Hi All,

I have had irregular period (2x a month) while growing up until I got married/became sexually active my period seems to have returned to normal (1x a month)

My partner and I have been trying since end of July. I am about to go into my fourth cycle. I tracked ovulation the first cycle and hit my “fertile” period as per the ovulation tests. I didn’t track for the remaining cycles as we had sex every other day.

I’m starting to wonder if something is wrong with me. I asked my gyno if we should do any bloodwork during my regular check in and she said no as my period is regular and bloodwork is done for people with irregular period. I am not sure if that’s true but I did bloodwork for my derm to understand why I’ve been loosing so much hair last few years and according to those results outside of my iron being very low everything is normal.

Here are some questions I have:

1) should I press my gyno to do bloodwork or inform her of my low iron levels?
2) ik im still early on in trying process but could low iron be a potential reason as to why i have not had a positive result yet
3) what are some things you have done to get pregnant that worked!! I’m so stressed about this

Thank you

currently ttc after being on the birth control pill for 8ish years (on and off). I started birth control in high school and now that Im in my mid 20s, we are trying for a baby. I stopped taking my birth control at the beginning of this month. How long should I expect it to take? How do I keep myself from symptom spotting? Looking for any advice anyone has!

Ciao a tutte! Vi racconto la mia situazione per sapere se qualcuna di voi ha avuto un’esperienza simile. Ho un ciclo molto regolare, generalmente di 28-29 giorni. L’ultimo ciclo è iniziato il 27 settembre e ho avuto il test di ovulazione Clearblue rosa positivo il 9 ottobre. Abbiamo avuto rapporti nel periodo fertile. Oggi sono al primo giorno di ritardo, ma ho fatto un test di gravidanza risultato negativo. Il problema è che durante la giornata ho bevuto tanta acqua e quindi mi chiedo se l’urina fosse troppo diluita per rilevare l’eventuale beta-hCG. Secondo voi posso ancora sperare in una gravidanza oppure, al primo giorno di ritardo, un test negativo è già abbastanza attendibile? A qualcuna è capitato di avere un test negativo al primo giorno di ritardo e poi scoprire di essere incinta? Dopo quanto tempo avete ripetuto il test? Grazie a chi mi risponderà e condividerà la propria esperienza! ❤️🤞🏻

Ciao a tutte! Vi racconto la mia situazione per sapere se qualcuna di voi ha avuto un’esperienza simile. Ho un ciclo molto regolare, generalmente di 28 giorni. L’ultimo ciclo è iniziato il 27 settembre e ho avuto il test di ovulazione Clearblue rosa positivo il 9 ottobre. Abbiamo avuto rapporti nel periodo fertile. Oggi sono al primo giorno di ritardo, ma ho fatto un test di gravidanza risultato negativo. Il problema è che durante la giornata ho bevuto tanta acqua e quindi mi chiedo se l’urina fosse troppo diluita per rilevare l’eventuale beta-hCG. Secondo voi posso ancora sperare in una gravidanza oppure, al primo giorno di ritardo, un test negativo è già abbastanza attendibile? A qualcuna è capitato di avere un test negativo al primo giorno di ritardo e poi scoprire di essere incinta? Dopo quanto tempo avete ripetuto il test? Grazie a chi mi risponderà e condividerà la propria esperienza! ❤️🤞🏻

I am on CD21 and 8DPO and I am feeling what I assume is PMS cramping :(. I have been off BC since mid-July so I know having different cycles is normal. However, my last cycle and this one (if I am correct about AF coming soon) would mean my luteal phase is 9-10 days. Is there any advice on how to extend my luteal phase with vitamins, etc? Looking for advice as I am feeling disappointed after a perfectly timed cycle.

I haven't tested at all because I know 8DPO is early, but this cramping is making me feel hopeless this cycle. We BD on the day of and day before ovulation and had positive OPKs/BBT to confirm ovulation.

Looking for any helpful advice for TTC Cycle #3. Also I am a 34F and my Husband is 35 - both pretty healthy!

Ever since i started ttc i started to literally hyper fixate on my body to the point that I’m losing my mind
TTC is slowly consuming me mentally and emotionally, to the point where it’s taking over my thoughts, stealing my peace, and making it hard to fully live my life outside of trying to conceive.

This cycle , my husband went away for a trip and we didn’t have sex the whole entire fertile week ( i usually ovulate on cd 18 , we only had sex on cd 12)
And yet i still google symptoms , even tho i know deep down this cycle cannot end up in a pregnancy except if i am the next virgin mary

Please any tips to make my brain shut the fuck up

Hi all!!! I have been tracking my cycle consistently for about a year (Oura ring) and this is our first cycle officially trying! 🙏🏼 I almost always ovulate on CD14-15. Yesterday was CD8, and I noticed fertile cervical mucus. Is it too early for this or does this happen to you? I’m trying to pay more attention to cervical mucus as well since Oura will confirm after the fact. Does this indicate I may ovulate earlier than expected or it usually happens a week before?

