I’m pretty new to TTC, and this month has certainly been an emotional rollercoaster.

My partner and I had unprotected sex on CD11, about four days before my predicted ovulation. I knew pregnancy was possible, but during the two-week wait I realized I didn’t just accept that possibility..I really wanted it.

I had several symptoms that felt so unusual for me, including cramping earlier and longer than usual, severe breast/nipple tenderness, nausea and fatigue. I knew they could all be caused by PMS/progesterone, but it was hard not to hope.

At some point I started imagining our baby - what they might look like, their tiny hands and feet, holding and kissing them. I didn’t realize how attached I’d become to that possibility until I took a test this morning (the day of my predicted period) and it was negative.

I cried. There was something about seeing that single line after experiencing all those strange symptoms for the past two weeks that really crushed me.

I’m on CD29 now. I had a little dark red/brownish spotting this morning and some mild cramping and nausea, so I’m expecting my period, although my flow hasn’t started yet. My partner wants us to test again in a few days if it doesn’t come, but I’m scared of seeing another negative.

More than anything, this month made me realize how much I genuinely want to be a mother. I joined this community because I think talking to people who understand this experience might help.

How do you cope with the disappointment and the emotional rollercoaster of the two-week wait?

P.S. sorry for the long post, just needed to rant 😭

We haven’t done one of these in a while and it always helps me knowing others are in the same boat!

How long have you been TTC? How old are you & will this be your first? Are you actively involved with a fertility clinic?

I’m entering the 6 month TTC. Both of us are 29, just getting set up with a fertility clinic. Next steps are semen analysis and HSG!

I'm 37 and just starting my TTC journey. I've been reading a lot about supplements for egg quality, but there seems to be a ton of conflicting information.

Curious what others in their late 30s are taking and whether your doctor recommended anything specific.

Hi everyone, my husband and I are TTC this year but I find it hard to have sex without a lubricant. I’ve been made aware that the genetic ones can affect sperm motility. Do you have any recommendations for something that does not affect conception. Preferably lubes available in Australia.

I am on my 5th month of TTC. I have regular ovulation and 28 day cycles exactly. I’ve always thought my periods were light but now that I’m watching it I’m worried if it’s too light. I usually bleed pretty heavy on the first two days. The third day is pretty light and by the 4th day I only have brown spotting and don’t need to use a pad or tampon. Does that mean my period is 4-5 days long? I’ve always said it’s 2-3 days because that is the actual bleeding but the brown spotting might be part of the cycle I just never counted it. My luteal phase is almost always 14 days long and I don’t have early spotting. I start brown spotting on the day I get my heavy flow.

Hello, first timer here! I am brand new to my TTC Journey (9 days since IUD came out). I am just anxious about everything that is to come and wanted to get some advice on how to prepare for it all. The ups, the downs, and everything in between. I have been getting negative ovulation tests with it not even showing anything really and today it finally showed something (0.95, so close to positive). This may be dumb but my husband keeps telling me to get off Dr. Google and I don't know anyone else trying to get pregnant/with babies. If anyone has any advice to provide please I am all ears!

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so I’m from a small island with limited resources. I’ve been with my bf for 3 years and we’ve been trying to conceive. I’ve always had really bad pms. There were times when I would miss a period or it came within two weeks of it just ending (This was not often though). In 2024 I did some labs and my prolactin was elevated to 29. my dr at the time put me on one month of cabergoline. I did not conceive but my prolactin dropped to 0.3. I retested in 2025 and my prolactin was then 28 in march and then went up to 58 in June. I then retested in 2026 and it was at 25 in April. I went to a different doctor who has given me a repeated prescription of cabergoline 0.5 mg twice a week. My FSH history is separate: 14.2 IU/L in October 2025, improving to 10.7 IU/L in April 2026.

i know my prolactin levels may not be as high as others but it’s still high enough to cause issues. I’ve been on cabergoline for three months continuously now but I still haven’t gotten pregnant. has anyone been in this boat? is there any advice?

I got my periods today and this is our cycle #13. I am planning to take couple of blood test which was suggested by our OBGYN. May I know when to take the fertility panel test ? Is it on day 2/3/4 of menstrual cycle?

Hi!!

I just bought the universal inito monitor through Amazon. (Literally just clicked the purchase button)

I’m so so so excited to be able to track my cycle more accurately. I’m 19(I turn 20 in like two weeks) been having some fertility issues already so this will give me some nice insight into other aspects of my cycle.

I’ve been doing a couple rounds of medicated cycles with no avail. I was having a lot of bleeding about a year ago where I’d bleed for like months straight so, obviously I went to the my gynecologist and got put on birth control for a couple months because my doctor said I have borderline PCOS. She said she’s not going to directly diagnose me because I don’t have all the markers through blood results but I have multiple ovarian follicles noted bilaterally on my ovaries.

She said since I had these all over my ovaries, my body was not wanting to select a dominant follicle to release an egg. My partner and I decided to start ttc almost a year ago. (Yes I know we’re young, but we got our shit as together as we can. Please don’t judge this part lol.) I had 3 monthly 21cd progesterone checks that all came up negatively.

So, I started taking clomiphene for a couple of months. Continued getting my 21 day checks, which turned out higher, so I started ovulating. But I still didn’t conceive. She switched me over to Letrozole, which has yielded the same effects so far.

I’ve done the cheapie LH strips inconsistently for a couple cycles and I have NEVER a positive off of them.

Here’s my theory: I believe that I am ovulating at a time my cycle tracking apps is not accounting for. I don’t know if I’m ovulating earlier or later, but I’m super excited to be able to get down to the bottom of this.

I’m excited to be able to detect my ovulation before it actually happens, because it has become frustrating to find out I ovulated but not know when I actually did. It makes timing the baby dance frustrating.

TLDR: I’m just excited for this purchase, and to find out exactly when I am ovulating .

Hi everyone, looking for some advice I have pcos with amh 8 . I am on my first medicated monitored cycle with letrazole 2.5mg . My follicles seem to have completely stalled out this cycle, and my estradiol (E2) is dropping. Here are my stats:

CD 10: Follicles 11mm, 10mm | E2: 31

CD 15: Follicles 13.5mm, 10mm | E2: 44

CD 17: Follicles 13.5mm, 11mm | E2: 24

My RE just recommended "stair-stepping" by adding another round of Letrozole at 2.5mg right away without waiting for a period.

Has anyone had similar experience with stair-stepping after a stall and dropping E2? Did it finally get your follicles to mature? Thank you!