TTC in January

[lollzy91]

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?!

Why do i do this to myself?

I just looked up my possible due date if i ovulate over Christmas and it came up as my wedding anniversary. Why do i do this to myself. I'm all teary now in work hoping it will happen!

I know what you mean rockin20s I keep doing things like that! Not like I'm emotional enough about the whole thing Nevermind adding to it!

Babies do seem to be everywhere, that or pregnant women!

DP definately doesn't quite understand the wh

Oops didn't mean to send that ...

The whole researching everything minute of the day and can't get it off my mind thing! He sees it as what will be will be... But when you're feeling like I am about it (and a lot of other people feel) what will be will be isn't good enough!

I wish I was as chilled out as he is.

i know i wish i was chilled, i have a week of work left then off on holidays, i cant get a tap of work done! keep looking stuff up and letting my mind wander

lollzy91 I'm trying exactly the same thing as you to begin with. Thought about taking my temp each day but I don't want to get too stressed out and obsessed (I'm like that, always wanting to be in control).

Also glad to hear DPs/DHs are the same as mine. He's agreed and is pretty positive but it would be going a bit far to describe him as enthusiastic. I suppose for men that all happens when baby actually arrives. A bit like them always buying all Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve

I've just got first AF since coming off the pill in October :) Ideally I'd like a September baby but I think timings would risk an August birth. Not that it really matters though, so excited to start TTC.

Good luck everyone x

Hello ladies!!
Took my last pillow Sunday eeeek seriously crazy stuff! Off on holiday over Christmas so before that I am just going to be reasonably good and try the having sex thing every other day, take my folic acid and bit d, cut down on the caffeine and drink minimal amount (don't really drink unless on a proper night out and cos is holiday we have planned a quiet dec)! Going to enjoy my hols and just let it take it's cause till jan and then will have a better idea about ovulating my then as have no idea at the mo!

Good luck chicks and my bday is in sept - would love a matching bday!!

Pebble82 I can already see me being a bit of a control freak over this.. wanted to try and be relaxed and take each day as it comes but we haven't even started TTC yet and I'm already going through a million different scenarios, a tonne of different things to try etc.

I have this perfect idea about getting a BFP first try in January but realistically I know it wont happen..doesn't stop a girl dreaming though!

I just hope it doesn't get me down... I can see it happening easily. When you want something so much I guess theres all sorts of emotions flying around.

we kinda tried in September, just after the wedding, i was a nervous wreck by the time my period came (on time). every little thing was a symptom. I've learned a lot about my body over the last 3 months i really hope that it will help me come January and I don't turn into a crazy person constantly squeezing by boobs wondering if they are sensitive due to PMS or Pregnancy.

I really hope i get pregnant quickly!

rockin20s I think I will be the same in January! the 2WW is going to be the worst thing ever, I guess that's just another reason for us to wait till Jan as don't want it to get me down over xmas.

If you do turn into a crazy person.. message me, its highly likely I'll be the same!

Such an exciting but I can imagine stressful time. I once thought I was pregnant (would have been by accident but the best thing ever) and I'm sure I managed to imagine all the symptoms!

well got af yesterday after coming off the pill (middle of pack) on the 1st. Think it is a proper af rather than a withdrawal bleed so fingers crossed can get myself started!! bring on next week (must not get too excited about babies and dh will think i am only after him for one thing lol - right now i am but shhhhhhhhh)

Hello All can I join the bus? Finally, a thread I can be part of and I'm so excited!! We made the decision to start trying Jan '14 at the start of this year and it has come around so fast! I've bought some cheapie opk sticks and will have a go with them this month ahead of January. Sticky baby dust to all x

It's so nice to hear of other people starting TTC in Jan or just before!

I cant wait for the new year! It cant come around quick enough. I'm going to buy some OPK's and pre-seed I think this week. I'm sure my DP thinks its a case of just DTD and a baby will pop out in 9 months so when I start reading out the OPK leaflets he will be having information overload!

Its so hard not to get excited buddhabee - I'd love to shout it off the rooftops right now that we are going to ttc in Jan, cant imagine what it will be like when we are actually pregnant! Are you telling people?

My best friend (who lives the other side of the country knows) but she has been brilliant, she had her baby 18 months ago and unluck all my other friends she's really helpful on info and has time to chat about it so I told her so can steal some tips! Also told my mum so have someone to chat about it with as dh can only hear so much I'm sure before he goes nuts ha ha! Not telling anyone else but it's going to be a struggle when actually pregnant as we are pretty social people and trying to get out of pub life for 3 months on secret will be impossible ha ha

It's great that you have a couple of people you've told.

I really am in two minds about telling someone, but I think I'll put enough pressure on myself as it is.

Would love to tell my best friend.. but I don't think she'd agree with the whole thing and being as excited as I'd like and don't want to put a downer on it.

You'll just have to have a 'tummy bug' for a while haha

Hi I'd love to join!!

We're sort of starting in January! It's going to be pretty casual to start off with as Spring would be better but I don't want to totally miss out on 3 months of trying.

I haven't told any friends but made the mistake of telling my obgyn last week when I was there for my annual (in the US) and so was subjected to a barrage of tests. 6 vials of blood later, I'm pretty much ready to go but could do with losing some more weight and getting my cholesterol down. Not going to happen before Christmas...

For people who are worried about alcohol and people's reactions if they cut back, I am doing the Cancer Research Dryathalon which is basically drinking no alcohol all January and getting people to sponsor you. It means the whole no drinking thing is totally out in the open for a wonderful cause. I then plan on telling people I feel so much better/healthier etc for the lack of alcohol and only drink on special occasions February onwards. Or hopefully not at all

www.cancerresearchuk.org/support-us/find-an-event/charity-challenges/dryathlon

Took last pill yesterday and opk and preggers tests are on their way from amazon. So glad to see everyone else is excited / obsessed as me. Can't wait til we start announcing our bfps!