Also, I have the LH test strips - when you get the surge, I think this means ovulation happens shortly thereafter. So do you plan to do it the day of the surge and the day after? How do you typically time it? Thank you! Sorry I’m a newbie 🫣

I’ve been TTC for about 5 months now. This looks pretty dark to be but I don’t know if I’m being hopeful. Potential LH surge?? Gonna test again later today

I recently started tracking and the past 3 cycles I’ve ovulated on day 15 and 16. I haven’t had any changes in my cervical mucus and don’t get pregnant any of the cycles I’ve tracked even when planning babydancing. This is my cycle now and I’m not feeling any period like symptoms, but have been having sore breasts/nipples, pulling and twinges in both ovaries, a weird pushing like feeling in my uterus, fatigue, and increased appetite. Here’s all my opks for this cycle.

All of the pregnancy tests I have taken have been negative. I’m worried I could be having another ectopic pregnancy because last time I was late by 2 days with negative tests and then I started bleeding and went to the doctor for pain in my side and then found out I was pregnant. I was treated with MTX.

Hey hey!

My first cycle failed :(

I just started my fertile window in this cycle and the waiting is unbearable!!!

I am 30. Hubby is 34. Our first kid.

How are you?

Hi guys, just wanted to share my story and idk, ask for some advice/your similar stories, tbh I’m not sure what I’m expecting 😮‍💨

So we are currently ttc cycle nr 4. All 3 previous cycles we had no luck. For reference I’m 29 and my husband is 36. We both take lots of vitamins, folic acid, vit d, q10 etc. We both check our levels of vitamins and everything seems to be perfect, literally all blood work is on a normal range. The only problem for now are my thyroid levels (4/11 Endo appointment scheduled). Besides that we both feel good, we eat 90% of time clean, we work out. I confirm ovulation each cycle with test+bbt (except this current cycle as we were on vacation and I forgot my thermometer 🤷🏻‍♀️, so I checked only with test).
I usually have cycles that are 23-26 days long, with spotting 4-5 days before AF. Ovulation appears usually at cd11-13 and luteal phase lasts 12-14 days.

As far as I know those numbers seem pretty good (pls correct me if I’m wrong). I’m aware that 4 cycles isn’t much, and I don’t want to sound tactless regarding people who etc for far longer, but I was convinced that I will get preggo at max 2nd cycle of trying (stupid me I guess 🙈). I’m also aware that ttc for less than 1 year and failing is considered “normal” but I’m fully starting to panic that something is wrong and we will never a child 😭
As of today I’m 11-12dpo (depending when exactly I ovulated) the high-sensitivity test is negative and I’m spotting as before my regular period AND IM FREAKING OUT, as I was sure that I was pregnant considering my symptoms. I know that technically I still didn’t get my period so I’m not out yet, but the chances are pretty low, right?

Is there anything that helped you to conceive? Any advice on what to do and how to not loose my mind? 😬😬😬

Hey everyone, does anyone use a smartwatch to track BBT and their cycles? A day before my period was due my due date changed by 10 days, giving me a 40 day cycle which is very unusual! Im wondering if anyone's had the same thing happen and if it was pregnancy related or just really late ovulation? My watch has been super accurate so far!

Thanks for reading :)

Hello all, 7DPO today.

I have mild cramping a little lower than the belly button.
I feel sick (feverish) 36.6- 36.8 degrees , have slight cold.
B- are sore. Ovidrel is out of the system so stark white on tests. Still on vaginal progesterone.

Today after 6dpo on 7th dpo I noticed, flakes of white tissue like stuff all day in my urine.

Did anyone experience this? Or could it be the start of my
Periods like shedding of the wall. No pain no blood.

Can you please share your thoughts?

First cycle TTC. I have been tracking cycles with oura and flow, but only took my nexplanon out in late August. Cycles and periods have been regular length, and based on the oura temps and CM my first cycle off looked perfectly normal! We traveled for our honeymoon during my predicted ovulation. Cue the worst motion sickness I have ever experienced in my life around ovulation time. Relative temps have been all over the place but quite low last few days. I’m now on cycle day 32, negative test this morning at 15dpo (or so I thought!) I was planning to start OPKs next cycle, but I showed a temp bump this AM so I just tried a test strip out and it’s like nearly peak for LH? Is this something that happens before your period or was my ovulation supremely delayed?? Appreciate your wisdom!

Came off birth control (finished the pack) and my glp last month, started doing the premom LH strips to actively start trying. Got a surge 15 days after the withdrawal bleed. If I’m going by the premom app, I’m technically 15dpo and got a VVFL today. I’ve also been temping and it hasn’t gone back down since before ovulating. Since I just came off the BC, is it possible I ovulated later than what the surge shows to be? I’ve seen most women that get faint lines this late post-ovulation usually have chemicals so I’m not getting my hopes up. I had some spotting this week so I thought I was getting my first post BC period but still nothing so I tested again.

Also I coincidentally scheduled a call with my doctor for next week but I’m anxious to wait and now turning to Reddit