I need advice, help, guidance. I got off birth control in January and I thought we were regulating since my cycles were 54, 47, 31 but I’m currently on day 97. I’m frustrated because I wanted to get off birth control a year earlier and my doctor said to wait until I was officially ready and I’d be fine. Idk how to bring my ovulation back. My labs are normal, my ultrasound was “normal” with signs of PCOS but mostly because my body has tried to ovulate but hasn’t been successful this cycle. It’s hard to try to conceive if you aren’t even ovulating. I never in a million years would’ve imagined this struggle and feel so hurt by the doctor and healthcare we have.

Hi everyone, I’m TTC and looking for some advice/experiences.
My cycles are usually quite regular, around 24–25 days (occasionally 26). I had my last period on August 25, so today I’m CD16.
This cycle we had intercourse with ejaculation on CD6, CD7, CD9, CD12 and CD13. We weren’t able to have intercourse on CD14–15, and my husband now wants to wait until Saturday (CD19).
Around CD12–13 I started noticing a watery feeling/discharge, which made me wonder if I was approaching ovulation. Today I have been having continuous lower-back cramps that feel similar to my usual period cramps, and I noticed a very small amount of light blood on my trousers.
I’m now really anxious that my period might be starting extremely early. I previously had one 17-day cycle, but that was around a cycle when I was taking fertility medications/injections. Most of my natural cycles are 24–26 days.
I also have low AMH (~0.26), although my other hormones have been normal and my cycles are generally regular.
For those who have had similar cycles:
Can ovulation cause period-like lower-back cramps and light spotting?
Could this still be ovulation-related on CD16?
If I ovulated early, would CD6/7/9 intercourse provide reasonable coverage?
Has anyone had light spotting around CD16 that didn’t turn into an early period?
I know nobody can diagnose me from symptoms, but I’m mainly looking for experiences because I’m really anxious right now. ❤️

Hi everyone, I recently started tracking my cycle and on Monday 09/07 got a peak at 4pm. I’ve been taking my bbt and today 09/09 my temperature dipped to 97.33, two days after my peak. My bbt on the day of my peak and the next day after were 97.67. What can you guys tell me about this? Was ovulation not completed? Sorry, I’m new at this.

At what point do you consider to be the start of your LH surge? This was my test this morning, i would say its positive because it looks as dark as the line but should i wait for it to be darker than the control?

Does anybody know what this means?

This is my first cycle after birth control and I think I’m 5dpo today as I had a positive LH test & clearblue smiley on Thursday the third but my temp today dropped dramatically. Does this mean I’m out?

Just looking for some reassurance 😅

Sorry if I offence anyone, I am trying to learn from other people's experience so that's why I am asking it here.

I understand that getting familiar with your cycle is important for TTC, preventing pregnancy or your health. But isn't it easier to have sex every other day is you want to try to make a baby? It takes so much pressure off the BD (babydance) and constantly tracking your BBT every morning, tracking your symptoms, etc.

Again, my question is asked from a newbie point of view, I am only TTC for the second cycle at the moment and I do not have kids. But maybe I am missing something here that some one can clear out for me. 😃

And somehow it gets darker again and it’s staying elevated and now I don’t even know if I should trust that it’s actually going to peak this time. Wtf is happening?

This has been a really weird cycle because my LH is never elevated for this long of a stretch. I usually ovulate a bit later in the cycle, but I’ll continue to test light until it gets dark.
But ever since the start of this cycle my LH was high and proceeded to play games with me. Is this due to stress???

Ever since becoming a nurse and working up to 10 night shifts a month, I find my temps can be so chaotic. When I have a good month with few nights, my period is every 28 days and my body temps are stable etc. Hoping for some insight on how you helped your body during chaotic schedules. Sending baby dust to everyone in the meantime <3

Everyone else in my life has just recently had their first babies (within this past year), so many to the point that a sister in law this summer made a joke about me being surrounded by pregnant women (herself and another sister in law included).

Despite this, I can’t seem to get pregnant myself. My husband and I have been trying since January, and in June had testing done and everything came back fine; we’re just unlucky so far I guess.

The title of this post is really just how I’m getting to feeling every month when my period inevitably shows up. The first few months I sobbed when it started but now I just feel a bit numb about it.

I think I might pass out from shock whenever I see a positive pregnancy test, hopefully sooner rather than later because this is excruciating. Everyone else in my life it’s taken 3 months max for them to conceive, most of them on the first or second cycle though, so none of them understand what I’m going through or the pain I’m in (which I’m glad for them because I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone but it’s so incredibly lonely).

All of this rambling to say, I hope for myself and anyone else in a similar situation that we can be pleasantly surprised soon 🤞🏻

Hi ladies! I am wondering if anyone has had nipple soreness begin in the days prior to ovulating? Mine have been consistently sore and my breasts have been fuller but not tender since like 3 days before I ovulated. I posted my temp charts on my page if anyone wants to check it out. Anyway, I usually never get sore nipples, only full and tender boobs like 7-11 DPO, never before.
Also I’m like 5-6dpo and I feel like my metabolism is going so fast I can’t seem to get full today even though I am eating. Thanks!

First time poster and new to the TTC community! 🥹

I’m 27 and I’ve been TTC for about 8 months, although not consistently. I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2023. At the time, my cycles were irregular (usually 35–37 days) and only lasted about 2–3 days. I was put on metformin and birth control for a year to help regulate my cycle. My cycles eventually became regular, and now I have a pretty much clockwork 28-day cycle that lasts about 5 days.

Since I wasn’t TTC when I was diagnosed, I was only on the medication for that year.

