TTC’ers #2

Lola UK · Apr 8, 2021

Hi ladies! Congratulations on the recent positives! I’ve been a lurker for a while

so exciting!

I’m going to be ttc in the next few months and I’m already obsessing hehe. Just wondering if any of you take daily vitamins and if I should start taking folic acid now, even if we aren’t actively ttc until Oct/Nov time? (My partner works away) I always have regular cycles (luckily) and I’m worried if I start taking vits in October it will throw my cycles all over the shop.

myself and partner are early 30s, I’ve been off the pill for 3 years and not even a whiff of a positive. We haven’t been trying, but I always assumed a whoopsie surprise might happen but nope!

Ilando · Apr 8, 2021

Lola UK said:
Hi ladies! Congratulations on the recent positives! I’ve been a lurker for a while so exciting!

I’m going to be ttc in the next few months and I’m already obsessing hehe. Just wondering if any of you take daily vitamins and if I should start taking folic acid now, even if we aren’t actively ttc until Oct/Nov time? (My partner works away) I always have regular cycles (luckily) and I’m worried if I start taking vits in October it will throw my cycles all over the shop.

myself and partner are early 30s, I’ve been off the pill for 3 years and not even a whiff of a positive. We haven’t been trying, but I always assumed a whoopsie surprise might happen but nope!

No harm in starting them now. I’ve been on prenatal vitamins for 5 years non stop and my doctors have always been happy for me to stay on them

Lola UK · Apr 8, 2021

Ilando said:
No harm in starting them now. I’ve been on prenatal vitamins for 5 years non stop and my doctors have always been happy for me to stay on them

Thank you! I think I will. I already have vit D in the house so I’ll just order some folic acid from Amazon

Makeupaddict5 · Apr 8, 2021

Lola UK said:
Hi ladies! Congratulations on the recent positives! I’ve been a lurker for a while so exciting!

I’m going to be ttc in the next few months and I’m already obsessing hehe. Just wondering if any of you take daily vitamins and if I should start taking folic acid now, even if we aren’t actively ttc until Oct/Nov time? (My partner works away) I always have regular cycles (luckily) and I’m worried if I start taking vits in October it will throw my cycles all over the shop.

myself and partner are early 30s, I’ve been off the pill for 3 years and not even a whiff of a positive. We haven’t been trying, but I always assumed a whoopsie surprise might happen but nope!

Yes start now.
I take Folic acid, DHA, Food grown fertility by Wild Nutriton and Vitamin D. I was taking a multi vitamin but swapped last month to the fertility vitamins for women.
Doctors & Nutritionists advise you should be taking folic acid tablets 3 months before you TTC.

grumpycat · Apr 8, 2021

I’ve continued taking LH strips after my peak, just to be sure that I don’t get a second one, but the strips are coming up with zero, like hardly even a sniff of a line except the control line
Edited to say: obviously I’m glad so far there is no secondary peak but wouldn’t there be a faint line?!

Is this normal?!

Mathilderose99 · Apr 8, 2021

grumpycat said:
I’ve continued taking LH strips after my peak, just to be sure that I don’t get a second one, but the strips are coming up with zero, like hardly even a sniff of a line except the control line
Edited to say: obviously I’m glad so far there is no secondary peak but wouldn’t there be a faint line?!

Is this normal?!

I had the same as this too! no idea if its normal

Samr · Apr 8, 2021

Lola UK said:
Hi ladies! Congratulations on the recent positives! I’ve been a lurker for a while so exciting!

I’m going to be ttc in the next few months and I’m already obsessing hehe. Just wondering if any of you take daily vitamins and if I should start taking folic acid now, even if we aren’t actively ttc until Oct/Nov time? (My partner works away) I always have regular cycles (luckily) and I’m worried if I start taking vits in October it will throw my cycles all over the shop.

myself and partner are early 30s, I’ve been off the pill for 3 years and not even a whiff of a positive. We haven’t been trying, but I always assumed a whoopsie surprise might happen but nope!

I don't think there's any harm in taking it now, especially if there's a chance you could have a surprise pregnancy. I always take it even when not TTC as I have folate deficiency.

grumpycat · Apr 8, 2021

Mathilderose99 said:
I had the same as this too! no idea if its normal

weird isn’t it?! I’ve had the faintest faintest line perhaps after a 4 hour wee hold but earlier today it was stark as anything

Mathilderose99 · Apr 8, 2021

grumpycat said:
weird isn’t it?! I’ve had the faintest faintest line perhaps after a 4 hour wee hold but earlier today it was stark as anything

is it supposed to go down gradually?

louichi · Apr 8, 2021

grumpycat said:
I’ve continued taking LH strips after my peak, just to be sure that I don’t get a second one, but the strips are coming up with zero, like hardly even a sniff of a line except the control line
Edited to say: obviously I’m glad so far there is no secondary peak but wouldn’t there be a faint line?!

Is this normal?!

Which strips are you using? I have a very feint line when I'm outside of peak but mine tends to go from feint to really dark - no in between!

grumpycat · Apr 8, 2021

Mathilderose99 said:
is it supposed to go down gradually?

