If you choose Health and Social Care at GCSE and A level Biology they teach you it in super detail. Even now a decade later things like this pops up and my brain goes 'you know this'. But in general sciences or sex Ed, definitely not.
Thank you for being so honest about how low it's making you feel at times. Obviously no-one wants to hear that you're feeling down, but it helps to know that you're not alone in feeling pretty extreme about it from time-to-time. My wife and I have been trying for about a year and she's had a grand total of two periods so... it's not going well. 125-day cycles are not a surprise anymore :\ Good luck
I hope that you're talking to a doctor who's able to help! I heard an OB say that the recommendation is to try for about a year before looking into any fertility problems, but that advice is meant mainly for people with regular cycles
If you have pcos LH tests are not effective, our eggs are basiclly always ”simmering” being ready to ovulate but never actually getting there. Just as some information that can be good to know!
@@jaytee3129 No, that’s not the case. Not everyone with PCOS has significantly abnormal ovulation, but a substantial proportion do not ovulate, or ovulate infrequently. It’s more or less why PCOS actually affects fertility in the first place, so to speak!
As one who has done fertility treatments wanted to give you a heads up that the sore boobs is likely from progesterone increasing after ovulation. If you get pregnant your boobs will likely be more sore because progesterone gets even higher. So don’t let the sore boobs get you down!
yeah I heard this could be the case but I don't want to get my hopes up! so if my boobs hurt I just mentally prepare for my period to come but if it doesn't then AYAYAYAYYAYAYYYAYY
Boob pain was the first symptom I noticed during the two week wait before I finally got pregnant! I don't normally experience boob pain with PMS, so it was my first real clue that something was different
@@sarahrigby1341 I got serious boob pain when I got pregnant but sadly we had an angel instead, but every cycle since then I’ve had terrible boob pain 2-5 days before my period comes! So confusing!
Came here to say the same thing! The body has no way of knowing that early if you are pregnant or not. The Luteal phase is body preparing for pregnancy, only towards the end, when no HCG (pregnancy hormone) is detected does the period start. Which is why "early signs of pregnancy" and signs that your period is coming are basically the same thing. A few days after ovulation is way too early to start symptom checking, even though it can be so hard not to.
These videos are EVERYTHING to me. I’ve been trying to conceive for a few months now. So nice to know I’m not alone in this journey. Wishing you all the luck and science ✨
Each time i did ovulation tests and the first time i was ovulating for the first time properly and had sex a few time a day over the start to end of ovlation after comming off the pill i fell pregnant and then miss carried , misscarry rates are 1 in 4 pregnancies will end in a misscarry stopped trying for a bit and got going again so fell pregnant 2 and half months later with ovulation tracking every day. i now have a 4 and half month old daughter ! U dont need exspencive ovulation strips either , i used a bulk pack off ebay for like £5 I use a period tracking app and then start doing the pee strips near ovulation - the day after ovulation ended.
As a Planning Nut, I am looking ahead about how to conceive, and these videos have come at exactly the right time. Hannah is helping me feel like I have some community and helping me set my expectations, well before we start 'trying'. Already love Hannah (brought here by Jessica Out of the Closet), but this new chapter is just rivetting. Crossing all my fingers and toes for all the parents-to-be out there!
Each time i did ovulation tests and the first time i was ovulating for the first time properly and had sex a few time a day over the start to end of ovlation after comming off the pill i fell pregnant and then miss carried , misscarry rates are 1 in 4 pregnancies will end in a misscarry stopped trying for a bit and got going again so fell pregnant 2 and half months later with ovulation tracking every day. i now have a 4 and half month old daughter ! U dont need exspencive ovulation strips either , i used a bulk pack off ebay for like £5 I use a period tracking app and then start doing the pee strips near ovulation - the day after ovulation ended.
my fiancè and i have been ttc for almost 4.5 years! We need to go through IVF but I get that the months of negative tests and periods are really upsetting! sending you positive baby dust vibes!
Thank you so much for leaving in clips of being disappointed at your period and longing to be pregnant, please continue to do so if you feel comfortable to. We’re 13m into trying, miscarried last year and have just started all the infertility testing etc. Every month I’ve longed for a positive test and cried when my period arrived. Thank you for representing this very real journey. Sending baby dust!❤️
I struggled with infertility and miscarriage for 6 years and finally got my miracle almost 3 years ago now. I know the struggle and I am SO glad you’re making these videos not only to help others but to document your own process. It’s so important.
I'm really loving this series, and its such a vulnerable time in your life to be sharing but it's going to help so many people. Love you Hannah, can't wait to see more!
Hannah, thank you! Seeing someone else go through this is so reassuring, thank you for sharing your journey. Ovulation tests are becoming a fact of life for me unfortunately, I've been advised to get quickly as soon as possible for a few health reasons. It's so stressful trying to conceive, they don't tell you this in school!
2:40 Actually they did tell me this shit in school. It was part of the GCSE Biology Curriculum when I was in Secondary School. Luteinising Hormone and everything, I remember the graph of all the different hormone levels throughout a cycle.
I remember we were taught about the hormones but it was also along the lines on ‘if you have unprotected sex in this window you WILL get pregnant’ which is obviously not the case for everyone
My husband and I have been trying for 8 months with no luck and people keep telling me to relax as it could take a year. To hear that you felt so sad early on is comforting to me because I felt exactly the same. Thanks for sharing your journey and congratulations on your new arrival!
One of the things I love about Hannah is how thorough she is with her videos! It's not like she just wakes up, gets an idea, films it, and posts it. She really plans and builds her content up to be complete from start to finish. Really looking forward to the video on period/pregnancy tracker apps!
Currently a year in ttc, going through testing as I don't ovulate, and every few months I rewatch this series and every time its helpful and helps me to de-stress. Thank you for making this series ❤️ (ovulated for the first time this month, woohoo!)
Just starting my trying to concieve journey and am pretty clueless right now besides "Period means no baby" so this is extremely helpful! Thanks for documenting your journey and congrats on your success! x
I totally get you on the feeling sad every period. When my husband and I were TTC, I would get so upset when my period would show up. It took us about a year of trying to conceive. I remember those feelings so well. Sending you so much love!
Matt Gray has 2 videos on his channel of him trying and rating non-alcoholic beers! Worth a watch if people are wanting to go alcohol free and want to know which beers to try for themselves
Hannah: "I'm inputting my data into 5 different apps" The NSA and the engineers in the Silicon Valley: "Why do we have 5 times the exact same data? Is this woman okay?"
Really enjoying this series :) i recommend the book period power as it is so informative and intuitive about the menstrual cycle. It’s changed my life ;)
We have been struggling with infertility for 3.5 years and started doing follicle stimulating injections for our first round of IVF. I hope you have a shorter journey than we have. Thank you for sharing! And for those who have never dealt with infertility, please don’t tell couples to relax, stop stressing, take a vacation, or take a break. These will not cure infertility. I have done all of these things and have not gotten pregnant once. I see this advice so often and it does not help. Thanks for reading!
