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Waiting 2 months TTC and struggling !

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MrsMeow2019 · 23/06/2019 10:41

Dear All,

This is my first post, been thinking about TTC since January. DH and I agreed to start in August but as it turns out we have a family weeding next year and if we were lucky in August I’d be far too prego to go ans wouldn’t want to miss said wedding. Sorry for the waffle anyway this means waiting till September ... which is only 2 months ago but feels like forever.

I’ve got lots of social events to keen me busy, could do with losing half a stone, have started folic acid/ vit D and am due my smear test the first week of September. So really the waits makes sense.

But I’m almost 34 and getting increasingly worried about possible problems and how long it will take. Aside from the fact that I feel super broody and just want to try yesterday 😆.

Any other crazy ladies out there to join the wait ?

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MrsMeow2019 · 01/07/2019 21:53

@noodlesoup99 yay for the take away! Hope it's made you feel better :-), I could eat a cow when AF is due lol. when is your coil coming out ? Not a long wait for you now it'll be August before you know it !

My AF is due 16th June....2 to go until the first TTC cycle. But I've only got a packet and a half of pills left and it being July makes it all feel closer doesn't it !

Happy Monday everyone , hope your Monday's weren't too bad. Mine was a bit stressful I've left a pile of work for tomorrow as I couldn't face it this afternoon lol.

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noodlesoup99 · 01/07/2019 21:33

Hey girls! Happy 1st July - eeek, as if it's July!!
Hope you've all had a good Monday.
I'm due AF on Thursday (my last one before my coil comes out ) and I'm having mega PMS. Have just had a Chinese for tea and don't regret it one bit. Even doubled up on the carbs 
How are you all doing? @MrsMeow2019 @Jellybott @CouscousEvaporator @AndddddHerewegoagain @MrsW9 @squirrelclub

MrsW9 · 30/06/2019 01:00

Yes, would be first child for me! An August or September birth would be helpful for work as I work in a school, but I'm well aware that babies don't fit in around things in that way...

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MrsMeow2019 · 29/06/2019 10:44

@noodlesoup99 thank you, the weather is fab already!!! Hope you have a great weekend ! I'm already queuing to Frappuccino's Grin

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noodlesoup99 · 29/06/2019 09:58

@MrsMeow2019 Hope you're having a blast at the festival. It's great that you're relaxing and enjoying the time that it's just the 2 of you Grin
Hope you have a great weekend - we're set for a scorcher today 🌞
Flip flops and sunnies at the ready xx

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MrsMeow2019 · 28/06/2019 18:35

Happy Weekend Everyone!

I'm just at a festival have already had 2 gone and enjoying the day! Thinking if I had a baby I couldn't do this so decided I need to enjoy the next two months!

Still thinking it's fertile window next week .... shall we just try Wink. Wish I was less sensible lol.

Hope all you ladies have a lovely weekend ! Bring on September !!

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MrsMeow2019 · 26/06/2019 18:25

Welcome @squirrelclub and @MrsW9 ! Are you TTc number 1s?

December would a lovely time and possible September birthdays ! X

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squirrelclub · 26/06/2019 18:04

Can I join too? Thinking about trying for a baby in December too.

noodlesoup99 · 26/06/2019 17:04

@Jellybott YAAAS to date night! We're out at the weekend too - I'm really looking forward to it.
And I'll definitely be drinking all the booze @MrsMeow2019 , why not eh, making the most of it.

Welcome @MrsW9 we're all in the same boat here, definitely appreciating the time for just us, but looking forward to jumping on the TTC wagon. Eeeek!
Will it be your first time TTC?

MrsW9 · 26/06/2019 16:34

Hi there,

Can I also join? Planning to start trying in December and it feels like ages away, though also really enjoying being just the two of us. Don't know whether to feel appreciative or frustrated at the length of time now that I feel ready!

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MrsMeow2019 · 26/06/2019 15:50

@Jellybott not couscous.
Tagging is difficult lol! I can't see the messages and write on my phone, nightmare !

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MrsMeow2019 · 26/06/2019 15:49

@noodlesoup99 I like your thinking, summer holidays isn't far away at all.
Walk sounds lovely, we have cats they're not very good at encouraging exercise!

@CouscousEvaporator dinner and date night sounds like an excellent evening ! And yay pay day weekend!

We're away with some friends at the weekend and I can't wait. I'm going to drink a pile of gin I think lol

Just had coffee with a friend and new baby who is gorgeous , feel stupid am so sad it's still at least a few months away and who knows how much longer for me.
Then got to my car to find someone has reversed into it at the car park and not even left a not! So feeling a bit sorry for myself today and really don't want
To go to work tonight lol!

Apologies for the rant lol

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Jellybott · 26/06/2019 12:57

@noodlesoup99 I'm going out for dinner Friday night... Will be payday so have a date night planned. That's the extent of my plans at the moment!

