Terrified.. but excited

NYC is the best place ever!! Have a good time Sophie! I told a couple of my friends about Trying for a baby yesterday too! It's really getting real...

I got a notification but didn't see a message? X

Hey Sophie, hope you're having a great time in NYC, my favourite place in the world!
I started spotting today since having the coil out on Wednesday. I hardly had periods on the coil too but I did have a full
period at end of October so I am really messed up with my cycle/fertile days etc.
I'm getting more and more excited, I told my best friend yesterday too (can't shut me up now) and it's getting me excited about actually getting pregnant. However I keep hearing how horrible pregnancy is
I need to start researching on what we will need before the baby comes, I have NO idea about baby stuff so will have to get researching. X

Oh great thank you, will have a look at the acronyms now!
Hope you're feeling a bit more excited now. Have you told your hubby yet? X

Yes me too, would love an autumn baby!

TTC - trying to conceive, I saw this all over the place and had a look on the 'acronyms' page at the top, all the gobbledygook makes more sense now haha!

Sorry I'm really new so don't know what these abreviations mean like TTC mean January does seem like a good time plus I would like a September/October baby, but I guess I can't choose x

Haha yes, I have my eye on a few bottles glasses of baileys over Christmas, but we'll see! I like the idea of starting January completely afresh with this too :)
Doing lots of reading up for now on how best to prepare before TTC, and what to expect etc, so much information it's a little overwhelming x

Well join the club, I think we are all a bit nervous here. I'm getting more excited now though, I've even started planning my baby shower haha! I haven't actually started looking at stuff for the baby yet but I keep seeing cute clothes and shoes in the shops. Once you tell your hubby I think it'll sink in a bit more and you can get excited together and start making plans. I felt so much better once I'd told my mum just becuase I could get excited and it felt more real. Good luck with the 'trying' process, I keep thinking I don't want to be pregnant before Xmas but I keep looking at my ovulation calendar and can't wait to have sex again what will be, will be I guess.
This is such an exciting adventure we've started xxx

I'm so glad I've found this thread, I'm new here too and I took my last pill last night and I am PETRIFIED!! I actually haven't even told the hubby that was my last packet, although he can't wait to start trying - I feel like I need a little while to wrap my head around it first before he gets all super excited you know? I'm very private and frightened so this is just going to be kept between me and hubby until as long as possible into the pregnancy, so it's nice to be able to have this place so I can still express myself :)
I am so so scared ladies, but glad I'm not the only one!
Has everyone else started 'stuff for little one' lists?

Good luck BubbaNo1!!! I have everything crossed for you xx

The sex does get better without any sort of protection and your both sort of working towards something. I'm in my fertile stage and we had sex last night.. But yh I doubt anything will happen 1st month off the pill...

Oh Sophie I know how you feel, I told my mum before. I actually emailed her because I was nervous about phoning her! I didn't know if it was a bit weird to tell my mum but we are really close and I felt like it would be a weight off my shoulders if she knew too. Why don't you tell a friend? Sibling? Just someone you trust. At least we have contacted each other now so you can always get excited with me haha!
I only had my coil out yesterday and we had sex tonight, I actually don't really want to plan on getting pregnant until after Xmas (parties/drinking etc) but I think I'm out of the fertile stage in my cycle so should be ok. Either way I feel a load better than this morning! (plus the sex was really good and different in a good way)
As long as you and your boyfriend love, support and trust each other and obviously have financial stability then don't worry. I think we are normal to get nervous. I even read before women putting 4 stone on in pregnancy and I wanted to cry and put the coil back in!!
I was never broody until a few months ago so this is a massive change emotionally for me, but just think..it's never going to be the absolute right time. We just have to go with our gut and maternal instinct, obviously this was the time Mother Nature has planned for us
Hopefully you'll relax soon, I've found looking at cute babies and baby clothes on Instagram/Pinterest helps too haha.
Xxx

Hi Sophie,
This is my first post I've ever written, I actually just signed up to mumsnet because of your post! I saw that you are terrified and actually read it twice because I thought it was me! I had my coil removed yesterday 18th Nov too, I am so scared. I'm married, 25, financially and emotionally stable but I am TERRIFIED!! I think becuase I am unprotected now it feels very weird. I even cried this morning thinking I have made a mistake, I wouldn't even let my husband near me!! I know I am ready, there is nothing stopping me except for my own fears and doubts. I am so glad I saw your post as I was beginning to think I wasn't normal or ready because I was nervous.
Just know that I am feeling exactly the same, i feel like I want to tell my friends/mum I am trying just to get excited with someone who isn't my hubby..but don't know if that's a bit weird haha.
Thank you for putting your post up, thank god I'm not the only one! Xx

Congrats Sophie! 1 step closer! Will you start trying right away?

It is the most amazing, frightening, challenging, rewarding thing you will ever do. All the clichés are correct.

I have DD1 who's now 2 (and we're now TTC for DC2). When I look at her, I still can't believe I grew her inside me and now she has her own amazing personality.

Just take each day as it comes and don't put too much pressure on yourself to feel a certain way, only you know how you feel. You will learn so much about yourself - physically, emotionally...x

Did I get nervous? HELL YES- so much so that the first month of trying I changed my mind, told OH we were putting it off for 6 months, made an appointment with the GP to get another prescription for my pill. My GP appointment came, and I ended up telling them I was pregnant! I wouldn't have it any other way now.

We had a bit of a health kick first and I started on a pregnancy multi vit. I lost a load of weight (an absolute must for me as I was obese) and we cut back on the alcohol. It depends on the type of person you are. I like to have control over my life. I find not being able to control conception an alien concept. If you're fairly healthy then just jump right in. I think the main things are take folic acid daily, cut back on alcohol and stop smoking if you do.

We've been trying since July and I still feel a mixture of nerves and excitement when I contemplate getting that bfp! We're in a good place to have a baby though and I don't think the nerves will ever go away. I'm just going with it!