Hi All!

Thought I'd pop in and say hello as I think we've decided to TTC from January

We've been umming and ahhing over the decision for a couple of years now and decided that there will always be a reason to put it off. We've been together 10 years and married 3 and I was 30 last year - we've bought the house and have stable jobs.... so other than liking lots of holidays there isn't really a reason not to!

I'm still on the pill and probably wont stop taking it until January and we've decided to just continue as normal (so no monitoring ovulation or doing extra dtd's) and see how that works out for us. We aren't in any major rush so don't want to stress ourselves out over it (although I think I'll secretly be keeping a track on an app of some kind )

Probably should start on the supply of folic acid I've had for a while soon, it's just so overwhelming! And what's all this about not drinking whilst ttc? Does it really make any difference? There's no way DH will be giving up that's for sure!

Has anyone suffered from any side effects since coming off the pill? Everyday I seem to be suffering from dull headaches which are annoying. I took my last pill on the 26th November but the headaches only started this week. I was woken up last night by the pain in my left side - there's no way I'd be ovulating already, right? I am so naive about all of this.

Anyway, I guess we're now officially TTC, although I'm trying to think of it as not TTC yet not not trying if that makes sense?! I don't want there to be too much pressure this month. I may have noted down the date of my last withdrawal bleed and I may be considering keeping track of when we DTD but I don't want to nag DH about drinking this month especially as I'm not being too successful at the cutting down either - I had 1 large glass of wine and 2 small glasses last night.

Oh. Do not google anything. I'm now convinced that I'm going to put on 2 stone, lose my hair, have bad acne and not have a period for 6 months.

Definitely start taking the folic acid now happy UK guidelines are currently 3 months prior to conception and 12 weeks post.

I haven't even thought of getting pregnancy tests or OPKS (I don't even know what these are!). I have been playing with the due date calculator though. This then leads me on to panic that it won't happen for us which is a daft thing to think.

happygoluckyinOz we made the decision to just go with the flow too (well dh has so far i am on the folic acid and vit d, have cut down on smoking, drinking caffeine and have already figured our when ovulating ha ha ha - yup going with the flow lol)
he is right i think for at least the first couple of months i'm not going near anything like opks - i downloaded pink pad to keep me amused but that's it i think. i think the stress of the rest of it will have more of an effect at least till we get into the swing of things.

Hazelbrowneyes - my lord my hormones are EVERYWHERE want to shout or cry pretty much every day since been off the pill , think i have been very quiet (not norm) but trying not to get irritated by everything (currently on af so guessing this is the allusive pms that everyone else has had which i have seemingly missed out on for the last 15 years lol)

hope they calm down or dtd will be off the table if i continue to be crazy eyed beast lol!!

Hazelbrowneyes - I found coming off the pill awful!! I had headaches, stomach cramps, pregnancy symptoms (which is perfectly normal apparently) I was moody and emotional.

I'm glad to hear I wasn't the only one. Been off the pill two months now though and everything seems to be getting back to normal. Thank god! Although when AF is here I am super emotional now, but its a small price to pay I guess.

I have started taking folic acid - wont have been taking it three months when we TTC but a couple of months is better than nothing, right?

January is starting to become a very exciting month for lots of ladies TTC! YAY!! :) I hope we all keep in touch and keep eachother updated on our progress. It's so nice to hear other people in the same position.

I definitely feel like AF is due and I guess it might show as I haven't been taking the pill? No idea! Totally clueless. I'm feeling really upbeat to the point that DH has noticed. I'm just really, really hoping that my cycle is normal from the word go, I'm terrified of it being 6 months before I have a period or something.

Yes, folic acid now is better than none at all. I'm very much aware that it could take months before I'm pregnant so I wasn't going to put off TTC whilst I took folic acid for 3 months!

I am really, really excited.

Hazelbrowneyes - i took folic acid since the day i came off of the pill and started vit d last week,

i have heard that you don't need to worry if you af doesn't come straight back as you can still get pregnant or it may be that you are (a couple of ladies mentioned that)

my fave comment in one of the other posts was 'we all panic when we miss 1 little pill and then when you are off it it seems like a mind game to actually get pregnant' it made me chuckle!

llollzy91 - hope hormones calm down soon or the smoking will resume back to norm lol!

have just actually had a chat with dh - have decided that i tell him the week (lets call it that) when i could be ovulating (and before) and at least then he knows and then the rest i worry about in my little head - i think that seems like a good plan (due to the fact that he thinks you dtd and hey presto)!

buddhabee thats a good idea! i might try that

So annoyed right now. Can't really rant to anyone in real life so hope you ladies don't mind being a shoulder to cry on.

My OH has just been told he has to be away for 2weeks from Sunday with work. I've just had first AF since coming off the pill so no idea when I'll next ovulate as not sure on the length of my cycle (is it roughly the same as before going on the pill?) but you can bet my luck it's when he's nowhere near me :(

I was trying to be all relaxed about everything but it's hard to know you're about to waste a month.

Now just ordered cheapie OPK sticks and a basal temp thermometer. That is not the actions of a chilled out "see how it goes" woman!

Oh well, maybe I'll ovulate later than I think. Or if not, I suppose another month is nothing.

I need a big slap in the face to chill the heck out! Oh and one of these

pebble82 oh hun, don't worry month 1 just use it as a figureouterer lol! i know exactly what you mean - you've had the conversation, made the decision and you don't want to waste any time but remember you've together for a while and you've been happy with that for this long - a couple more months won't hurt!

note must start listening to myself as doing total opposit ;p