Preparing to TTC

[Gerbera08]

Hi everyone, My husband and I have decided to start TTC at Christmas so I'm now getting ready to prepare myself for that! I've recently lost about a stone and want to lose a little more to be right in the middle of my healthy BMI. I've also started reducing my anti anxiety meds so that I will be completely off them by December. Is anyone else in the same boat? Are you planning to start TTC soon? Let's start chatting babies and healthy eating so we can be happy, healthy and ready together!! Gerbera08 xxx

May I join? Not sure when exactly we will start but the plan is (hopefully) within the next few months.
I'm trying to eat far healthier, and just started folic acid.
Just got to start exercising now!
I'm also trying to change my habits a little eg waking up a little earlier, and trying to declutter the house a bit.

hi zombies Welcome!

Hi there everyone.
That's interesting about taking folic acid six months prior to pregnancy. I will stop being so complacent and start taking it daily then. Any other suggestions for pre pregnancy vits?

The other thing I started doing this week is setting myself a monthly spending limit, and really keeping track of what I buy each month. I have never really taken that much notice of my finances if I'm honest, and know that I waste lots of money every month on unnecessary purchases. I have no idea how much to aim to save, but I've set up a baby fund and am going to transfer as much as possible in each month. At the very least it will get me used to living on a budget on maternity pay!

Hello!
Husband and I have started ttc. Came off the pill maybe 2/3months ago; periods been random, feeling nauseous, skin breaking out in loads of spots! All fun! Started taking Folic acid as soon as I stopped taking the pill.
What else should I be doing?
I've (very uncharacteristically) started sorting things at home too; getting rid of crap and cleaning more!

p.s. I'm 27, a youth worker, have C.FS/M.E, love knitting (can't wait to knit little things!), baking and pilates. Been married for 2 years, together for 5, we're both over 6ft, so who knows what giants we may breed!? I'm hoping for a basketball team!
Lx

Hello! Can I join?
Another teacher here! I teach primary, I'm 26 and DH and I have been married for 2 years, together for 9! We're going to TTC around Nov/Dec (again, I would love an autumn term baby!) I've spent the summer clearing things out, trying to do more exercise and eat healthily. I've been taking folic acid too. Have also tried very hard not to spend most of the summer holidays thinking about/finding out about babies... but it's hard when you have lots of time! Trying to get myself prepared now before the mania of school starts again!

Hello everyone, can I squeeze on this thread too?

I am 35 (nearly 36 - yikes!) and preparing to resume ttc#2 in December. DP and I have a 6 year old DD and - to my complete surprise - starting ttc again at Christmas. DP had always been absolutely certain he only wanted one child and we had both gone through alot of heartache trying to reconcile our feelings (years of on-off arguments, tears, etc).

I fell pregnant in March and everything seemed perfect, but unfortunately I miscarried at 7 weeks. We have been ttc since then but now I feel like I need to take a break.

DP is keen for us to just carry on (neither of us are getting any younger) but I just want a few months to lose a bit of weight and get my head together. Little one would have been due in early December and I feel that once that date passes I can move on and fully embrace ttc again.

It would be lovely to have some people to chat to over the next few months - I definitely need some support with my healthy eating plan! The school summer holidays haven't helped at all (too many ice-creams at the park).

Hi, I decree we all shall have BFP when the timing works for each of us and that's that
bridget, so sorry for your loss xxx

Takingthestairs - Hear! Hear! Are you planning to ttc as soon as you come off the pill? Yonks ago, when we decided to go for baby no 1, I think I definitely benefitted from a hormonal 'rebound' effect when I came off the pill - conceived first proper post-pill cycle.

Bridget..... We're not trying but I have found there is a def 'rebound' affect since having my implant taken out.

Poor DH is exhausted

So are you going to do Fertility charting or use the Fertility Monitor? Or do it the relaxed way?
I am almost 32 and have a dodgy cycle and PCOS. I will be making a beeline for the fertility monitor method straightaway!

Hmmm, TMI warning but I think I have a pretty good idea when I'm at most fertile due to EWCM and very tingly boobs so I think we'll just have plenty of SWI around that time.

I have to confess I am rather tempted to buy some OPKs though - just to double check I'm ovulating when I think I am. However I am also rather gutted about the amount of money I've wasted peeing on sticks over the last few months. First response's profits should be up this year!

