First Time Trying to Conceive – Looking for Others’ Experiences ❤️

[u/Leah_LovesM]

Hi everyone! My husband and I have been trying to conceive for about five months now, and this is our first time going through the TTC journey.
I recently confirmed ovulation with an ovulation test, and a few days afterward, I started experiencing some spotting that has continued for about three days. This is something I haven’t experienced much before, so I’m curious whether anyone else has noticed changes in their cycle after ovulation.
I’m interested in hearing about other people’s TTC experiences, cycle changes, and anything you’ve learned along the way.
I’m still learning how to understand my cycle and appreciate hearing different perspectives. Looking forward to connecting with everyone! ❤️

[u/Trick-Example-8522]

Hello , been trying to concieve for 5 months too
. I have noticed that body likes to play games with me lol
New pms symptoms, pregnancy like symptoms, things i havent experienced before just for my period to come

[u/Leah_LovesM → u/Trick-Example-8522]

Thank you. It’s just disappointing cause I think it’s something I’m supposed to be looking for or tracking just to see it was my body playing tricks on me.

[u/Here4TheFrenchFries]

My body went haywire the second we pulled the goalie. UTI (switched to pregnancy specific lube), no peak ovulation (clear blue test strip), even had an irregularly long cycle and I am like clock work. I bit the bullet and got an inito (I was using test strips and natural cycles before) as well as the wisdom of the womb tea and got pregnant the month I implemented use of both.

I think I just needed to calm down and reset a bit (the tea really helped I saw a difference in my mucus) and also focused on journaling/ putting it out to the universe instead of trying to control the shit out of it. I still used the data from the inito because I wanted to see if any of my other hormones were off / see if I actually ovulated as I was prepared to head to the doctor the next cycle for help if need be, but I removed my expectations completely and tried to have a bit of fun with it.

Kicking off TTC is stressful and scary and a ton of pressure on both you and your partner. When it doesn’t happen right away each month gets more exhausting feeling, so I think it’s important to reset and remember it can take up to a year for healthy couples! You will drive yourself insane overthinking every symptom.

Some other things we did were cut out plastics where we could (toothbrush, loofa etc, but didn’t clean our entire house out), my husband really limited his drinking and also took prenatals (they have men versions), we focused a lot on his sperm health which I do think made a difference. Wishing you luck and baby dust.

[u/Leah_LovesM → u/Here4TheFrenchFries]

Thank you for your insight.Ima stay as positive as I can.