Hi everyone, this is my first ever mumsnet post!!
I'm making my maiden voyage into the mumsnet world to find some likeminded ladies. Just getting to grips with the whole thing so if I'm better joining and existing thread would appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction!
Brief life history...!!!
Me and DH got married in May of this year, and planning to start ttc in December/January. I was on Cerelle and came off it in August so as to get it out of my system and understand my cycle, I was on the pill since I was 17 (11 years, I'm 28) and had long cycles of inconsistent lengths before this. It took 31 days for me to get my period.
For the past 2 months I've been using this fab app called Ovia to track my periods and try to identify my ovulation window - anyone else use it??
I now feel like I've got a pretty good idea when my fertile window is, and we now only use condoms during this time instead of all the time which is great for obvious reasons. I'm lucky that my DH is super keen for a baby (even more than me!) so was supportive of me coming off the pill and using condoms.
So....I'm a bit nervous, but excited about ttc!
I'm in 2 minds about whether to start trying in December or wait till Jan, I know it probably won't happen the first month we try but I'm conscious that December is filled with lots of festive parties and drinking, and I'm a bit paranoid about drinking while ttc.
Probably sounds very silly but would appreciate some advice!!
Any other tips on preparing to try would be much appreciated.
Thanks
xxx
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First time TTC December or January??
NewGirl2015 · 13/11/2015 16:40
I would wait until January - enjoy Christmas and then start new year not drinking etc - lots of other people detox or do a dry January so you won't have to make it public etc that you're trying. I also think if you are v lucky and conceive straight away (always possible) a baby born Sept onwards is great for being older on school year 
Hiya
Regular Ovia user here! You're doing the right thing tracking your cycles before starting to TTC. Just be aware that Ovia doesn't get it right most of the time so OPKs and symptom spotting are a way better indication of OV. In fact my fertile window has changed every month and if I'd followed Ovias predictions I wouldn't have DTD at the right time although despite DTD on and before OV every month I've still had diddly squat in terms of PG
GL to you! 
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