Advice please? TTC #1

I have added GIF’s so it’s not boring. ☺️

I had a late period, due 23rd of February, which EVENTUALLY came on the 4th of March.

Prior to this late period I got food poisoning and did not realise how late my period was because I changed phones and did not have the glow app set up which of course made me freak out finding out I was 9 days late so you could say I was a bit of a drama queen during that time, oops.

So, I had a normal heavy period.. I still felt unwell from food poisoning and didn’t feel 100% myself, but I was recovering.

Then, out of no where I got what doctors THINK was a UTI, but they aren’t completely sure. I had awful pains when I urinated and needed to pee LITERALLY every 5 minutes. And each time I went I urinated blood. Glamorous right?

So that was.. Interesting.

So here I am, trying to stay calm, drinking water, taking panadol & antibiotics, which I was scared to take considering TTC, I’m pretty sure being so unwell ruined my chances and it was just not my month.

That’s fine, so I talk with my partner and we agreed we wanted a baby, after being let down thinking I was 9 days late and this is it, we’re going to be parents, we spoke about it previously but never actually said let’s do it. (No pun intended I swear)

So, we actively tried but failed.

My period decided to also be 2 days late and get my hopes up. I tested HCG since 9DPO until 14DPO, then AF showed. 😪

I got my period 4th of April, and it’s now my fertile window. I’m deciding to take it easy, and let it happen if it wants to happen. And I will test when I’ve missed my period. The only thing I’m doing is taking a folic acid pre conception tablet as per doctors advice. Does anyone think this is a good option for me to take it slow and see what happens or should I be completely onto it? I’ve never used preseed, I’ve never done an opk, or checked my temp, I’ve tracked CM, that’s literally it. Should I be doing more?

Any advice would be helpful, thankyou.