Can highly recommend the book "Taking charge of your fertility", it taught me so much about my body which I felt should have been taught in school. Many of the apps don't work too well when you have pcos or irregular cycles, but the methods in the book really made sense to me.
My husband and I have been trying for just over a year- it’s honestly such an emotionally exhausting rollercoaster. Especially when everyone around you is announcing their pregnancies left, right and centre :(
Each time i did ovulation tests and the first time i was ovulating for the first time properly and had sex a few time a day over the start to end of ovlation after comming off the pill i fell pregnant and then miss carried , misscarry rates are 1 in 4 pregnancies will end in a misscarry stopped trying for a bit and got going again so fell pregnant 2 and half months later with ovulation tracking every day. i now have a 4 and half month old daughter ! U dont need exspencive ovulation strips either , i used a bulk pack off ebay for like £5 I use a period tracking app and then start doing the pee strips near ovulation - the day after ovulation ended.
Hubby and I have been trying for a while aswell and I got a large pack of ovulation tests that also has a app (easy@home) I have found them REALLY good and now know my cycle but it is like a punch in the face every time I don't get pregnant and hear another person is pregnant. I just sit back and go 'you fucking kidding me?! School gave you the sense that it would be easy, this is not easy!!! Is there something wrong?' It's tough when you actually want but nothing, yet there is people I know who have got pregnant by accident, HOW
I can completely relate to your coping mechanisms. Solo dance parties, lots and lots of alcohol "because why not, you're not pregnant anyhow?". That second half is likely not so healthy, but every once in a while it's not all bad. But I think at this point I've moved past the sad reaction of an unsuccessful cycle, and now I get angry instead, especially at new pregnancy announcements on social media- "Of COURSE they're pregnant with their THIRD child at 26 years old" rage rage rage. I also get angry at "we weren't even trying, it just happened" stories. It's hard. I feel you. Thank you so much for sharing your story in such a public way. It's actually so comforting to see/hear others go through the same struggles you're going through too.
This is so interesting. I was very lucky in my conception journey (I have endometriosis so we thought it would take so much longer) so didn't get to the point of looking into ovulation tests and I had absolutely no idea how they worked! Thank you for being so open about this topic as it's very taboo. I feel encouraged to talk about our experiences next time we try in a few years time.
Your story sounds sooo much like mine was 4 years ago. My partner and I tried for over a year and I did all of these thing and felt all the same emotions you are feeling. We finally saw a fertility specialist and found out I had PCOS. I had irregular periods, similar to your cycles. We did IUI and conceived our precious boy on the first try, he will be 3 in June. Keep trying and don’t think about it too much.
YES TEMPERATURE TAKING! I did that and it became super clear after just a few cycles when I was ovulating- the best part is that it will tell you when you ovulate even if it isn’t on a consistent day each cycle (at one point line varied by almost two weeks...!)
Thank you so much for this Hannah. This is our first moth properly trying and I tried the ovulation strips.. period came yesterday and I was disappointed. I've actually decided to delete the apps and stop the ovulation test and try not to worry as its just stressing me out! Babys come when the come and I will just try to enjoy the journey! X
The new intro is fab. Thank you for all this info and explaining it in a way that anybody can understand. Thank you also for being so real and raw. But also pls don't share too much if you don't want to. You evidently have an incredible following and support here and online in general but still. Self care is paramount
My ovulation has always felt just like that! Very confusing to me in high school, haha. Also, no need to panic immediately about PMS symptoms! The second part of the cycle has higher progesterone levels as part of the preparation for pregnancy, so you'll feel the same whether pregnant or not. Pregnancy hormones (HCG and super high progesterone) "switch on" at implantation, which is typically 10 or so days after ovulation. They build up fairly quickly after that and each person has a different tolerance, but generally you won't feel true pregnancy symptoms til 3-4 weeks after ovulation.
Thank you so much for discussing this, I literally had the exact same process with ovulation tests, I never got a positive result and they just stressed me out so I stopped. Still TTC and have been for 7 months but keeping positive! I really appreciate you talking about this side of fertility, it is rarely spoken about and is so reassuring to hear x
I’m sorry things aren’t going as smoothly as you hoped. I know it can be so frustrating and disappointing. I just wanted to put it out there for you or others who are trying to conceive that you can buy a like 100 pack of ovulation tests from amazon for basically the same price as 7 of those fancy ones. When my husband and I were trying I bought a pack that had like 200 ovulation strips and 40 pregnancy strips. Really handy, if like me, you have no self control and just take a boat load of tests trying to figure out what is going on.
I bought a massive stock pile of ovulation strips from Amazon for much cheaper. Kinda like those dip pregnancy test strips. Look cheap but worked for me! Good luck x
As someone who is a few months off going off the Pill (for the first time in 12 years) and starting my fertility journey, these are the videos I Most look forward to seeing in my feed. Love and luck to you 💜💜💜
I totally completely identify with the second guessing, confusion, and heartbreak that TTC brings. Been TTC for almost two years now with two losses. I’ve done the super expensive clear blue ovulation tests but once I learned my body’s rhythm and ovulation signs I found I didn’t need them anymore. Now I’ve ramped up and we’re doing medically assisted cycles with injectables and suppositories. It is INTENSE. I thought I was being hyper-vigilant and obsessive before? No. Not even close. I’m resting and taking a break next cycle after ending up in the ER with ovarian hyperstimulation last week. It’s just been so hard on the old mental health!!! I hear of someone else getting pregnant and I’m like “how??? That’s AMAZING!!!” Anyway, thank you so much for bringing back and making this series. The dialogue matters SO much.
This was so very relatable. I’ve been TTC for almost two years. The pressure of hopefulness goes down a little but the disappointment every month when you start to bleed never ever goes away. I think what made it marginally better was like accepting and allowing myself to grieve my missed opportunity. “I shouldn’t be sad” no way. I can be sad as hell and that’s fine. A month is a long fucking time to wait to try again. Also like giving myself a lil self-love. This cycle..I ate half a container of icecream and bought some gardening shit I didn’t need. 😅
So feel this! Trying to concieve is such an emotional rollercoaster. Ovulation tests stressed me out. Fingers crossed for you! Lying here snuggling my 17 week old x
Thank you so much for sharing such a personal time with your audience. I think a lot of us can be scared and intimidated when looking into fertility and conception so it’s reassuring to watch someone going through that too!
