TTC - July 2026

[Milennialworkinprogress]

Moving from the June thread, baby dust to all!

Sounds like you’ve got it covered which is all you can do. Totally understand why you are feeling down. I am too! 9 cycles is a long time to be trying for. Hopefully your illness has shaking things up for the better and this is your month! Fingers crossed for you 🤞

so sorry @NphysT , I didn’t mean bad memories about your son but the time when you left the WhatsApp group must have been difficult. You and your son are in our thoughts often and we all wanted to reach out but we didnt know if it was appropriate. I really hope TTC is smooth sailing and you have a straight forward pregnancy

I'll wait until 24th (10dpo) and see if I want to test on that day or wait another two! 🤔 but I know I'm likely going to do it on that day anyway as I'm super impatient 🙃 what about you?

Ugh back pains in full force now! Does anyone else get the 'tugging' sensation in your uterus before AF?

I just honestly wish this wasn't so mentallt hard. I just want another bambino

@TheUniqueMember im going to try and get to Friday too. Im technically 10dpo on Thursday but wont be able to test then. So desperate to know already.

@Milennialworkinprogress are you thinking these pains are signs of AF coming? How many dpo are you? I feel things that arent there im.sure. was convinced I was pregnant last month.

Yes, it was and we are only just at a point of learning to live with our reality. I really appreciate you saying that and it truly means a lot. I often think about you all hope you're all doing well with your little ones. Thank you, and I hope the same for you x

Hey everyone, I would love to join in with you TTC ladies. I am TTC baby number 2 mum of one DD who is is 2.5yrs. This will be our 4th cycle but probably only our second that we have properly covered the fertile window. I am currently 8dpo I do have a lot of symptoms that I haven’t had last cycles which convinces me that I have to be pregnant but don’t want to get my hopes up.

Really don’t want to be an early tester but I am totally an early tester type of person 😂😂. Iv been following along but now I feel like I need people in same boat to talk to, Hope you’re all good and hope we all get some BFPs soon. ❤️

Hello! First timing posting and not quite sure how mumsnet works yet! Trying to conceive our second child. Daughter is 4 years old. We tried this month but my flo app and Premom app said different ovulation dates 4 days apart from each other. I did opks but it was my first time doing them and although I got a line as dark as the control line I didn’t see the progression towards it as I don’t think I tested enough. Because of the mix up of dates we also missed the suspected ovulation date of Premom because we were a bit touched out lol. I was either due my period yesterday or this coming Tuesday and I have started to get spotting to show that AF is on her way. I think I might try and do temp next time as well but need to order a thermometer x

@SpryHazelEagle I found this too with flo and Premom I have always found Premom to be way more accurate and when you get your test strips you can upload to the app and see the numbers etc I would start testing day after your period so you can get a true overview of your fertile window. Good luck for this next cycle ❤️

Yes I didn’t seem to be good at uploading the tests it always came up as an error but I’m going to be more on it next time and figure the Premom app out! I am also going to try preseed next time as I conceived last time using that. What days are people on now? X

@SpryHazelEagle aw it’s a lot sometimes having to test ovulation etc and having said that i actually ovulated on my first pregnancy, before I got a peak on strips and clear blue ovulation, I was soo confused but was successful because we covered the whole fertile window that time. I am currently 9dpo 🙈🙈 it’s getting closer to testing, although I’m trying my best to hold off as best I can 😭

Ah 9dpo that is definitely getting towards the exciting part! The waiting is torture isnt it haha. I have Amazon prime so could have got my tests the next day but I delayed the delivery for a week just so I wouldn’t be tempted to test haha. Sorry I saw you’re other post and saw you are trying for your second as well so we are in the same boat 😀 My 4 year old keeps asking for a baby which is not helping with the pressure 😂 When are you going to test? If my period doesn’t come tomorrow I will test again but I can’t see how a FRER didn’t pick it up when I was 11dpo. It was stark negative not even a squinter of anything x

Ah my 6 year old keeps asking me the same - touching my belly and saying 'when are you having a baby?'

This is where the feeling of failing him comes in - especially as I wiped pink this morning 🤦🏾‍♀️. Honestly, where was the manual on how to be an adult?!

Tested again this morning test came back negative, i dont understand why it was a faint positive friday and now its negative 😔

Hi everyone, I’m a mum of two and we’ve just started trying to conceive no.3!

So excited to join you all! I’ve just finished my period so it is now all systems go and I am already outrageously consumed by it 😂😅.

How is everyone today?

sorry @inkgirl I had the same the last two times and it's so disheartening 🙁sending you lots of good vibes for the next cycle

@SpryHazelEagle aw it’s so so hard the waiting, I’m always ok the first week but the second week I symptom spot like mad and it’s just so so tough, keeping myself busy this week, I’m not sure when to test my af is due on Sunday part of me wants to wait as long as possible but I just don’t know I’m very impulsive I have a box of tests lol ur idea is much better 😂😂 awww that’s so hard that they are asking when 🥹. Aww the whole reading lines etc drives me mad, are you late? Really hope this is the month for us all ❤️❤️

@Babydustthisyear AF due Sunday here for me too! We didn’t cover my fertile window very well this month, DS2 kept getting in the way 😂 I’ve actually managed the TWW pretty well until today and now the symptom spotting is creeping in. Trying my best to hold off testing.

On day 2 of my cycle so I guess I will be moving to the August board when it is up and running

I gave in after thinking I was imagining symptoms today. Am I seeing things?

@Bumblebeemee so clear! Congratulations!! How many dpo are you?

Only 9DPO and this was an evening wee! I’ve been struggling with food smells today which seems way too early to be a symptom. I’ll do another tomorrow and hope it’s darker.

I think a line is a line! Im 7 or 8dpo today and having weirdly sensitive boobs which feels much too early for symptoms too. I think I need to get to thurs to test

i think this is really clear! Congratulations 😍

Ah what are kids like! So funny. It’s sweet that they don’t realise all the work that goes into just trying to seeing a line appear on a test 🙊 My 4 year olds behaviour has been atrocious over the last few weeks so even though I’ve been spotting for the last 3 days my period is yet to fully kick in. I’m now worried stress is affecting it coming x