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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.

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First timmers and mid 20's

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Natty1806 · 14/06/2006 13:25

Hi

Just thought as there was a thread for the older mums (there words not mine)Smile
that i would start one for the younger ones.

Think AF is on her way (fingers crossed) as i normally have 48-70 cycles this will be my first one at 34/35 days - yippee.

It probably won't happen now, anyway feel free to write away.

TTC 11 month - waiting for appoinment at fertlity clinic.

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Natty1806 · 04/07/2006 13:35

Thame

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Xavielli · 04/07/2006 13:20

Hijack

Natty... where near Oxford do you live? I do to.. Just never seen anyone on here so close.

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Natty1806 · 02/07/2006 11:40

It is best to try and do it every other day if you can, especially as this will be your first month and people vary on the day they ovulate, i am on day 18 today and my CBFM says i have got high fertility today so hopefully i will get peak in a few days and will mean that i am going to ovulate.
(fingers crossed)

Day 1 is the first day of proper bleed.

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Nicki10 · 02/07/2006 10:54

When is it were meant to do it? is it day nine to fifteen after your period? Just trying to mark it in the diary so I don't forget!

Also is it from first day of period or last?

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Natty1806 · 30/06/2006 22:02

thanks, wishfull thinking though.

Anyway i am going to be an old fart and go to bed and watch bb as i do my temp at 5.30 every morning, and have the usual food shopping, housework etc to do before i go out and watch footie with OH tomorrow.

Been nice talking to you. Keep me posted on how you get on, you never know you might get preg straight away, lots of people on this site have.

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Nicki10 · 30/06/2006 21:53

Well I have officially finished the pill now and I am on my AF so after this we will start trying properly. For several months I have been very bad with taking my pill OOps forgetting to take it on my most fertile days but there we no accidents!!.

My mother took two and a half years to have me and my DP's mum took three years so I think it might take a while!. I also have been on the pill for 11 years due to extreme period pains and passing out and being sick so i'm a little nervous of the side effects I will have of coming off the pill but it will be worth it.

I don't know why either but I have a feeling our first will be a boy as well!

I hope it spontaneously happens for you this month!

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Natty1806 · 30/06/2006 21:43

I have been trying since last July and am on the nhs waiting list to see a consultant for a drug called clomid as i do not appear to ovulate. Am looking at a private hospital on Tuesday to see what that is like and the cost and then try to persuade OH that i really want to crack on with this ttc lark and go private, he thinks we should just wait and save our money.

I am not too bad at the baby shops, i try to avoid them as they make me so broody, i just can't wait to be able to look around them with my bump and start buying the magazines.

Am i correct in thinking you start trying next month?

I am charting and using OPK this month as i think my body might start to ovualte as i am having acupunture to help make me regular and worked last month so once i know for sure i can make a decision, because if i do ov this month then i probably won't go private, but as i am being stricked with myself with the temp taking i am not drinking which is very hard as i usally go out on staurdays and have a few and forget about ttc for a night.

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Nicki10 · 30/06/2006 21:34

Yeah I do which is great but the problem is there is so many baby shops to pop into! Have you tried the Little White Company it does the most beautiful things but slightly more pricey than most!!

My friend has a six month old boy and I can't help but keep picking out oufits for him.

How long have you been TTC Natty?

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Natty1806 · 30/06/2006 21:29

Lucky you. No i would not let them in my house either.

It was not a mama's and papa's shop, i think i would love the one you were in but end up spending a fortune.

I live near Oxford, about 40 mins from London. do you live in London?

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Nicki10 · 30/06/2006 21:25

That's the exact shop I was in today the Mama's and Papa's on Regent Street it's a two floor haven of all things to do with Baby's!

Where do you live Natty?

I'm lucky enough to have already been given a Mama's and Papa's cot and a moses basket which are just like the current one's but they're at my parents house as I won't let them in the house!

Still can't help choosing more though!

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Natty1806 · 30/06/2006 21:14

the one i saw was a mamas and papas travel system with carry cot as well.

I have a feeling my first will be a boy and would like it to be a suprise but my OH wants to find out when we get to that stage.

