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Here we go again

Starting to try for baby no2. I am currently 4dpo I think. Ovulation was apparently Sunday and we did it on Friday evening. It was the only one in the fertile window due to this bloody heatwave 🤣 not sure I have my hopes up for this month. What's everyone else saying? Let's chat xx

Is this for real life?

Am I seeing things or is that a vvfl? Pregmate test on CD32. My cycles are usually 29-31 days. Not exactly FMU, as I tested in the morning and peed once when toddler woke me up in the middle of the night. I didn’t seriously think I could be pregnant, as I’m 40 and I don’t remember when we had sex last month, so I didn’t want to waste an expensive frer test 🤣! Would frer be accurate in the middle of the day this early? If I really am pregnant, I hope I didn’t screw it up by moving boxes up a flight of stairs all day yesterday 🤦🏻‍♀️

Cycle 6

Currently in the TTW of cycle 6 and I feel defeated. I’m so tired.

I ovulated late, my BBT is haywire due to room temperature but I know I ovulated due to bodily signs. I’m just so fed up and tired, I just want a positive test so I can move on from this constant cycle of trying to make my body work 😭

Likely to missed peak?

I’m still quite new to ovulation tests but they seem so up and down?

BBT graphs causing concern

Me and my fiancé want to start TTC our second baby after our wedding in September. I am still breastfeeding our 16 month old son and sleep is still disrupted. My past three cycles have all been 26-27 days long. For the past two cycles I’ve used Natural Cycles to track ovulation using bbt (with the natural cycles band). And each time it has confirmed ovulation around cycle day 19-22. I feel like I’m ovulating on day 14 due to an increase in sex drive and egg white mucus around then. But if the algorithm is correct then I am having a very short luteal phase which makes me worry about it limiting our chance of conceiving.

Confused!

last few days I’ve felt off, my Flo app said ovulation was 5 days ago and I’ve had horrendous insomnia last 2 nights, mild lower back ache, feeling sicky,
Headaches and quick crampings. Not a clue if I’m just overthinking or what!
These symptoms were what had me pregnant with my first baby and we’re trying for number 2…
Could this just be late ovulation? Or could this be something!

Im an idiot and somebody needs to stop me please

Ladies, I’m 4 days past ovulation and like a fool I’ve been testing already. Of course there’s no line and it made me sad. I’ve definitely had the eye lines too pretending to myself that there’s something there. But really I’ve just made myself cross eyed.

I have a little girl already and I did the same crazy behaviour of testing way too early and then getting upset. I need to stop this crazy behaviour. I forgot how hard the TWW is.

For my ovulation test

The lines are very dark but the circle is blank can someone help me please could it mean I’m pregnant or not

Pregnant at 3 months PP ?😬

First off; I know what unprotected sex leads too. I’m a mum of 3.

I had unprotected sex last weekend (early hours of Sunday morning 🫣)
It was stupid, I’m a single parent with no dad on the scene and an old friend come over for a catch up and one thing led to another..
obviously being very freshly postpartum I’m quite erm, fertile shall we say 🫣😅

I’ve had 2 periods since having baby and last one I believe was very beginning of may. I have PCOS so they’re a bit all over the place usually and just having a baby doesn’t help either.
But, I’ve had some quite mild cramping and an increase in white (I hate this word with a passion) discharge.

I know it’s too early to test right now but when should I be testing?
According to my Flo app I should have ovulated on 10th June. 3 days after I danced with the devil.

We listen and we don’t judge so if that’s what you wanna do, kindly go elsewhere.

Thanks!!!

Did I not ovulate? TTC

Hey there! This is my 2nd cycle after my first miscarriage. Had my cycle June 1st and My app said I should be at peak ovulation today but it seems to be getting lighter, does that mean I did not ovulate? Or maybe I am ovulating later In the month? Trying not to get discouraged 🫤 thanks for your help ❤️

Going mad

2nd cycle off pill and i havent found a clear lh surge but currently at cd 33. Took a pregnancy test to be sure and just got this. It came up pretty quick, well within the test window

6dpo or 7dpo

I’ve noticed my cm is slightly sticky but in colour wise looks creamier. I thought you dried up after ovulation.

Pull out method

I’m 2 days late for my period. I’m going to go and buy a pregnancy test in a minute. Has anyone actually got pregnant from the pull out method.

Did we baby dance enough

I just found out that you can ovulate up to 72 hours after your peak but both me and my partner are poorly so probs wont get chance to get another in their today lol. Im ttc after two losses so im nervous.

10dpo today

First try since having copper coil removed only used the flo app to predict my ovulation, negative at 8dpo not buying any tests until Monday when my period is due if it doesn’t come, anyone else on the same cycle?

Ttc

So for the past year I haven’t been on any contraception, however the past 4 months I’ve been tracking my ovulation and nothings happened as of yet… When I was younger I got told I had pcos, I was never put on anything but assume that’s because of my age back then. I had my daughter in 2022 and I never tracked my ovulation, it just happened and came as a surprise. I don’t know if to book a doctors appointment or if they won’t even see me for it? Any idea on what to do?

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