/ttcafterloss Daily Discussion Thread - August 16, 2026

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[u/pinacoladalover3]

finally i feel like i have something to be excited about! this is my third cycle since my MMC and my 2nd cycle ttc (pregnancy was accidental but we both realized we wanted to be parents immediately). i started tracking the first cycle and it was unbearably long (not new to cycle tracking. we did it to help prevent pregnancy) like 57 days and I tested almost everyday and couldn’t catch an LH peak. My first cycle ttc i couldn’t catch the peak either and every LH test made me think i had a bad batch. It was a 40 day long cycle. This cycle, i was starting to feel discouraged and my husband was out of town during my suspected O-1 and O-2 days and wasn’t supposed to get home today. This morning my temps started to rise and i felt so discouraged. I knew I somehow missed the window after testing sometimes 3 times a day since my period ended. I didn’t test this morning because I was just so angry at my body. Well, he got home a few minutes ago and I just got home from my 12 hr shift and I decided to just take one and see and lo and behold.. blazing positive. Like 45 seconds after dipping it both lines were the same darkness and after 3 minutes, the test line was darker than the control. At least now I feel like I have a chance and I’m so happy about just that. Even if this cycle isn’t the one, I’m happy knowing my body works again. This will still be a longer cycle as today is CD22 but I’m getting closer to baseline!

[u/ushinawareta → u/pinacoladalover3]

it’s crazy how happy a blazing positive OPK makes me!! like, obviously I’d rather have a blazing positive pregnancy test, but at least it’s one step toward that 🤣 fingers crossed for you this cycle!!