Getting ready for baby challenge

I'm 11 days off combined pill Logynon Grumpy and I'm ever so bloated! Not much discharge at all though. I'm worried that this body of mine won't kick start. TMI but I feel dry down there shuts eyes!

Also grumpy I think bloating going down is good sign! I remember feeling it when I came off (bloating, sore boobs, general yuk!) Hopefully a sign things are regulating for you!!

Grumpy I'm trying to remember back, and do think I got a bit more mucus than usual post cerezette. (I think any kind of mucus seemed like loads as had seen none for so long) It took a full month for anything resembling a period.

Oo, that's so exciting! It's so hard to wait once you've made the decision to ttc. Hopefully doc says there's no problem with bringing it forward! :)

That would be great if it was mummy - I don't recall getting this in the past (pre pill) though. Certainly not this amount of it

I read the clear blue fertility monitor instructions but you can't start using it until you get a period as you have to set up a cycle.

Ovulation?

In other news my bloating has gone down significantly. Almost back to normal! Woop!

Possible tmi alert lots of thick jelly like mucus - never seen anything like it before. Anyone else? 15 days off cerazette now.

Wow so exciting confused! What's top of your shopping list? I keep resisting the urge to buy odd little bits and stash them away at the back of the cupboard. I've decided to try to do something extra for planning ttc each month (on top of eating healthily). This month is OPKs, next month I will start my preconception vitamins so maybe in March I will allow myself to buy something small as a treat for being so patient

There has been a lot of hard work from both sides Buzz to get to where we are now lol... but yeah he is lovely and i think secretly very excited about TTC... we work on a compromise... i want to use some of the savings now to get this stuff so he can have some of the savings for his computer stuff

Im having to set myself a budget though and i think i am going to take cash so I can't be tempted by the credit card! Lol

Confused going to mothercare will be amazing! That makes it so real! Your DH sounds lovely even if he might have ulterior motives!

After a long hard chat with DH about the benefits of buying some baby stuff in the sale now etc he actually agreed! But only as long as its a very sizeable chunk off!...

He's even told mr to go to mothercare tomorrow evening as it will be nice for me ... im sure it has nothing to do with him getting uninterrupted video game time!

Awhhh Buzz i am sure its not as snug as you think! I actually gained about 6 pounds for my wedding and my dress was like a glove when i gor it and i still got it on!

Dancing you could always go somewhere a bit cooler for a babymoon!

I conceived DD in Barbados on honeymoon. Maybe we'll have to go back to try for this one

Yeah you're right! Luckily going all incl as well and I like to get my money's worth!
And you're right too, we shouldn't wish these months away, we have lots of baby planning to do! And I suppose dtd isn't a too bad past time!

buzzmoon I know what you mean. Went to 2 year olds birthday party on saturday and was surrounded by babies and toddlers. Left feeling very broody and emotional! Lovely and exciting though. The time will fly by honestly.

Baby moon sounds like a good idea! Funny, as I'd been thinking thank if I get pregnant it meant I probably wouldn't get a holiday this year, goes to show how wrong I was! Although cannot cope with heat... so maybe not such a good idea for me!

Yeah I deffo can't afford to be big! Dress barely fits now!
Just so desperate to start, can't see a baby without feeling so emotional!

Oh no Grumpy i'm not going to be a SAHM lol i could never afford that! Tbh i tried to build a career and im the 6 years i have been working i have lost 4 jobs due to being made redundant/having no work so i kind of just gave up and i was offered the chance to lose my job with
No redundancy yet again or take this higher paid no progession job in security... and honestly i have never been so relieved to not try and climb the ladder lol... i decided i will try again once we have a baby or 2 as i was just unlucky during the recession... but yeah your 2nd post was right about balacing it as i believe it is really important for a child to go to playgroup/nursery for development

Ooo Mrs and Grumpy i am so jealous! I really want a babymoon! And dw you wont be a beached whale!! Why arnt my family understanding

Buzz grumpy is right... i spent my Hen do not drinking because I had a stomach bug and i thought it was ok until SIL threw me a house party to get wasted... now that was a hen do!!

Haha grumpy! An enjoy your body hen do! ;)

I'm going to be away with work most of this week (and month)... restaurant eating is going to be a big test! And trying to avoid too much wine, especially as most of my time away will fall in my tww!!

Oops that was meant to say boozy hen do

Buzz you might be fat by July though if you started trying in march! I definitely would be.. enjoy your body hen do then go for it I say xx

Mrs that sounds lovely, I'm going to Italy in August so will hopefully be pregnant by then too!

I think I misunderstood as well your post sorry. You mean you earn enough to cover it and more you just want to see if you as a family can afford for you to work less rather than use childcare?

Eek I'm going to Spain in July, I imagine I'll hopefully be bumpy then if all goes to plan, I'm not too worried about it though, I did the same last time and it was great, a week in the sun what just what I needed! The flight was totally fine, I was five months that time, I would be 6 this time if it happened first try but would be happy to holiday between 3 and 7 months provided I had no complications! I can't imagine ill resemble anything glamorous though, beached whale is more likely!

Confused no offence taken at all! I meant for your situation not mine- as you mentioned calculating the financial offset of childcare (I have worked my way up so can now easily afford childcare) but by all means if you are happy with a job not a career (and if you'd rather be a SAHM if it made sense financially) then I'm not judging at all. I just meant that often women see childcare as costing their entire salary or more, so they think it isn't "worth" working. But there are many reasons it's worth continuing to work, for most people anyway.