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Anyone looking to start TTC in New Year?

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yoomoo · 15/12/2019 15:47

Join here please! I’m still taking my pill at the moment but current packet runs out on 7th Jan so planning to start then but not really track anything officially. I’ve been reading up about conception vitamins and going to buy some this week to start taking after new year- does anyone have recommendations for particular brands?
Will be my first but partners 2nd, very nervous but excited at the same time. No idea what to expect but hoping to have some ladies in the same situation to chat to!

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1987Nic · 21/12/2019 22:55

Welcome Switcharoo. My boyfriend is also not a fan of all of the apps etc too. That’s a shame we’ve both had a headache, I’m so glad that I decided to come off the pill during the two weeks off work but I’ve made lots of plans ha. I’ve heard that it can cause spots, hopefully they go as quick as they arrived.

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yoomoo · 21/12/2019 22:53

Welcome @switcharoo! Wow you were very lucky to fall so quickly first time around, had you stopped hormonal contraception a while before? Sorry if that’s a bit nosey! Totally with you on lack of control there’s literally nothing we can do which is SO frustrating. I’m trying to be chilled at the moment but I can see in the future ending up a bit obsessed, we can keep that between us on here Grin

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yoomoo · 21/12/2019 22:50

I have had a stinking headache all day too, took some ibuprofen earlier which helped but it’s back again now. I was wondering if it was something to do with the pill 🤔 my skin is also horrific I’ve suddenly gained a million spots around the side of my face which I think is hormonal. How fun!

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switcharoo · 21/12/2019 22:49

I'll join! I'm 33 with one DS, we're starting in January and been taking supermarket brand folic acid for a month or so in prep. Fell pregnant on the first month with DS so trying to remind myself it's v v unlikely to happen that easily again and try not to get obsessed with it all! DH finds it all a bit of a turnoff when I talk about ovulation dates and OPKs so I have to keep the crazy contained but I hate the lack of control in ttc

1987Nic · 21/12/2019 22:43

That’s a good idea to test just to know where you are. I’m only on to day two without my pill, I’ve got an awful headache but I’ve just put that down to being super busy in the lead up to Christmas.

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yoomoo · 21/12/2019 22:34

Welcome to the thread @1987Nic! I’m 32 as well Smile also been on one type of hormonal contraception or another for about 14 years so expecting things to take a while too! Stopped taking my pill last Tuesday, mid way through a packet nothing has happened of note so far. Thinking I’ll take a test at the end of January if nothing has happened just in case by some miracle I’m fertile!

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1987Nic · 21/12/2019 22:29

@yoomoo Our journey is very similar, stopped pill a day apart, took pill for what sounds around a similar amount of time and the same age. I know our journeys will not be the same but glad we can all discuss symptoms of coming of the pill etc.

1987Nic · 21/12/2019 22:12

So happy to have found this thread. I stopped taking my pills this Thursday. Very excited to hear how everyone is. I’m 32 and have been on cerazette for 11 years without a bleed so not expecting things to happen quickly. How long has everyone been on the pill for?

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yoomoo · 21/12/2019 21:46

@Florence13 welcome to the thread! So day 3 off the pill I feel so weird not taking it just before bed each night, I keep going to then take my vitamins instead! If anyone has a Lloyd’s pharmacy local I found a mum-to-be vitamin which has everything we need in it! Only £3.99 for 30 tablets which seems like a bargain compared to the big brands.
Anyone else who’s come off Cerelle recently find themselves wondering what their body is up to? My hormones have been all over the place last couple of days but sure that’s normal. I think I’m ovulating this weekend as I keep getting sharp pains in that area. Hope everyone else is enjoying the run up to Christmas!

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Florence13 · 20/12/2019 22:02

Hi,
Really glad to have found this thread as I am in the same position. My pill packet will finish on the 3rd January and me and my husband have decided its time we try for a baby. Slightly nervous of the whole TTC after reading all the threads on here as I had no idea there was so much to it. However, hoping to take a relaxed approach initially. Xx

lucymagoo · 18/12/2019 19:26

It turns out the normal multivitamin I take has 100% RDA of folic acid so I'll probably just carry on taking that. Also just trying to healthy in general and get a lot of veg Xmas Smile

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yoomoo · 18/12/2019 19:03

@mimmi91 I’ve just been on the NHS site and it recommends 400mg of folic acid and then a vitamin D tablet as well- that’s it. My normal multivitamins have vitamin A in so I’ve just taken the folic acid today, will get some vitamin D tomorrow.
Hope this is ok to post but I follow Luisa Zissman on Insta and she also recommends some additional vitamins for egg quality etc so I think I might give those a go. Thought I’d share the details of what she took in case it’s of interest to anyone else. You can find the full details on her blog.

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mimmi91 · 18/12/2019 17:52

@yoomoo I'm taking a normal multivitamin, as I felt it was the most economical way of getting all of the recommended vitamins...
Read that Vitamin E, C and D are important, as well as Calcium and Iron. Am separately taking Magnesium for some other health reasons, but don't think that hurts :)
Only thing you shouldn't take too much of is Vitamin A apparently...

