Any young TTCers out there, or am I the only one in the universe!?

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Morning everyone!

I'm 22 and my husband is 21, we got married this summer and are trying for our first. Anyone else out there who finds themself trying to explain ovulation and pregnancy tests to clueless friends in the pub? Who is going to be the first of their friends with a baby? (and therefore have a queue of babysitters round the block, our friends have volunteered a million times to look after our as yet unconceived little one!)

Gold, I only came off the pill last month. I'm just hoping I get back to normal a bit quicker than a year. However, if I don't, at least I'll have had a year of enjoying the trying :o.

sorelip IF (and I'm sure you won't) you needed clomid your doctor would want to do quite alot of tests before.

It varys in different areas but where I live you have to have been trying for minimum of 12 months before they will even consider doing investigations.

Mine was slightly quicker but only because I have a long history of severe problems with my periods and finally got a gp who listened. Before that it took 10 years of complaining to doctors and no help was even offered, but that's a different story.

If you had been trying with no success then docs would do bloodtests to check your progestrone level. These are usually taken a week after ovulation should've taken place. Commonly known as 21 day bloods.
By looking at this number they can (usually) tell whether your body released an egg that month. You would probably need at least 4 consecutive anovulatory months before they would consider clomid as an option.

It works by stimulating the ovaries to hopefully pop an egg out.

TD x

Thank you tinydiamond. I'm sorry it took so long for you to be listened to.

Hi everyone can I join you?
Im 23 and will be ttc my first in the next few months.
Came off depo six months ago and cycle is now back to normal.
Have started taking folic acid and exercising as I have a little bit of weight to lose.
What is everyone else doing in preparation?
None of my family and friends know we are ttc so nice to have someone to talk to

itsohsoquiet I like your name. Welcome.

I took folic acid and a B vitamin complex, joined the gym and followed a fairly strict (for a while anyway) low GI diet to help with my PCOS. Read up loads on all things ttc, mainly on here to be honest.

We also used a lube called conceive plus (£14.99 from boots) in the last couple of months which worked out v successfully as I'm pg now.

Good luck xxx

I've started taking folic acid and a multivitamin, peeing on sticks to see if/when I ovulate, having loads of sex, and using conceive plus.

Congratulations tinydiamond! :)

Hiya i'm TTC too, i'm 20 and husband is 22. Just wondering if anyone knows anything about rubella immunity, went to see nurse about TTC and was told to have rubella immunity checked, because sometimes you aren't immune even if you have had MMR, but have to wait 2 weeks for blood test, then if not immune have to have MMR and can't try for a baby for 3 months afterwards. Really don't want to wait that long before trying, but don't want to be irresponsible either :s anyone else had the same sort of thing?

I'm 28 now, so not so young! But I was 24 when I got pregnant with DS, which I didn't think was so young, but apparently was from the fuss people made about it! :)

Good luck to everyone on this thread!

I'm 21, DH is 27! We've been TTC for a year, and yes I find it really hard to explain to friends why we are doing this! Though, of course our proper friends are very supportive and lovely about it!

Its good to hear im not the only one :)

I would definitely get rubella immunity checked. The risk to the baby of contracting it in pregnancy is huge and the disappointment of waiting to TTC far outweighs the pain of a miscarriage or stillbirth.

And yes, MMR doesn't always work so it's worth checking.

I'm definitely going to get immunity checked, just not sure if I want MMR again or not, guess i'll have to speak to the Doctor if i'm not immune.

You can always get a single rubella shot if you don't want the triple vaccine :)