WTT with a view to TTC in Sept/Oct/Nov - looking for a TTC buddy!

[miss malteser]

I've been reading this thread for the past 4 weeks now but haven't had much chance to write a post!

Sending baby dust to everyone for November xxx

My hubby and I were planning on NTNP after Christmas but then decided that the time felt right now. I took my last BCP 4 weeks ago now after being on contraception for 14 years!

I am now CD24 and I'm not too sure if I have even ovulated. I said I wasn't going to get too hung up on things and wanted to stay away from OPK and temping etc. I was worried that if I did all those things it would get in the way of us enjoying each other. One thing I have been doing is assessing my CM. I have only had one occasion this month where I have noticed the slightest EWCM. And it was only there for about an hour or so.... That was CD20. On the same day and for 3 days following that I had some abdominal cramps as though AF was on it's way - that's gone today and no sign of AF. My CM has now sometimes creamy, sometimes non existent! I don't have a clue what is going on inside me.

Do you think I have ovulated? And that's what the EWCM and cramps were? I know it can sometimes take a while to ovulate again after stopping BC. Oh my - listen to me!! And I said I wasn't going to get hung up on things!

What do you all think?

Xxx

If you really aren't sure about things, then REALLY try to not get caught up in it. It will drive you mad! Things can be really off when you come off of bc, so I would just start paying closer attention to your cm next cycle. And if it so happens that you already are pregnant, then that's awesome! But try not to stress. I'm stressing right now and let me tell you... It sucks!!!

ditto Preshfest. If you don´t want to get stressed just go with the flow and see what´s happening with your body in a few weeks. If you want to know when you ovulate then charting or OPKs are the only options as far as I can see. But once you start doing that it becomes very hard not to let TTC take over your life! You´ve been warned!!

 

[miss malteser]

I've been reading this thread for the past 4 weeks now but haven't had much chance to write a post!

Sending baby dust to everyone for November xxx

My hubby and I were planning on NTNP after Christmas but then decided that the time felt right now. I took my last BCP 4 weeks ago now after being on contraception for 14 years!

I am now CD24 and I'm not too sure if I have even ovulated. I said I wasn't going to get too hung up on things and wanted to stay away from OPK and temping etc. I was worried that if I did all those things it would get in the way of us enjoying each other. One thing I have been doing is assessing my CM. I have only had one occasion this month where I have noticed the slightest EWCM. And it was only there for about an hour or so.... That was CD20. On the same day and for 3 days following that I had some abdominal cramps as though AF was on it's way - that's gone today and no sign of AF. My CM has now sometimes creamy, sometimes non existent! I don't have a clue what is going on inside me.

Do you think I have ovulated? And that's what the EWCM and cramps were? I know it can sometimes take a while to ovulate again after stopping BC. Oh my - listen to me!! And I said I wasn't going to get hung up on things!

What do you all think?

Xxx

If you really aren't sure about things, then REALLY try to not get caught up in it. It will drive you mad! Things can be really off when you come off of bc, so I would just start paying closer attention to your cm next cycle. And if it so happens that you already are pregnant, then that's awesome! But try not to stress. I'm stressing right now and let me tell you... It sucks!!!

ditto Preshfest. If you don´t want to get stressed just go with the flow and see what´s happening with your body in a few weeks. If you want to know when you ovulate then charting or OPKs are the only options as far as I can see. But once you start doing that it becomes very hard not to let TTC take over your life! You´ve been warned!!

That may have sounded a little harsh. Sorry, it wasn´t meant to! Good luck whatever you decide and if you start to get hung up on all this TTC business, well you know where to come to talk about it!

 

[Soniamillie01]

Hi all!

Ah presh - sending some dust your way!

In terms of ovulation I would say monitor cm - having said that I used to have quite noticeable cm when was on bc but since coming off it's practically been non existent! May tmi but do you just check when wipe or go 'looking' for it? My opk's arrived today and whilst I'm not going too much into the whole charting / testing etc I just want to make sure I am even ovulating!

