TTC August 2026

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So I'm pretty much put this month, giving up all hope its happening this month. I know August is still a week away but thought I'd start a thread for the August TTCers.
How's everyone doing?

I’m desperate to test but I’m also really scared it’ll be negative and all the symptoms will have been nothing!

For what it’s worth the highest peak I’ve ever had was 1.21, all the other months have been anywhere from 0.8-0.98. I think my peak happens very quickly as I’ve definitely been ovulating on day 14 like clockwork

Definitely looks like the app is working better. Hope you get your period soon so you can track more easily! The waiting must be so hard.

I’m sure I’m just being delusional now, I thought I saw a faint line but will be expecting AF in a couple of days.

Ah well, it’s nice to dream.

I hope everyone else is getting on ok!

They’re a little dark to tell, but I can maybe see something in the second one if I squint?

Thats actually good to hear, hopefully I'll ovualate soon

The waiting is horrible, i hate the not knowing

I did think I saw something but I actually think it’s just a shadow - I’m getting to the point now where I’ve stopped believing “faint lines” as I’ve been unlucky with every test brand and had at least 1 evap per brand!

At that sweet spot in my cycle when too early to test but not busy dtd! I always start picturing what a “month” baby would be like! In this case April! Never had a spring baby before 🥹 Thinking the summer when they are too small to put sun cream on might not be fun! But very good the following year when they are learning to walk, much easier to learn when you don’t have to wear a puddle suit as my December baby did!

Does anyone else do this or just me? 😂

I can see a shadow in one of the pictures. Did it appear straight away? Very difficult to tell if that’s an evap or the start of something. 🤞 for you! Will you test again tomorrow?

Are you testing tomorrow @ThisGoldPoet ? I don’t know how to hold out so long. I always try to wait until 12 dpo but always crack at 10!

It did appear within the time frame, same as the one I took a few days ago but it’s so so faint that I really don’t think it is anything 😟
If anything I think the one a few days ago was a bit clearer - I’ve put it underneath to compare, first one is 3 days ago and second one is today’s.

I’ve also been cramping quite a lot especially in the evening yesterday and today as well as feeling nauseous and I think I have a cold coming on, I think I’m due to start by Friday and I’m taking the cramps as signs I’m out.

Im exhausted too despite having two coffees which I rarely do but I know I get all of these symptoms before my period too.

I think I might wait until a missed period, it’s too expensive to keep POAS for unclear results.

Good luck in your TWW, truly the most awful part of this is the waiting. I really hope this is your cycle!

Can I ask how many times a day/what time of day and how many days before predicted ovulation people are doing their OPKs?
I have a really rapid surge so typically try to test at least twice if not three times a day otherwise I'll miss it. But I don't know if I'm just wasting a lot of tests. In the three months I've tracked ovulation (1 prev pregnancy and 2 this time round) I've ovulated between CD16 and CD23 so I've been starting testing at CD10 which is what I am today.

Just wondered what other people are doing.

I think so yeah, I did want to wait until Saturday and test if AF didn’t appear but I’ve had a box of easy@homes and a couple of digital clear blues delivered today and they’re calling my name! I think I’ll try an easy@home in the morning

@DancingThroughLife02 That Boots test does look more positive than today’s one, I’m sorry. Perhaps a chemical? Or just very dodgy tests!!

Our bodies are so cruel too, giving us all these symptoms just for AF to arrive bang on time anyway! Hope the cold isnt too rotten!

Thanks for the good wishes. I’m feeling weirdly positive this month. Such a short cycle (for me!) has made me feel that I have properly ovulated and this must be it! It’s been 8 months, I’m overdue a positive 😬🤞
I wish it worked like this!

Good luck for tomorrow!! Easy@home have always given me a clear answer. 🤞 for you!

I test once a day until my cervical mucus looks more fertile and then twice a day! Normally at lunch time for the once and then add another test in the evening around 6.
Mostly test at those times as they are convenient for me. I think any time between 10am and 8pm is recommended though?

I’m glad it’s so important to stay positive throughout this.

Maybe it was chemical, it seems very unlikely to keep getting evaps within time frame.

TMI but just got bloody mucus when wiping which is two days early for me and I’m never usually early but might just be a weird cycle. I do feel like once AF shows it’s easier to just move on to think about the next cycle than think of all of the “what ifs”.

Only tracked one cycle so far (I conceived, but had early MMC) - I did exactly the same, started around CD 10, one test a day around 11am ish and then as I got to CD 15/16 increased to 3 times, adding afternoon and evening. I got my peak CD21.

I usually get ovulation pains so I had a pretty good idea of when I ovulate anyway, but for the months I’ve been testing I’ve done once a day from CD10 and as soon as it’s started to rise I’ve gone to twice a day, or even 3 (or 4 or 5!) when I’ve tried hard to catch my peak.

My surge seems to be over really quickly as the highest result I’ve had before this month was 0.98, I’ve added a photo of my current cycle. Think some of the random weaker results must’ve been diluted urine! I stop testing now as soon as it starts to come down to try and save strips, and if I’m still tracking next month I’ll probably not be as obsessive as I know once it rises past a certain point my peak will most likely happen within a few hours

Hi all, joining from July thread too. TTC #2 and on cycle 2 after having a chemical pregnancy last month. Think I am O day today having gotten a peak of 1.02 on Monday and 1.38 yesterday. Only managed to DTD those days and not today which isn’t ideal but life happens! Finding this all quite stressful and patience is not a virtue of mine so very glad to have found this community xx

Hi everyone, vanished off here for a few days as the building work and all the symptoms under the sun got too much!

I think I’m approximately 8-10dpo and of course I couldn’t resist a test yesterday and not even a squinter. I know it’s early as I’m not due on until early next week but I think I’m out. Bloody periods.

Have we got any BFP yet? Crossing fingers for all of us for this month or next!

Does sound like a chemical, especially now you have bloody mucus. So sorry for you ❤️

Definitely easier once AF arrives. And once Lh testing starts again. Best of luck for the next cycle. It will happen soon!

Hi again! Sorry to hear the building work is a struggle! Was it all the mess? The number of dusty concrete-stained boots coming in and out of my house drove me mad!

You are still very early, some people don’t even implant until 10 dpo and then HCG takes time to rise. Don’t count yourself out yet! I’ll have my fingers crossed for you 🤞

Hey! Yes, and I’ve had a reaction to the dust/perished insulation wafting around everywhere and my scalp, neck, chest etc. is covered in itchy red bumps so I am on antihistamines. Feel a right drama queen 😆.

Yes just hoping I’m far too early. How are you doing? When are you planning to test?