TTC help!

Myself & my partner have been trying for a baby for nearly a year now…
We are both taking procieve and have just purchased a clearblue fertility monitor.
Does anyone have any tips as we are both desperate to conceive!
TIA x

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I brought a massive pack of ovulation sticks from Amazon and tested my urine every day throughout the month until I peaked. That worked for us. Xx

Have you tried sperm meets egg plan?
There used to be a free quick book on it on Amazon about the plan. Have a look into it. We also used the femometer ovulation sticks and used the femometer app. Worked a dream :)

Ovulation tests helped us! I used an app called Premom to keep track of peak ovulation days. I’m not sure if that specific app is available in GB though.

Thank you for your replies we are using ovulation strips along side the clear blue monitor and also having sex twice daily in the morning and at night do you think this is too much?

my doctor told me to have sex every other day during the week of ovulation. Apparently it’s to give the testes time to re-charge their sperm count to make it more potent. That’s just the advice from one doctor so, take it with a grain of salt!

thank you 😊 I will give this a try willing to try anything at this point 🤞🏽

Best of luck! ❤️

thank you 😊❤️

Tried for almost 10 months and the time we’ve managed to conceive was sex every other day from CD 9 up til 2 days after the peak (you ovulate about 24 hours after the peak and the egg can live for up to 24 hours more!). Gives better quality sperm too! Was on proceive too and used cheap Wondfo strip tests for precision over clear blue smileys. Also used pre seed lube for the last 2 months. Could have only helped 🤷🏼‍♀️

I used the Premom ovulation strips too and was able to find out the days I ovulated. I would not recommend having sex until you see the ovulation peak. You may fertilize the egg too early and ruin your chances for the month

Definitely only sex every other day, pretty much all fertility doctors give this advice

in our community

Am I pregnant?

I lightly spotted almost 5 days ago, which is not common for me before my period.
My period was supposed to come today. I should have tested in the morning but its 5:30pm.
Is there a second line??

Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

PS. I know I should go get a blood test, does anyone know if urgent care will do that? I’m past being convinced by a pee test.

Help pls

I'm 7 weeks pp. Not had sex or even done anything but my tests have come back positive. I wouldnt test but had symptoms of pregnancy so I tested. What does this mean? Google says it should have been negative at this stage unless its a new pregnancy or bits of placenta has been left behind. I had a c section so 🤷‍♀️

Is it normal to test positive still? (Wouldn't usually do one)

Not the best pic and clearer in person. Is this normal? I've not had any sex since having my LO but I've had strong cravings, sense of smell is strong and my hair still hasnt started to fall out. Im 7 weeks pp so 🤷‍♀️ I wouldnt normally bother testing but with those symptoms that I never really have its like whats going on. Cravings for something very specific too and can only get from KFC now 😩 so its annoying

Can baby mamas be friends?

My son has an older brother from his biodad. Biodad has never had contact with my son. One thing lead to another though and the other child's mother and I got in contact and are planning a meeting for the boys. Biodad has no idea any of this has happened. Biodad also hasnt had contact with the other child in about 2 years. Just thoughts, opinions, anyone been through something similar?
Edit-Thank you all! Have definitely been feeling somewhat weird about it because we never met before but now know it can be a good thing definitely helps. I can't wait for them to meet. My son has been asking for a brother and I can now happily tell him he has one. That just happens to be 13. Im sorry for yall that fight/have issues with the other baby mamas. Sadly some women rather be stuck on the men, when the kid is the one who really matters. They're the ones that end up getting hurt and missing out.

Ovulation test

Please please someone clarify if this test is positive. Im pretty sure it is but Im in disbelief at the minute I haven’t ovulated in 8 months. I feel like crying lol. When is the best time to have sex?