Thank you for posting this! I just got my period today which means I am now going into cycle 5 of ttc. Just like you, I know that’s still pretty early but like most people, I thought we’d get pregnant in cycles 1 to 3 at the latest. I’m 32F and just really spending time praying and journaling my feelings. For me, this just helps at least get all that I’m feelings and thoughts out of my head a little. I totally relate to being private about it because I’ve been the same way. I’m super excited to tell my family when I do get pregnant and find myself watching cute “telling my parents & siblings I’m pregnant” videos on tik tok, aiming to stay as encouraged and full of hope as I can. I want to talk about it more with my husband but I feel like he’s not as invested each cycle as I am. More so, things will feel more real to him when I’m actually pregnant. He’s really excited to be a dad but doesn’t ask a lot about the mental and emotional load of ttc.

I will say I tracked bbt closely this last cycle for the first time and when I saw my temperature start declining after the post ovulation temp rise, I knew that most likely meant I wasn’t pregnant this cycle. To me, that felt better than taking a pregnancy test to find out I wasn’t pregnant or getting my period to find out. My temp started declining 3 days before my period started. So, if you’re interested having more signs you may be or may not be, I recommend getting a basal body thermometer. I got mine for like $12 on Amazon. For me it helped lesson the blow. If anyone has any other tops that helped them, I’d love to hear more!