Ttc June/July 26

[theotherfossilsister]

I am out this cycle, anyone else want to join? Think I’ll ovulate around 29th June.

Ttc after an mmc and d and c in April, and took May off but think that was an anovulatory cycle anyway. Have a lovely three year old conceived through ivf.

Exactly! A good friend of ours has just had their second baby at 42, they had their first at 40, so that definitely gives us hope. I’m just hoping I’ve still got some decent-quality eggs left! 🙈
I’ve actually booked a private scan for next week.

They’re going to check the shape of my uterus and look for things like fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovaries and ovarian cysts, so hopefully that’ll give me a bit more reassurance.

A little bit of POAS! 😂😂 Bless you! I honestly don't have the brain capacity for that – it would stress me out far too much. I just wait for my period. Annoyingly, I get such strong PMS symptoms that I usually know at least two days before she's about to make an appearance, which is so frustrating! Although you always hear stories of women saying they were convinced their period was coming and then it never did... I'm not sure that'll be me though, I'm so in tune with my body!

I don't really understand the whole temperature or cervix tracking side of things. Are either of them actually good indicators? Hopefully you've got a positive on the way! 🤞

And don't worry, TTC makes us all a little bit delulu. 😂 Every month I convince myself I've timed everything perfectly, so surely this has to be the month... and then nothing. That's why I've got to the point where I'm more "oh well" than "what if", if that makes sense!

When are you planning to test next, and when is your period due?

It been nice talking to someone on the exact same journey, and same number of cycles, so thanks 😊

Ditto 💕It helps to talk to people going through the same thing, I don't want to start talking to my friends about it because you get well meaning busy bodies asking for updates and that makes me more stressed out. 😂

Good luck with your private scan and let me know how you get on! I don't do BBT because it's too stressful. I was overanalysing every temp and a slight temp drop after ovulation would ruin my whole day. My fitbit does tell me if my temp goes up or down but it's not an exact temp, just whether it's higher or lower than the last 30 days on average so it's pretty useless for cycle tracking. I probably wouldn't bother cervix tracking either, as I'm finding out it moves around and changes texture all the time as so far it's been pretty meaningless for me 😂Basically, there's plenty of measures for stressing yourself out and overanalsing your body but none of them have much impact on the end result lol.

I'm due on Monday/Tuesday, I took a sensitive test this morning at 11dpo and it was blank negative so pretty sure I'm out. It sounds bad but I'm not really that bothered by negative tests anymore. I had to stop early testing before cause I'd get so worked up but now it doesn't bother me so much, I just like to know where I stand and also that I can have a guilt free glass of wine with my friends tonight. I really think it helps so much that it's summer and there's stuff going on every weekend. I don't know about you but I found it so much harder in winter with fewer distractions.

When are you due on? We had our first GP appt and had tests ordered yesterday so I also feel less pressured knowing that it's kind of out of our hands now and if nothing happens at least we're getting some medical support.