So proud of you for putting this whole part of your journey out there. Trying to conceive is SUCH a hard time, I know the feeling of sadness when your period comes. Sending you so much love and baby dust from across the pond! 🤗🤗
Have never commented on TH-cam before but had to because this is so relateable! Thank you for making such honest and engaging content about this- I am 1 year TTC and have been scared of the ovulation kits for fear of adding even more anxiety into the already kind of anxious mix so hearing you talk about them in this way has definitely made me feel less alone since I seem to just see so much discourse about people using them. You are fab! ❤️
My husband and I are trying to conceive too and I’ve had 2 chemical pregnancies so far but still trying to get one to stick. Your videos about your fellow journey trying to get pregnant are keeping me sane!! No one talks about the journey and it’s hard sometimes so thank you for sharing! Hoping we both get pregnant soon! Also I routinely have 32 day cycles and almost always ovulate on day 19. I’m glad going through this journey has made me more in tune with my body!
I appreciate these videos so much! I, too, am frustrated by how little these types of things are taught or even talked about. I have a 1yo daughter and will likely be starting to try again in the next few months, and this is a helpful reminder that things do not always go as planned and are not always easy. Thank you for helping to normalize the conversation! -Erin
We're trying to conceive right now too and having these videos definitely makes me feel less alone :) And yes to the non-alcoholic beer recommendations please!
Hannah, Thanks for sharing so openly your journey! I personally found that tracking my cycle with a mixture of temperature, cervical mucus and ... loooooads of time to understand my body, really helped me interpreting my body’s signals when it comes to ovulation. You’re doing great! I see you’re really, really wanting this - and I wish you all the best on your journey to parenthood! Looking forward to the cycle tracking app review 👀! Take care!
ALWAYS READ THE LEAFLET! I’ve been tracking my ovulation and just do a test every day for a few days in my cycle based on the calendar in the leaflet... the clear blue tests are a lot better imo than the strips.
Keep your head and hopes up Hannah! It took me a full year after stopping birth control to finally get pregnant. Every period that came was discouraging, and that's 100% ok. I got my hopes up every cycle, and it was even worse if my period was late. I remember the confusion about what my body was doing and the heartache of just wanting to get pregnant. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. I'm 8 months pregnant now, and this was absolutely worth the wait!!
Sending you love. My best friend has also been TTC for 6 months now and I can totally relate when you said how sad you were when you ended up getting your period. That's how she's been feeling... 😓
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. I’ve been ttc since August 2020. I have long/irregular cycles too and so many of my friends who have gone through the process don’t understand how much harder that makes tracking ovulation.
thank you so much for this series Hannah! My partner and I are still several years away from kids, but watching this series and learning more about others fertility journey is going to come in handy for when our time comes. The fact that there is so little information out there and available to the public and that it's often hidden behind expensive fertility clinic doors is so ridiculous, really appreciate the honesty and transparency this series brings!
Hi Hannah! Creamy white discharge can be your egg dropping. I conceived successfully twice by using the discharge tracking system. I ovulate on day 10 regularly with no symptoms other than discharge. When I’m fertile, right before my egg drops and I see that discharge, my discharge is creamy but not sticky, like quite slick. This is probably TMI but also genuinely just trying to help. 💕 Good luck!
I’m so glad you are sharing this journey with us. I would like to start trying to conceive in the near future and I fear I won’t be able to get pregnant or it will take a long time. So these videos make me feel less alone and give me a bit more understanding of what to expect!
Truth be told, I have not watched this yet. I was just so endeared by your episode thumbnail for this with you staring at the ovulation stuff with wide eyes. You are soooooooo entertaining, even though I have plenty of times watched you deliver on something serious. But most of the time you have some percent serious or informative content and some percent with something amusing. And yes, i am a male, but I think your great and you really help me understand female emotions or anatomy.
I'm so looking forward to your period app tracking video. I won't be having children, but that's also why I really like tracking apps. To help as secondary birth control. I can't wait to see what the different apps are like! I've only used clue.
I’ve gone back and forth between using and not using ovulation tests during the past 7 months. Trying to conceive is so difficult and up and down emotionally! Love this series 🤗
I wish this series had been around last year when I was TTC. I initially conceived on the second cycle of trying but then miscarried and then it took months of TTC again after that. I was so down and thought it would never happen again! Seeing these videos would have made me feel less alone! On the month we stopped actively trying and became more relaxed we finally conceived and I now have a 4 month old baby girl! Keeping my fingers crossed for you. It is such a hard journey!
the whole time i kept thinking of sierra schultzzie's vlogs on trying to ger pregnant where she bought these huge boxes of ovulation tests from amazon i think and then she would input a picture of her test into the app she was using and that over time started to become more accurate? but you know if ovulation tracking doesnt work it doesnt work! good luck!
Very excited to hear how you find charting!! Good luck! I was in pain this whole video wanting to tell you to start charting your basal body temp, cervical fluid and cervix position. Within a couple of cycles of charting, identifying the day of ovulation and your fertile window becomes extremely easy!! Plus you can also use charting as a method of contraception if you need that again. Taking Charge of your Fertility by Toni Weschler is a awesome resource for learning about charting, either to conceive or as a contraception method! :)
To be honest that's why I got rid of Clue app a while back, they emailed about the changes that they were gonna implement as of _X_ date, so requested deletion of my data. To be fair that part was a painless process, so no harm no foul 🤷
@@becauseimafan happy that it was easy! Many companies don't make that process as easy as should be ( under the gdpr requirements). It is pretty shokken too see how many apps just couple the data to facebook, even when you do not have an account. Think it is improving but bluddy importaint to keep an eye on.
Your experience with testing and tracking has been really similar to mine. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I haven't told many people that we're trying and it feels lonely sometimes. 💕
Ahhh this was sooo good to watch 😍 We were trying for about 4 months until I realised I wasn’t ovulating at all. A year and a half later and I’m now taking fertility injections to boost follicle growth and ovulation. It’s a pain in the butt to have to wait it out and keep trying after continually being disappointed, but we have to remember that modern medicine is amazing and so is the determination of women ❤️
Thank you!!! This is just the videos I’ve been looking for! I just came off the pill in January and my cycle is all over the place! Lots of random bleeds! This is my first cycle that I got a positive ovulation test 🙌🏻 also started taking the seven seas trying for a baby vitamins - hoping with will help with my cycles!
Request for temp tracking: I'm also on a fertility journey! Not trying to conceive but I'm tracking various feelings and physical things including temp (just for greater self knowledge really). When you review I'd love to hear how fertility/family/baby/conception focussed the apps you try are. How useful for trying and non trying people etc. Thanks for sharing this with us! It's so interesting and helpful!
Perfect timing! I just started tracking my cycle/ovulation as well 2 weeks ago after I got my birth control implant out, but to continue to prevent pregnancy. I have no idea what my body does so this has been a confusing but exciting thing! Glad my journey is aligning with yours!
Hannah, I feel you, waiting is so HARD, getting your period and feeling sad is the worst. It happened to me, it took me two F***ING years to get pregnant. So I really really really hope it will happen for you, soon. I send you all my good pregnant energy right NOW! Fingers crossed
Your boobs hurting doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t conceive - sore boobs are often a sign of rising progesterone, which is normal post-ovulation (PMS symptoms generally don’t suggest you haven’t conceived, early pregnancy symptoms are driven by the same hormones and are actually very similar to your usual PMS) and desired for conception. My boobs hurt just the same the month we conceived, and then it got even worse as the pregnancy progesterone kept going up. Ouch!
