Getting ready for baby challenge

Also forgot to mention we have decided to start trying in June too :)

What are you girls doing in the interim as contraception? I don't want to go back on hormonal contraception but we're not great with condoms!

Hiii can I join

We already have a DD who is 15 months now. OH originally said that he only wanted one, but we've just had talked about it after thinking we might be pregnant (I had to stop taking the pill due to side effects) and he suggested we start trying next year!

Am so so happy, but like some of you girls I have some preparation to do before starting TTC, mainly losing my pregnancy weight from DD! I'm just so excited to start, DD was actually unplanned so although we were soo happy, we didn't really get to plan and anticipate it, so am really looking forward to that this time round :)

Oh & welcome orange !!

timefortea Christmas plans are manic, i still have to do the horses twice a day and fit a run in. Safe journey for you!

I'm not adverse to TMI Confused so i Googled both & looked at images, it was definitely EWCM... Then i got squeamish!!

Thinking ahead.... Have any of you thought about how much people are going to have to touch you for all sorts when you conceive? I've been thinking about this and actually getting a little anxious! I moved Drs so that i could always be seen by a female, i will only see female dentists & physio's etc. I have no idea why, there is absolutely no reason for it at all.
Now, i know that come birth, i'd have no choice who ever was there, but what about leading up to it?! What if they give me a male midwife?? I'd have to refuse :( I can only just handle women touching me. I know i am strange! A day out at a spa would be my idea of hell, people touching me.. shudder. & i have a massive needle phobia!

I'm a walking disaster

Wiggley I have decided to test later this afternoon when I try my 1st ever OPK! Although I am sure both will be negative it will put my mind at rest that I must be having a light AF

Hello Orange Nice to meet you! I agree with the scary exciting times ahead for all of us! It really is so nice to be able to join a thread on MN without lurking though!

Red If you are quite good with TMI stuff you can google EWCM and Cervical Mucus Plug and you will be able to see which one it is, if its the plug I remember I got mine about a week before my first proper period off contraception.

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Hey there orange! ** -waves excitedly!- I think your timing with vitamins is great as they recommend about 3 months before ttc. Which ones are you taking? I'm going to start some in the New Year and looking to order some soon.

Hi everyone! I am in the same boat - new to mumsnet and planning to start TTC in Feb. Scary! Exciting! Want to lose a bit of weight after Christmas too. I have just picked up some pre-conception vitamins, but not sure if it's a bit early to start taking them.

teaping I was planning to go to SE Asia this month until I realised they had zika. If you're looking for other honeymoon locations Africa is mostly free of it, or India?

Ohhh that's good then! It was obviously white and fairly thick

It's a good sign pony! I usually get white cm a few days before af. It turns pink and then full on flow! Fingers crossed for you! I'm expecting af either Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

Sorry just popping in to say red it could be ewcm if its clear but if its cloudy a bit like snot then it could be a mucus plug caused by hormonal contraception! I remember losing mine xxx

HbH04 back in 2012 i tried calorie counting and nothing happened. In 2013 i lost 4st easily with SW.
Earlier this year i tried MyFitnessPal, it recommended 1200 calories a day, but when i added my normal food, plus my running in, i still had like 400 calories left to eat at the end of the day which i couldn't eat obviously, but i never lost a lb! I seem to put weight on without massively exceeding calories!!

Sorry if this is TMI.... I haven't had a withdrawal bleed yet, it's 17 days since i took my last pill, but i had white mucus in my knickers last night, what does that mean!?

Ahhh confused that's exciting! Let us know if you decide to POAS! Hbh0 I have downloaded and deleted MFP so many times in the past few years but this time I have a reason to stick with it! You're completely right about the unexpected calories, my big shocker is was drinks too! I remember last year adding up how many calories I drank in wine on a night out and it nearly totalled a daily calorie limit! Why does everything great have to be bad for you?!

