[insert imaginative thread title here] - sanity for those waiting to TTC (part 3)

Hey @rollerskaterdata how are you?! I bet you're so excited for your scan, hasn't the time gone so quickly!!

@PastaSauceHoarder OMG welcome to the club!! I'll add you into another thread now xx

@PastaSauceHoarder hey! Come and join us on the graduates thread! I tagged you but not sure it worked. How exciting, here's hoping for a quick and smooth TTC journey for you!

How is everyone else?

I'm well thank you (well, as well as you can be in the first trimester!). Sick, tired and all round useless 😂 I'm 10 weeks now and impatiently waiting for a 12 week scan date, unlike my last pregnancy I didn't get it there and then when I had my booking in appt with my midwife 😡 I'm hoping not long to wait now though! I keep calling the hospital, they must be sick of me!

Hi all, and hi @rollerskaterdata! How are things with you?

Well its November now so I'm now officially TTC! Nervous and ecstatic are an understatement!!

Hi ladies, I hope you don't mind me just quickly checking in and seeing how you're all getting on? I really miss this thread! X

I'm going to get some pre conception vitamins in the new year. Apparently you should start taking them 3 months before!!

Jellies that's great! Haha not quite the sort of thing you can go around celebrating with friends though.

I need to start taking folic acid, I did get some a while ago and thought I would start taking it just in case of an accidentally early pregnancy, but I never quite got into a routine. The trouble is I don't feel like I can leave it out on the kitchen counter! Maybe I should put it by my makeup bag or something that I do every morning, to remind me.

So my last cycle was 32 days, then this cycle was 29 days!!! I finally feel like they are starting to regulated!! Sorry for the random post just needed to tell someone else other than my OH!

Hey guys! I was thinking the same today, been a little while! I’m just about due my nov period in 2 days so once that’s out the way only 3 more to go 😂
Also getting super excited for Christmas now we’re basically out of October! Must start the shopping. Whole family’s coming to us so will be hectic but also good fun (hopefully 😂)
I used OPKs this month to get an idea of my cycles / I was bored of waiting to do something, and apparently ovulated about 3 days later than my period tracker app predicts so I will defs use them when we actually start TTC!

@McHelenz that's amazing! Well done you.

The apps have their limitations don't they - mine has still not worked out that pretty much every cycle except the first month that I came off the pill has been 27 days, so it's still averaging as slightly longer than that. I do find it useful to have all the data there though.

5 to go here 😔😔. However my overdraft is cleared and my credit card is next!

I've only got 2 to go!! All getting a bit more real for my OH even he's starting to get a bit impatient waiting but he's determined to wait 🙄

This dropped off my active threads so I thought I'd pop back and say hello. I'm now onto my second October period But only 3 more to wait! How is everyone? As soon as the clocks went back I started getting excited about Christmas...

@tropicana1 I am clockwise cleaning all my rooms!!

@McHelenz I have also recently become obsessed with Mrs hinch!! Revolutionised my cleaning regime haha!

@dottydally how funny! I wonder if anyone ever thinks that about me, I often MN in public too. 😂

I've just become a bit obsessed with Mrs Hinch... I'm not good with cleaning and our house is always a bit untidy. I'm proper gutting the place today. Who knew an insta could be so uplifting! I've put washing out, done the dishes and washing a load before 11. This is like a miracle for me

You know what, I work in a very woman-heavy environment and when I got pregnant it was suddenly everyone's (who was already a mum) favourite hobby to tell me all the bad parts of parenthood with a cheery grin on their faces.

"Oh mine had colic and didn't sleep for FIVE MONTHS!"

"Think you're tired now, wait til the baby comes, hahahah!"

"Oh a girl? How nice. Girls aren't very affectionate, too independent. Now BOYS are lovely."

And don't get me started on the labour stories. 😂
But all this time on and I feel very smug when they ask how my daughter is doing, because from day one she has always been an absolute angel child (and I promise I don't just say that as her mum!)

So my advice is just take what you hear with a pinch of salt - to every hard part of parenting theres always a thousand good parts to love and enjoy anyway! 💛

@pumpkinsmum18 it's ok, my baby won't do that. 😂 #naive

Just been reading other Mumsnet threads about babies who scream constantly all day and only sleep a couple hours a night for months on end..... hope we know what we are getting ourselves in for! 😅🤣

I had a crazy day at work yesterday and didn't even see the news until you posted it here! I'm pleased for them though. They seem very happy together and considering her age I think they've been very lucky.

@Jelliestogether since I came off the pill my cycles have been pretty short so I'm happier counting months. Looks like I'm going to have 2 periods in October, one at either end!!

@pastasaucehoarder....yup same here. I just keep telling myself won't be long til it's my turn. Only 2 more full cycles left 😀 definitely better counting cycles!