FRER today at 10dpo. When I got my other bfp’s with my others it was 10dpo. I’m out this month. I shall be back when/if I ovulate in two weeks. I’m just a bit down and done with this cycle, tbh. With all the evap lines/false positives, I’m not in a good headspace. Good luck to everyone. Sending baby dust to you all ✨

Sadly I think I’m out too, negative this morning at 11dpo.