Those waiting to ttc... (slightly pointless thread)

[LoveYouForeverMyBaby]

We're ttc #2 in dec and I know it's a really silly thing to get excited about, but just started taking folic acid and feeling very excited about it!

Sorry for the pointless thread.

Ooh sorry phone posted twice

That was meant to say baby no 2!

Hi all

bridget I think loveyouforever did a little magic for this thread when she called it pointless ! I am big children's book fan too, an love Helen oxen bury. My other favourite illustrator is jan pienkowski. I will have to look at polly Dunbar.

Welcome to painted cat hope your wedding plans are going well.and 2jackrussels, do you mean autumn as in now, or next autumn?

london thanks for the kind wishes, although I think the bfp just now needs to be for flowers! I may put you on both dec and jan lists when I update them! Hope you are feeling good about extending the starting line. I remember when waiting to give birth I decided that due dates should really be due fortnights!

Too Much laptop.
I really sympathise if you are finding it hard to talk to your dp about ttc. We haven't been able to agree on this topic for about 3 years, and I know has some reluctance still, like I said before, based on the general lack of organisation and the extra chaos a third child would inevitably bring. I'm glad that I at least understand why he is hesitant, even if I am finding it really hard to address his concerns.

Madame le bean

I am trying not to worry about secondary school too much in general really (argh, which school I don't really know). If a new baby coincides with dd8 starting secondary school, I hope the fact that I would be on maternity leave would mean I was able to be there for her a bit more than my usual working schedule would allow. But that's assuming I haven't been made redundant by then!

Ok better get the kids ready for bed now!

Evening all,

thanks for the welcome, we have eleven months till the boy turns two leaf and then the TTC starts, long time to wait! Although I have negotiated down from waiting till the boy was two and a half to start trying, well I sat negotiated, more like told DH I'm not waiting any longer than that!

Feel free to ask away about dogs and babies, Hairy we now have one jack russell bitch of about seven years old and a five month old lab dog, with a one year old our house is a bit manic sometimes....

I guess I would say that my DH worries about the cost of having another child, but we talked a lot about what we worried about when we tried for DC and also importantly what we looked forward to, so maybe with partners who are not wanting to try yet that might be the way to go? I also found that wailing "I want a baby!!!" helped

Oooh wow a weekend away and the thread has gone crazy with posts! Sorry I haven't kept up with it all. to all those suffering with the blues this week and I hope that the festive season hasn't made everything seem a million ten times worse (like it has for me)

This Christmas is the first one in ages that now-DH and I aren't very excited about. We're being very grown up and hosting his family, then he's back at work on 27th and I'm trekking to see my family. All very boring. Neither of our families have young children at the moment, everyone's hopes are very much pinned on us as the newly-weds to produce a baby in time for next Christmas!

I had a bit of a wobble this weekend and did the "I want a baby" wailing thing that twojackrussells mentioned, but DH calmed me down and reminded me that, being the control freak that I am, I wouldn't actually be able to mentally cope if we were caught pg earlier than I've imagined/planned it all out in my head. I just can't cope very well with unexpected things and the best thing all round is to stick to the plan to try in the spring. The fact we have thousands on c.cards doesn't help either.

We did have a mini-breakthrough however - he was flexible on whether to start in March when my pills run out instead of May but sensibly suggested we see how my periods turn out (they were very VERY random before I went on the pill 10 years ago).

For once my crazy, reckless, spur of the moment, risk taking DH is telling me to kerb it!

So I think ladies, I have come to the conclusion that we have all decided to 'wait' for various reasons, and I've resolved that whilst it's hard, the reasons were good enough to put a hold on everything in the first place, so unless situations have changed, they probably still remain good reasons.

EXCITING!! Dh and I had a good chat tonight and he's agreed for us to TTC this month!

Eeeek excited!

Have been taking folic acid but not bought any OPK....think I ovulate some point this week. Last period was 7th Nov and have a 32day cycle so thinking we should dtd lots this week?

bridget think we've got similar cycle dates? Anyone else sort of trying from now?

Also don't want to scare offdh though as I was bait too full on last time round, so may have to get all my crazy out on ths thread with you ladies.

Yay! That's amazing news LoveYouForever!!!!

What are you doing on here... surely the first thing you need to do is jump on your DH to seize the moment

Ahh cross posts!

I know! I'm nervous about scaring him off though, trying to wait until bedtime to try and make the whole thing seem a bit more casual as he originally wanted to wait until Jan and I hot him to agree to now (!)