DH keeps rubbing my tummy saying 'do we have an Archie in there?' so cute

 

[BabyBumpHope]

Hey girls - your message didn't sound too harsh miss malteser. I guess like soniamillie01 has said, I think I'd just like to know that I am ovulating again after so long on BC. Maybe OPKs wouldn't be such a bad thing!

Soniamillie01- ive just been checking in wiping. What about you?

I've had some more crampy pains tonight so I'm kind of just hoping that my AF arrives now just so I know where I am in my cycle. Then we can just go with the flo and see what happens. It's all so exciting!

Look forward to hearing how everybody gets on. Fingers crossed.....

X

 

[almosthere]

Hi ladies, feel like I have been out of the loop for a while here with BNB, trying not to obsess over ttc as much this month as I did last month. Not sure if I mentioned, but we decided to just go with the flow as we both feel everything happens for a reason, so our time will come when it comes! This being said, no OPKS for at least the next 2 months! The first month sex felt like a chore, so this month is a lot more fun being more laid back, it feels SOOO MUCH less stressful and I really enjoy ttc now =)

FX for you Preshfest!

 

[Soniamillie01]

Yes just wiping for me. I've gone with the opk's just so I know if even ovulating so we shall see. X

 

[PreshFest]

I normally just check my cm when I wipe. I can always tell when I'm in my fertile period that way. The only real reason I chart is to see if my temp stays elevated after ovulation since that can mean you're pregnant... So I thought it would be like finding out early, but it's not. my temps are up, I've had a ton of symptoms and I still don't believe that I'm pregnant! So, if it doesn't happen this month, I think i will do things differently next month. I will still keep a close eye on my cm just to make sure we BD enough around that time as I don't want to miss it...no matter how relaxed I'm trying to be! And then, the hardest part will be waiting to test. I had no idea how hard this would be...ugh.

My mood swings right now are HORRIBLE. I mean HORRIBLE. I did have this when I was pregnant with DD, but since AF is due in 5 days, I'm just thinking it's pms. I'm seriously going crazy here! ;-)

 

[PreshFest]

Hi ladies, feel like I have been out of the loop for a while here with BNB, trying not to obsess over ttc as much this month as I did last month. Not sure if I mentioned, but we decided to just go with the flow as we both feel everything happens for a reason, so our time will come when it comes! This being said, no OPKS for at least the next 2 months! The first month sex felt like a chore, so this month is a lot more fun being more laid back, it feels SOOO MUCH less stressful and I really enjoy ttc now =)

FX for you Preshfest!

Glad you are enjoying things now! I'm determined to do the same next month!!

 

[sunshine82]

Hey ladies, sorry I havent been on here for last week really- I have read all your posts and wish you all well with ttc.
I have sort of been a bit down the last couple of days, as i said last week I was waiting for AF (the last one hopefully!!!) and start officially ttc around 27th of this month, my cycles have been really erratic until the last couple of months and settled nicely 31-33 days ish- as they had settled I tried to calculate all our ttc/bd around those nice regular 31-33 day cycles and poss ov dates fitted in perfectly with oh schedule at home (he works offshore for 2 weeks then home for 3) - now I am on cd36 and still no af (no chance of being pregnant this month) Just a little bit gutted really as now nearly a week late and the later it gets it may not work with oh offshore schedule- he may not be home at the right time in coming months if no af soon I know by stressing i am not helping, and me and oh are so looking forward to start ttc when he gets home in just over a weeks time. We should be in with a chance this month as oh will be home around ov if my af arrives in next few days! So will be pushing our luck we get the bfp we so want first try- how great would that be - wouldnt have to worry then!
Why did my cycles have to mess around so close to ttc- i am sorry for ranting, just got myself upset this week i do feel crampy and pms and have done for good few days so i am hoping af will arrive (i wont want to say this again in coming months!) and going to try work out dates again-Hope they'll coincide!
As my cycles tend to be erratic 30-37 days what cd would you ladies recommend we bd- I was thinking cd 12 to cd 26 every other day- to cover my shortest cycle through to longer ones- any opinions would be so welcome!!!
Once again, I am sorry for my moan, it has helped to type it in a way.
Lots of baby dust to everyone

