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Trying to conceive with donor sperm

How long has it took individuals/couples to conceive with a donor sperm ? Have you used more than one donor ? Because you have not conceived ? Trying to understand everything sorry

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Only child?

Am I the only one who doesn’t want another kid. I absolutely love my baby but I literally just cannot picture going through these stages again at any point in life. Like mentally it’s a hell no, and people love to ask when are you having another one? Like damn I can barely pee without this one screaming 😂leave me…

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Two week wait

1DPO today. Anyone else find the two week wait long? What were everyone’s symptoms during the two week wait?

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Pregnant or period 10dpo

Any advice 📸 of cm in comments? 10dpo according to bbt app. Quite unreliable due to broken sleep and chronic pain conditions My hubs been keen for another since the NY I've multiple chronic health issues/surgeries, but we'd always agreed we'd start ttc from our first being 2yo I'm desperate to fill iur wants…

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2nd NIPT

I just got the results of my second NIPT and it said yet again low fetal dna 🙁 I feel so stressed out about it now because my dr told me that that could mean there’s a chance of a chromosomal disorder and the first one the fetal dna was 2.7% where as this time it was 2.5% I have no clue what that even means the…

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Flo app TTC

Does anyone re commend paying for the flo app for trying to conceive

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Not falling pregnant after MC in March

When we started our TTC journey last year, we got pregnant relatively quickly. Although in both situations they led to a MC. Both took roughly one to three cycles, and now it's already five cycles and we're still not falling pregnant. :( As the time goes by, it gets even more difficult to keep hopeful and the disapp...

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Gym - 8DPO

So training today, I train regularly 5 times a week but today at approx 8DPO I felt soo weak, everything felt like such a struggle I’m used to sweating a lot more in my luteal phase but don’t usually feel that bad. Good nights sleep. Same pre-workout foods etc so nothing otherwise obvious…. Has anyone had this and...

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Vent

Ngl seeing all these positive pregnancies on here is making me upset cause I want to conceive so bad. I’ve been trying this month. I can’t test yet as I don’t know when I’ve ovulated. I just got off the patch last month so I doubt I’ll get pregnant. Congratulations everyone I hope I can join yall soon 😭.

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Early glimpse

Has anyone ever done this before and they’ve been accurate? I’m really hoping I’ve got my baby boy 😍🩵

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Semen analysis

Hi, my partners semen analysis couldn’t be carried out due to “too little of a sample” they said there wasn’t enough sperm to assess the motility and morphology. Has anyone been int his position before and does this mean he is producing extremes low- 0 sperm ?

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TTC baby number 2, Month 7

TTC for our second baby, we never tried with our first as I was on the pill consistently and it just happened🤷🏼‍♀️ but we’ve been trying since March/April this year and no luck. I’ve tracked BBT and used ovulation strips every month; we’ve had sex everyday during my fertile period too. This month I’ve decided not…

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Shettles method

Anyone used the shettles method for a girl? If so when should I start and stop?

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TTC

When TTC does it impact on conceiving if you try everyday or twice a day? I just want to make sure me and my partner are giving ourselves the best chance of conceiving 😭 I’m going to eat healthy for the next month or so and cut out all caffeine I just don’t know what else I can do😭

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When did everyone start shopping for baby?

I haven’t begun with anything think maybe more when I find out but I’ve seen bits here and there I’d really like to get I’m just holding back as I’m only 14 weeks

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Positive!!

10dpo today🥳 Everyone on here helped me so much with my journey so I just wanted to say what I did differently this cycle: We only BD on my peak day and then for 2 days after. 3 days in a row. We used procieve conception vitamins for men and women. Both me and my husband took them daily from the beginning of this…

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Anyone Else Starting Stims end of this month? 🫶🏼🫶🏼

Cycle is due on 25th and first scan will be 3 days after that I think! Im so excited to start this journey its come around so quick! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 Also, just before we had our IUI in May my BMI was 34.2, and now its 32.8 ☺️ limit is 34!

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TTC baby 2

I’d like to start ttc for baby number 2 and would ideally like to conceive in April, May or June next year for an early Jan-March 2026 baby. When do you think I should come off the pill to start trying? I have a 16 month old daughter and I got pregnant first cycle with her. I had a miscarriage before my daughter wh...

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Ttc

Been trying for baby no. 2 for maybe 8 months now and keep getting negative tests. I am 37 soon. I'm getting to the point where I don't even want to try anymore because I can't deal with the heartache & feeling broken every month. Just wondering if anyone else is going through the same? Feel like I've left it too l...

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10dpo

Any cycle buddies? 10DPO, what's your symptoms? any BFP yet? 🙊 TWW feels like foreverrrr 😂

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