Waiting to TTC part 2!

frakkin, I'm pretty much the same...there's so much I don't know about conception and fertility. I mean, I know the basics, but I am at a loss when people start talking temps, luteal whatsits and egg white thingy....never mind all the abbreviations. I hopped onto one of the 'buses' and hopped right back off when I realised I hardly had a clue what most of the 'passengers' were on about

Temp tracking is quite good but you need to do it at the same time everyday or it doesn't work. But it can help pinpoint ovulation.

I need to put on weight apparently! Hence the getting fit kick cos I figure some muscle mass would bulk me up nicely.

I've considered doing temp tracking. Is it any good?

There's this whole void in my knowledge about conception and pregnancy! Once they're born I'll be fine, I know what to do then, but this whole pre-birth thing scares the knickers off me.

You need to take your temp at the same time everyday or it's all mixed up. I have to be up for work at 5am 3 days a week so I just set it for 5 everyday and just go back to sleep once I've done my temp.

5am ! I struggle to get up at 6:15....why do you need to wake so early? How does that aid conception?

I'm losing weight. I'll start taking folic acid about 3 months before we start ttc.

I'm also tracking my cycle so I know when I ovulate so when it comes to ttc I know what is happening. We are going to try for a girl so it's easier for me to know what's going on. It's not easy though. I need to wake at the same time everyday so the alarm goes off at 5am everyday. Zzzzzzzz

yeah, that's my plan.....I don't need to lose any weight, but I could do with a tone up and besides, I signed up for a 10k so need to get training.....
Otherwise, I just stalk MN lol

So what else is everyone doing before TTC?

I was just going for getting fit and taking folic acid!

The first response tests can be used about 4 days before you are due.

how early can you test?

No, i haven't done a test yet (tho I'm excited that anyone is actually interested!) It's actually only been just over a week, but def feels more like 2.

I swing wildy from feeling like I must be pg one minute to thinking that it would be ridiculous to think that it would happen so easily the next. Also, the last few months I have started to experience on and off mild nausea in the run up to AF's visit, so am just gonna be patient and not spend ages thinking about the what if's.....will def keep y'all posted tho

Yes I meant done a pregnancy test. Surely it's been 2 weeks. I'll just have to wait. Do you feel pregnant?

I haven't ever tested for anything - except what they test you for during routine blood tests in pregnancy! I have 2 DC's and both times they were a 'surprise' so haven't done the whole TTC thing before. Errr, or did you mean have I done a pg test yet? AF isn't due until next tues or so.....

I was thinking that if I get AF this month, then I'm going to book an appointment and ask GP's advice....prob almost due a smear now so could get that done (speaking of smear, I had one done when I was pregnant with DD as didn't know yet!)

Panda, your GP sounds very annoying. I wasn't tested for toxoplasmosis when I was pregnant. I've always read that you should get your DH/DP to do the litter tray.

I wonder if Tanmu2 has tested or anything yet!!

Just thought I'd update after my frustrating trip to the doctors today - he was quite unhelpful.

When I asked about checking for immunity to rubella he said no, that they do that when you are pregnant. I pointed out that if they discover I am not immune then they cannot give me the vaccine while I am pregnant.

Basically I persevered and he eventually gave in and referred me for the blood test but I had to argue pretty strongly for it!

Then I asked him about toxoplasmosis from cat litter (I have an indoor cat) and he just said "oh i'm sure you'll be fine. Lots of women have cats" - which is quite unhelpful! Does anyone know how great the risks are?

But finally, I said that I would like help to give up smoking - and he said "oh sorry, we don't do that here anymore"! I thought you were meant to see your GP to get help!?

Has anyone else had any similar problems with their GP?

Welcome newbees no limit to folic acid we wil all b very excited to count down wit ye & ask anythin or say anythin ye like here a few of us hav baba's already & a few first timers waitin too, so...... WELCOME TO OUR WAITING GROUP

Bebe & kay good luck with the retraining, i always wanted to b a midwive too! wouldnt like to hav to do nights tho... Had some amazin mw's durin my preg's & i def wudnt hav managed my very wanted vbac had it not bn for my fantastic mw hope it goes well for ye how many children do u think ud like kay this wil b no.3 ya? well we might not b ttc as soon as i had bn thinkn dh doesnt want to leave me alone pg wit two boys to look after (we hav no support of any type) & wit his mum sick he wants to b able to travel over to visit her every 2-3mnths & when pg wit ds2 i twice had bleeding during the night &had to stay n hosp. he also tinks itd b tough goin havin another baby when we hav noone to call on ever to help but he's da 1 who wantd to ttc few mnths ago but now we'r n limbo... & iv this awful broody storm going on inside me & ye'l tot think im mental but its like iv this empty feeling n my stomach that i know im waiting to hav another baby grow there & til then its jus emptyness... ok i tot loopy i sound

Hi all

I posted on the old thread a couple of times but am now much closer to TTC #1 as I've stopped taking the pill! I'm also in that strange place where I want to but now I've taken a step towards it I feel all scared again... DH doesn't quite understand because for him I guess it seems a way off but I'm starting to track my cycle and will probably start folic acid soon. Does anyone know if there's a max length of time you can take folic acid for?

Hi everyone. I posted a couple of times on the old thread but decided to leave for a while because all I could think about was waiting to TTC!

Dh and I agreed that we would TTC in May - which when he agreed last year seemed like ages away to him - but now he has the Fear! He doesn't really like talking about it much so I have to contain my excitement and impatience.

So now I'm only three months away...bought my folic acid today and have booked an appointment at the doctors for tomorrow to see if I need to do anything else.

Now to give up drinking and smoking (have already read the allen carr book twice and it hasn't worked

Bebe, I am thinking of training to be a midwife too. I'm going to wait until I've finished having children.

I do worry about taking blood though if I was a MW. O do not like needles.

hello ladies, it's macaco with a new name. I've been really busy with work so haven't been on here lately. I'm still lurching between feeling really broody, let's chuck away the condoms, and thinking, Oh my God, how the hell would I cope with 2? How would I manage work now I'm so busy? etc etc.
Work's been a good way to keep my mind off things actually so I'm off to do some more.