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TTC for the first time

786 replies

bluefreckles · 17/01/2013 18:50

Hello ladies

I would like to start a thread/bus/merry-go-round to meet, get support and share with ladies in the same boat as me:

TTC baby no 1!

Will you join me and see it through to the BFP?!

A bit about me - I'm 29, DP is 35. This will be our first child.

OP posts:
WakeyCakey · 19/02/2013 19:54

I don't think my flu is helping! Just down at the moment. Maybe a spring time conception for me Smile

On the flip side, I am seriously considering making a cape tonight!!

ELA88 · 19/02/2013 19:48

Lol I think you got it in one there! At least I'm feeling a bit more relaxed this month, well at the moment anyway! And no poas for me if I can hold out! I've not bought anymore yet to stop any temptation. So glad I found this forum though, it makes me feel better knowing there are other girls feeling the same way as me and are here to listen! Think I'm having a bit of a moment! Xxx

crazycatlady82 · 19/02/2013 19:43

Flipping iPad autocorrect :(

crazycatlady82 · 19/02/2013 19:43

Oh ms cakey of course you do :)

I went to see a obs and gyno dr when I a my coil out and she sad that your highest chance of conceiving is when you first come off the pill so, don the cape and DTD...

Xxx

Fairydogmother · 19/02/2013 19:32

Lol x

crazycatlady82 · 19/02/2013 19:32

ela haha!

Maybe it's because they see it as male virility - me man! You woman! You will have my baby

Haha!

:) xx

WakeyCakey · 19/02/2013 19:12

DP is out tonight, getting some much needed rest with the flu still about me.
Still haven't ovulated this month. AF finished on the 7th so feeling a bit crap.
According to my AFs since New year I should come on again pretty soon but hoping I can stretch to a 28 day cycle instead if 16 days,
Do you think I still have a shot at ovulating this month or could it still just be the effects of the pill wearing off (last one New Year's Eve)

ELA88 · 19/02/2013 14:49

catlady I thought the exact same thing this morning and yesterday! I thought I was the one a little obsessed with the whole pregnancy thing but in the car yesterday I mentioned I thought I should be ovulating yesterday and he said "what? We should've dtd this morning then!" And he's instigating much more saying "I want to get you pregnant!" Which I'm not going to complain about! Very random though because I thought he wouldn't be massively bothered and have a "it will happen in time" approach! Xxx

Fairydogmother · 19/02/2013 13:40

lol my other half doesnt instigate things just as much as i'd like! tho generally if he does i'm not in the mood - typical!

x

crazycatlady82 · 19/02/2013 13:20

Oh fairy! I completely understand. It drove me demented the first month.

Also, just curious, has anyone else experienced their husbands demanding daily sex on the grounds we are 'making a baby'?

It's not the sex I'm bothered about, just the fact he wants to do it at 5.30am. And I have explained I'm not ovulating (AF left on Sunday) but he just carries on regardless!

Today I am a disgruntled little cat lady...

xxx

Fairydogmother · 19/02/2013 07:31

Thank you! Can't wait to wear it.

This waiting until AF is due is killing me. I'm not a patient person at the best of times! X

ELA88 · 18/02/2013 23:50

Wow amazing dress! I love the skirt part, it's so different! There's so many gorgeous dresses on the website! Jealous! Haha going to attempt to dtd every day till my AF is due in 2 weeks (supposedly!!) xxx

Fairydogmother · 18/02/2013 20:26

It's a pronovios dress - uldar I think it's called.

Fingers xd you're ovulating and have been DTD plenty!

123234345 hope the tests etc come back quick and you get get good help x

123234345 · 18/02/2013 17:05

I went to the GP today as we've been trying for nearly a year so I thought I'd get the ball rolling with tests and things. She gave me a form to go for blood tests and said that once those have come in she will refer me to the fertility clinic. I'll keep you all updated with what happens in case anyone reading this is getting to the stage where they want to go to the GP.

