This is my first time ever posting on any sort of thread but after lurking for a while I thought it would be nice to reach out and make friends with people who are probably in the same boat as me. DH and I are TTC #1 and I never thought I would have this much anxiety/impatience/frustration/worry.
I feel like I've done so much reading about TTC, timing BD, temping, observing CM and CP, OPKs.. and I feel like I'm doing everything right but my body just won't cooperate. I have longer cycles (~45 days) which I know can be normal coming off BCP (I went off them in Sep '14).. but it just makes it harder because I feel like I have less chances to get pregnant than others. We're on cycle #2 of TTC (which again I know isn't a lot compared to many people out there).. but it's so frustrating having to wait so long in between cycles to even start trying.
This cycle started taking Vitex in hopes of shortening my cycles (heard its great for people coming off BCP). I had EWCM on CD 14 and got super excited... but now it's CD 21 and no temp shift still. I've been doing OPKs as well this cycle to time it better (last time I thought I O'ed but then ended up missing it by 4 days... so all that waiting for nothing). But I've consistently been getting negative OPKs, which is depressing. I know it's still "early" in the cycle for me, but I was just hoping that I'd be one of those people to magically have a 28 day cycle the first time going on Vitex.
I've just convinced myself that I'm going to be one of those people who takes forever getting pregnant.. and I hate this feeling!!
If anyone has any advice to get through the TTC time or wants to be cycle buddies or wants to share their success stories to give me hope, I would love that
Sorry if I sound whiny- I feel like no one ever prepared me for what this journey would feel like! To top if off, I would in a profession where I see pregnant women all the time and many of them talk about about how they accidentally got pregnant after just having sex once without protection... drives me crazy!!
A comic I found very applicable:
https://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=3483vab&s=6#.VOy4_ubF_4s
I feel like I've done so much reading about TTC, timing BD, temping, observing CM and CP, OPKs.. and I feel like I'm doing everything right but my body just won't cooperate. I have longer cycles (~45 days) which I know can be normal coming off BCP (I went off them in Sep '14).. but it just makes it harder because I feel like I have less chances to get pregnant than others. We're on cycle #2 of TTC (which again I know isn't a lot compared to many people out there).. but it's so frustrating having to wait so long in between cycles to even start trying.
This cycle started taking Vitex in hopes of shortening my cycles (heard its great for people coming off BCP). I had EWCM on CD 14 and got super excited... but now it's CD 21 and no temp shift still. I've been doing OPKs as well this cycle to time it better (last time I thought I O'ed but then ended up missing it by 4 days... so all that waiting for nothing). But I've consistently been getting negative OPKs, which is depressing. I know it's still "early" in the cycle for me, but I was just hoping that I'd be one of those people to magically have a 28 day cycle the first time going on Vitex.
I've just convinced myself that I'm going to be one of those people who takes forever getting pregnant.. and I hate this feeling!!
If anyone has any advice to get through the TTC time or wants to be cycle buddies or wants to share their success stories to give me hope, I would love that
Sorry if I sound whiny- I feel like no one ever prepared me for what this journey would feel like! To top if off, I would in a profession where I see pregnant women all the time and many of them talk about about how they accidentally got pregnant after just having sex once without protection... drives me crazy!!
A comic I found very applicable:
https://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=3483vab&s=6#.VOy4_ubF_4s