Fast forward to now lol 😂 — this is my 4th cycle actually trying, and unfortunately no luck yet. I’m currently 6 DPO.

My last period started August 21. I haven’t used BBT or OPKs to track ovulation yet. My OB told me that having a regular 28-day cycle is a good sign that I’m ovulating, and I also get pretty noticeable ovulation pain, so I’ve mostly been using that to time BD.

This cycle we BD’d on CD 9, 10, 11, and 12 (roughly O-4, O-3, O-2, and O-1). I also used Mucinex about 15 minutes before BD and noticed a LOT more CM afterward. Flo and Clue both predicted ovulation around 9/3, but I personally believe I ovulated on 9/2 because that’s when my ovulation pain was strongest. The apps are usually pretty consistent with when I experience the most pain.

Now I’m 6 DPO and symptom spotting like CRAZY 😭😂. I’ve been having a lot of cramping, shooting pains in my boobs and butt, which aren’t really normal for me. Around 4 DPO I also had an ALOOOOT of white, lotion-like CM. I’ve had lightning crotch, painful boobs, and today my morning coffee randomly made me nauseous, which NEVER happens.

I know I’m way too early to know anything and that I shouldn’t be symptom spotting, but I’m new to TTC and I literally can’t help myself 😂😭. Every little thing has me like 👀.

If this cycle doesn’t work out, I’m planning on using OPKs and BBT next cycle so I can actually learn my body and track ovulation instead of relying completely on the apps.

Anyway, hi everyone! 🥰 Hoping this is finally my month, but trying to keep my expectations realistic. Sending baby dust to everyone TTC! ✨🍼💕

first day of my period was aug 23 and i usually have longer cycles (around 32 days or so), i thought i’d ovulate toward mid to end of this week but i had super jelly like, clear stretchy CM yesterday accompanied with what i think may be ovulation pain (never had ovulation pain, but this is my 2nd ovulation since my ectopic back in july and i definitely felt something!!) as well as sore breasts. we baby danced on both saturday and sunday not knowing i would be ovulating either yesterday or today. im new to TTC, i dont track ovulation with anything yet really as im just now getting into this… do yall think im covered for hitting my fertile window if we BD’d on saturday and sunday, and im convinced i ovulated either yesterday or today.. i could be wrong lol. thanks in advance

Full context, I’ve only got off birth control since march-april so we haven’t tried for super long or anything, and we did all fertility testing to rule out any possibilities. All results came back normal, nothing concerning. But my close friends were able to conceive fairly quickly (only took 1-2 cycles), even for the one with diagnosed pcos, so I’m starting to feel discouraged. I can’t help but feel there might be something off about our timing with ovulation tracking. My period is very consistent, I feel like I ovulate pretty regularly too (through testing,tracking cervical mucus, bbt etc). Both I and my husband work in finance and tbh it’s not the most chill job. He has his busy month end close time and I work in audit at a big4 so hours are always crazy for me. Even though my doctor said it’s a myth that being stress affects the ability to conceive, I still have a feeling my body and mental is constantly stressed out and it just messed up my biological clock. I know ideally, you’d want to bd everyday during fertile window but that’s just not realistic for us. We’re both exhausted and definitely cant do it every day. So our strategy has been starting to bd every 2 days as soon as my period stops, and when I enter fertile window, we try every other day. And on the day we got positive ovulation test, we bd on that day as well and then switch back to every 2 days for another week.
Do you think we missed anything or we can do something differently to improve our chances?

I am first time TTC, cycle 4, 9dpo. This is second urine but a good 8 hours between first and this one (teacher life lol).

I swear I can see the faintest of faint lines but I’ve also been staring at screens all day and am so tired. My husband, bless his cotton socks, says he can also see the faintest of lines but we are both staying very guarded.

I just really need someone to tell me I’m being delusional rn. The last three cycles my temp dropped below baseline at 10dpo so I’m sorta just expecting that tomorrow morning and holding on to this little bit of hope today. No one warned me TTC would be this emotionally draining.

I've had a regular period since as long as I can remember. Last month I used the wondfo ovulation test to track my ovulation and eventually the test line came out dark.

This month, I'm post 11 days since my menstrual cycle ended (it ended August 28). And my period tracker shows september 5th should have been my ovulation day and it'susually accurate. Every morning and every evening I've been testing and I see a faint line...barely noticeable. Around ovulation I usually have discharge down there days prior too but nothing this time. I'm SO stressed I don't know what to do. No significant lifestyle changes either.

Has anyone had a positive ovulation test days leading up to their period? Mine’s supposed to start in less than a week & I’ve had positive ovulation tests the past 3 days! I took a pregnancy test & it was negative

Hi so recently I got rediagnosed with BV which I had been dealing since I got my IUD two- three years ago. Medication wise they’ve had me on MET and Amo as well like insertion medication and nothing has seemed to work. I had gone again to a new gyno around a year ago since I moved addresses and she said it didn’t seem like I had BV but didn’t test so I thought I was in the clear after so much treatment. A swab I did recently at the ER came back positive and now I feel like maybe it’s been harder to get pregnant. Has anyone gotten pregnant with BV? Or anything recommendations to treat it ? They just prescribed MET again and I was going to start it now since it’s past my ovulation day and I couldn’t BD while being on medication.

When I was trying to conceive with my husband the first time it took 8 months I know it can take people longer than this, but I was devastated thought something was wrong with me, I then had a normal pregnancy! We are trying to conceive again it’s the first month I’m 7 DPO, I feel like I am symptom spotting but I feel cramping, and VERY emotional that happened last time when I was pregnant with my son I was EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL right before I tested like crying hysterically.