Preconception planning - anyone want to join?

@sunflowersaremyfav93 I am keeping one dose of coffee per day and the rest of the day I have decaf or herbal tea without caffeine. I've always read that one coffee a day is fine, but it may depend on each person's fertility situation.

That’s great news about your gynaecologists appointment @sunflowersaremyfav93. Fingers crossed!

It would be fine to have a daily cappuccino if you were pregnant (especially if it’s from a sachet), so it will be absolutely fine in the pre conception stages. You might be able to get decaf ones if it makes you feel better though?

@sunflowersaremyfav93 Good news about the referral, hopefully you'll get the comfort you are hoping for from this.

I hope one cappuccino a day won't do any harm, I am on many more than that! I'm not too concerned about caffeine, figure I'll try and taper down gradually once I get a bit closer to trying but I've got more important things to give up/cut down on as a priority. I might try and get my hands on some decent decaff beans to make the process a little easier...

@sunflowersaremyfav93 I don't think so, I think the amount of coffee recommended when trying to conceive and falling pregnant is around 200mg, a instant coffee is 63, and a single shot cappuccino is 77mg so I think you are fine to carry that on!

@Lollipop87

I bought the ClearBlue 6 days early one and can't wait to use it! I'm so anxious that I think it's causing me symptoms. Anyway, hoping we all get our BFPs soon and may the TWW be gentle on us (and quick!).

@stepmumSW5 I’m guessing you mean a pregnancy test and not an ovulation test?? Some you can do I think 4 days before your period is due but I think those are the expensive ones! Otherwise I think you need to wait until you’ve missed a period i.e. the day after your period would be due. I think this is why women complain about the 2 week wait, because it’s agonising waiting to find out!! Fingers crossed

How interesting, @Lollipop87 - as you say, maybe it just takes time for the lining to build up. Mine is definitely a little lighter than before.

I think we've all had the same idea - I am also reading the Impatient Woman's Guide!

Hi everyone

I've finally stopped bleeding so I'm really optimistic it was just ovulation bleeding.

I have however started imagining symptoms. I don't know how to stop obsessing over them.

Getting feverish every afternoon, my nose is super blocked, heartburn early evening... All that the past 4-5 days.

I'm going crazy... When is it OK to take a test do you think?

@Lollipop87 wait till you get to the bit about tipping the odds to one sex or another!

Morning everyone!

@queenatom mine this month has seemed to only last two and a half days! Although it could come back, it does that sometimes I’m not sure if maybe my uterine layer just hasn’t built back up enough yet. I think I’m probably ovulating though, I’ve been logging my cervical fluid (sorry for TMI) and it seems to match what it’s meant to be like leading up to and around the day of ovulation and it’s different to when I was on the pill.

Downloaded The Impatient Woman’s Guide last night and already started reading it, it’s very interesting!

Morning all! Hope everyone had a good weekend?

My period/withdrawal bleed (not sure whether it officially counts as a period?) arrived in full force on Saturday. Like some of you have mentioned, I'm interested to see what they look like after the implant - before contraception mine were short (3 days) and not too painful, so would be good if they could be like that again!

Good morning :) just came here to wish all of you a good start into the new week. And hi to all of you who joined.

@Lollipop87 thank you. Omgosh isn’t it just. I was starting to think I was genuinely going crazy so it’s reassuring to know I’m not the only planner out there :)

That will be amazing in sept/ Oct when some of us start ttc at the same time! X

@mackjm20 hi! It’s great to know there are other women going through the same thing isn’t it There are quite a few on here planning to start TTC in Sept/Oct so it’s nice that we’re in the same kind of pre-planning phase with all the weird and wonderful thoughts that go along with it!

@JamesZebra Oo really which page? well done making it to 3 weeks that’s amazing! I did it before my wedding and lost so much so just hoping it will give me a 12 week burst :)

Omgosh I agree completely so much easier in the week and like you said tomorrow is a new day :)

@mackjm20 theres a support group on the diet page for cambridge too. I'm doing it at the mo. I'm on week 3 and I'm really hungry......I think its coz I'm due on. I caved tonight and ate a pasty which was over 300cals! So naughty. However tomorrow is a brand new day and I find it much easier to stick to it when I have work to distract me.

Hiya is it okay to join please?

We are planning to start ttc baby #1 in September and I am so happy to have stumbled across this group having read through the full thread it is so nice to hear other people having the same thoughts as me!

Trying to spend 12 weeks getting fit and losing as much weight as possible so doing the cambridge diet which is miserable but does seem to be working.

Also started taking folic acid but plan to get some vitamin d tomorrow after reading these posts :)

I had the coil taken out in Jan but truly I had no idea there was so much to all the tracking etc until I started researching!

Nice to know others are in this advance planning stage too :) x

Oh I wonder if The Impatient Woman’s Guide is the book my boss read, just read the Amazon reviews and everyone says it helped them feel calmer and more positive about the journey ahead, so thinking I might buy the kindle version when I get home tonight

@JamesZebra my husband and I went to the beach for our first post-lockdown weekend away and it was so lovely to be out and about, but I’ve just looked in the car mirror and my nose and scalp are looking rather pink, oops!

Another fan of the inpatient women’s guide - full of lots of great info

Is it too late to join in? I’m planning to start TTC in October. Got implant out last week and starting vitamin D and cutting out alcohol and slowly cutting down caffeine but big think is I want to lose 4kg to be a healthy weight - thankfully gym opening again soon but struggling to motivate myself to slim down during lockdown.

@Nate1 umm not sure but maybe 3-5kg? 5kg would put me where I was when I got pregnant but I weighed less before and had periods

Sounds like everyone is doing really positive things to prepare. I think with everything CV going on at the mo it's nice to have a distraction and something to focus on.

Got horrible cramps today but I'm not due on for another 5 days so I'm not sure what is going on there. Going to distract myself with some decorating
Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather again.....I managed to burn myself to a crisp in it yesterday