Waiting To Ovulate ~July/Aug~

[night owl]

God theres so much conflicting information out there but thats nothing new I suppose.

See I would think maybe a day or two before ovulation and you're still in with a chance and the smep plan is more after ovulation - I think I am just not wanting to not lose any opportunity this month, so when I read the smep plan, I thought, sod it, oh can go once more

But, we are all different at the end of the day and some might be more susceptible to fall pregnant a day before od and others after - you just never know.

nightowl, you really do know you're stuff - very helpful.

Yeah the bottom line is doing it as much as possible gives you a better chance! There s so many different factors which vary massively amongst different women, like some women don’t get much ewcm to keep sperm alive longer, some ovulate straight after a positive opk some don’t, some get ovulation symptoms, some don’t, it’s all guess work really, no wonder it’s so bloody stressful and hard, I remember the days I was terrified I’d get preggers even though I was on the pill LOL, how I’d love to be that blissfully ignorant again!

Oh thank you IVW it’s all just guess work from me really I just spend far too much time reading things online, I need to get a hobby

 

[IVW]

God theres so much conflicting information out there but thats nothing new I suppose.

See I would think maybe a day or two before ovulation and you're still in with a chance and the smep plan is more after ovulation - I think I am just not wanting to not lose any opportunity this month, so when I read the smep plan, I thought, sod it, oh can go once more

But, we are all different at the end of the day and some might be more susceptible to fall pregnant a day before od and others after - you just never know.

nightowl, you really do know you're stuff - very helpful.

Yeah the bottom line is doing it as much as possible gives you a better chance! There s so many different factors which vary massively amongst different women, like some women don’t get much ewcm to keep sperm alive longer, some ovulate straight after a positive opk some don’t, some get ovulation symptoms, some don’t, it’s all guess work really, no wonder it’s so bloody stressful and hard, I remember the days I was terrified I’d get preggers even though I was on the pill LOL, how I’d love to be that blissfully ignorant again!

Oh thank you IVW it’s all just guess work from me really I just spend far too much time reading things online, I need to get a hobby

I think its safe to say, at this current time in our lives, baby making has become our hobby

 

[Maximus17]

I know what you mean about hobby the amount of info I know about cycles and ovulation is incredible lol I wish I didn’t need to know this and could just get pregnant without knowing too much. By the way I think I am 1/2 dpo today and waiting game starts now. Anyone also waiting to test?

 

[night owl]

I know what you mean about hobby the amount of info I know about cycles and ovulation is incredible lol I wish I didn’t need to know this and could just get pregnant without knowing too much. By the way I think I am 1/2 dpo today and waiting game starts now. Anyone also waiting to test?

I know, I would love to go back to the days were I thought you could just get preggers whenever, I remember going to get the morning after pill on a few occasions - bet I was nowhere near the fertile window ha ha!

Yep I’m currently in the waiting game, think I’m 5DPO, actually feeling quite chilled out about it though think it’s cos it’s my birthday in Aug and I’ve got loads of plans which would be hard to explain why I’m not drinking if it come to that, I’ve decided not to test before AF due date either, after a crappy few months I just want a break from the disappointments that TTC can bring, when are u gonna test maximus?

 

[KatD]

Me too!! 3dpo today, just got my final temp this morning confirming it. If we get our BFP this cycle it would mean we conceived on the 27th during the blood moon...spooky lol

 

[IVW]

Yep, I am 3 dpo and symptom spotting already

Unfortunately for me, my hobby is socialising which means chucking a lot of alcohol down my neck, which isn't great

I will try and not test before the actual day my AF is due

 

[SmithyBaby]

Hello all, just joining you all as I am sure (based on cm and opks) I ovulated Wednesday! Time will tell now based on when AF arrives. I had to use all my will power not to try and get pregnant when I saw that opk! Next cycle I think we may start trying again. I'm just so relieved.
What did you decide to d IVW? I would have dtd that day as I would see it as the green light to go, go, go!

 

[night owl]

Oooh I was wondering if the blood moon was going to bring us all some extra luck, wouldn’t it be amazing if it did!

I know what you mean IVW ive really ended up scaling back my social life since TTC, caught in March and got to 10 weeks, didn’t drink in the 2ww for that one mainly just cos I didn’t have plans so ended up not drinking a drop for 9 weeks, then had the MC and wanted to console myself with wine but got really paranoid all my eggs were bad and alcohol would make it worse so haven’t really drank since then so I’m looking forward to enjoying a few social occasions in Aug were I can enjoy a glass (or three) of wine guilt free! (Assuming this cycle is a bust) it’s so hard to strike a balance while TTC, we can’t put our lives on hold though can we, we need to enjoy ourselves too as all of this is hard enough!

 

[SmithyBaby]

I know what you all mean. After coming off antibiotics and not drinking for nearly 6 months because of the 2 mcs I have been a bit of a fish the last week. Will settle down soon though. But you're right night owl, you cant put life on hold!

 

[Maximus17]

Hey night owl my birthday is also in August. What day is yours? Mine is 17th and I will be 40 this year!!! I never get a positive test till at least 10dpo but 11dpo being the best one that’s with frer. With my daughter and my miscarriage they were both visible line at 11dpo but I think it would been at 10 as well but very faint probably. Which dpo will you tear?

