TTC in January

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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?!

Happy January !

Well, we were waiting till February (for no apparent reason DH had decided Jan was the magic month). Been off the pill since the end of sept and had one 26 day cycle followed by one 50 day . Been on the folic acid forever! Was kind of hoping he might cave in the next few days as I'm on CD 14 so due to ovulate soon and I wanted to sneak a 'go' as it were for January

Then, last night, helped by a lovely film and my very persuasive 'let's just have a baby now, what difference is three weeks going to make?' DH got all soppy, rolled over in bed and said the immortal line...

'So, are we going to make a baby then?'

Eeeeeeeeee!! So excited!! First unprotected sex - I could be pg right now

Didn't sleep a wink, I have been waiting for this for years

DH decided Feb* was the magic month

Awww how lovely retrohippy!!! Fingers crossed for you!

I don't think my DH will ever whisper those words, he looks in a state of mild panic all the time at the moment!

Haha, previously DH just looked resigned

I was actually waiting for him to say Feb was too early (it's financial for us too, though if we waited to pay stuff off we'd be waiting forever)

I just keep grinning. 'About Time' is my new favourite film! (bring tissues)

Hi all,

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi! First month ttc and I very stupidly assumed I'd be perfectly reasonable about the whole process and not play symptom spotting (what a silly, naive girl I was...)

Only 7dpo at this stage and already behaving like a loon at the slightest niggle. To make matters worse, I'm sure I have a bit of a stomach bug, so of course every little twinge has me twitching in anticipation. Sigh.

I'm not the world's most overtly emotional person, but on Saturday I had what I can only admit to being a hysterical sobbing fit that left poor old husband looking somewhat stunned. Oh dear...

I'm prepared for a long road, but that sadly doesn't stop the constant hope. All rationality has taken a leap out of the window.

Hi all,

Last month AF arrived 31 days which I didn't think was too bad for the first month off the pill! Now we start TTC. I'm on CD8 and last month ovulated around the 18th (going by the crippling pains I had) but also had cramps on CD6 & CD13. I have cramps today so it's happening around the same date. No idea what these cramps are!

I'm actually now not sure if I've counted properly actually. I'm counting 31/12 as the first day AF arrived - arrived mid afternoon and was heavy-ish. Maybe I should count from 01/01? Any thoughts?

I would love to fall pregnant this month but I'm trying to keep in my mind that it probably won't happen so I won't be disappointed.

Hi Kitty,
I've had problems with the boots own brand OPKs. I don't trust them as the second line never became as dark as the control line and I tested from about day 11 to day 18 of my 28 day cycle. I really hope I was not doing the test correctly as there were other signs I ovulated. I am definitely going for the clear blue option next month as the stress of the confusing result has just not been worth it.

I also love it when my DH says things that show he is thinking about a future baby too. He said at christmas there might be someone else here next year, and when I questioned it was the baby we have not yet conceived !

C

Hi, can I join in please? Dp and I are Ttc our first, but both have kid(s)
Af last month was the 28th, we would "like a girl" so trying to get them swimmers in there early, but ultimately, we just want a healthy baby.
Most months I'm between a 26/27 day cycle, not been on the pill since summer, but have been using condoms so hopefully that's on our side.
I'll be using ovulation sticks, but not 100% what I'm doing there lol.
Done a few so far, just so we can work out what's happening incase this takes a while.
Exciting times!