 

[almosthere]

Hey ladies, sorry I havent been on here for last week really- I have read all your posts and wish you all well with ttc.
I have sort of been a bit down the last couple of days, as i said last week I was waiting for AF (the last one hopefully!!!) and start officially ttc around 27th of this month, my cycles have been really erratic until the last couple of months and settled nicely 31-33 days ish- as they had settled I tried to calculate all our ttc/bd around those nice regular 31-33 day cycles and poss ov dates fitted in perfectly with oh schedule at home (he works offshore for 2 weeks then home for 3) - now I am on cd36 and still no af (no chance of being pregnant this month) Just a little bit gutted really as now nearly a week late and the later it gets it may not work with oh offshore schedule- he may not be home at the right time in coming months if no af soon I know by stressing i am not helping, and me and oh are so looking forward to start ttc when he gets home in just over a weeks time. We should be in with a chance this month as oh will be home around ov if my af arrives in next few days! So will be pushing our luck we get the bfp we so want first try- how great would that be - wouldnt have to worry then!
Why did my cycles have to mess around so close to ttc- i am sorry for ranting, just got myself upset this week i do feel crampy and pms and have done for good few days so i am hoping af will arrive (i wont want to say this again in coming months!) and going to try work out dates again-Hope they'll coincide!
As my cycles tend to be erratic 30-37 days what cd would you ladies recommend we bd- I was thinking cd 12 to cd 26 every other day- to cover my shortest cycle through to longer ones- any opinions would be so welcome!!!
Once again, I am sorry for my moan, it has helped to type it in a way.
Lots of baby dust to everyone

Glad you feel better after getting all that off your chest! I made the mistake of letting TTC take over my life all of SEPT! So if there is any advice I could give you in TTC it would be do not obsess because this creates for too much stress, and any any kind of obsessing is unhealthy anyway! Just relax, and do what you usually do....have SEX! But enjoy it. Of course don't go more than a couple days without sex, but don't force you and dh if the mood just isn't right, or else is may feel like a chore. GL!

 

[sunshine82]

Thanks almosthere - it definately helped to get it off my chest. Its been a stressful week! (its not like me to get stressed easily but this week grrrr obv pms!)
I know what you mean about ttc taking over- well i promised myself i wouldnt let it! haa! Just thought that I had planned things well, maybe its a good personal lesson to me to not plan before we do start ttc as of course ttc is mean't to be enjoyable not stressy!
Like you say its not good to stress and obsess over things, this so unlike me normally! Thanks so much though for reply, think i am going to hide the calenders and the chart and just enjoy the journey! xxx

 

[mazndave]

Hey everyone, hope you're all well?

Well according to my ticker I'm 5dpo today, and 8 days until testing. Going to try and wait for at least 10 to give AF a couple of extra days to show up if it wants too! Don't want to get my hopes up and waste a test if it's just because my cycle hasn't regulated yet.

I don't feel pregnant though, that's for sure! Pretty certain it won't be happening this month, I'm kind of gutted but I knew it was unikely so just want November to hurry up and come so we can try again.

Can't wait for the 's to start coming through on this thread! I have good feelings for us all, I really believe we'll all be preggers before the end of this year!

Preshfest, have you tested again? You seem to be the most promising for 'first past the post'!!

It's a shame really that we don't all live close by, if we did get bumps at the same sort of time it would've been cool to have had lots of pregnant friends to do stuff with! It's good that we'll still have a 'virtual support network' though

Me and hubby have picked out our names from our shortlist for our yet to be conceived baby!! It will definitely be Freya-Rose or Seth Drew. This sounds better when you say it with our surname, but anyway, he'd just be called Seth not Seth Drew (although when he's a baba he'd be nn Sethie!! Too cute)

Mine's a bit like yours Sonia, he's always saying 'hows Seth today?'!! Bless him.

xxx

 

[Soniamillie01]

It's so cute when they say the names or make reference to the future when LO are here!