ELA88 · 18/02/2013 12:39

Do you have a link to the dress online fairy? I miss wedding dress shopping! I wish I'd come off the pill earlier if I'd known it would take this long to get my normal cycle back! I think I ovulated today as I had a sharp period type pain in my right ovary! Hopefully because today would be when it was expected! Xxx

Fairydogmother · 18/02/2013 10:13

The best way to describe by dress is that its swan like! but in a very good way lol.

its def hard to figure out whats going on with cycles etc - the pill is brilliant but things are weird when you come off it! wish i'd come off months ago rather than leaving it until december Sad

Zumbasmyfave · 17/02/2013 21:56

Hello all I'd like to join!

I'm 27 & my DH is 29, we have been TTC since jan. Came off pill beginning december and haven't had a proper AF yet which is a bit of a bugger! I was on it for YYYEEEEEEAAAAARRRRSSS though so I suppose that it would take time. Am so keen though!! If I'd known it would take so long to get back to normal I would have came off it sooner.. ho-hum!

Anyone else had a similar experience?

Fingers crossed for BFPs all round soon!

xxx

OiBlin · 17/02/2013 20:23

Hi everyone, mind if I join you on this lovely thread?! It looks like a very supportive (and lucky!) place to be!

I'm 31, dh 30, ttc #1 for 1 month only so far. Currently waiting for AF to finish to start the whole roller coaster ride again! How familiar it was reading all the posts... 1 little month in and I'm already paranoid it won't happen, been on every site seeing average time to conceive (and seeing which statistic I like best)... Symptom spotting, twiddling thumbs during first 2ww... Head saying 'give over, you've spent the whole of your 20s avoiding pregnancy and babies and now you'd like to conceive this very month?!' Heart saying 'er, yeah and what of it?!'

Nice to let it all out here, as dh is already worrying I've turned into a woman possessed and we're trying to keep number of people who know we're ttc to absolute minimum...

Anyway, good luck to everyone here and massive congratulations to those who've got their bfps! Xx

ELA88 · 17/02/2013 19:50

Aww that will come round fast though! We got married in November, but tried for a baby a couple of months end of 2011, with no success :-( so decided to stop, wait till we're married and try again as soon as we could after! Random question though girls...I'm on month 2 now and today ive been getting stomach cramps like mild period pain, according to my period tracker app I woul be ovulating tomorrow if I had my normal 28 cycle. But I had no AF at beginning of feb, so can I still ovulate? Xxx

PistachioTruffle · 17/02/2013 18:14

That's very exciting Fairydogmother! I loved looking at wedding gowns, what's it like?

In TTc news, I'm on cycle day 26 and have given up on the OPK's for this month with a few left in the pack after getting no smiley face and little in the way of EWCM. I think I'm going to test on the 26th (next tues) if AF hasn't turned up then.

Fairydogmother · 17/02/2013 16:41

Hi there lucieloos x

lucieloos · 17/02/2013 12:05

Hi there everyone,

Can I join you as well please. Both my dp and I are 33 and ttc #1. Came off the pill about a week ago but stopped the pack mid cycle (and missed some of the pills from the first half) so my cycle is a bit messed up at the moment. Had a break through bleed shortly after but no idea when AF is due at the moment. Wish it would hurry up so I can start working out OV!

Anyway fingers crossed for BFPs for us all soon! :)

Fairydogmother · 17/02/2013 09:25

It's 5 September 2014 as we were hoping to have had a baby by then! I'm one for doing things out of order lol x

ELA88 · 17/02/2013 08:25

Aww that's so exciting! I loved wedding planning! Now were married though we have nothing to plan for at the moment or countdown to! When is the big day? Xxx

Fairydogmother · 17/02/2013 08:19

Happy weekend back!

Wish I was off work next week! I was wedding dress shopping yesterday and I think I've found the ONE! X