Getting ready for baby challenge

I was on cerelle before DD. My periods returned almost straight away but my cycle was a bit long for a couple of months. It took 5 months to conceive.

Thanks Sami it's great to hear others' experiences. Still nothing here except sore boobs and bloating. 12 days since last pill. Boring!

I'm going to weigh myself Monday, I can't put it off any longer.

Been feeling a bit down today as DH has apparently "gone off sex" because of his "complicated feelings" about TTC why are men so bloody dramatic while I'm climbing the walls with frustration (sign of ovulation or natural libido returning maybe???)

Well done on all the running. I'm running too, although not today and not as far as you. Tend to do around 3 miles a few times a week.
I've lost 3lbs this week too. So getting closer to the stone I want to lose before March.
Just wondered if anyone was putting off ttc to avoid an awkward birthday. DH has said March but that was when our DC was conceived and birthday is very close to xmas and mine is just after so I'm thinking of waiting an extra month.
It's a pain because I feel like you JB. It's like limbo just waiting to start trying. Plus it took 18months last time. Could take twice that now.

squirrel I was on cerelle and it took 8-9 weeks for AF to arrive after coming off it. And my boobs were soooooooo sore. Even if we had of been ttc I didn't want DH anywhere near me my boobs then!!

Hi chunky! Exciting times ahead

Hello you lovely ladies,

Please can I join in? I've been lurking quite a while.

Not actively ttc yet, but had a very long and deep conversation with DP at the beginning of the week and we feel that soon will be the right time to start our little family. Getting excited already at the thought :)

Looking forward to getting to know you all x

Thanks - I thought as much! Just random cramps then. Fingers crossed for a few days time.

I used opks last time and I pretty much always got some kind of line that gradually darkened until ovulation then darkened again a little bit as af approached.
I would think that on CD9 and a negative opk I'd be surprised if it's ovulation pain you're having.

Looking for some advice from anyone who has successfully used OPK's!

This morning I felt cramps on my left side, suspiciously like ovulation pain but I'm only on CD9. I tried an OPK for the first time and it was an undeniable BFN, not even a hint of a second line. Fast forward to this evening and have been having the pain on and off now so still wondering if I am actually ovulating. But am I right in understanding that the second line gets increasingly darker the closer you get to ovulation? So there is no point in testing again now as it wouldn't go from nothing to 2 dark lines in a day? I'm so baffled by OPK's. I took it at 11:30 this morning after not weeing for 2 hours if you think that would make any difference?

oyster & pony well done on the running !!
I am between having one more and two more, I think if I have a girl this time that could well be it but if it's another boy I might consider another go, not that I don't love having a boy, I absolutely do, I'm very close with my mum though and would like that for myself also but we will see!
Totally get the jealousy, a friend told me before Xmas she was expecting and I was so happy for her but because we had decided in July to try in January and I was playing the waiting game I was so jealous! But time has really flown by and here we are ready to go in a week or so I'm sure your month's will roll in quickly too!

Well done Oyster on your run! It will get easier
I done 7k today (incl Parkrun), but have a 10mile XC race tomorrow! (Less of the race for me, just taking part )

I have a friends baby shower next weekend, going to be lovely. I hate al the games & stuff but love seeing the presents & little clothes!

We are hoping for two little ones (just not at the same time) but already feel like time is ticking!! Can't wait to get this baby show on the road!
I have serious baby envy today. I have spent all morning organising and baking for a baby shower tomorrow. I'm so happy for my friend but just wish it was my turn. Roll on April, even if we don't get pregnant straight away at least we will be trying, just feel in limbo at the moment!

Oo, that sounds like fun theres! Definitely more adventurous than my morning of sitting on the sofa and feeling sorry for myself with a giant bag of peanuts! All I want to do during AF is stuff my face. Which makes me feel completely guilty on top of generally feeling miserable!!

