Trying to conceive for the first time. I'M NEW TO THIS!!

[Lewby246]

This all new to me so just looking for people I can chat with who know as much as me. I am 22 years old and me and my Husband have been thinking about having children for over a year now. I don't know any of the the abbreviations on here so I might not understand everything you are trying to say but I'm sure I will pick it up quickly. I have nieces and a nephew so know a few things about pregnancy and things but not so much on the conception considering none of them were planned.

I had my first period since my Depo in September and have just finished my 2nd. I had my last Depo Aug 2012 so its been a good few months for my body to get back to normal, after 5 years of being on contraceptives.

I know I haven't asked anything specific just thought it would be nice to speak to someone in the same boat as me. :)

We haven't told anyone either.. Well i've told my sister i've came off the pill but she won't mention it to mum or dad so i'm safe! I'm 25, will be 26 in june.. Bf is almost 30. I'm so obsessed I find myself looking at lots of baby related stuff.. Prams, beds, names!! Definitely ott!

Hibou - me too!! I actually caught my other half looking at nursery furniture last night!!! Bless him. Its just such an exciting time, and its very hard to resist looking at baby things :-) xx

I reckon the worst thing to do is tell people cos then it's a constant, oh are you? And the look at the stomach! We'll prob keep it quiet until the time comes that we have a scan picture. So hard and really have to stop myself blurting it out lol!! x

I know how you feel. We've not even been trying a week and I'm dying to tell my friends - particularly the ones with children for advice and just general chat. I find these threads a god send in that respect xx

We've had lots of people discussing babies with us and my mother is always dropping baby and maternity stuff into conversations and i'm like 'where the hell did that come from'! I think a lot of her work colleagues have all become grandmothers and she wants to join the club! If we get pregnant my xmas, I know it will still be a while til our first scan, but I will tell both sets of parents, they don't like being kept out of the loop. Not telling anyone else though until scan date! OMG I am so excited! Just been doing some baking too and that makes me feel maternal!

Haha I was going to bake tonight too!! Do you not feel like everyone seems to be talking about them too? Even people I wouldn't think would talk about it has made comments and I've had to bite my tongue!!

Its my DH birthday Thurs do had to make a load of cakes for him to take into work! Getting to grips with a piping bag having been inspired by GBBO!

Babies EVERYWHERE my facebook is all babies, weddings and dogs! I've done the wedding so over all the countdown and planning shenanigans, the baby is in the pipeline and I am desperate for a dog but my conscience keeps getting the better of me, it wouldn't be fair to leave a dog all day alone whilst we both work full time!

I've got the dog, not done the wedding yet though - we had it booked but interfering family ruined it for us. Maybe we will elope xx

That's the part of weddings that I didn't enjoy, the family taking over and trying to keep everyone happy. Just elope, its easier and with better weather if you go abroad!

Yep, you're right, deffo easier!! Hopefully when we do decide to go and marry, we will have a little page boy or flower girl!! Xx

Haven't done the wedding part either, no pets either again not fair to be left inside all day! So nice to hear people in the same position and actually be able to talk about this!! xx

Regina- I love seeing your name pop up, makes me think if phoebe I've got a gorgeous pooch - kingcharles spaniel called George. He goes to my mums in the day while I'm at work ha!! She's like my dog sitter lol. Xx

Lol that's why I picked that name! I know some people that use this site so better to be safe than sorry!! xx

Ha Regina yes, you don't want your secret out yet!! Makes me smile every time I see it x

It's so refrshing to see people in the same position as me! Did you say you were both teacher saraRb123 and reginafelange22? How are your teaching jobs? If their anything like mine = exhausting!!

I'm not a teacher, sorry if that's been picked up differently! Everything else we are the same for though lol!! xx

Don't know if anyone has experience of this on is thread but i've been doing opks ti try and find when I ovulate(ish). Today i'm CD18. According to fertility friend this is my last ovulation day.. I've been doing the tests every day for the last 5 days, they all come back negative? Am I not ovulating or should I keep going incase i'm a bit later??

Howly, that's one word for it...exhausting!! Have no energy to dtd, but needs must xx

Hibou which tests are you using? I'd say keep testing you might find out you ovulate later in your cycle than most

hello howly and saraRb123 - I'm also a teacher trying for my first baby! came off the pill in august and AF came 21 days later. First month of TTC was tricky because husband wasn't well and I found working out the window hard (yeah, we missed it...) and AF came after 28 days in month 2, which I'm taking as a good sign and now hoping my cycle is going to stay around 28 days. Have just started using a clearblue ovulation test (on offer on ocado this month!) and hoping that will mean we won't miss it this month, but, if my ovulation app is right, my mother in law will be staying with us for the key dates! TTC isn't easy, is it?! Ideally hoping to conceive in December though so baby is due in September, so maybe I'll think of November as just practicing

Hi msbsleepyhead more teachers, yay! All In exactly the same boat work and stress wise! We've not started at all yet, I had my appendix out last week and still a bit too sore for dtd! I came off pill in January but still irregular, have been using one of these ovulation apps for a few months so just using that for the time being! The ladies in my family have all warned me previously that they caught quickly and not wanting to tempt fate we are going to wait til dec to start ( I would like a sept or oct baby) !

Broody, i'm just using the cheapy amazon opks at the mo.. Tempted to buy clearblue one but they are so expensive! Part of me says I should only cough up for it if it doesn't happen after a few months, but the obsessed part of me is already looking at them on amazon!! Will have a look at the offer that sleepyhead suggested!

Hi everyone, Im new to this aswell, I'm 28, hubby is 32 and we have been married about 2.5 yrs now. In an ideal world we would have loved to start a family shortly after the wedding but we have been saving as much as we can. We have already had to make tough decisions and I have come to realise that unfortunately I will not be able to take full maternity leave, I earn the most and the maths just didn't add up, so I'm hoping to have 3 months off and then back to work. But that's life! I am also incredibly impatient. I was on the depo injection but didn't go back when I was due in march. Since then apart from a very slight spotting at approx. 5 week intervals, I have had no periods and so things are looking bleak for us TTC just yet. For that reason I have no idea when I am ovulating so we just gonna keep trying and hope for the best. I am also glad to find this site as we haven't told anyone and to be honest I think we could end up feeling a bit alone and could do with the advice!

Another teacher here! I'm also aiming for the September/October baby. Would settle for late August though! Are you all primary or secondary? I'm secondary and not sure how I'll cope with morning sickness as my room is the furthest from the loo!

I must admit this isn't my first time ttc, I had a miscarriage about 5 weeks ago but they think it didn't develop much beyond being a fertilised egg. nothing there when scanned (had a hgc level of 9000+).

Hello wispy, I'm secondary - close to the loos but worried about how I'd cope with exhaustion given how shattered I am on a normal day! Still. Half term at the moment and struggling with holiday insomnia; I can't win : )

Just got my first flashing smiley on my clearblue home ovulation kit. Pretty surprised, I wasn't expecting that for another couple of days so wondering if it's accurate... If it is, I guess I ovulate earlier than I thought. We're supposed to be going out tonight so will have to try to squeeze something in! (Although would really like a September baby...)