I discovered I was pregnant because my boobs were ridiculously sore and I had a fit of rage at work. My friend Kelly told me to go and get a test as soon as I finished my shift as I’m usually quite easy going 😂
I don't know why but the clip of you crushing that can during your dance part sesh just SENT ME 😂 It was sad to hear you've been feeling down about the hard parts of getting pregnant. You're doing so great sharing this journey is giving so many people company and reassurance! Sending all the positive vibes! ✨✨✨✨
Great video as always Hannah! Also just wanted to say thank you for being so open and honest about this. It’s such a vulnerable and difficult thing to share, so I think you giving us all of this info, despite all of the personal struggles, shows just how much of a fantastic woman you are. So thank you thank you! Xxx
I love this series and you being so open! I used fertilityfriend, clunky interface but incredibly detailed and useful alongside temping, and the TFAB subreddit. I did feel like I had to give myself a crash course in fertility and my own body, it was so overwhelming starting to try. Rooting for you! I am now currently 9 months pregnant, hoping it all works for you!
Thank you so much for documenting your journey!! I was just able to get my IUD out last week and I got my first period today ugh. I'm really looking forward to your period app video!!! I need a good one, and it's hard to figure out which one is the best.
Also thinking about starting our TTC journey in the next few months but like you have irregular cycles anywhere from 30 to 60 days and have come up empty when looking online for others having the same dilemma about figuring out when I ovulate so this was so needed and I feel like I'm not so alone! sending lots of positive vibes your way and hoping it happens for you soon 🤞 x
Thanks for making this I can relate to the whole cycle length jumping around and not knowing exact when ovulation will happen and then the period blues I’ve been trying for almost four years still hoping but I can say just having fun with it and not obsessing is the best idea because there is only so much upset one can take so good luck I hope you get lucky soon
Best of luck to you and hubby. And thanks for being so open and upfront about your journey, I know it's gonna help so many people. Little side note / tip if you're tracking ovulation: You should avoid sex (or, better, Dan should avoid to finish) around 48 hours before actually truing to conceive, as the semen will contain a higher number of sperms
The "I really wanna have a baby" line and tone of voice just made me start bawling. We've only been trying for three cycles for real but it just feels like it's never going to happen. Especially as we haven't used birth control in 8 months, just only the last 3 cycles have we really tried to time it
Ohh so pumped for the episode on the period apps! I can never find a perfect one because I have an IUD but still like to track ovulation because since going in the IUD I get massive cramping and spotting during what I assume is ovulation (bit confusing since I never got that before the IUD). So it's just nice to know for underwear and partnered sex reasons 😅
Really am loving these videos. This past month was our first time TTC and I sadly got my period yesterday 🙃 I know it’s the first month but it’s still so disappointing and disheartening not knowing how long it will take and whether it’s even possible at all. Especially when you convince yourself that everything was spot on (CM, ovulation cramps etc). Ah well. Better luck next time! 🙄🤣
Thank you for being so open and honest and taking us on this journey with you. I think of you often and hope you don't have to wait too long for your baby.
I'm so excited for you 🤩 I'm glad you decided to film this whole journey because it's not something that we see or hear about often and it's really interesting even if I'm not trying to get pregnant yet. Can't wait for the next video. 💛💛
Thanks so much for doing these videos, they will be such a comfort to others currently trying to conceive. My own journey in a nutshell - pregnant after three months with my son, then pregnant after three months but ended in MC. Then took 2.5 YEARS 😬🙄 to get pregnant with my daughter. No matter how long your fertility journey is it can be such an emotional rollercoaster and so painful at times. The only ov tests we used were the super expensive digital ones - ridiculous cost but I couldn’t stand trying to interpret the darkness of a line and wanted a hard yes or no. I found temp taking and tracking of potential ovulation signs to be way too subjective too except egg white discharge which was incredibly helpful for me. My other big tip is supplements - especially vit D for my husband (who has very poor sperm). One month on the supplements and I was finally pregnant with my second. Could be a coincidence but I tell everyone to take them anyway 😍 Sending so much love and baby vibes to you x
Try the Fertility Awareness Method! There's no guessing, you just track your bbt first thing when you wake up and your cervical mucus. Working with a FAM educator improves the efficacy as well :)
I remember having a lesson about family planning in school, but it DID NOT mention even a quarter of this, what a great videoo I’m 22 and didn’t know a lot of things said wow thank youu 👏🏻
Trying to conceive and not getting the response you’re hoping for is difficult, thank you for being honest about that. If you decide to give ovulation strips another go, you can get much larger packages for cheaper on Amazon.
Really enjoying this series, it's so interesting to see the process you are going through and what you understand of the your cycle. As a biology teacher who teachers reproduction topics every year it surprises me what wasn't taught previously (I've been teaching 7 years). I definitely talk more about some of the things you've mentioned wasn't taught a school.
"They do not tell you this in school!" 100% In school they make it sound like if you just look at a willy you'll get pregnant.
This 100% 😂
I was told this in school, actually! We had to learn the cycle, and also the days during which one is most fertile. :) (Netherlands)
Actually was tought this in biology lessons in the Netherlands!
If you choose Health and Social Care at GCSE and A level Biology they teach you it in super detail. Even now a decade later things like this pops up and my brain goes 'you know this'. But in general sciences or sex Ed, definitely not.
Well to be fair young people tend to be more fertile, and having unprotected sex at that age is way too lightly to result in pregnancy to risk it.
Thank you for being so honest about how low it's making you feel at times. Obviously no-one wants to hear that you're feeling down, but it helps to know that you're not alone in feeling pretty extreme about it from time-to-time. My wife and I have been trying for about a year and she's had a grand total of two periods so... it's not going well. 125-day cycles are not a surprise anymore :\ Good luck
ooof that's got to be hard, so sorry! good luck to you too!
I hope that you're talking to a doctor who's able to help! I heard an OB say that the recommendation is to try for about a year before looking into any fertility problems, but that advice is meant mainly for people with regular cycles
If you have pcos LH tests are not effective, our eggs are basiclly always ”simmering” being ready to ovulate but never actually getting there. Just as some information that can be good to know!
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I never knew this!
My endocrinologist told me people with pcos ovulate the same as everybody else.
@@jaytee3129 No, that’s not the case. Not everyone with PCOS has significantly abnormal ovulation, but a substantial proportion do not ovulate, or ovulate infrequently. It’s more or less why PCOS actually affects fertility in the first place, so to speak!
@@kcv0605 I asked my specialist that question and that was her reply, no disrespect.
