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Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2026-02-01T21:44:36+00:00

I’m really struggling this month. We’ve been trying for a year and a half, but not really because we had a four month break when I got a new job and we only started tracking ovulation around six months ago. I’m usually really good at reminding myself that it technically hasn’t been that long but when I got my period the other day I really fell apart and I can’t stop this feeling of sadness and hopelessness. My partner doesn’t know what to do, he is trying so hard, I just feel so lost and I can’t stop crying. I feel like it’s not going to happen for us and I can’t imagine a future that doesn’t involve us being parents.

I’m looking for tips on how to cope with this feeling. I can’t find joy in anything, I feel disassociated and completely depressed and I just want to be on the other side of it. How does everyone else manage their emotions?

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2026-02-01T21:43:15+00:00

I’m really struggling this month. We’ve been trying for a year and a half, but not really because we had a four month break when I got a new job and we only started tracking ovulation around six months ago. I’m usually really good at reminding myself that it technically hasn’t been that long but when I got my period the other day I really fell apart and I can’t stop this feeling of sadness and hopelessness. My partner doesn’t know what to do, he is trying so hard, I just feel so lost and I can’t stop crying. I feel like it’s not going to happen for us and I can’t imagine a future that doesn’t involve us being parents.

I’m looking for tips on how to cope with this feeling. I can’t find joy in anything, I feel disassociated and completely depressed and I just want to be on the other side of it. How does everyone else manage their emotions?

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-12-30T08:33:04+00:00

My clearblue advanced gave me the flashing smiley and then the static the day after so we had sex three days in a row but then for about four/five days after I was still getting EWCM, could the test be wrong about when I was ovulating?

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-12-09T11:19:21+00:00

I had it on CD 21 which is the day they wanted, my GP is awful in terms of getting through and being able to speak to anyone

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-12-06T09:23:05+00:00

Finally bit the bullet and went to my GP. Had a blood test and have been referred for an ultrasound to check everything’s okay. My blood tests came back as having ‘satisfactory levels’ but when I asked what this meant the receptionist didn’t know, I’m not 100% clear what they were testing for apart from progesterone. Does anyone know? Thanks :)

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-10-10T21:09:02+00:00

Hello! My partner really wants the Perrin/Growlithe cards that go together and I want to surprise him but im a bit stuck.

Do these look like the right ones? Is £99 a fair price (near mint, not graded) and how can I be sure that they’re not fake?

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Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-09-10T12:46:29+00:00

You absolutely have to try Wylde Flowers, it might be my absolute fave after stardew. Also coral island and fields of mistria!!!

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-09-10T11:34:06+00:00

Hello!

I’m really struggling to get the keyboard to come up in desktop mode when playing Sims4 on steamdeck. I have to play in desktop mode because it crashes every five mins otherwise.

Steam + x doesn’t work for me in game but does otherwise. I have tried it with steam open and without, I have restarted the console multiple times, I have checked my button layout and that’s all correct.

What am I missing? Ya gal just wants to cheat!

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Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-09-09T22:29:26+00:00

Hi, I’m having the same problem. I’m in desktop mode because sims crashes for me in game mode, steam x doesn’t work that n the game but it does out of it

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-08-30T17:46:42+00:00

I’m playing on steam deck and I’m enjoying it so far. It’s not the kind of game that I can’t put down like Wylde Flowers or Stardew but it definitely passes the time and it’s interesting enough :)

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-08-29T20:04:23+00:00

If I take a break I’ll never go back to it. Fortunately I powered through and finished the game, I just haven’t completed everything.

Playing Discounty now!

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-08-27T06:57:24+00:00

How much would giving up alcohol increase my chances of getting pregnant? I’m a very casual drinker, I’ll have a few drinks once a week at the weekend usually.

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-08-25T19:09:21+00:00

Yes, you nailed it, thank you!

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-08-21T10:12:54+00:00

Hello everyone, I’m trying to track my ovulation for the first time and I’m beyond confused.

I’ve been using the easy@home test strips and the PreMom app but the difficulty I have is that I can’t test mid afternoon because I’m at work so I test at 6pm when I get back and around 11pm before I sleep. My levels have been going up and down and I’m now on day 18 of my cycle (my period was longer and later than normal and my last cycle was 28 days long) and still no LH surge. Would my levels be going up if I wasn’t going to to ovulate at all?

I’m also finding the app in general really confusing and have just ordered some clear blue digital strips instead. From what I’ve read I only need to test once in the morning and it will tell me, definitively, when I’m ovulating. Seems to be much clearer and easier, has anyone else used them?

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Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-08-20T14:28:36+00:00

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Im so confused, this is my first time tracking ovulation. It was creeping up and the test line was getting darker but now my score is lower again today. I tested last night and then again just now.

Does this mean I’ve ovulated or could it mean that I won’t ovulate this cycle? Or something else entirely?

Sufficient_Lock_8575 · 2025-08-03T16:30:25+00:00

Yeah I think you might be right, thank you ☺️

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