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TTC in January

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lollzy91 · 23/11/2013 14:41

My DP and I have made a decision to start TTC in January! I literally cannot wait.

All I seem to be doing is looking on the Internet and finding out what I can do to prepare. Such and exciting time but I'm worried it could soon become stressful!

Anyone else on the January bus? If so how are you managing the excitement?!

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lollzy91 · 25/11/2013 19:46

angelicjen you're right its so nice to be able to get excited with people, makes the whole situation feel so much more real.

Especially when you aren't telling any friends or family.. this is the perfect place for us women :) It really isn't the same for men so I can see why they don't act in the same way we do but it would be nice if they did sometimes so you can both get as excited as each other about it and he can look on the internet with you at all hours of the day for any piece of information you can find that might be relevant.

My DP is over the moon as DTD every other day.. he keep trying to convince me every day would be better ;)

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BeigeBuffet · 25/11/2013 21:00

Yes I'm sure our DH's and DP's are more than happy with the extra dtd! It's definitely the sweeter end of pregnancy! I'm so glad I can come on here and chat too, I'm such a chatty person in rl so I love coming on here and listening to your experiences.

Has anyone used the sperm meets egg plan? I read about it and it seems great, I like having a plan to stick to.

angelicjen · 25/11/2013 21:28

Nooo, another thing I don't know! What the heck is the sperm meets egg plan?

Littlebear81 · 25/11/2013 21:56

I like hearing from others in the same boat as we're also not telling people so I think I'll find it hard not telling friends in particular.

I've just come off the pill after 9 years so am trying to be prepared for it to take a few months but at the same time keep thinking the earliest date I'd be due and what to do about holidays next year! Trying to relax about it but easier said than done! Plan to enjoy Christmas and New Year then get going properly in January.
Grin

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lollzy91 · 26/11/2013 08:22

BeigeBuffet I've been reading about the Sperm Meets Egg Plan and it looks quite good actually! Not something I had thought about before but I am now :)

spermmeetseggplan.com/ - angelicjen this should give you more info!

I think if I had my way DP and I would TTC right away, but he thinks Jan is a good month to start so I'll go with it ! EEEK!

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rockin20s · 26/11/2013 09:28

I tend to talk AT my DH about all of this, i think at this stage he just blocks out my voice, so its lovely to have somewhere else to talk.

i am using OPK from www.accessdiagnostics.co.uk they have very good bundles.

HippyJess · 26/11/2013 09:38

I guess I'm technically on the January bus - ovulating the week of the 14th December so fingers crossed for a BFP early January :) hi folks!

BeigeBuffet · 26/11/2013 13:24

Hi Jess welcome aboard.

I was wondering if anyone was on the January bus because of the hope that your baby wont have an August birthday? There's so many things to think about when ttc but this was something my dh really wanted to wait for.

rockin20s · 26/11/2013 13:33

welcome aboard Jess

with my work it doesnt matter when due date is and I'm not too bother about what time of year I give birth.
Summer would be better for 3rd trimester clothes and heating the house when baby arrives etc

Hazelbrowneyes · 26/11/2013 14:26

The ideal time for us to have a baby is between October and March due to our work. Obviously, if it doesn't happen, we're not going to stop trying for 6 months of the year, we'll just make a summer 2015 baby work somehow! I don't really get the issue with having an August baby to be honest.

KittyVonCatsington · 26/11/2013 17:26

Not really bothered about the 'August Baby' issue, if I get a BFP in
January. Baby could come early and be August born anyway! It would, however, be a lovely start to the year, but if not, I might get to have a little tipple on my birthday at the end of Janaury!

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lollzy91 · 26/11/2013 17:29

Me and DP really have no reason to be on the January bus rather than any other month but we decided we were ready and after Christmas and new year seemed like a great time. Start 2014 with a plan and exciting times ahead.

We are hoping this time next year we will either be holding our little miracle or waiting for him/her to make an appearance.

Plus, with us wanting to keep it between us about TTC (and for the first 12 weeks when we do) we wouldn't have been able to manage it over xmas and new year as people rarely see me turn down a glass of vino!