I can't see a line squirrel.
I think you got away with it

Been out for a run this morning! First one in several months and it wasn't pretty. I managed 5k though and enjoyed it in a way 😂

Red I'm the same in wanting to continue my hobbies, travel etc so two little ones wouldn't be practical. if all goes to plan DD will be almost 13 by the time it's born! Scary!

Confused I didn't have the mirena I was on Cerelle same as redpony but I've had sore boobs and nausea and really bad tiredness!

That pill suppresses ovulation & I think also stops womb lining from thickening - hence why I had no bleeding at all while on it - only a bit of brown spotting now I'm off it. I highly doubt I could have ovulated in the ten days immediately after coming off it (and we only DTD without pulling out the day I came off it) and without a nice fresh lining to implant where would a fertilised egg go?
But of course I've tested - twice! Both negative. I thought I could see a shadow of a line but I think I imagined it. I attached pics!

Just one planned for me! I want to be able to afford to help with car, uni or house buying, & keep mine & OH's hobbies too! So a selfish reason but i know so many only children who are not a stereo-typical 'only child'.

I guess i had a wobble because i literally have had absolutely nothing to do with them at all...!

Oh yeah of course HB do you know what the likelyhood of being bitten in Thailand is? In Florida they said it was infested and i'm normally covered in bites but i didn't get bitten even once!

I love the positivity Wiggley i just beat myself up about it if I fail but after this weekend i'm gonna give it a damn good go! Also about the jealously thing I can really relate! When my nephew was first about I used to dote on him as if he was my own child and he was DH's and my world... until I got broody and then I just felt rage at the fact that he wasnt my child... i found what helped was taking a step back and trying to not ignore him but go back to a normal relationship between adult and child and so 5 months on it still hits me in waves but it isnt that bad!

Grumpy when did you have your Marina taken out? If you ov'd straight away you could be preggo surely? Have you tested?

I've always said 2 and 2 only... but as i am still only 23 and should hopefully be 24 latest when i have our first... i wouldnt put off doing it again in my late 30's once the 2 i plan are older... not that I have thought about it much! Lol

So... we DTD!! Woop lol still pulling out though so now entering the TWW even though not technically trying yet still hopeful!

Yep it's definitely hard waiting!! I'm trying to think of how glad I'll be to get the spring & summer off work and have plenty of time to get my junior at work up to the level where he can cover me before going off. If I'm pregnant now it's a little tricky timing with a plane journey late August and my junior isn't ready. Still bloated with no sign of AF though!

I would love two close in age (I've already got DD age 11) but realistically with our lifestyles working and living in London it just isn't practical in terms of space or money so I think DH and I will just have one.

Wiggly of course jealousy doesn't make you an awful person! I'm sure you are happy for your friend, they're not mutually exclusive feelings. And you're definitely not the only one. Especially since ttc + pregnancy takes time before you will get your time. It's definitely hard.

Confused I am finding it so hard to find motivation! But even when I slip up I'm going to try and get back that enthusiasm to start over and not let it ruin my day!

Coragreta I would also love 4 but I'm not sure how we'd managed that financially! I would love one of both but I have lots of girl nieces so I am also hoping for a girl first! Would be over the moon by either though.

I think there needs to be some self-help book for 'How not to be crazy while your wait to ttc' A friend has just given birth to a gorgeous baby and I've had to take one of my names off my baby name list now. I was shocked at my reaction, for once jealousy was the more powerful emotion over happiness. Does that make me an awful person?! It's so hard and now I feel really guilty. I can't even blame it on PMS because I'm heading towards my fertile week Anyone got any coping strategies?!

Haha! Hopefully not confesed cos we're off to zika infested Thailand next week!! We did DTD on NYE without protection (usually use condoms) but I knew I was way off fertile week so hopefully my cycle is doing what I think it is!!

The August thing is rubbish theres when you want to get going (that's my worst case scenario too) but there are some positives...
-Think how skinny you'll be then
-Summer is a great time to enjoy all the things you and your DH love doing that you couldn't do with a baby!

• If You conceived in Aug you have a May baby which IMO is the absolute perfect time to have a baby!