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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Waiting to try to conceive

839 replies

Amonstercooper · 14/10/2011 08:02

Another thread for those who are waiting to try for a baby. It doesn't matter how long or short the wait; why you are waiting; or how many DC you have. All are welcome.

Old thread here.

OP posts:
difficulttimes · 06/12/2011 21:47

Good Luck on Marriage & TTC Waiting!!!

difficulttimes · 06/12/2011 21:46

I had a september baby lol I was already preg (but didnt know) at this stage.

howiwonder · 06/12/2011 21:42

yep LydiaWickham same for me - my cycle has suddenly got shorter so although I was toying with the idea of trying now, we have decided that after Xmas makes more sense. My DS was 2 wks late but sods law this one would be conceived straight away and arrive early!
Anyway at least we can partake in the mulled wine at Christmas...

LydiaWickham · 06/12/2011 21:27

oh fucksocks!!!

So, did the ovulation calculator again based off the fact that my period turned up early this month again, so i'm probably having slightly shorter cycles. It's basically saying if I get pregnant in December, i'll have a due date at the start of September, and as DS was 2 weeks early, there's a good chance we'd have an August baby afterall if I get pregnant now. So, compromise, try at Christmas, but that would be outside most fertile dates, so unlikely for this month. So boo sucks, looks like I'm hanging round here until the new year after all... pass the Wine

redstrawberry · 06/12/2011 21:06

yay redrhumba thats fab news! Happy TTC to you :)
Good luck and happy SWI to everyone who is leaving the thread - hope to see you on a bus next year.

difficulttimes the only way I can keep track of my cycle is through an app on my iPhone called Period Tracker. It is very easy to use and since I have my whole life (almost!) stored on that little phone it's easy to keep track of it.

I am quite enjoying work lately, things are looking positive at work or it might just be the christmas spirit :) but its certainly helping. Busy week at work = less time spent on babycrack.

awayinamanager im still here - we shall be on that February bus soon... hang in there! Could I be nosy and ask why the 3 year wait? You have done really well.

Awayinamangercooper · 06/12/2011 18:35

waitingforme I know what you mean. This thread is a massive comfort to me as well. I'm a bit worried about everyone leaving.

Awayinamangercooper · 06/12/2011 18:32

I'm actually starting to think I'd rather not be TTC next month, come September all the maternity wards will be completely packed!

WaitingForMe · 06/12/2011 16:57

I've only posted a few times but I'd like to express my thanks to everyone on this thread as it was a great comfort to not feeling like the only person feeling the way I did.

I had my coil removed today (ouch) and get married on Friday, our official starting TTC date. So goodbye and wish me luck xxx

redrhumba · 06/12/2011 14:18

hi ladies
i know i haven't been a frequent poster but i have typed this 3 times but only just managing to post it, i didn't want to jinx things.

Dh has finally agreed to ttc for another baby, he's had some family things recently and i think as he's an only child he's realised what a difference a sibling makes at this age. we have discussed it so much but then just stopped talking about it so he could come to a clear decision and he has.

i can't believe how many others have decided to start ttc at this time, good luck to everyone and thanks for the gruffalo it must have worked!!!

babyonbord · 06/12/2011 13:02

i had my ds2 in july my eldest is 2 and a half now we have agreed to wait 3 years to have baby no 3 dealing with a baby a 2 year old is hard enough for now i'm hoping to have my 3rd child at around the time my second starts school that would be nice but 3 years seems like a very long time :(

difficulttimes · 06/12/2011 12:31

How do you measure the whole cycle thing??//

I think I need a calendar

pinsent · 06/12/2011 09:56

Just a quick message to say goodbye & good luck to all those off to TTC. Please pop back to see us every now and then to let us know how you're getting on.
Looks like there will be no accidents for me this cycle. On CD40 now, no AF yet but plenty of signs that she's on her way. Sad

Hope everyone is well. Grin

difficulttimes · 05/12/2011 23:19

I've been rather bold :S

I've made a BFP dedicated thread for announcments as I thought it would be nice, Im worried it might bomb.

I month? really howcome?

MrsTwinks · 05/12/2011 23:14

I was told one month after the jab. Mind you they may have been trying to placate me after a month of failed appointments

difficulttimes · 05/12/2011 23:09

had a rubella vaccine
on sept 16th , have to make sure i've cleared three months

belive me I wish I could

StuckInTheFensAwayFromHome · 05/12/2011 22:17

:) doh!!!

if your implant came out today why wait???

difficulttimes · 05/12/2011 22:10

10 days :)

MrsTwinks · 05/12/2011 21:27

Cedr my records don't show it either which is why I'm so adamantly checking. But even if you have had it, you may not have immunity as sometimes it doesn't take. Unless your doctor is as crap as mine it's a simple blood test

difficulttimes · 05/12/2011 20:59

when i start ttc lol

StuckInTheFensAwayFromHome · 05/12/2011 20:30

difficulttimes thats ok because I mentioned it before! Got a once in a lifetime 2 month trip in February and as its snowboarding it wouldn't be a good idea to be pregnant. We've decided that once we're halfway through the trip.
I must have missed the detail - whats happening on 16th?

difficulttimes · 05/12/2011 17:20

Aw must be dying to get started,Stuckin, how come you're waiting till march? sorry to pry.

CEDR- If you're not covered for rubella they will do if for you.

CEDR · 05/12/2011 16:23

Can someone tell me more about the rubella thing?

My dr records don't show me having had my second MMR jab, although my mother swears I did. Worth me getting it done?!

Xmas Hmm
StuckInTheFensAwayFromHome · 05/12/2011 13:04

I'm gonna stay on here till March time!!!!
So there will be some of us left :-)

Don't go on the internet much at weekends but quick read on lunchbreak to see what's happened!

Had a lovely time decorating the house this weekend - and definitely kept catching myself thinking that this time next year I hope I'm pregnant when its Christmas!

difficulttimes · 05/12/2011 11:30

yea start a new thread call it festive frollickers or summink' lol

difficulttimes · 05/12/2011 11:29

Hey all
hope you're okay.

Having my implant taken out today!! woop still gotta wait till the 16th.