TTC: Anyone have any tips, good ovulation tests etc?

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Hi all, I’m TTC, Just looking for a bit of encouragement and sending you all luck too, I’m 35.

I thought I was in good stead for a positive this month, but was relying solely on my cycle app as a tracker to ovulation, however my period arrived yesterday two days early, we had sex regularly through my fertile window, but my cycles are long and I guess we misjudged the best day? tested way too early and got over excited, plus had some spotting a few days before which I convinced myself was early pregnancy sign as I had the same brown spotting with my first pregnancy, and have had very tender breasts which I don’t usually get with my periods, but not meant to be this time.

Anyway back trying again for a second attempt this time I’m tracking my ovulation with tests and looking at my body more and using my app as more of a guide. Although app now says ovulation is around 10th September, which feels ages away. Does anyone else have any tips? And also what ovulation tests buy.

I just used the One Step ones from Amazon and they’ve always worked really well for me. Water-like discharge has always been the best sign a positive ovulation test was coming. We DTD the day of positive test and the day after, plus whenever the watery-ness started (for me usually the same day of positive ovulation test anyway or the day before).

The apps weren’t accurate for me in terms of predicting ovulation. I’ve only found them useful to record dates.

I used the premom Easy@home strips, along with taking temperature first thing in the morning. I found the apps by themselves were few days out, fell pregnant with my now 1 year old after properly tracking. Good luck