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Nicki10 · 30/06/2006 21:07

Pram is an easy one for me it's got to be a Bugaboo Cameleon in Grey and Orange if it's a boy, and Grey and Pink if it's a girl!. DP has also agreed but would prefer to push around the orange option!.

What does everyone else want to do once we get BFP's do you want to find out the sex of the baby or not?

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Natty1806 · 30/06/2006 20:44

I know i was in John Lewis at the weekend with my mum and we picked the cot and pram that i would ideally like - how bad is that!!

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Nicki10 · 30/06/2006 20:32

This is terrible since it's the first official month of trying I now can't walk past a baby shop with out going in and picking out which cot, moses basket and car seat I want. I know this is only going to make it worse with every month that goes past that there's no BFP's but it's all so cute I can't help it!

Nicki10 · 29/06/2006 18:19

Thanks Natty i'm glad there's other mums to be out there who worry about these things too!

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Natty1806 · 29/06/2006 17:44

I must admit i worry a bit (not good when ttc) about can i afford to have a baby, how will i cope, how hard is it going to be when i go back to work, what will it be like never having a minute to myself.

....but even this does not put me off trying.

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Nicki10 · 29/06/2006 16:17

Just wanted to ask a quick question does any one else out there feel a little panicked at certain points in the day by the thought of becomig a mother.

Ever since I was little I only ever wanted to be a mother and have lots of children and it's all I can talk about to everyone at the moment but then suddenly and quietly to myself I become panicked that I want a baby so much that maybe I will bean awful mother.

DP says this is normal and silly as he's sure i'll be the best mother in the world as I can't walk past a child with out going gooey eyed, and I always play with our friends children, but I can't help but panic, is this normal?

coggy · 27/06/2006 10:02

Hurrah - you're back!!
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Natty1806 · 27/06/2006 09:37

i was suppose to be having a break from this site, but i couldn't stop coming on to see what everyone is talking about (sad i know!!!)

I have been with my partner 8.5 years 9 in October, so it is expected, but a few people who do not know me give me that look as if to say your only 24. But i feel old enough to start a family, have got my house etc.

Lets hope someone gets a BFP soon.

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ShowOfHands · 26/06/2006 23:22

Hi all.

I'm 25, ttc my first and have been for 7 cycles. I have been with DH for 8 years.

I tend to get a mixed reaction from family and friends. Most people are very pro us starting a family, in fact they almost expect it. It is mainly single friends who cannot understand the desire to have children so young. Personally, I don't think that I am that young. I have been in a stable relationship for 8yrs, I have a degree, an MA, an MSc, a good job, a house, I've travelled and I want to have children.

The most baffling thing for me is that I have spent 8yrs on the pill, desperately trying to prevent conception, now that I am actually trying it seems almost impossible. The odds against conceiving are high even if you are young, fertile and well-timed. TTC seems to be a great contraception thus far!

Anyway, here's hoping for lots of BFPs for us all...

Nicki10 · 26/06/2006 22:51

Hi

I have just found this site tonight and I am so glad there is a new mums thread. I think I now qualify as the youngest at 22.

I am sick of people always telling us that we are too young to have children and we should just be free and have fun at our age. I have always wanted to be a young mum and I have been with my partner for three years and I don't see whats so wrong with having a baby younger if it's what you want.

Has anybody else had a negative reaction to starting a family young from their friends and family?

xxx

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Natty1806 · 18/06/2006 18:29

£730 !!!!

Child minding in our area is between £3 and £3.50, nursery is about £4 or £4.50, think i am going to go back part time, and try to work from home a few days a week.

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decafgirl · 17/06/2006 16:59

Can I join too? I'm 24 (nearly 25, sob.) DH is 27 (nearly 28 ha ha.)

I've been looking into nursery fees and we've just realised that we can't possibly afford to have a child! How does anyone do it? 1 months nursery fees are £730 (only slightly more than my mortgage) Please tell me how, please!

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Natty1806 · 15/06/2006 13:44

I Know, give me a month or so am i will be hating her as much as the rest of you. Smile

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Beccy1974 · 15/06/2006 13:18

well done natty . good news - AF must be pleased she's a welcome visitor with someone at least

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