TTC for the first time

Hi all! Please can I join this thread? I'm also new to Mumsnet! Great hub for everything you need.

Bit about me - I'm 30, dp 31 and we are ttc for first child and very very excited. Like kd83 we really just want it to happen.

Came off Yasmin at Xmas, had be on it for 13yrs. First AF since coming off the pill has arrived today, so it's not meant to be just yet.

How has everyone found coming off the pill?

Hi everyone! Thought I might join in as about to start TTC our first baby, post-mirena coil removal. Am desperate to start just waiting for AF to finish! I've not had one for 2 years (normal on the mirena) so it's a bit of a novelty! Bet I won't be saying that next month...

Hi everyone, ill join the club!
Ive been ttc for about 15 months, im 26, hubby is 37 and he has 2 kids from previous marriage. Just went to the GP today and she said not to stress etc, which is hard when i know that if there are any problems ill be very unlikely to get fertility help due to the fact that my husband already has children who i love to bits. added to that im a nurse in a childrens hospice so surrounded by kids all day...broody is not the word!
looks like i might be in for the long haul! x

thanks girls!
hmm.. it only changed yesterday so hopefully if we do it every day for the next week (think of the calories that will burn) just maybe it might happen. I'm not holding my breath though!

Hi ladies,

I'd like to join this thread. I'm 32 and DH is 33, we're ttc#1, I came off the pill at new year, and we're getting married at Easter, but I'm secretly hoping to get a BFP very quickly. howver having been on the pill for so many years, I gather it could take a while

I'm new to this site and these boards, so still getting my head around the abbreviations - I gather AF refers to your period? but what does it mean!?

I agree with daily! Defiantly get in there before ovulation so you have the lil swimmers waiting! As apparently they can live a few days.

As far as I can work out and I haven't been monitoring mine so dot quote me. If should go from thick and sticky to watery but stretchy right before and during ovulation then back to thick and sticky after then nothing.

As I say that's roughly I think everyone's cm is slightly different

Can I please join in? TTC #1 and using a CB fertility monitor. It's not particularly sexy, but then neither is having a face-off with the contents of one's knickers on a daily basis!

kd83, I think you're supposed to do it at least every other day before ovulation, every day during ovulation, and then the day or two after ovulation as the egg can sometimes survive for a couple of days. Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

reading the full thread i might have to try clear blue ov sticks next month too if it doesn't happen this month. been trying to read cm, thats why i panicked yesterday cos we had gone 4 days without dtd and i think i was ovulating yesterday,

if cm has changed does that mean you've missed it? should you have been doing it loads before ovulation or during? mumsnet ovulation calendar says i should be ovulating this week or next, but not sure if my cycle is 28 or 35 days.

argh!!!

Hi Ladies, I'd like to join this thread.

I'm 29, DH is 30, we are ttc first baby.

last month wast first month ttc and got AF at start of Jan , so now on second round. AF is due around 2 Feb, so am entering the 2ww now. been a bit slack with DTD this week so am now panicking I missed my window this month (hopefully i still have a few days to try and catch it). never in my life have I been so obsessive about my monthly cycle.

Only came off pill in Oct after 9 years so trying not to get my hopes up too soon, but now we've made the decision to ttc really just want it to happen.

glad to hear others are in the same crazy boat as me!

purplefaries, I feel much the same as you. the uncertainty is so hard to handle, and i love my life right now, but at the same time really want a baby now and am worried about how long it might take.

good luck everyone, its great to be able to share feelings and worries here with you all.

Hello bluefreckles nice to see you on another thread.

I'm 32 and DH is 41, TTC first child since June 2012 after 9 years of pill use. To be honest I was never too optimistic about conceiving quickly as there are lots of fertility issues in my family - took my mum 4 years to have me and my aunt needed IVF to have my niece, but I have spent SO long on the fence about whether to have children or not and I don't think it would be the end of the world if I didn't - really love my life as it is (although I keep trying to put that to the back of my mind and reminding myself that life with a DC would be different, but not necessarily worse, otherwise I wouldn't TTC at all). Having said that it would sometimes be nice to know either way - I hate the uncertainty every month and the fact that DTD has become a bit of a chore...

bluefreckles, my AF is also shorter and quite light now. I asked my doctor and apparently that's fine - pill periods aren't "real" periods so they don't indicate what's normal for you.

I'll join too!! me and my bf are ttc our first too.both 25 and only in first month of trying. I feel like cos we're not using any contraception and have been doing it loads that I must be pregnant.Haha,I do know its not that easy though!! such an exciting time though. fingers crossed people start getting BFPs soon!!xx

Hey I'll join, think I no some of you from other threads.

I'm 25 dp is 26 we are on cycle 3 ttc our first. I'm the 2ww after ovulation 4 days late which I noticed using opks for the first month. They aren't helping my mentalness about the matter! Also trying pressed as heard a lot of good stuff about it
Not got a lot of Pma this month as dp working till 12.30 evwrynight and after 4days in a row of dtd he's given up lol poor sod!

Just bought a clear blue monitor hoping that might make the extra difference

Hello ladies, could I join you please?
We are trying for baby no 1. I am 30 and my husband is 27. We have been trying since June 2012 and it's becoming very frustrating and emotional for both of us.
I was on the pill for a lot of years (12) and have been using the clear blue ovulation sticks for the past 3 momths which helped my friend get pregnant recently.
I got very excited and hopeful this month as my boobs got quite big and tender but did a test today and it was negative :(
It would be nice to hear from others who are in the same boat as a lot of my friends are falling pregnant very easily making it a bit weird for me to talk to them about this kind of stuff x

Hi everyone,

I am getting v excited about ttc.
Not quite there yet as only came off my pill in Dec and get married in 11 weeks so trying to hold off starting ttc until march so my wedding day isnt full of me feeling ill if I were to conceive first time.
I am 26 (almost 27) and my dp is 27.
This will be our first and I just cant wait especially as one of my friends is due to give birth in 3 days so the broody meter is currently so high its on meltdown!!

I have the cheap ov tests off amazon and they picked up ov this month but I dont plan on really tracking until first real af is over.
I also have a stash of cheap pg tests in the drawer too and am taking conception vits as I think it cant hurt.

Thank you Blue,
Hubby I think is getting fed up with me already, he's so laid back he's horizontal, so will prob bore everyone.