Our first month ttc our first

@Dee271117 I’ve seen this mentioned loads. Apparently doesn’t make any difference at all!! So pee away 😊 Xxx

@lalababy2 same 🤣🤣 I know what pushchair I want, what I want the nursery to look like etc? I'm obsessed 🙈 I work with babies/kids and my best friends have just had/are having babies so thats really not helping matters!!

@rosiej95 the waiting is the worst isnt it!! We'd make a fortune for an immediate test haha

@RLou3 🤣 i spent the last 2 weeks convincing myself every little symptom was pregnancy 🤦‍♀️

Its so lovely being able to talk to people that understand! Im sure hubby thinks I'm bonkers!!!

Hello, I am trying to conceive. But I would like to ask a question which may sound silly. Does peeing after sex decrease the chances of fertility. Does the chances of fertilization decrease if you pee straight after sex?

@lalababy2 I’m not even trying to be casual about it 😂😂 the worst thing is - I’m still on my period waiting to start trying! We haven’t even bloody started yet and I keep having to remind myself - no that pain wasn’t a sign of pregnancy because I haven’t started trying yet!!! God I’ll be bald by the end of this!!

@Helenmelon92 definitely! The more casual I try to be, the more obsessed I get
Totally haven't been on the Zara website looking at the newborn clothes already....

@RLou3 haha just read your couple of comments!
"I'm nuts and I know it!" - oh we are so similar!

Hubby and I knew we wanted to start trying now, so baby comes May/June
I was so optimistic and felt like i was doing positive thinking, and manifesting that I would definitely have a baby by May next year, but now it has come to actually TTC, the negative thoughts just can't help themselves!
Keeping my fingers crossed for both of us, for BFP and also for positive thoughts!!

@RLou3 so draining!!! Yeah we started trying a month ago as couldn't get my IUD out before then due to covid 🙄 currently waiting for AF, have done a few pregnancy tests the last week and all BFN so expecting AF to arrive any day! I started taking supplements/folic acid about 2/3 months ago. I'm already convinced this is going to take a long long time with my slightly irregular cycles and I've just been so desperate for a baby for so long that I think is making me feel even more emotional right now!! I know I'm being irrational but definitely doesn't make it any easier like you say xxx

@lalababy2 glad its not just me thats insanely impatient!!

@Helenmelon92 it’s so draining isn’t it!! So you’ve been trying for 1 month? Are you waiting for AF? Are you taking any pregnancy supplements? I really am dreading the process tbh. I just know after 1 month I’ll be sure that I’m infertile and be completely stressed by it all!! I’m nuts and I know it... doesn’t make it any easier though. Xxx

@rosiej95 ahhh ok I shall get googling!

Thanks! Good luck with your journey too, just had a little read through to catch up. You sound like me... very impatient! I've already been checking what the first possible date I could do an early pregnant test would be (I mean POAS )
I saying I am being really chilled out about it, but in reality I am meticulously going over every detail haha

Xx

@RLou3 I totally understand! I'm a natural worrier too and have convinced myself this is going to take a long time. Also feeling very drained and we're only a month in! I'm going to start using OPK's from next month too

@rosiej95 fingers crossed for you! 🤞

Still no sign of AF here! Now 3 days late but irregular periods so hopefully will be here in the next few days ready to start a new cycle!

@rosiej95 omg ! I'm excited/ nervous for you. When do you plan on testing next?

Xxx

@beckyBP thanks!! How long have you been trying for? And how old are you? I’m about to turn 30 in October..

@rosiej95 did AF arrive? Xx

Hi all! Hope it's ok to join in the conversation...
This is our first month TTC baby number 2!
Came of the pill last month, and have had withdrawal, and period so should be ovulation around about now (hopefully!)

I am fairly new to mumsnet - could anyone help me with some of the common acronyms used in this thread please?!

@rosiej95 thanks doll! I've over it now and ready for cycle 3 💪🏽 hope AF stays the hell away for you 🤞🏽

@AlwaysLay8 you may have missed it hun. How often/what time were you testing?

@RLou3 welcome aboard the TTC journey 😂 I also take the supplements Louisa recommends!! I'm coming up to a month of taking them. I've seen sooo many good things xx

Good luck! I’m new to mumsnet.. would love to join this chain. We will be ttc for baby #1 this month!! Just waiting for cycle to end. I’m estimating that I will be ovulating around the 5th September! I’ve already convinced myself that I’m going to struggle - with no real reason of thinking this way. I’m just a born worrier and become consumed and worried about everything I do! Yes, extremely draining. Already dreading this process.

I’ve been using ovulation sticks for the past couple of months to make sure I’m ovulating - which I have been. So that I’m prepared and ready. Also have been taking pregnancy supplements. Not sure if any of you have seen the Luisa zissman website with her maybe baby page, where she recommends certain pregnancy supplements to start taking before trying?? She swears by them and was told to take them by a leading fertility specialist. I’m waffling...

Good luck to everyone .. I’m already drained/ excited to join this chain with you all ❤️❤️❤️

Wow so after all my carefully laid out 'strategies' I never got a positive OPK this month which totally threw me off...was gonna DTD for three days in a row when I got the positive but I never did so just continued to DTD every other day. Now I don't know what is going on with my cycle, did I not ovulate?! Did I ovulate but my OPK missed it? Everything seemed normal last month. Confusinggggggg

Oh hey AF 👋🏽 😫

TTC is way more stressful and emotional than I thought.

Hope everyone is ok

Hi all, can I join? I've been desperate for a baby for years but hubby wasn't quite ready, so we finally started TTC last month! I have slightly irregular periods so am expecting it to take a while. DTD every 2-3 days, got BFN's this month, but knowing it'll take a while doesn't make it any less sad does it? 😔 AF due anytime from now to the next week or 2 but no signs yet!

BFN. I thought it would be but I'm still really, really sad.

@Canni19 could be. I think the only way to be sure is to test x