As one who has done fertility treatments wanted to give you a heads up that the sore boobs is likely from progesterone increasing after ovulation. If you get pregnant your boobs will likely be more sore because progesterone gets even higher. So don’t let the sore boobs get you down!
yeah I heard this could be the case but I don't want to get my hopes up! so if my boobs hurt I just mentally prepare for my period to come but if it doesn't then AYAYAYAYYAYAYYYAYY
Boob pain was the first symptom I noticed during the two week wait before I finally got pregnant! I don't normally experience boob pain with PMS, so it was my first real clue that something was different
@@sarahrigby1341 I got serious boob pain when I got pregnant but sadly we had an angel instead, but every cycle since then I’ve had terrible boob pain 2-5 days before my period comes! So confusing!
Came here to say the same thing! The body has no way of knowing that early if you are pregnant or not. The Luteal phase is body preparing for pregnancy, only towards the end, when no HCG (pregnancy hormone) is detected does the period start. Which is why "early signs of pregnancy" and signs that your period is coming are basically the same thing. A few days after ovulation is way too early to start symptom checking, even though it can be so hard not to.
This series must be so hard for you to make, but it is such an important narrative to be shared and I’m so grateful that you are! Xxx
These videos are EVERYTHING to me. I’ve been trying to conceive for a few months now. So nice to know I’m not alone in this journey. Wishing you all the luck and science ✨
haha I love that! Wishing you luck and science too!
Each time i did ovulation tests and the first time i was ovulating for the first time properly and had sex a few time a day over the start to end of ovlation after comming off the pill i fell pregnant and then miss carried , misscarry rates are 1 in 4 pregnancies will end in a misscarry stopped trying for a bit and got going again so fell pregnant 2 and half months later with ovulation tracking every day. i now have a 4 and half month old daughter !
U dont need exspencive ovulation strips either , i used a bulk pack off ebay for like £5
I use a period tracking app and then start doing the pee strips near ovulation - the day after ovulation ended.
As a Planning Nut, I am looking ahead about how to conceive, and these videos have come at exactly the right time. Hannah is helping me feel like I have some community and helping me set my expectations, well before we start 'trying'. Already love Hannah (brought here by Jessica Out of the Closet), but this new chapter is just rivetting. Crossing all my fingers and toes for all the parents-to-be out there!
Each time i did ovulation tests and the first time i was ovulating for the first time properly and had sex a few time a day over the start to end of ovlation after comming off the pill i fell pregnant and then miss carried , misscarry rates are 1 in 4 pregnancies will end in a misscarry stopped trying for a bit and got going again so fell pregnant 2 and half months later with ovulation tracking every day. i now have a 4 and half month old daughter !
U dont need exspencive ovulation strips either , i used a bulk pack off ebay for like £5
I use a period tracking app and then start doing the pee strips near ovulation - the day after ovulation ended.
my fiancè and i have been ttc for almost 4.5 years! We need to go through IVF but I get that the months of negative tests and periods are really upsetting! sending you positive baby dust vibes!
Thank you so much for leaving in clips of being disappointed at your period and longing to be pregnant, please continue to do so if you feel comfortable to. We’re 13m into trying, miscarried last year and have just started all the infertility testing etc. Every month I’ve longed for a positive test and cried when my period arrived. Thank you for representing this very real journey. Sending baby dust!❤️
sending you love!! 💛✨
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Hey Tiffany is here! Hello 👋
@@hannahwitton I love you!!!
I struggled with infertility and miscarriage for 6 years and finally got my miracle almost 3 years ago now. I know the struggle and I am SO glad you’re making these videos not only to help others but to document your own process. It’s so important.
I'm really loving this series, and its such a vulnerable time in your life to be sharing but it's going to help so many people. Love you Hannah, can't wait to see more!
Hannah, thank you! Seeing someone else go through this is so reassuring, thank you for sharing your journey.
Ovulation tests are becoming a fact of life for me unfortunately, I've been advised to get quickly as soon as possible for a few health reasons. It's so stressful trying to conceive, they don't tell you this in school!
2:40 Actually they did tell me this shit in school. It was part of the GCSE Biology Curriculum when I was in Secondary School. Luteinising Hormone and everything, I remember the graph of all the different hormone levels throughout a cycle.
Yeah did this too :)
lucky!
I remember we were taught about the hormones but it was also along the lines on ‘if you have unprotected sex in this window you WILL get pregnant’ which is obviously not the case for everyone
Yes, same! I believe it's just generally part of my province's curriculum but I took IB biology in highschool and we went super in depth!
I remember drawing the graph! But i gave all that info back to my biology teacher its been 7 years since I was doing my O'levels/GCSE equivalent.
My husband and I have been trying for 8 months with no luck and people keep telling me to relax as it could take a year. To hear that you felt so sad early on is comforting to me because I felt exactly the same. Thanks for sharing your journey and congratulations on your new arrival!
One of the things I love about Hannah is how thorough she is with her videos! It's not like she just wakes up, gets an idea, films it, and posts it. She really plans and builds her content up to be complete from start to finish. Really looking forward to the video on period/pregnancy tracker apps!
Currently a year in ttc, going through testing as I don't ovulate, and every few months I rewatch this series and every time its helpful and helps me to de-stress. Thank you for making this series ❤️ (ovulated for the first time this month, woohoo!)
Just starting my trying to concieve journey and am pretty clueless right now besides "Period means no baby" so this is extremely helpful! Thanks for documenting your journey and congrats on your success! x
I totally get you on the feeling sad every period. When my husband and I were TTC, I would get so upset when my period would show up. It took us about a year of trying to conceive. I remember those feelings so well. Sending you so much love!
I'm at pharmacy school and literally studied ovulation this morning, now i'm here watching u talking about. Love u and ur content!!
Matt Gray has 2 videos on his channel of him trying and rating non-alcoholic beers! Worth a watch if people are wanting to go alcohol free and want to know which beers to try for themselves
Ooh thank you for the info!
Hannah: "I'm inputting my data into 5 different apps"
The NSA and the engineers in the Silicon Valley: "Why do we have 5 times the exact same data? Is this woman okay?"
Really enjoying this series :) i recommend the book period power as it is so informative and intuitive about the menstrual cycle. It’s changed my life ;)
oooh love Maisie Hill!
We have been struggling with infertility for 3.5 years and started doing follicle stimulating injections for our first round of IVF. I hope you have a shorter journey than we have. Thank you for sharing! And for those who have never dealt with infertility, please don’t tell couples to relax, stop stressing, take a vacation, or take a break. These will not cure infertility. I have done all of these things and have not gotten pregnant once. I see this advice so often and it does not help. Thanks for reading!
Can highly recommend the book "Taking charge of your fertility", it taught me so much about my body which I felt should have been taught in school. Many of the apps don't work too well when you have pcos or irregular cycles, but the methods in the book really made sense to me.