The only problem is our 1 year old is waking LOTS in the night at the moment and sleeping in our bed....think I ovulate later this week so hopefully we'll get to dtd at least a few times to give it a shot!

Evening all. Great news LoveYouForever! My DH didn't seem to mind the new found libido

Second day of continuing soreness - I don't remember having breast symptoms with my cycle pre-pill, so am quietly hopeful, but it is definitely too soon to test. (Not easy when I work in health - lots of free pregnancy tests dotted around the workplace!) In theory with a 28 day cycle I could test at the very beginning of December - but will probably try and hang on at least another week or two if AF doesn't rear up in the meantime, because with an unknown cycle I don't want to disappoint us with a 'chemical' pregnancy.

That said, if I start vomiting every morning I won't wait too long hehe!

How has everyone's Monday been? Grey and miserable round where I live, and getting cold again. Right, back to work for me - DH thinks I'm writing a presentation for work!

Woo hoo, LoveYouForever that's fabulous news!

Yup, think we are pretty much in 'sync' at the moment. Today is cycle day 12 for me and hoping/expecting to ovulate in the next few days.

Ooh yes, yes, love Shirley Hughes, Quentin Blake and Jan Pienkowski too. Picked up a second hand Jan Pienkowski pop-up book at a local church fair about a fortnight ago. Was chuffed to bits even though one of the pop-ups was missing. DP thinks I'm mad!

Flowersfortea good luck with the presentation. All sounds very promising...(I'd be peeing on sticks morning, noon and night if they were free - well done on staying strong)

jazzcat I did the "I want a baby!" wobble at the weekend too! We were walking to the tube and I saw one of those Natwest (is it Natwest?) banners with the little kid in the dragon costume and had a broody moment.

Oooh, sounds positive flowers. Hope it stays that way!

My Monday was fine until my raspberries got smushed.

TooMuch Dogger is definitely a classic - I can even remember Bella and the golden bear with the blue silk bow from when I was little. The video footage of your DD sounds adorable..very impressive too as it's quite a long book for a 2 year old. You could sooo embarrass her when she's older by playing it for the first boyfriend she brings home.

I'd hate this thread to turn nasty but I'm not a fan of "Have You Got My Purr" - used to just wish the kitten would hurry up and get round the farmyard animals
before I died of boredom.

Managed to pick up "The Seaside Christmas Tree" by Sarah Garland in Oxfam Books today. Only £4.50! (Amazon has a used copy for £7 or something). Dashed into the shop when I saw it in the window as if I spotted the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

That book looks really sweet,good luck with your hunt. The 2011 reprint looks more reasonably priced (assuming it's the same story even though the title's slightly different).

It's interesting how even illustrations can reflect the period they're from - the front cover oozes the Seventies.

Am I the only person who smirked a bit at Dogger as a book name? Maybe my mind is too far into the gutter!

TooMuch it looks like there is a hardback copy of your book available second hand on that Amazon link?

Julia Donaldson is a hit in this house, mainly cos I like the rhyming and the Boy doesn't have an opinion at the moment

So this morning I had a weird metallic taste in my mouth and I also cried for ages because one of the nobs I work with my colleagues shouted at me and told me to shut up (whole other story but anyway)

Mumsnet has made me paranoid about the 1 pill I missed about a month ago so I went and got a test. Negative of course actually it would be a disaster now practically but I would be a tiny bit happy tbh!

Hello all, room for another newbie? I'm 26 and recently married, DH and I are planning to ttc our first in January, have started on the folic acid and can't wait until the New Year

Jumping this little bandwagon too. Plan to start TTC number two in April. Will prob just lurk but nice to read everyone's posts on the subject. Started to take conception support tablets which is ironic when I'm still on the pill. DoH! xx

Ah Madame sounds like you've had a truly rotten day and I hope you are feeling a little better now

So sorry about the bfn. I can totally understand you being a little gutted even if practically it wouldn't have been the best timing. Have you got a cold or poorly sinuses at the moment? That gave me a metallic taste recently.

Hello to the new joiners.

DP still not home from work. I'll never get pregnant at this rate!

Welcome rainbowtea and HorseyGirl!

Aww Madame that sounds like a horrible day. Hope tomorrow's better for you. Your colleague sounds like an idiot, unplug the cord on his computer tomorrow (if you work in an office)?