TTC and a little discouraged

Maria

I had a missed miscarriage and D&C; at the end of February. I am still trying to conceive almost 5 months later and still no luck. My cycles seem to be really long... 5 or 6 weeks. I’ve been using the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glow.android">glow app</a> to calculate ovulation days but it’s hard because it always predicts my period coming earlier than it’s supposed to which throws my ovulation dates off too. I almost find it harder now emotionally and psychologically than when I first had the miscarriage. I’ve been having trouble getting pregnant again and had so much ease the first time around. To give you a background story, i used to have an IUD which made me super regular. After a month after taking it out, I got pregnant on the first try. We lost the baby at 8 weeks, but I only found out at my 12 week ultrasound.

I read somewhere that when you have long cycles it could be that you don’t even ovulate, which I find even more discouraging. I don’t want to drive myself crazy by buying ovulation tests. Especially because my window is so big I feel as though I could waste so much money on ovulation sticks while I could use a months worth in order to figure out. People keep telling me to let nature do it’s thing and to stop thinking about it. I’ve been told that it’ll happen when it happens but it is much easier said than done. Part of me knows this is true but I am struggling to find ways to cope and get my mind off trying to figure out my cycle. All my friends are pregnant, one of them due in September when I was supposed to be due and I work with babies which makes it even harder. Everyone around me is very understanding, thankfully . Any similar experiences or advice would be appreciated ♥️