My husband and I have been trying for just over a year- it’s honestly such an emotionally exhausting rollercoaster. Especially when everyone around you is announcing their pregnancies left, right and centre :(
feel this 💛
Each time i did ovulation tests and the first time i was ovulating for the first time properly and had sex a few time a day over the start to end of ovlation after comming off the pill i fell pregnant and then miss carried , misscarry rates are 1 in 4 pregnancies will end in a misscarry stopped trying for a bit and got going again so fell pregnant 2 and half months later with ovulation tracking every day. i now have a 4 and half month old daughter !
U dont need exspencive ovulation strips either , i used a bulk pack off ebay for like £5
I use a period tracking app and then start doing the pee strips near ovulation - the day after ovulation ended.
Hubby and I have been trying for a while aswell and I got a large pack of ovulation tests that also has a app (easy@home) I have found them REALLY good and now know my cycle but it is like a punch in the face every time I don't get pregnant and hear another person is pregnant. I just sit back and go 'you fucking kidding me?! School gave you the sense that it would be easy, this is not easy!!! Is there something wrong?' It's tough when you actually want but nothing, yet there is people I know who have got pregnant by accident, HOW
I can completely relate to your coping mechanisms. Solo dance parties, lots and lots of alcohol "because why not, you're not pregnant anyhow?". That second half is likely not so healthy, but every once in a while it's not all bad. But I think at this point I've moved past the sad reaction of an unsuccessful cycle, and now I get angry instead, especially at new pregnancy announcements on social media- "Of COURSE they're pregnant with their THIRD child at 26 years old" rage rage rage. I also get angry at "we weren't even trying, it just happened" stories. It's hard. I feel you. Thank you so much for sharing your story in such a public way. It's actually so comforting to see/hear others go through the same struggles you're going through too.
This is so interesting. I was very lucky in my conception journey (I have endometriosis so we thought it would take so much longer) so didn't get to the point of looking into ovulation tests and I had absolutely no idea how they worked! Thank you for being so open about this topic as it's very taboo. I feel encouraged to talk about our experiences next time we try in a few years time.
Your story sounds sooo much like mine was 4 years ago. My partner and I tried for over a year and I did all of these thing and felt all the same emotions you are feeling. We finally saw a fertility specialist and found out I had PCOS. I had irregular periods, similar to your cycles. We did IUI and conceived our precious boy on the first try, he will be 3 in June. Keep trying and don’t think about it too much.
YES TEMPERATURE TAKING! I did that and it became super clear after just a few cycles when I was ovulating- the best part is that it will tell you when you ovulate even if it isn’t on a consistent day each cycle (at one point line varied by almost two weeks...!)
Thank you so much for this Hannah. This is our first moth properly trying and I tried the ovulation strips.. period came yesterday and I was disappointed. I've actually decided to delete the apps and stop the ovulation test and try not to worry as its just stressing me out! Babys come when the come and I will just try to enjoy the journey! X
The new intro is fab. Thank you for all this info and explaining it in a way that anybody can understand. Thank you also for being so real and raw. But also pls don't share too much if you don't want to. You evidently have an incredible following and support here and online in general but still. Self care is paramount
I CANNOT WAIT for that be t video with the apps! Thank you so much for normalising talking about this
My ovulation has always felt just like that! Very confusing to me in high school, haha. Also, no need to panic immediately about PMS symptoms! The second part of the cycle has higher progesterone levels as part of the preparation for pregnancy, so you'll feel the same whether pregnant or not. Pregnancy hormones (HCG and super high progesterone) "switch on" at implantation, which is typically 10 or so days after ovulation. They build up fairly quickly after that and each person has a different tolerance, but generally you won't feel true pregnancy symptoms til 3-4 weeks after ovulation.
i only get ovulation pain every so often, but where you pointed to on your abdomen is about where that pain is.
Thank you so much for discussing this, I literally had the exact same process with ovulation tests, I never got a positive result and they just stressed me out so I stopped. Still TTC and have been for 7 months but keeping positive! I really appreciate you talking about this side of fertility, it is rarely spoken about and is so reassuring to hear x
I’m sorry things aren’t going as smoothly as you hoped. I know it can be so frustrating and disappointing. I just wanted to put it out there for you or others who are trying to conceive that you can buy a like 100 pack of ovulation tests from amazon for basically the same price as 7 of those fancy ones. When my husband and I were trying I bought a pack that had like 200 ovulation strips and 40 pregnancy strips. Really handy, if like me, you have no self control and just take a boat load of tests trying to figure out what is going on.
hahha love that! I bought some pregnancy tests right at the begining of this journey and still haven't used them yet!
@@hannahwitton Does Hannah reply to comments? Imma big fan
I bought a massive stock pile of ovulation strips from Amazon for much cheaper. Kinda like those dip pregnancy test strips. Look cheap but worked for me! Good luck x
As someone who is a few months off going off the Pill (for the first time in 12 years) and starting my fertility journey, these are the videos I Most look forward to seeing in my feed. Love and luck to you 💜💜💜
I totally completely identify with the second guessing, confusion, and heartbreak that TTC brings. Been TTC for almost two years now with two losses. I’ve done the super expensive clear blue ovulation tests but once I learned my body’s rhythm and ovulation signs I found I didn’t need them anymore. Now I’ve ramped up and we’re doing medically assisted cycles with injectables and suppositories. It is INTENSE. I thought I was being hyper-vigilant and obsessive before? No. Not even close. I’m resting and taking a break next cycle after ending up in the ER with ovarian hyperstimulation last week. It’s just been so hard on the old mental health!!! I hear of someone else getting pregnant and I’m like “how??? That’s AMAZING!!!” Anyway, thank you so much for bringing back and making this series. The dialogue matters SO much.
Part of the cruelty of the "two week wait" is that PMS and early pregnancy feel SO MUCH THE SAME. It's such a time of ups and downs. Wishing you luck!
This was so very relatable. I’ve been TTC for almost two years. The pressure of hopefulness goes down a little but the disappointment every month when you start to bleed never ever goes away. I think what made it marginally better was like accepting and allowing myself to grieve my missed opportunity. “I shouldn’t be sad” no way. I can be sad as hell and that’s fine. A month is a long fucking time to wait to try again. Also like giving myself a lil self-love. This cycle..I ate half a container of icecream and bought some gardening shit I didn’t need. 😅
So feel this! Trying to concieve is such an emotional rollercoaster. Ovulation tests stressed me out. Fingers crossed for you! Lying here snuggling my 17 week old x
Thank you so much for sharing such a personal time with your audience. I think a lot of us can be scared and intimidated when looking into fertility and conception so it’s reassuring to watch someone going through that too!
So proud of you for putting this whole part of your journey out there. Trying to conceive is SUCH a hard time, I know the feeling of sadness when your period comes. Sending you so much love and baby dust from across the pond! 🤗🤗
Have never commented on TH-cam before but had to because this is so relateable! Thank you for making such honest and engaging content about this- I am 1 year TTC and have been scared of the ovulation kits for fear of adding even more anxiety into the already kind of anxious mix so hearing you talk about them in this way has definitely made me feel less alone since I seem to just see so much discourse about people using them. You are fab! ❤️
My husband and I are trying to conceive too and I’ve had 2 chemical pregnancies so far but still trying to get one to stick. Your videos about your fellow journey trying to get pregnant are keeping me sane!! No one talks about the journey and it’s hard sometimes so thank you for sharing! Hoping we both get pregnant soon!
