Anyone ttc baby no 2?

I've got those ones too RichardandJudys. I'm going to treat myself to the expensive ones for the first couple of months too though. Going to use the cheapies in the run up (in cas eI get the timing wrong) then the expensive ones at the time i think I ovulate. Pah, I'll see how I go.

Disappointed already tonight. I THOUGHT I was on CD1, but no, I have this weird brown spotting again. I get every few months and it's generally caused by too much exercise or strict diet/too much alcohol. I thought I had really started AF today so I'm disappointed I'm not even at the starting line yet

I am using these ones...

www.accessdiagnostics.co.uk/acatalog/new-advanced-lh-home-ovulation-tests-fertility.html

But I bought a bundle so got a few extra OPKs and pregnancy tests with Pregnacare conception vits. Def. good value compared to Boots etc.

R&JBP thanks. Now to work out my fertile period... :o

Another quick q (I hope!) - what OPK do you use? I started another thread asking for recommendations for sticks to PO (can't link, on phone) and wondering what brands/types other TTC-ers actually use/recommend?

Sooty & Chunky - it is advised that you have sex every day around your fertile period. Well according to Fertility Friend anyway which is a FANTASTIC website for charting your cycle.

I don't chart my temps but have bought cheapy ovulation tests from t'internet and check cervical mucus and this works fine for me.

Saw the link but it didn't appear to have AF when I looked! I know now though!

yeah i took a while with that one, there's a link to a list of abbreviations on the 'talk' homepage. I'm still confused with half of them

Thanks, realised it was your period but couldn't work out the abbreviation!

AF is Auntie Flo (your period)

Prop being thick but what does AF stand for? Can't work it out! Thanks.

So.. Think I ov'd on Monday we DTD Sunday Monday and last night.. Should we do it again tonight to be sure? can't really be bothered..

I should proof read, I meant TWI and not two

Sooty, the last time we two all the time from AF to AF and after 8 months we were worn out! On the 9th cycle we decided to use Ovulation Predictor thingy and just twi 3 times at the right time - then bingo! With one DS already and a erm, low energy and sex drive I'm going down the OPK route again.

I ve used a mixture of both sooty, I using opk to check when I m ovulating ( because of my early menopause paranoia) but I m trying to dtd every other night during most of my cycle, it's hard getting the energy sometimes though!

As I understand it Sooty you should DTD every other day throughout the fertile period, so you can't 'miss' the egg by stopping or starting too soon... I'm not counting as such - just hoping DH & I have enough stamina to SWI every other day from AF to AF. :o

Just joining in..,,

So in terms of trying, most people are figuring out when they ovulate with thermometers or counting days, then BD on that day or before or after? Why I am trying to ascertain is do you have to BD every day around the middle?

Stabiliser - its easily done. My stomach was off yesterday and I convinced myself it was because I was pg even though the sickness didn't start with DS until 6 weeks!!

Unsurprisingly my stomachs much better today. Well hopefully it'll be good news for all of us soon and we can stop this second guessing!

Hi all

We have a DD who turns 1 on Tuesday and decided to TTC #2 recently. DD was an accident so I have no idea whether that means it will be easy or not to conceive. I'm 29 but very overweight which may affect things, and we're on a fertility-improving health kick now!

Am kind of expecting it to be immediate, which is silly. First day of last period was over 5 weeks ago, had some spotting after about 3 weeks which I wondered whether implamentation bleeding, POAS last week but no, but still nothing. Will give it another few days and try again maybe .

Realised something was up with DD when I had sore boobs and very vivid dreams, am convincing myself with every twinge and dream it's a sign!

It's such a strange time in your life isn't it? Wanting something so much but having little effect on whether it happens or not. Not tried out the ovulation tests but will look into them if this months not successful.

With DS I was slightly uncertain and it was only when I knew I was pregnant that I realised I wanted a child.

This time around I've known for a while but been stopped by circumstances. Im not patient at the best of times and this is no exception. I think I need a hobby to distract me other than trawling mn to take my mind off the subject!

Here's hoping for good results for you all.

Hi, Can I also join you all? We've a ds who is 3 and finally feel ready for another. Took us 9 months to conceive, so really I'm not quite sure why I've been holding off for long to try for another. I'm 36 and may take a while! Hopefully we can all get to know one another, but that it's a short trip from here to the pg threads

Hi turnwest and bzzbee! Welcome!

Had some friends round for lunch a couple of weeks ago, one of whom had her DD a month after me and we spent our maternity leave hanging out together. She 'fessed up they were just starting TTC#2....I just said I hoped 2012 would bring a pregnancy for us too (no way I'm fessing up to peeing on sticks and knicker checking already!!). Saw the friend a couple of days ago and, yep, pregnant! First month, lucky lady! I am so pleased for her but was suprised how I felt! I'm sure it will happen for us, it only took 4 months for DD but it would have been so lovely to happen straight away. Really trying to ignore the stupid feeling that the pressure is now on somehow...this is not something to get competitive about (cant help it though!). God its nice to be a bit crazy on here though!

Hi everyone,

I on my 2 nd month ttc, finally decided that i would love child number 2 over christmas so here we are. I am 34 though and my DD is 5 in august, we never planned her, it just happened but I had postnatal depression for a while when she was born and we both said never again! However we love DD so much, we have decided to take the plunge, I am a bit scared though as I have never actually ttc before. Last month was a hellish two weeks of symptom spotting. lol.
My periods have also started going slighly irregular now and i am terrified that i am going to go through an early menopause and wish so much that I had started ttc another child years ago when periods where very regular, has a postive on ovulation test yesterday so went for it last night, DH very happy at thought it can take ages to conceive!!Anyway, thats enough from me, best wishes to everyone!

RichardandJudy - thanks for the pep talk. Determined to be more optimistic this morning!

Hello

Please can I join in?

TTC #2 for 2 years now...aged 39. Beginning to think it might not happen.
Invested in a clearblue fertility monitor in Dec to try and get some extra help. I don't want to go down the intervention route as I feel very lucky to have one beautiful healthy baby (who was an accident so no TTC trauma!) and I understand fertility treatment can really take its toll on one's wellbeing etc.

To anyone planning in minute detail whether to have a summer baby or a 1.8 year age gap etc etc I would recommend just going for it, unfortunately this isn't something we can really control. Though don't blame me if you get lucky at the first attempt!

Fingers crossed for all of us..

Another friend has told me she is pregnant, that's 5 friends who have announced since christmas...

madabout -

Doodle - not eeyorish. It isn't fun having sex when your poorly. I had a cold over the weekend so OH didn't want to kiss me on the mouth (great!) and I couldn't kiss him at all as couldn't breathe through my nose.

That was a fantastic session...as you can imagine.