 

[night owl]

Mines the 16th maximus, I’ll be 34, August birthdays are the best, it’s such a good time of the year to have a birthday

Well I’m going to do my best to wait and see if AF turns up, which is due around the 6th, if I get to the 10th with no AF I will test - in all honesty though I have 7 ICs and 2 of the Asda 15miu tears in my bedside drawer and I know it’s gonna be hard not to use them lol!

Anyone symptom spotting yet? I’m not noticing anything out of the ordinary really, I tend to get loads of pregnancy type symptoms in my LP regardless, I must be sensitive to progesterone or something

 

[Princess81]

So many people put their lives on hold with tTC, I don’t want to do that to myself. I had too much to drink at my wedding, and it’s my birthday on 14th August, which is when I’m due to ovulate..... I’ll habe a couple of glasses then too probably.

 

[Maximus17]

Me too I get so many symptoms too already uterus pain, Breats burning but when I was pregnant couple of months ago it was exactly the same that’s why I didn’t think I was. The only strange symptom was I had metallic taste in my mouth at 4dpo! Again it was too early for any symptoms. But again every pregnancy is different with my daughter I had absolutely no symptoms till 11 dpo and even than it wasn’t much. So I would say try not to check things but it’s hard as I do it too you never know until your af comes

 

[Maximus17]

I have to say the only difference between a bfp and non bfp cycle was at 9dpo must have been the implantation day as both times I went crazy like super energy, insomnia and also very irritable like to an extreme so I think it’s pointless to test before 10dpo for me

 

[night owl]

Yeah you might aswell save your money maximus and just wait it out a bit - put the money you don’t spend on tests towards an ovusense! I felt the implantation last time, and the month I had a chemical too (although I didn’t know it was implantation at the time), it was like a stingy throbbing pain in one side which went on for about an hour, then the next day I was having mild period pains on and off even though period wasn’t due for about 4 days, I was thinking I had all my timings completely wrong and was about to get AF, so now every cycle I don’t get that I’m just going to be considering myself out!

What does everyone do to distract themselves/help the tww go a bit quicker?

 

[IVW]

Hello all, just joining you all as I am sure (based on cm and opks) I ovulated Wednesday! Time will tell now based on when AF arrives. I had to use all my will power not to try and get pregnant when I saw that opk! Next cycle I think we may start trying again. I'm just so relieved.
What did you decide to d IVW? I would have dtd that day as I would see it as the green light to go, go, go!

We dtd the day of my strong opk and then again the next day which is the day I officially ovulated. I would have gone again for the next few days but my oh was hating doing it when we had all that heat, which is fair enough, seeing he was the one mainly doing the work

 

[IVW]

Oooh I was wondering if the blood moon was going to bring us all some extra luck, wouldn’t it be amazing if it did!

I know what you mean IVW ive really ended up scaling back my social life since TTC, caught in March and got to 10 weeks, didn’t drink in the 2ww for that one mainly just cos I didn’t have plans so ended up not drinking a drop for 9 weeks, then had the MC and wanted to console myself with wine but got really paranoid all my eggs were bad and alcohol would make it worse so haven’t really drank since then so I’m looking forward to enjoying a few social occasions in Aug were I can enjoy a glass (or three) of wine guilt free! (Assuming this cycle is a bust) it’s so hard to strike a balance while TTC, we can’t put our lives on hold though can we, we need to enjoy ourselves too as all of this is hard enough!

I literally haven't change my social life at all and actually I really should, but more so for financial reasons, we are saving for a house so need to scale back easier said than done when my friends are my family

Both my oh and me know we need to be sensible, but that goes out the window when the first gin has gone down

If no BFP this month my partner is going to see if his swimmers are ok

 

[IVW]

I know what you all mean. After coming off antibiotics and not drinking for nearly 6 months because of the 2 mcs I have been a bit of a fish the last week. Will settle down soon though. But you're right night owl, you cant put life on hold!

I love how the first thing we go to after a crappy time or a stretch with no booze, is a bottle of wine

How will we ever cope with 9 months of it

 

[IVW]

Mines the 16th maximus, I’ll be 34, August birthdays are the best, it’s such a good time of the year to have a birthday

Well I’m going to do my best to wait and see if AF turns up, which is due around the 6th, if I get to the 10th with no AF I will test - in all honesty though I have 7 ICs and 2 of the Asda 15miu tears in my bedside drawer and I know it’s gonna be hard not to use them lol!

Anyone symptom spotting yet? I’m not noticing anything out of the ordinary really, I tend to get loads of pregnancy type symptoms in my LP regardless, I must be sensitive to progesterone or something

Birthdays in the summer months is the best

Eughhh I am and I am only 3 dpo, but I am so in tune with my body, well I like to think I am, that I feel that I notice things more, but then it could just be me really over thinking it

Funny tummy this morning and you know what, which rarely ever happens to me. Bloated all day and twinges and cramps, but its 3dpo so I need to calm down

I am just going to throw myself into the work and gym and help my friends plan all their social events, which is my fave so I can distract myself that way, but I can see this being the longest wait of my life

 

[Maximus17]

Hi IVW it’s very hard to wait. I am also dying to know. I think it’s the unknown once you know whether it’s positive or not it’s ok. I wish they would invent a decide to know straight away imagine how much many they would be making. Also I am so stressed out with my daughter being ill and coughing all night so not getting any sleep and trying to get pregnant arghhh