Relaxed TTC Feb/March/April 2016

£2.5k - blimey! You get free dental treatment when pregnant, can you hold off for a bit??

Stumbly.. that is a complete pain! I'm sure we can all think of much better things to spend 2.5K on!!

Thanks for the welcome!

Stumbly - Berocca! That's the one! Thanks I couldn't think of it!

Good luck to the ladies on the 2ww!

Hello all. I've very much enjoyed reading this thread over the last few days and decided to plunge in for the first time. I'm 30, TTC #1, cycle #1. I've been off the pill for 6 months (and can't recommend enough coming off it early if you know you're going to start trying at a particular future point- I've had some very irregular cycle lengths but now after 6 months getting a bit more predictable). Really enjoying the overall chilled out vibe you all have! I've got a great app called 'Clue' which has taught me far more about my body and cycle than I've ever known before!

Just decided this cycle to stop all contraception and see what happens. Not the world's best timing given a very long visit from the in-laws at the moment, but at least it's a creative challenge! Am on CD20.

Stumbly- I might be wrong, but don't you get free dental treatment on the NSH when prego? Might be worth trying to postpone if you can!

Hi stumbly, OPK seem to be spot on for me, since coming off pill have had very regular 28 day cycles, apart from the one false alarm mention above which was 36 days. Have been referred for tests and just had day 21 this test this week, so hopefully hear back from that soon.

Ouch on the dentist bill

So, I know I am a bit late in joining this thread, but thought I'd go for it anyway. Am 33 and have been TTC for over a year now, for the first 6 months we said I would just come off the pill and let nature take its course for a while, but had no joy. Then I got an app to track my days etc and tried that for a couple months and no joy either (apart from one really heartbreaking false alarm). Since then have been using OPK along with my app.

Am currently half way through the 2WW and today have started feeling some mild cramping, which isn't normal for my cycle

DP was a bit shellshocked, Alice. It didn't help that he didn't get home until after 8.30pm, I'd been holding the news in for so long that I just blurted it out at him when he was talking about groceries. He fell asleep looking at baby clothes on the internet.

I'm kind of envious of you all with your weight loss. I'd been intending to lose a couple more kgs before we started to ttc. Oh well, I guess the good outweighs the bad, here! Well done Theresa and Jenny.

I'm taking the superdrug conception and pregnancy vits, slightly more expensive but they are pretty much a multivitamin and folic acid without the vit A.

Ugh this 2ww is killing me, could I moan anymore? Thua morning I was googling CM after ovulation...why?? I don't need to know that. Just obsessing ATM.

I take a B vitamin complex tablet that has folic acid but only half the recommended amount if TTC so I've ordered some Seven Seas TTC tablets to start taking in Feb :) also ordered a few tests...!!

Welcome newcomers!
I keep forgetting to take my folic acid.
soozc pregnant women do gain around 2 stone but that includes the baby, amniotic fluid and even extra blood. I lost it really quickly - mixture of breastfeeding and long daily walks with the pram. Remember that when the baby is born you lose about 7-10 pounds instantly!

Weigh day for me today. I weigh every Wednesday morning around 6.30. 1lb off for me today, happy with that as I did barely any exercise for half of it with me being ill. Going for 2-3lb next week x

Hmmm. I've been so sure about coming off the pill when I finish my March pack, just worked dates out though and if I got pregnant first time I'd be due right around Christmas. I know it's not a terrible thing but with two little ones already it's just not ideal. Think I will have to wait an extra month and start trying mid April. I know it's unlikely I'd conceive first time but I did with my other two so have to prepare for that. Oh well, only an extra few weeks I guess x

Ovia is brilliant - although is a bit of a giveaway if someone spots it on your start screen... I'm not very good at stealth.

I'm going to get some folic acid next time I'm out and start taking it properly after next month.

I usually take multibionta but doctor said once you are actually pregnant to stop that. I was looking at those effervescent tabs - can't think of the name now but the ones that come in tubes? One into a glass of water a day. I don't think they have vitamin A (ones I checked anyway) so I might get them to take when I can't take multibionta anymore. Does anyone know the name of them I've gone blank???!!

Download Ovia, great app :)

Poison, how was it telling DH?

Hi I hope you don't mind me joining you! We have recently started ttc and are trying to take a relaxed approach! I don't want to get too bogged down with ovulation kits or anything yet! I've been on the pill for around 10 years and took my last pill mid December. Waiting for my cycle to sort itself out...still waiting for my first real period since coming off the pill. I've been taking folic acid since I came off the pill. Should I be taking anything else? I'm basically clueless at all this! Thank you and good luck everyone!

Well done Jenny that's fab!

I put two stone on with my first, had lost a stone and a half a month after giving birth though. Baby was over 9lb for a start though lol. Gained a shocking 4 stone with my second, gave into every craving and was a total glutton. Had lost two stone by two months after, again baby was over 9lb though. I now weigh less than I did when I conceived my second but still have just under two stone till my goal weight. Of I've lost 13lb by the end of March though I'll be saying bye bye to my pills x

SoozC - not every mum-to-be puts on 2 stone during their pregnancy. I lost over a stone before I fell pregnant with dd but I still weighed less at the end of the pregnancy then at pre-conception.

My weigh-in was good, another 2 lbs. Slowly but surely the weight will come off and then I can concentrate on ttc.