Also I routinely have 32 day cycles and almost always ovulate on day 19. I’m glad going through this journey has made me more in tune with my body!
I appreciate these videos so much! I, too, am frustrated by how little these types of things are taught or even talked about. I have a 1yo daughter and will likely be starting to try again in the next few months, and this is a helpful reminder that things do not always go as planned and are not always easy. Thank you for helping to normalize the conversation!
-Erin
It hurt my heart when you talked about how sad you were. With those ears you remind me of a small, cute mammal and sad animals get me every time 😭
We're trying to conceive right now too and having these videos definitely makes me feel less alone :) And yes to the non-alcoholic beer recommendations please!
Hannah,
Thanks for sharing so openly your journey! I personally found that tracking my cycle with a mixture of temperature, cervical mucus and ... loooooads of time to understand my body, really helped me interpreting my body’s signals when it comes to ovulation.
You’re doing great! I see you’re really, really wanting this - and I wish you all the best on your journey to parenthood!
Looking forward to the cycle tracking app review 👀! Take care!
ALWAYS READ THE LEAFLET! I’ve been tracking my ovulation and just do a test every day for a few days in my cycle based on the calendar in the leaflet... the clear blue tests are a lot better imo than the strips.
Keep your head and hopes up Hannah! It took me a full year after stopping birth control to finally get pregnant. Every period that came was discouraging, and that's 100% ok. I got my hopes up every cycle, and it was even worse if my period was late. I remember the confusion about what my body was doing and the heartache of just wanting to get pregnant. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. I'm 8 months pregnant now, and this was absolutely worth the wait!!
Sending you love. My best friend has also been TTC for 6 months now and I can totally relate when you said how sad you were when you ended up getting your period. That's how she's been feeling... 😓
Here on this journey with you! I am on cycle three. Fingers crossed for us all!
Lol I got a baby born doll ad on this, with a doll that even poos and wees 😂
Hope the fertility journey isn't too long and arduous for you both!!
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. I’ve been ttc since August 2020. I have long/irregular cycles too and so many of my friends who have gone through the process don’t understand how much harder that makes tracking ovulation.
I cannot tell you how grateful I am for this content. Thank you hannah. Sending you both love and luck xxx
thank you so much for this series Hannah! My partner and I are still several years away from kids, but watching this series and learning more about others fertility journey is going to come in handy for when our time comes. The fact that there is so little information out there and available to the public and that it's often hidden behind expensive fertility clinic doors is so ridiculous, really appreciate the honesty and transparency this series brings!
Hi Hannah! Creamy white discharge can be your egg dropping. I conceived successfully twice by using the discharge tracking system. I ovulate on day 10 regularly with no symptoms other than discharge. When I’m fertile, right before my egg drops and I see that discharge, my discharge is creamy but not sticky, like quite slick. This is probably TMI but also genuinely just trying to help. 💕 Good luck!
This serie is so interesting, thank you for including all of the process, even the down parts
I’m so glad you are sharing this journey with us. I would like to start trying to conceive in the near future and I fear I won’t be able to get pregnant or it will take a long time. So these videos make me feel less alone and give me a bit more understanding of what to expect!
Truth be told, I have not watched this yet. I was just so endeared by your episode thumbnail for this with you staring at the ovulation stuff with wide eyes. You are soooooooo entertaining, even though I have plenty of times watched you deliver on something serious. But most of the time you have some percent serious or informative content and some percent with something amusing. And yes, i am a male, but I think your great and you really help me understand female emotions or anatomy.
I'm so looking forward to your period app tracking video. I won't be having children, but that's also why I really like tracking apps. To help as secondary birth control. I can't wait to see what the different apps are like! I've only used clue.
I have seen many of your videos. You are great! Thank you for all the great info. Your honesty is appriceated, Best of luck getting pregnant!
I’ve gone back and forth between using and not using ovulation tests during the past 7 months. Trying to conceive is so difficult and up and down emotionally! Love this series 🤗
I wish this series had been around last year when I was TTC. I initially conceived on the second cycle of trying but then miscarried and then it took months of TTC again after that. I was so down and thought it would never happen again! Seeing these videos would have made me feel less alone! On the month we stopped actively trying and became more relaxed we finally conceived and I now have a 4 month old baby girl! Keeping my fingers crossed for you. It is such a hard journey!
the whole time i kept thinking of sierra schultzzie's vlogs on trying to ger pregnant where she bought these huge boxes of ovulation tests from amazon i think and then she would input a picture of her test into the app she was using and that over time started to become more accurate?
but you know if ovulation tracking doesnt work it doesnt work! good luck!
The Premom app!
The Premom app! It's FANTASTIC!
Yes definitely. Also Femometer - you take a pic of it and it measures how strong the line is
Very excited to hear how you find charting!! Good luck! I was in pain this whole video wanting to tell you to start charting your basal body temp, cervical fluid and cervix position. Within a couple of cycles of charting, identifying the day of ovulation and your fertile window becomes extremely easy!! Plus you can also use charting as a method of contraception if you need that again. Taking Charge of your Fertility by Toni Weschler is a awesome resource for learning about charting, either to conceive or as a contraception method! :)
Perhaps interating variable to take into account in your testing different apps is privacy and what they do with your data. No service is really free
To be honest that's why I got rid of Clue app a while back, they emailed about the changes that they were gonna implement as of _X_ date, so requested deletion of my data. To be fair that part was a painless process, so no harm no foul 🤷
@@becauseimafan happy that it was easy! Many companies don't make that process as easy as should be ( under the gdpr requirements). It is pretty shokken too see how many apps just couple the data to facebook, even when you do not have an account. Think it is improving but bluddy importaint to keep an eye on.
Your experience with testing and tracking has been really similar to mine. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I haven't told many people that we're trying and it feels lonely sometimes. 💕
Ahhh this was sooo good to watch 😍
We were trying for about 4 months until I realised I wasn’t ovulating at all. A year and a half later and I’m now taking fertility injections to boost follicle growth and ovulation.
It’s a pain in the butt to have to wait it out and keep trying after continually being disappointed, but we have to remember that modern medicine is amazing and so is the determination of women ❤️
Thank you!!! This is just the videos I’ve been looking for! I just came off the pill in January and my cycle is all over the place! Lots of random bleeds! This is my first cycle that I got a positive ovulation test 🙌🏻 also started taking the seven seas trying for a baby vitamins - hoping with will help with my cycles!