Eirehead - I just want to say I'm thinking of you. It's such a shitty thing to go through.

I spent hours on the sofa trawling the miscarriage section and found it really helpful. It was a bit of milestone when I found myself gradually spending more time on the conception topic. Hopefully we will all be on the pregnancy topic before too long!

Hi all :)

My GP said take folic acid for 2 months before. I started taking it a couple of weeks ago. We are planning to start TTC in October. DS is currently 16mo.

I'm getting my implant taken out in September (I was getting irregular, frequent bleeding so I'm on the pill as well as the implant currently). Still BFing DS so not expecting things to happen as quickly as they did last time. TTCing DS I took my last pill on May 24th and conceived on July 24th.

Yes, Bridget- I was first looking at the April baby boards, but only looking. Then the MC sections, but I thought I was only looking- that it wasn't really happening to me. Now joining in on this thread, and the over 40's one too- maybe it is too soon, but I feel like I have to act fast.

Bridget I can tell I'm ovulating in the same way as you too

So sorry everyone who's had miscarriages... I can't even imagine how horrible it must have been!

I did well at WW this week and lost 3lbs!! Very pleased with that!!

How's everyone else? Any fun plans for the bank holiday? I'll be mostly relaxing at home.
Xx

3lbs is fantastic! Well done Gerbera.

I'm doing rubbish on the eating front at the moment. Once the summer hols are over I'm going to try to aim for 1lb a week. I'm really hoping that having a target that isn't too daunting will keep me more motivated.

Boring bank holiday ahead but looking forward to spending a chunk of time with DP. He was v v late back from the office all last week and we barely saw each other, and poor DD saw him even less.

I have good food day and bad food days. I am going to start keeping a food diary. I reckon that's the only way I'll ever stop eating rubbish.
I am really hoping for something to work out (job related) which may mean we can start TTC soon. Fingers crossed.
I would love to start by November but it'll probably end up being later I suppose. Something lovely about being up the duff at Christmastime, I think. As have never been up the duff, couldn't actually say!

Hey ladies

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend.

My healthy eating has gone totally wrong this week and I've also drank lots of wine and cider! Not good for losing weight.

Good luck to all our teachers for the first week back! I can't believe how quick the holidays have gone.

Xxx

I'm going to start TTC number 2 in March or April - a bit of time to settle back at work after current maternity leave, though I'd love to start TTC a bit sooner!

I'm 35 (will soon be 36) and I want to lose 10lbs, get on the folic acid, cut down on booze, salt, and get fit. Not at all ambitious then? I'm going to start charting soon just so I'm in as good a shape as possible when I do start.

I'm anxious about getting older too. Time just flies, and there you find yourself in the TTC red zone of the over 35s....

Hello all, hope you are having a good week! Still haven't managed to remember to take take one folic acid tablet yet!!! Bad Me!
On the plus side I lost 1lb last week and every little helps. Had a really good chat with DH about baby making last night and everything was quite positive!

Is it bad to have names for a boy and a girl already chosen? They are family names...........

Off to get the folic acid out the cupboard.....

Can I join? We've just started trying for the first one and I'm 34 in a month. Were actually about to start a year ago, but then was diagnosed with thyroid problems (Graves). All sorted out now and i can't find any more excuses not to .

(Have a fertility monitor, I don't think at my age I have those years and years to try randomly.)

Can i join in too please?

Me and my partner are just on the road to ttc, just off the pill this week started on the folic today, i already have a DS but this will be our first together, took me a few weeks last time to conceive from what i am reading 2nd time round may be a bit harder,

So.. Undecided! Could start TTCing as soon as next month!
Now that it is (probably) upon me I am getting cold feet
On the other hand very long cycle and PCOS so cold feet have to be shoved firmly into metaphorical socks.

oh Zombies that's exciting - did the job thing work out? Or have you just decided to crack on with it?

If you don't mind me asking, what do you think is behind the cold feet? Do you think it would help to just ditch contraception for a while rather than pro-actively ttc and deliberately DTD at the right times etc. Would that be less daunting?

Although, strangely, I sometimes find the TWW in cycles where I've taken a casual approach harder to cope with. I think it's going through all that waiting and hoping anyway but you don't even know if you stand half a chance that month.