TTC - July 2026

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Moving from the June thread, baby dust to all!

I know it is! Debated whether I should've gone off it sooner but was really worried about suffering longer with bad symptoms 🤣

How are you today?

Did a test this morning 7dpo and stark negative! Xx

Like some cruel twist of fate my period is 2 days late. I didn’t realise this happened when you know the ovulation date

That's still quite early to test 😊🤞🏻✨️

It is so hard to know when is best to start TTC/ come off contraception! I really wanted a much smaller age gap than I’m going to end up with but I was really struggling with my eldests behaviour and was at maxed out capacity so waited before TTC. Now of course he has come out of the phase and I’m not even pregnant 😂😭

I’m ok, CD73 and I think 5dpo. Lh is staying down and no fertile mucus so all looking good there. Veering wildly between “this must be the cycle i get pregnant! My Lh peak was so high!” to “but what if this isnt the month and to have to wait another 7 months to get a proper chance?”. So big mood swings 😂

Oh, that is cruel!! And very unlucky with a known ovulation date. Hope your new cycle starts soon. Are you BBT testing?

@TheUniqueMember yeah I’m using that one but it just says low every day. It jumps around from 0.4-0.6 and in theory I ovulated a few days ago, going by average cycles, but I’m not getting any sort of peak. Im testing twice a day but wonder if I need to do more.

This was us too, I couldn’t face another or being pregnant when I was already maxed out, and now I wish I’d just got on with it!

@Pineapplechew It really is tricky isnt it! How old is your little one? I’ve got a 4 year old and 2 year old. The eldest was awful from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 but is now lovely! So wish I had just got on with it!

I think testing twice a day is fine really, think you’d be very unlucky not to catch your peak. I normally aim to test with second wee of the day and then around 6. Have you had any other signs of ovulation?

Hi everyone, I’m in my TWW and currently 8DPO but I started feeling poorly since yesterday. So I just decided to take a little strip test today, just because and I don’t know if I am going insane or whether there’s a vvfl? I miscarried in April at 8 weeks so trying not to get my hopes up and also really scared. Can anyone see it or have I officially lost my marbles?

Yes it is! I wish we just had inner light bulb moment that would tell us 🤣 well I think that was probably the best decision for you because you don't want to run on empty with 2 kids.

I wanted a smaller gap too, probably would've liked DC2 last year but life happens! My mum had all 4 oldest 2 years apart so she always asks me when the next one is coming 🤣

Those inner thoughts creeping and fighting one another 😅 Well, I certainly hope this is it for you🤞🏻 ✨️

Wow I can see it! Early for a positive, congratulations 👏 💐

Test early afternoon and evening, but keep doing it everyday and when you see it rise, do more tests. I know it's bloody annoying seeing the low numbers but I'm hoping yours will rise for you 🙏

@TheUniqueMember Well I’ve actually just tested and got a blazing positive! I thought I was ovulating on cd10 and the opks kindof confirmed that as I was getting 0.6/0.7 around then which was the highest at any point, but its CD15 today and I got 1.4! Will test again later and see if it’s stronger or fainter.

@HelloDarknessmyoldfrenemy dd1 is 2.5. I swear she didn’t sleep longer than 45 minutes at a time until she was 2 though, I was running on fumes. I’ve just started slowly weaning from breastfeeding and she’s taking it well, and I’m getting a bit more sleep so I felt ready, but I have a sort of deadline to get pregnant so do wish I’d started earlier.

@Emmie93 i can see it! Very early to get that too!

@Pineapplechew 1.4 is great!!! That’s a really good positive. Better get busy 😉

Wow, every 45 mins must have been so tough! Mine still wakes 3-5 times a night and I’m still breastfeeding her back to sleep. I tried to stop and it was a disaster!! So had to start again 😂

Aww, you, me and @TheUniqueMember all have a 2.5 year old! I wanted another 22 month gap, which is what I have between my two, but if, by some miracle, this is my cycle it will be 3 years 3 months! Saying that, my SiL has this gap and is very happy with it. Guess there are probably pluses and minuses all round.

I can see something!! Congrats! Try not to stress. (Easier said than done I know, especially after a miscarriage ). It’s all out of our control! Fingers crossed for a sticky bean for you

Oh wow! There we go, just shows you it can come fast. 😊👏

Same as you except I'm 9dpo. I had a stark negative today. I thought I had implantation bleeding at 6dpo but obviously it can't have been that :( You'd think I'd be over it by cycle 9 but I'm still symptom spotting and hopeful every cycle and then it amounts to nothing. I was tricked in to thinking it would happen quickly as we were successful after 3 cycles but that ended in a loss. I feel like there's something wrong with me and maybe we just won't ever be parents and that's just life.

No but I’m using my Apple Watch and also tested progesterone. I can’t BBT as I still cosleep with 12 month old

Fair enough! I don’t for the same reason. Oooh, I’ve never tested progesterone. Maybe I should start as it would take the guess work out of whether ovulation has actually occurred. So sorry that it’s hasn’t worked this month. I remember you said you were very unhappy at work? Has it got any better?

So sorry to hear about the BFN. 9 cycles is a very long time to be trying for.
Not sure if a successful story helps but a friend who also had a miscarriage after 3 months of trying did get pregnant again after 14 more cycles. All went fine and she conceived her second first cycle!
It does happen and I really hope it happens for you soon ❤️

oh bless you, wait and see, it could just be too early for you, when is your period due?
I tested negative again today, I've also got cramps and sore boobs as well as backache so I know for a fact I am out this month too so no more children for me.
it will happen for you it definitely will and you will be made to be a mum, it will come 💘

@HelloDarknessmyoldfrenemy Thank you. I'm still hoping it will happen, we went out to watch a film tonight and it took my mind off things for a bit. It's funny some months I feel really positive and others I feel so down. I've read so many stories about people taking a long time and apparently it's normal but it doesn't feel like it when you're in it.

@2littleonesx Thank you so much I'm due on Saturday/Sunday. I'm hoping it's just too early but I feel a bit jaded by the whole process so who knows what will happen. When are you due on? I have a few cramps now but not sure if it's because of the stanley cup full of pepsi I almost finished at the cinema! I track nearly everything so when I'm symptom spotting I can look back and realise that it's normal PMS and not pregnancy symptoms. I think it's normal for me to get cramps 3 days before I'm due on even though I'd like to trick myself in to believing it's implantation.

Can you see a faint line anyone? Xxx

Can anyone explain opks to me a bit please 😅 I got 1.4 yesterday at lunch, then at dinner it was 0.99, I’ve just done it again now and got 1.4 again. So when do I ovulate?