I’ve been taking seven seas too
Request for temp tracking: I'm also on a fertility journey! Not trying to conceive but I'm tracking various feelings and physical things including temp (just for greater self knowledge really). When you review I'd love to hear how fertility/family/baby/conception focussed the apps you try are. How useful for trying and non trying people etc. Thanks for sharing this with us! It's so interesting and helpful!
Perfect timing! I just started tracking my cycle/ovulation as well 2 weeks ago after I got my birth control implant out, but to continue to prevent pregnancy. I have no idea what my body does so this has been a confusing but exciting thing! Glad my journey is aligning with yours!
Hannah, I feel you, waiting is so HARD, getting your period and feeling sad is the worst. It happened to me, it took me two F***ING years to get pregnant. So I really really really hope it will happen for you, soon. I send you all my good pregnant energy right NOW! Fingers crossed
aw thank you!! and I know it sucks that it took you 2 years but hearing those kinds of stories really does make me feel better :)
Well, I'm glad it made you feel good :)
Your boobs hurting doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t conceive - sore boobs are often a sign of rising progesterone, which is normal post-ovulation (PMS symptoms generally don’t suggest you haven’t conceived, early pregnancy symptoms are driven by the same hormones and are actually very similar to your usual PMS) and desired for conception. My boobs hurt just the same the month we conceived, and then it got even worse as the pregnancy progesterone kept going up. Ouch!
Very interesting to hear, l‘ve also always assumed that PMS signs mean I‘m not pregnant. Thanks for sharing!
I discovered I was pregnant because my boobs were ridiculously sore and I had a fit of rage at work. My friend Kelly told me to go and get a test as soon as I finished my shift as I’m usually quite easy going 😂
@@Lilobeetle The first trimester is essentially nothing but the worst PMS of your life 🤣
@@danielapatterson6717 Oh joy 🙈
Lots of respect for how openly you share your journey! I'm learning a lot, thanks
Thank you so much for talking about how this all feels. Trying for a baby is hard and no one talks about it.
I don't know why but the clip of you crushing that can during your dance part sesh just SENT ME 😂
It was sad to hear you've been feeling down about the hard parts of getting pregnant. You're doing so great sharing this journey is giving so many people company and reassurance! Sending all the positive vibes! ✨✨✨✨
Great video as always Hannah! Also just wanted to say thank you for being so open and honest about this. It’s such a vulnerable and difficult thing to share, so I think you giving us all of this info, despite all of the personal struggles, shows just how much of a fantastic woman you are. So thank you thank you! Xxx
I love this series and you being so open! I used fertilityfriend, clunky interface but incredibly detailed and useful alongside temping, and the TFAB subreddit. I did feel like I had to give myself a crash course in fertility and my own body, it was so overwhelming starting to try. Rooting for you! I am now currently 9 months pregnant, hoping it all works for you!
Thank you for always being such a breath of fresh air! We’ve all got our fingers crossed for you and Dan ❤️
Thank you so much for documenting your journey!! I was just able to get my IUD out last week and I got my first period today ugh. I'm really looking forward to your period app video!!! I need a good one, and it's hard to figure out which one is the best.
Hannah you are amazing. Thank you for being so honest and also for including your amazing solo dance party :P
Also thinking about starting our TTC journey in the next few months but like you have irregular cycles anywhere from 30 to 60 days and have come up empty when looking online for others having the same dilemma about figuring out when I ovulate so this was so needed and I feel like I'm not so alone! sending lots of positive vibes your way and hoping it happens for you soon 🤞 x
Thanks for making this I can relate to the whole cycle length jumping around and not knowing exact when ovulation will happen and then the period blues I’ve been trying for almost four years still hoping but I can say just having fun with it and not obsessing is the best idea because there is only so much upset one can take so good luck I hope you get lucky soon
Best of luck to you and hubby. And thanks for being so open and upfront about your journey, I know it's gonna help so many people. Little side note / tip if you're tracking ovulation: You should avoid sex (or, better, Dan should avoid to finish) around 48 hours before actually truing to conceive, as the semen will contain a higher number of sperms
I hope you have an easy time and here's my prayers that your child is healthy!
The "I really wanna have a baby" line and tone of voice just made me start bawling. We've only been trying for three cycles for real but it just feels like it's never going to happen. Especially as we haven't used birth control in 8 months, just only the last 3 cycles have we really tried to time it
I love the new intro and I love the hormone diaries! It’s so interesting and informative.
Ohh so pumped for the episode on the period apps! I can never find a perfect one because I have an IUD but still like to track ovulation because since going in the IUD I get massive cramping and spotting during what I assume is ovulation (bit confusing since I never got that before the IUD). So it's just nice to know for underwear and partnered sex reasons 😅
Really am loving these videos. This past month was our first time TTC and I sadly got my period yesterday 🙃 I know it’s the first month but it’s still so disappointing and disheartening not knowing how long it will take and whether it’s even possible at all. Especially when you convince yourself that everything was spot on (CM, ovulation cramps etc). Ah well. Better luck next time! 🙄🤣
Thank you for being so open and honest and taking us on this journey with you. I think of you often and hope you don't have to wait too long for your baby.
I'm so excited for you 🤩 I'm glad you decided to film this whole journey because it's not something that we see or hear about often and it's really interesting even if I'm not trying to get pregnant yet. Can't wait for the next video. 💛💛
Hannah, your the best. Really like how you show in each videos the advancement of the knowledge of Ovulation is helping your viewers. Thank you.
Thanks so much for doing these videos, they will be such a comfort to others currently trying to conceive. My own journey in a nutshell - pregnant after three months with my son, then pregnant after three months but ended in MC. Then took 2.5 YEARS 😬🙄 to get pregnant with my daughter. No matter how long your fertility journey is it can be such an emotional rollercoaster and so painful at times. The only ov tests we used were the super expensive digital ones - ridiculous cost but I couldn’t stand trying to interpret the darkness of a line and wanted a hard yes or no. I found temp taking and tracking of potential ovulation signs to be way too subjective too except egg white discharge which was incredibly helpful for me. My other big tip is supplements - especially vit D for my husband (who has very poor sperm). One month on the supplements and I was finally pregnant with my second. Could be a coincidence but I tell everyone to take them anyway 😍 Sending so much love and baby vibes to you x
Try the Fertility Awareness Method! There's no guessing, you just track your bbt first thing when you wake up and your cervical mucus. Working with a FAM educator improves the efficacy as well :)
I remember having a lesson about family planning in school, but it DID NOT mention even a quarter of this, what a great videoo I’m 22 and didn’t know a lot of things said wow thank youu 👏🏻
Trying to conceive and not getting the response you’re hoping for is difficult, thank you for being honest about that. If you decide to give ovulation strips another go, you can get much larger packages for cheaper on Amazon.
Really enjoying this series, it's so interesting to see the process you are going through and what you understand of the your cycle. As a biology teacher who teachers reproduction topics every year it surprises me what wasn't taught previously (I've been teaching 7 years). I definitely talk more about some of the things you've mentioned wasn't taught a school.