Wiggley Thats so good that your cycles have settled since having the coil taken out, I have seen some ladies on MN that say the Seven Seas vitamins make them feel a bit nauscious! Although I am not sure what the difference is between them and other tablets you can take. I get what you want about the OPKs too but I am just going to use them to try and find my fertile window myself as Ovia is being a bit of a pain moving it every month at the moment. Well interesting question... June was picked by DH as the month he would be rady to start trying lol I think its because it gives us 6 months from new year to shape up and do things we wouldnt be able to do if pregnant

teaping You are in exactly the same boat as I was! I said the same to DH... well I ended up booking our Honeymoon after the wedding as we had a tight budget and a last minute deal got us to disney and orlando fot £500 each!! So don't worry if you do not know where to go yet! Coming off the Pill you should do whenever you want, you can be really fertile after coming off so you might get your honeymoon baby! Also most people I have seen on here have suggested taking the vitamins 6 months befpre trying.

theres I'm going to just have 5m of Folic Acid I think, I know I need that and I would normally take a multi-vit but I read that Vitamin A is bad? not entirely sure why... When it comes to the OPK's I don't have the budget for the clear blue ones so only if these IC ones fail will I consider them to be honest... Also my IC's should be arriving today!

So I am meant to be CD2 today but my AF is being all weird... I normally get a very obv AF but this is more like heavy spotting (sorry if TMI) I might be tempted to POAS later but I am really nervous as we have been using pull out!

Also sorry for the essay post!!

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Going back to the body prep... Has anyone used My Fitness Pal? I always find it really good for kicking off a spell of good eating behaviour!!

You put in goal weight and a few other stats and It tells you how many kcals so you can have a day ( you log excercise too so if you burn kcals they get added on to the daily tally!) You can scan barcodes so easy to log foods. I know calorie counting isn't the be all and end all but sometimes we don't realise how bad something might be (cheese/carbs/prosecco, for me) So just getting in the habit of being conscious and maybe weighing things and logging really helps getting the brain in gear (& it's all in the head!)

I sound like a rep from My Fitness Pal but I'm totally not!!!! Just sharing tips!

Confused not too sure yet (really need to get on and book it!). I was hoping for Caribbean or somewhere like that but I have (potentially stupidly!) told my other half that it's his job to organise the honeymoon cause I've done all the wedding planning!

I think I'll stay on the pill until the wedding and then come off then and just hope it doesn't take too long for my cycle etc to settle down.

I'm so looking forward to hearing how you all get on over the next few weeks and months! Exciting times!!

How are in advance are you meant to start with the vitamins etc?

Confused I had the mirena coil for 4 years with no periods and I had it removed at the beginning of September. Got a withdrawal bleed about 3 weeks later and have had fairly regular 26 day cycles since. I think I'm going to try the seven seas 'trying for a baby' vitamins, but I'm a bit worried about starting OPK's incase I get a bit obsessed! Is there a reason why you are waiting until June? It's so lovely that we have waiting buddies to pass the time!

Theres Do you know what OPKs you are going to use? I have just ordered a massive batch from Amazon and I am going to just start using them straight away because they are so cheap! Have you thought about what app you are going to use yet and what vits you are going to take?

Wiggley I have been trying to use Ovia but i find it a bit infuriating! I am sure it is not getting my timing right at the moment. What do you input into it? The hormone thing is so annoying! how long have you been off the pill?

Red That would be so typical if AF turned up then! Maybe if you feel she might show up put a pad on ready? I was on the normal pill and I have found that although my AF was really heavy before being on the pill is seems to be lighter since coming off which makes a nice change! I hope it will be the same for you

Teaping Where are you thinking of going on your honeymoon?

I hadn't even thought about Zika! I didn't know it'd take 6 months for a man to be 'clear' either! So naive! We haven't booked our honeymoon yet but I just googled and it seems like it's everywhere we were thinking of going. Doh!!

You know what will happen, it will come along on Xmas day when i am super busy!

15 days off now i think....

It's not that i'm worried about it taking ages, it's that i always bleed heavy which is the main reason i started Cerelle in the first place. It doesn't start light, just nothing to full on red waterfall at a random time, so i'm never prepared! Damn body, being female is so hard

It will come pony! With the coil it took about 3 weeks. Hang in there!