Hello,
I'm new to Mumsnet and the whole world of TTC. I'm 28, husband and I have been married 2 years, and we have just started TTC. This is Cycle 1 for me - according to ovulation testing and my newly discovered fertility app, I ovulated yesterday and am just about to start my "two week wait" as they say...
Anyway, aside from all the usual issues and questions that suddenly occur when you start TTC that would never remotely have entered my mind beforehand, one of the big social aspects that I'm really struggling with is how to deal with plans for the near future whilst TTC - holidays, drinking events, weddings??
The main reason I'm asking this now is that I'm booked to go on a weekend to Amsterdam with a group of 16 work friends in March next year - I've paid my flight already and when my husband and I decided to start TTC it did enter my mind briefly but I didn't think too much of it - take things as they come, as I always say.
Well, today we've had a meeting about the trip and it's looking to be a pretty wild weekend - all of the group are excitedly making plans to book activities that involve heavy drinking such as prosecco bikes, a (rather expensive) river cruise with unlimited booze, and a trip to the ice bar... So, now I'm stressing out about it because I don't know what to do - what if I am pregnant by then?
Obviously I don't want to put my life on hold on the off chance that I might conceive and I would normally act on that basis, but neither do I want to commit and shell out a load of money for activities that I may not be able to take part in.
How do you handle situations like this when you're TTC?
A relatively small worry to have about TTC I know, but if anything it's definitely the social side of things that I'm struggling with so far - I'm also worrying how I'm going to convince my family (who like to have a good drink!) that I'm not going to be doing much (if any) drinking over Christmas this year without raising suspicions!
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How do you handle future plans whilst TTC?
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hannknitted · 07/11/2017 16:20
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