Questionable TTC behaviour

[Folicacid]

1. Lurking in baby names on a daily basis, desperate to post
   

1. Checking the baby name statistics for both country and area
   

1. Surfing Amazon to read reviews of pregnancy books- but not buying any
   

1. Working out how pregnant I could be if I get pregnant this month at key events this year like weddings, holidays
   

5.Regularly checking the local nursery's website for information

[gumblossom]

Iv'e done number 52 in order to work out my due date before fertility friend has three days of a temp rise.

54. Buying a beautiful necklace that has the inscription "love and protection" on the back see it here to wear when I am pregnant, but not before.

55.Setting up a "baby alter" in my bedroom to attract my spirit baby home.

56. Buying a fertility spell on e-bay.

Oh the embarrassment!

as for the peas - one of the fertility books suggested peas and rhubarb weren't good for fertility, but I reckon that's a long shot. I'm not giving up rhubarb apple crumble!

[Bumpsadaisie]

Oh dear, gumblossom at your no.56 ..

PS for those ladies who are following my no.52 with bated breath - temp today was indeed over 36.38 - one more temp like that to go and my hypothetical scenario magically transforms into reality ...

[IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy]

57. Completely defeating the purpose of FF by taking your temperature every single time you wake up in the night and then picking the "best" one to record. If none of then give the desired result, laying in bed for half an hour awake and then re-taking temp to try and get a better reading.
    
    Dear god, I swear I am going to stop temping after ov this cycle - there's just no point!!!

[NervousNelly]

58. Pretending you don't want to hold your friends newborns, then sneaking a big smell of them, cradling them in your arms, and wondering if they'd notice if, you "borrowed" it .
    
    
59. Creating in your head a list of parenting rules such as "I will not have a Baby on Board sign in my car". (I'm therefore quite alarmed to read above that I'd be endangering my non-existent child's life without it .
    
    I've done 51 a lot!

[babybythesea]

60. Buying books you loved as a kid to share with your child when they get a bit bigger.
    
    
61. Referring to a room in your house as 'the nursery' - first in your head and then (accidently) out loud (causing your DH to spin 180 degrees and drop his XBox controls).

[lucylookout]

62. Rattling with supplements, adding another type every month after reading something that vaguely suggests it might help you conceive, and make all the difference, but too superstitious to stop taking any of the ones that clearly don't work.

[MummyAbroad]

63. Drinking grapefruit juice. It tastes so gross you would only ever do it to improve the quality of your cervical fluid.
    
    
64. Using terms like "cervical fluid"

[Got2Dance]

Ha ha ha at so many of these! Loving 62 and 51. Oh, and 48.

Sorry, can't think of others myself, but as soon as someone suggests one, I realise it has already gone through my head at some point!

[Bexamundo]

65. Feeling your cervix 3 times day because a book told you it helps you understand your fertility.
    
    
66. Making arrangements with your sister to plan out your childcare arrangements when you go back to work.
    
    
67. Reversing the roles in your sex life so you become a wanton woman expecting him to ravish you to impregnate you...

[MummyAbroad]

at cervix feeling

68. Referring to "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" as "the Bible"

[NervousNelly]

Oh haha 67! Yes, OH has never had it so good .
And 62 made me laugh out loud. And then pretend to OH that I laughed at something he said .

[KnackeredCow]

69. Lurking on the Mumsnet conception board for at least a year before plucking up the courage to join, after all joining an internet forum called Mumsnet is just wrong if you don't have kids and also means that you are officially TTC.
    
    
70. Joining Mumsnet
    
    
    at 61!

[Imps7]

This is hilarious!

71. Resting your hands on your belly, even though you know your bump is just bloat, and not baby;

72. Sitting down and getting up like you're already 8 months gone;

73. Pointing out behaviour that OH will have to change "when we've got a baby";

74. Worrying about the grandparents buying too many presents at Christmas/birthdays - we simply have no room for them all!;

75. Only buying furniture which will also serve a purpose for when the baby has arrived, e.g. buying an ottoman rather than an armchair for the bay window (you can use the former for toy storage as well as seating, you see)...

Oh I feel so much more normal now I've read this thread!

[Mondayschild78]

54. Considering booking a ticket for 'The Baby Show' exhibition despite not being pregnant or having any existing children.....
    
    
55. ACTUALLY buying a ticket for 'The Baby Show' exhibition despite not being pregnant or having any existing children.....'

[LoveInAColdClimate]

Mondayschild78 - I am also going to The Baby Show and have not yet conceived (unless this month has been more sucessful than I imagine...). As is my best friend. However, is not until May (going to the NEC one) so am in high hopes that will in fact be up-diffed by then...

[Mondayschild78]

Ha ha glad I'm not the only one! I haven't bought ticket yet but will investigate further.... am tempted but surely it's ridiculous!

Sorry, I messed up the numbers, I'm new to this and I forgot which page I was on... it's been a long day...

Should have been 76 and 77

[KnackeredCow]

78. Ensuring that you don't use Mumsnet acronyms on Facebook lest you be discovered as an MNer
    
    Imps your post has me chucking. Not that I do any of those things..... (of course)

[Bexamundo]

Ah Imps I do 71 all the time. Not so much 74 because I have a "play room" allocated since we moved into our new house. DH has his xbox and table football in there at the moment but they WILL go.....
79. Borrowing babies and enjoying the conversation with old ladies about them for a few mminutes before grudgingly admitting they don't belong to you (don't worry I only borrow my DNephew and have my sister's permission!).

[tory79]

80. Wearing the same pj's for the whole 2ww so that temp fluctuations can't be put down to wearing different nightwear!!
    
    
81. Entering a positive hpt result on to FF to see what happens

[sevendwarves]

82. Talking to DH about cervical mucus
    
    
83. Getting your existing DC's old baby clothes out and just holding them up, folding them and then putting them away again.

[Idreaminchocolate]

82. Staring at nipples first thing in the morning to see if they have got darker overnight and / or if they have got "bumpy".
    
    Addendum to baby names lists - I have a spreadsheet (oh, yes - I'm a pro!!).
    
    After 3 and a half years I thought that I had this TTC obsessing thing covered but you ladies have given me some great ideas

[Newgolddream]

OMG IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy at your No57, Ive done that to lol.

[eaglewings]

83. Checking bra every few minutes to see if I've swollen up (in the pub or other such places )

[BabyMaking2011]

51, calling the spare room the nursery= did this accidentally out loud with my mum the other day, eyes almost popped out of head. lol

[Folicacid]

Fantasising how you will tell OH, will he be there doing text with you? will you wrap pee stick up as a gift, will you burst and call him...