Well decided to join the ttc jouranal club.
I don't have many people I can share my thoughts and fears with this end so decided to share it with everyone on here.
I have recently had a tubal reversal, I am 30 and dh 32. I am due AF on sunday and will be ttc in my next cycle. gotta say I feel like a very small fish in a very big pond here, I have never kept track of my periods or ovulation until a couple of months ago so don't really know when is best to try.
According to my chart I ovulated around the 26th jan, so does that mean I will be ovulating around the 26th of feb??? My cycle is 28/29 days.
One concern that I have is whether or not it is possible for ovulation dates to fluctuate month to month, I don't want to be bd on the wrong days, I do have some ov tests left over from when I was tracking prior to surgery, do i continue using them or go with my chart??
I know I am full of questions but I want to get everything right to give us the best possible chance.
I look forward to sharing my experiences with you all xxxx
Fingers crossed

Welcome to the journals! Its a mine field this TTC lark innit! Fertilityfriend.com is really good - try using it to chart basics like your period and maybe your CM (cervical mucus) for starters. Its not an exact science or we'd have all fallen preg the first month! BD plenty but dont feel you have to every day - every other is fine IMO and maybe a bit more around the time you think you're O day will be.

Good Luck and have some dust!

Due my Af tomorrow but getting strong pains this time around. Don't think I am pregnant as we only managed it once quite soon after i left hospital, and I only did that cause hubby was pestering me.
Gotta tell you what he said though because it had me in stitches, he said " don't think of it as a k..b anymore.....think of it as an inseminator"
Well...I absolutely peed myself, I think he is more eager than me.
If he ever reads this he will kill me.
Just waiting for af then gonna start so send me loads of babydust. xxx
Thanks girls xxx

Welcome aboard!!
Just to answer one of your questions, YES, ovulation can change from month to month. What stays the same is your luteal phase - the time after you O until AF - average length is 14 days and must be at least 10 to sustain pg if i read right... Im still working out mine with FF, highly recommend that site too!! Lots of for your journey!!

Woke up this morning and fully expected to have arrived but she hasn't ( yet!). We bought a lovely new expensive mattress last week to see us through the bd months ahead ha ha ha and I usually wake up bleeding heavily, so padded myself up before I went to bed last night( TMI I know but didn't want to ruin the mattress).
I know I'm going to see her today but I wish she would just hurry up so I can get on with things. I'm very very eager to get started.

Is it possible to mentally stop your period from arriving?
Sounds stupid i know, but had ovulation, af and babies constantly whirring around in my head for the last month and I'm starting to wonder if you can convince yourself that your pregnant, even when it's highly unlikely that you are!!!!
My Af was due over the weekend and she still hasn't arrived, I have a pretty rock solid cycle of 28/29 days and am never late. I have had all the usual pains I get every month, sore boobs, lower back pain and cramps but I have also had a metallic taste in my mouth for the last week or so, I have been weeing more than usual and I am not sleeping well either.
I havn't mentioned any of this to hubby cause he will think I'm crazy, in fact I actually told him that arrived yesterday.
My last period was 12th january and I bd just twice, once on the 26th and again on the 29th, i actually only thought we had done it once but my dh informed me otherwise last night ( that memorable ha ha). Thing is we really had no intentions of ttc this early so didn't plan sex around ov but it turns out that on the 26th I would have been ovulating!!!!!
So what do you think??? Am i imagining it all, I did do a couple cheapie tests last week but both were negative. HELP !!!!!

still no AF

Is this the first cycle after the surgery? That could be playing on it a bit. It might take a few cycles for your body to get back to normal. Stress can often affect cycles, and a lot of women experience this first hand with late AF's....

Best of luck sweetie

Hi ney ney
Yeah it is supposed to be first period after my surgery. I spoke to my consultant yesterday and he said it is possible that the surgery could have affected my cycle but he also said that my hormones will have been affected as well so negative tests could be false negatives!!!! I don't feel pregnant...i just want AF to come so I can get on with it lol

Got up this morning and it looks like AF is here
It's not like my usual period though, I usually come on heavy in the morning and it is bright red but this is a small amount that looks like old blood ( dark red/brown)...is this normal??? I'm gonna wait and see what the rest of the day brings, hopefully she will come stronger through the day.