I've started with the opk's currently cd11. The first two were definitely negative and ten today I had a very very faint second line and inane drunk loads today so hoping tomorrow it will be stronger ! Roll on 6pm!

I really hope we all get our BFP before Christmas and agree it would be so nice if we were closer. I'm just south of London - anyone near?

Presh - any news?

 

[Emz1982_in_uk]

Hey everyone, hope you're all well?

Well according to my ticker I'm 5dpo today, and 8 days until testing. Going to try and wait for at least 10 to give AF a couple of extra days to show up if it wants too! Don't want to get my hopes up and waste a test if it's just because my cycle hasn't regulated yet.

I don't feel pregnant though, that's for sure! Pretty certain it won't be happening this month, I'm kind of gutted but I knew it was unikely so just want November to hurry up and come so we can try again.

I didn't feel pregnant with Kai. I did feel pregnant the cycle before we conceived him though And I thought I was pregnant with my recent chemical.

This cycle I am not too sure I have 5 days til AF!

You still could be very much preggers

 

[Emz1982_in_uk]

I really hope we all get our BFP before Christmas and agree it would be so nice if we were closer. I'm just south of London - anyone near?

I'm in south Bedfordshire!

 

[PreshFest]

I can't remember if I posted here or not, but I'm out for this month! I had a weird hpt yesterday morning, so I went to the doc and got a blood test. It was negative! On to November!! I'm due to ovulate around 11/5, I believe.

 

[BabyBumpHope]

Hi again.

I'm out this month too (although it was only our first cycle off the pill and first cycle of NTNP.

AF arrived early hours of this morning. I haven't had a 'real' period in 14 years so forgot how painful they can be! I'm just glad that my body is getting back to normal after so long on the pill. My cycle has been 26 days. I know it's not likely to stay like that but if I am one of the lucky ones to go back to a regular cycle 26 days is fine by me.

At least I now have some sort of guide of what to expect with the big O (if I O at all). If my cycles stay the same and I do ovulate then it'll be around about 1st, 2nd, 3rd November with AF due on the 15th November.

Fingers crossed november will be a lucky month for all of us

X

 

[miss malteser]

So sorry Preshfest. Time to forget about this month and start to think about the next one!! Roll on the 5th of November!

I finally ovulated a couple of days ago but had no EWCM. I actually see very little change in my CM at all throughout the whole cycle. has anyone else noticed this?

 

[Elz]

Hey ladies!

I *THINK* I'm 7DPO today, not too sure though because all I'm going by is cramps and CM around O day! I'm on CD21 so if my cycles have regulated (I'm really lucky if they have already!) then 7DPO sounds about right.

I don't want to get too excited, and it might just be my body doing random things, but yesterday and today I've had abdominal cramps and had a wave of nausea that lasted all of about 5 minutes on both days. I know I could be reading too much into it, and I probably am because this is only our first cycle off BC! I know it's possible but I don't want to get my hopes up this early in NTNP!

I do have a question to ask though....I'm going away this weekend with my family who don't know that we're NTNP, so would find it really weird if I don't drink alcohol. I wouldn't drink if I am pg, so would it be too early to test tomorrow morning? I know some women have had a BFP on 8DPO, but does anybody know how accurate it is? If not, then I'll have to drink vodka and coke, without the vodka, and hope they don't notice!! lol

x

 

[miss malteser]

I doubt that you could get a reliable HPT result just yet. There are quite a few people on here who believe in "drink till its pink!" but I feel the same as you and try and give alcohol a miss. If you eat out maybe you could volunteer to drive as much as possible??!

I have the same problem this weekend as we´re having lunch on Saturday with some friends and dinner with others. The last few times that we´ve seen both groups of friends I´ve said that I was driving so couldn´t drink and they´re going to get so suspicious if I say it again as DH and I normally take it in turns.