Time to begin TTC 2018!

Ahh Man so sorry to hear about all the struggles you are all having. It can be so difficult to just trust the timing when our hearts have been hurt. We are officially in the TWW and I so wanted it to be as innocent and calm as with my past pregnancy but this time is so so different. I am so desperate to be pregnant this cycle and have cut out all the baddies so will be so cross if it doesn't work out! Sending love to you all

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arghhhh! so it seems a few of us are having problems with these damn ovulation sticks! i'm CD16 now and I just got another negative and this time the line is fainter than yesterday, so either I missed it by 12hrs or it's just wrong! Or I guess i'm going to ovulate later but the line would get darker then wouldn't it?? I am SO confused!!!!!

@Carien I hope you get a positive soon! and thanks for the info re: ph strips! very interesting! xx
@Reese fingers crossed for you xx
@TippeeTwo shame i can imagine how painful AF must have been this time considering how late it is. Fingers crossed for you xxx

Feeling really teary and frustrated today. Was just really hoping that all would go smoothly this month, the last 2 years has been hell with my endo and terrible gynaes etc and now after my surgery i've finally got answers and feeling so much more happier & positive! Now my flippin ovulation decides to test me!!! Also prob means next month my FS will want to do bloods to check ovulation which is fine but it means more money and more needles arghhhh I just want to cry. But gonna try keep the positivity, I have read people have fallen pregnant but got negative opk all month so maybe i'll be one of those stats!!

Anyway sorry to moan just having one of those days I think!!!Maybe I need a glass of wine haha!!! My mom arrives to come stay tomorrow for 2 weeks so at least I have something to look forward to!

Hope you're all having a good afternoon
Lots of babydust and positive vibes to you all
xxx

So just to throw a spanner in the works, seems my ovulation is off...I took a test right at 10 (the kind I know) and the line was SUPER faint)...generally I would have gotten a proper dark line by 7am on CD12 (today)...so I dont know...I will test again tonight to see if it is maybe just off by hours as opposed to a day or more...all hope is not lost, if I do ovulate a day later then we still have a chance, however slim it is still a chance...and I still find myself positive about this cycle...so chin up and looking forward, staying busy...happy thoughts ladies!

Baby dust to all

Hi Ladies, I hope you are all well.

All the best to the ladies in TWW.

@ Cands, I am at VITALAB and loving it. The FS and staff there are very professional and supportive and they all work well together. I'm sure you are in good hands. All the best and I hope all will work out.

AFM, AF finally came on CD51 with a vengeance . Excruciating pains I tell you. DH and I decided to take the "natural' IVF route so they're monitoring my cycle closely so we don't miss ovulation. Have to go in again next Monday. Praying this cycle works.

If not we are going to try again naturally...

love T

@CarienM - Yip, still holding out till Friday. I am however getting very impatient.

The dischem brand OPK was negative for me the morning I got a +OPK on the CB smiley. But other ones (Clicks ones) was positive the day before already! I only use the dischem ones when I don't have any other or when I want to do 2 different OPK's just in case. So I really don't like them much.

With regards to the exercising...I have stopped my squat exercises in the morning, because I started getting horrible cramps and my knees started to hurt. So I am stopping it for this week as well as I am scared it might interfere with implantation as well. If I don't get a BFP this cycle, I will start again for the next two weeks until Ovulation again.
I really hope you get your line soon! Just keep testing. I got my +OPK with the first test I took on CD12. I ovulated CD14.

Good luck to all the ladies waiting for ovulation!

Morning ladies, hoping everyone had a good evening. I do boxing 3 times a week for exercise and just to get some frustrations out, but yesterday I was taking it easy a bit. I know we can really work out like we normally do, but I read that during your ovulation window you should just take it a bit easier. Dont know how true that is, but since this is technically speaking our 4th month I want to give it the best shot we have.

@NicolaF - the ph testing strips is to see what the ph of your lady bits are, mostly when you are trying to sway for a gender. I am trying to sway for girl so a more acidic (lower) ph is favorable for a girl where a more alkaline (higher) is favorable for a boy. I read yesterday that it actually makes no difference, BUT, there really is just too much empirical evidence suggesting that there has to be a link for me to not even try it (why would there then be more girls conceived if the environment is more acidic and more boys when its more alkaline?) Anyway so that is what that is about.
Have you gotten your smiley yet?

@Reece - how are you holding up? still holding out with the testing on Friday?

AFM - I am a bit frustrated - in part with myself and in part with the damn tests! With myself b/c I bought ovulation tests different from the ones that I knew b/c they were 20 bucks cheaper and in part with the test b/c I am quite sure I ovulate tomorrow (CD13) and the damn test has not shown a surge yet, so I dont know if it is too sensitive only looking for when there a like a super surge or if it is not sensitive enough. So I went and bought the tests that I know and will take one of them in a couple of hours and see what they say. Anybody else use the dischem branded tests and feel that they took long to show you when you will ovulate?

Anyway, while I wait for my lines to show up, sending everyone lots and lots of baby dust

Thanks ladies i'll keep you updated!! I'm hoping I'll get a smiley face tomorrow! i've only got 3 sticks left hahah!!

I am still trying to catch up but what is the ph testing for ladies?

Have a great evening! chat soon xx