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yoomoo · 18/12/2019 16:43

@mimmi91 I have no idea either I’ve never just not taken it before! I am on Cerelle and don’t have periods at all so I’m not sure what happens next. I suppose I’ll test end of January if I’ve not had a period to see? Probably not had a proper period for maybe 10 years 🙈 that will be a shock!

@HighHopes20 sorry to hear of your loss back in the summer Sad keeping fingers crossed for you this time around

@Kylee300 yes it does me too. I have been quite casual about it up until now but a few weeks ago I started getting really broody. Looking at babies etc! I guess it must be my age telling me to get on haha!

@lucymagoo totally with you there, our biggest conversations happen over a takeaway and a gin Grin

The good news is he totally remembered the whole chat and even me checking last night that I definitely wasn’t taking my pill (always take it just before bed) so that’s good I hadn’t imagined the chat. Purchased some folic acid today and have taken one, did look at the conception vitamins but at £18 a packet I went for the £1.05 tub of Waitrose folic acid Grin will do some more research on what else I need think someone said vitamin D too?

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lucymagoo · 18/12/2019 13:07

@yoomoo yes so exciting! We are very similar in that my husband and I love to discuss this stuff tipsy because it's so's scarily grown up to discuss sober 😂
I'm two days off the pill now, haven't been off hormonal contraception for probably 15 years or so!

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HighHopes20 · 18/12/2019 10:45

Me! I have a 2 yo DS and was pregnant again this summer but we lost it just before my 12 week scan.
We took a few months out to get my health back but we’ve agreed that we’re ready to try again after Christmas.
We’re taking the pregnacare him & her conception vitamins.
I’m 28!

mimmi91 · 18/12/2019 10:34

Yay congrats on making the decision to stop your pill!
I don't know what happens when you stop your pill halfway through the pack (I waited to finish it), but I guess you could become fertile straight away :)

I'm not terrified yet of the baby phase, as I'm mostly worried about the TTC process (am convienced it's going to take forever, and that I'll get really depressed over it) ; but I think the day I fall pregnant I'll freak out hah!

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yoomoo · 18/12/2019 09:47

Also anyone else acutely terrified at the thought of being responsible for a small human. I’m semi responsible for one now with my stepdaughter but the idea of having one wholly reliant on me is scary- will I know what to do?! Arghhhh!

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yoomoo · 18/12/2019 09:45

Morning all! Slight update here, had a bit of a heart to heart over a few gins last night. Talking about elderly relatives and how we’d like our baby to meet them. Anyway the outcome was we agreed to stop my pill immediately and see what happens. Not putting any pressure on it, could be 3 weeks or 3 months. Going to check with him this morning that he remembers what we discussed in case there’s any gin amnesia Grin still going to enjoy Christmas with a few drinks, I don’t tend to drink that much anyway but I’ll probably have one glass of wine on Christmas Day. Not that I’m sure it makes any difference.
I’m mid packet so I guess I might bleed soon, no idea to be honest!
Hope everyone is doing well in the run up to Christmas. I’m off to heavily research what vitamins I need to be taking and get some down me haha!

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lucymagoo · 16/12/2019 13:41

Hi! My husband and I are looking at tentatively "trying" in the new year. By that I mean coming off the pill and then just seeing if it happens naturally. I came off the depo injection 6 months ago so could take a while for my fertility to return, along with some health issues from him, we are sure it won't happen right away.

mimmi91 · 16/12/2019 10:14

@jaffacakegal I definitely recommmend stopping the pill now if you want to start TTC in March. For me it took 3 months for my period to come back! And I think for some people it can even take longer…
You could always stop taking it and use other forms of non-hormonal contraception for a while, to let your cycles get back on track :)

JaffaCakeGal · 16/12/2019 10:04

My pill runs out next Saturday so I THINK we have decided that I won't take any more after that, originally we said March but I don't know how long it will take for my body to go back to normal cycles! But will not be actively TTC, just seeing what happens!

mimmi91 · 16/12/2019 09:55

@yoomoo I know what you mean about feeling like "a grown up" about this. I almost feel like a fraud for even thinking that I want to start TTC! I'm 28 and do still feel a bit like a child myself Grin.
But the biological clock is ticking HARD already (started about a year ago).

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yoomoo · 15/12/2019 20:04

Oh yay there’s a group of us! I was looking at the other threads and couldn’t really see one for those of us who aren’t quite there yet!

Thanks for the advice re vitamins, I will just get some basic folic acid and Vitamin D then, the conception vitamins are pretty expensive but it sounds like they are maybe a marketing thing? I did read too much vitamin A isn’t good but perhaps need a bit more research Confused

@GoldLeafTree sorry for your loss but wishing you lots of luck in January.

I’m 32, turning 33 in February. Wanting to get started in January as I’m one of those people who assumes the worst so would like to find out early if there’s any problems. My partner has a child already so he should be fine Grin

Is it just me who feels really grown up at the thought of taking folic acid 😂 I mean I’m 32 so should be grown up but it feels very responsible!

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