All this talk of exercise is making me want to do more... Maybe I'll dust off the kettlebell I bought a while ago!

noodlesoup99 · 26/06/2019 12:46

Mixing up tagging people Blush
God, I'm old!

noodlesoup99 · 26/06/2019 12:45

@CouscousEvaporator Amazing on the yoga! I always feel ace after doing it.
I did a 6k walk with DP and the dog last night 
I'm due on next week though, and PMS is creeping in - I'm always so ravenous for carbs  so trying to keep myself occupied so I don't face plant an entire loaf.

@MrsMeow2019 time does seem to be dragging! I'm using the school holidays as a bit of a milestone, because once we're there we'll be in touching distance of August.
3 weeks left after this one 

Have you ladies got plans at the weekend?

(@AndddddHerewegoagain @Jellybott too? )

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MrsMeow2019 · 26/06/2019 07:10

@CouscousEvaporator yay on the yoga front! I did no exercise, really struggle to be motivated after work lol

I'm not in work until tonight so catching up on some tele, meeting a friend with her new 2 week old later on! Time seems to go so slowly sometimes doenst it .

Hope you all have a good day, not far from Friday now!

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CouscousEvaporator · 26/06/2019 06:56

@MrsMeow2019 it’s good! You take a pic and it gives you an estimate of whether you are low high or peak so you can tell when you have had you LH surge and therefore estimate when you are going to ovulate!

How’s everyones week going? mine is super slow. Managed to do my yoga last night despite feeling knackered! Happy hump-day everyone 😁

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MrsMeow2019 · 25/06/2019 19:33

@CouscousEvaporator No I haven't heard of femometer - is it an app where you take photos of the OPKs? Have you used it and found it helpful ?

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MrsMeow2019 · 25/06/2019 12:34

@Nicecupofcoco thank you for your message, I know what you're saying and that goes round in my head every day. But 2 months wait will put us in much better situation for lots of reasons, so I'm hoping my sensibleness will work out..... if not we've agreed we're happy to adopt and would go from there. I already have plans to go and get bloods on January if nothings happened. I hope everything worked out for you and you have wee one s.

@CouscousEvaporator yoga challenge sounds good , I might look into this, I prefer not to have to leave the house to exercise. Need a home gym Grin

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CouscousEvaporator · 25/06/2019 10:46

@Jellybott ha I know what you mean about feeling grown up, actually I still don’t feel grown up despite being nearly 31 also 😆

I think I decided I wouldn’t be as bad a parent as I though I would when friends started having babies and I didn’t freak out at poop and sick and crying 😂 and it’s gone from there!!

@MrsMeow2019 I agree mirena sounds better period wise but the thought of having no periods freaks me out!! I wanted to keep my cycle as normal as possible without interference and I guess the week long periods were the compromise. Joy!

I’ve started a 30 day yoga challenge on YouTube, it’s actually really good and I don’t have to leave the house! It’s making me realise I have no core strength though...

@Nicecupofcoco everything you say is correct and I have said this to my OH, but he wants a couple more months for money. To be honest I might just forget the wedding as even if I delay a month I’m still risking it due date wise and no way will I delay more than that.

Have you guys heard of the app Femometer? I use it for the intelligent recognition on opks, obviously taken with a pinch of sal t but it’s interesting!

Nicecupofcoco · 25/06/2019 08:03

Hi op, I'm not ttc, but im somebody that took much much longer than expected to fall pregnant, so my suggestion is go with it now! Start trying. Don't wait.
It doesn't always go as you'd hope. I'm similar age to you, but my family have a very strong history of early menopause,starting very early thirties with my mum, auntie, grandma and grandma's mum also, so I was really concerned and thought I'd missed my chance. I did fall eventually but it was an anxious time.
What I'm trying to get across is look at the bigger picture and go for what you want, the wedding will seem unimportant in comparison to your baby when your hold them in your arms.
Hope you didn't think I was hijacking just wanted to offer my advise! Best of luck to you all. Smile

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MrsMeow2019 · 25/06/2019 07:52

Sorry I'm not sure why my message is all in bold :/

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MrsMeow2019 · 25/06/2019 07:51

@CouscousEvaporator gosh your periods sound really heavy, hope they settle now the coil has been removed. IMO Mirenas are better as tend to have lighter / no periods with those coils but they are hormone coated so not safe for everyone.

Babies! I've always wanted children (2 I think lol), but never been in the right place with work etc. Met DH 5 years ago and we've enjoyed our time together but we're ready for a little one now, we're pretty much the last out our friends to start a family !

@CouscousEvaporator what changed your mind about children?

Fitness ! @Jellybott I only walk too, keep thinking about joining a gym but I know I won't go and could put the £30 towards my maternity leave fund.

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