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rockin20s · 27/11/2013 16:07

Are any of ye cutting back on alcohol now that ye are TTC? i dont think i will over christmas but if this first month doesnt give us a BFP then i think for cycle two i will stop drinking.

i dont drink much anyway, just a few glasses of wine at the weekend, but still every little helps i suppose

Cakebaker35 · 27/11/2013 17:14

Same as you rockin I don't drink much so think I'll stick to the usual this month (very hard to avoid over Xmas) and then hit the wagon in Jan as well as making sure my diet etc is back to norm after the Xmas indulgences.

angelicjen · 27/11/2013 20:28

Thanks lollzy. Had a look and it does make sense. Seems like best strategy is just to have a lot of sex! That's gonna be interesting as we're spending the new year week in a holiday house with OH's family! But we'll be away in our most favourite place, relaxed, happy and not at work, so I have not very secret hope that timing will be right and we can make a little Cornish baby.

Isn't it hard not to hope and dream about perfect scenarios...

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lollzy91 · 27/11/2013 20:48

I'm going to try and cut down over xmas and not drink as much as usually would be as we are starting TTC in Jan it shouldn't be an issue anyway.

The wait is killing me, I want to get started!

IT really is so difficult not to hope and dream, trying so hard not to but its taking over my thoughts completely!

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Freyathecatt · 27/11/2013 21:16

Hi guys, i'm going to hop on the bus too, ttc bub #2. Our son is almost 8 months old and we're hoping to get #2 underway reasonably pronto. I've only had one period so i have absolutely no idea about my cycle but fingers crossed.

GOOD LUCK to everyone trying, i hate to be one of those rubbish gushy people (i'm usually pretty grinchy) but having my son was the BEST experience ever and i cannot wait to add to our little family.

EnableEditing · 27/11/2013 22:52

Hello! I have been reading all of your happy, hopeful posts and would like to join. DH and I are both teachers, so an August baby would be so wonderful. Off to look at that spermmeetseg website...

angelicjen · 28/11/2013 15:39

Aw Freya, that's lovely. Good luck to you and everyone else too.

rockin20s · 29/11/2013 10:00

well I think I ovulated yesterday, so that is the last one before we start trying!!!!!

I would recomend you start charting symptoms after you ovulate as once you start TTC then every sore boob, bad taste in mouth etc is a pregnancy symptom.

I have been very surprised that I have sore boobs from 7 days past ovulation (DPO) to about 10 dpo the last two cycles. we kinda TTC that first month after the wedding and I was completely convinced i was pregnant due to the sore boobs.

I'm from a scientific background so for me knowing what my baseline is will stop me going crazy during the two week wait (well in theory anyway LOL)

somersetsinger · 01/12/2013 09:34

Right. I'm signing up for TTC in January 2014 and am pretty excited!

DH and I agreed to try and I'm a bit worried that I will talk about it nonstop and put him off, so its good to have an outlet here. I took him to Boots to buy some folic acid yesterday and he didn't bat an eyelid. And I managed not to get carried away and buy a mega-cute little baby-gro!

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lollzy91 · 01/12/2013 19:11

Welcome somersetsinger

How exciting is everything now you've decided to ttc?! Its all I think about and I too worry that I will talk about it too much.

January doesn't seem so close anymore now I feel like its going so slowly! Hard not to get obsessed!

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Hibou7688 · 01/12/2013 20:02

I'm also signing up to ttc in jan (if I don't get a dec bfp first!) :)

Blithereens · 02/12/2013 12:00

Oh, me! I'm having my IUD out soon and then it'll be TTC all the way. I've already been on folic acid for six months because I read in a book that can help (so it begins!) I don't know if it's true but my hair and nails look lovely! Xmas Grin

Yesterday I had brunch with my oldest friend, who is five months pregnant. I'm so happy for her as she has had terrible trouble TTC, but it's sent my baby fever into overdrive!

rockin20s · 02/12/2013 12:42

Ya I seem to be seeing pregnant women and babies everywhere! the DH just says its the demographic in our area, lot of new house, young families but I'm sure the amount of babies have doubled in the last 6 months.

I asked him last night if he wanted to know if i was ovulating or not. he thought about it for a while and said no, then later said he didn't mind. hhhmmmmm.

i work away from home so i think i'll end up telling him. i thought i was ovulating on a friday last week but it ended up being thursday. if this happens over the next few months its the difference of getting pregnant or not as i dont get home till friday night, the fertile will already be closing.

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