I think it depends on your luteal phase - mine was quite rapid but I thought I’d still have a visible line there?!

louichi said:
Which strips are you using? I have a very feint line when I'm outside of peak but mine tends to go from feint to really dark - no in between!

These are the cheap one step ones. I had a fairly faint but visible like before peak, then a rapid onset of about 2 days then a steep drop off. But they seem to have not even a visible line anymore, the one I did last night premom marked as a 0

louichi · Apr 8, 2021

grumpycat said:
I think it depends on your luteal phase - mine was quite rapid but I thought I’d still have a visible line there?!

These are the cheap one step ones. I had a fairly faint but visible like before peak, then a rapid onset of about 2 days then a steep drop off. But they seem to have not even a visible line anymore, the one I did last night premom marked as a 0

Oh!! I use the Premom ones and I'm around 0.20 when I'm out of my peak time.

Lola UK · Apr 8, 2021

Samr said:
I don't think there's any harm in taking it now, especially if there's a chance you could have a surprise pregnancy. I always take it even when not TTC as I have folate deficiency.

Makeupaddict5 said:
Yes start now.
I take Folic acid, DHA, Food grown fertility by Wild Nutriton and Vitamin D. I was taking a multi vitamin but swapped last month to the fertility vitamins for women.
Doctors & Nutritionists advise you should be taking folic acid tablets 3 months before you TTC.

Thanks both! I’ve ordered some from Amazon so will just try and make it my daily routine

I’m terrible for remembering to take tablets.

grumpycat · Apr 8, 2021

louichi said:
Oh!! I use the Premom ones and I'm around 0.20 when I'm out of my peak time.

i left mine to dry whilst I worked out and it’s probably a little too long to check and premom logged it as a 3.5

Saying that, my pre peak sat around 3.5/5/7.5 before a peak of 80 so maybe it’s just normal for me?!

LongishCat · Apr 8, 2021

@calmyourritas Huge congrats!

So happy for you!

calmyourritas · Apr 8, 2021

Thankyou so much everyone for the love

got my fingers and toes crossed that all will be good and my OH is super excited too

In case anyone was wondering, this month I used the pregnacare pre conception tablets that @Dipdab recommended. Again, could be coincidence but

My main symptoms over the past week or so have been nausea throughout the day, cramping on and off, headaches particularly with strong smells like coffee or air freshener, extreme tiredness and inability to sleep at night! I also have broken out on my face but that could be the mask lol. I have sore boobs that has only come on today.

Wishing you all much luck xxx

Honeybeetea · Apr 8, 2021

calmyourritas said:
How are you getting on @Honeybeetea ?

Well I did a FR yesterday and BFN. Still no sign of AF so guessing it’s just a missed period, still showing symptoms that are a bit strange for me, but trying not to read too much into it. Fingers crossed for anyone in the TWW

x

calmyourritas said:
Thankyou so much everyone for the love got my fingers and toes crossed that all will be good and my OH is super excited too

In case anyone was wondering, this month I used the pregnacare pre conception tablets that @Dipdab recommended. Again, could be coincidence but

My main symptoms over the past week or so have been nausea throughout the day, cramping on and off, headaches particularly with strong smells like coffee or air freshener, extreme tiredness and inability to sleep at night! I also have broken out on my face but that could be the mask lol. I have sore boobs that has only come on today.

Wishing you all much luck xxx

Congratulations! So pleased for you

xx

fluffybaffling · Apr 9, 2021

Tww now I think for me! My cycles have got progressively longer. It will be 37 days with ovulation suggested as CD28. I was regularly 31 days. So annoying!! Stupid PCOS!

Sunshinegal · Apr 9, 2021

Hiya girls,

Had a few days away from baby stuff and need to catch up on here.

I've been offered the vaccine. I have always wanted it but due to the recommendation to stop trying for the months after each vaccine I didn't have it. I've tried for too long and don't think it would be good for me mentally.

I think advice has now changed and we can carrying on trying so I would like to get it but I'm still nervous about this, the Internet has mixed advice.

Has anyone had it and carried on recently?

elloelloello · Apr 9, 2021

calmyourritas said:
Thankyou so much everyone for the love got my fingers and toes crossed that all will be good and my OH is super excited too

In case anyone was wondering, this month I used the pregnacare pre conception tablets that @Dipdab recommended. Again, could be coincidence but

My main symptoms over the past week or so have been nausea throughout the day, cramping on and off, headaches particularly with strong smells like coffee or air freshener, extreme tiredness and inability to sleep at night! I also have broken out on my face but that could be the mask lol. I have sore boobs that has only come on today.

Wishing you all much luck xxx

Congratulations! So happy for you!
ive got my scan next week to confirm everything is okay I am about 6 weeks now so fingers crossed I don’t have another miscarriage.
Just wanted to say I also took the pregnacare pre conception tablets before I fell pregnant, I only took about 5 but hey something happened so always worth a shot!
Still lurking on here daily keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you all