So much for the laid back approach!

[cazzieg]

OH and I have been talking babies for a while and decided yesterday that we'd let nature take her course from today so this morning was out first time of unprotected sex. We said we wouldn't properly try (as in calculating ovulation etc) but would just stop not trying. Even though we've said that I've spent a fair chunk of today reading through these forums looking things up, buying pre-conception/pregnancy vitamins etc. I'm laid on the sofa (where I've been for a couple of hours, oops!) feeling absolutely knackered, so warm I've stripped to pants and vest and slightly crampy. So of course I get it into my head what if this morning worked now even if it did, which is highly unlikely, I'm not going to have any kind of sign or symptom after just 9 hours! So much for the laid back approach, more like obsessed! I'm sure I'll calm down once the excitement of deciding to try has worn off. I hope!

I was exactly the same as you! And found myself working out my ovulation dates anyway and was extremely lucky to fall pregnant the second month of "seeing what happen". It's totally natural as soon as you see what happens, to start getting excited and planning things.

Good luck! Keep at it

Haha I've been there! Said I wanted to do it laid back, naturally, just see what happens etc. within two weeks I had bought a huge pack of opks from amazon! I think it's impossible to be laid back about it once you've made the conscious decision to try for a baby

I like to think I'll be more laid back soon but I probably won't be! I don't know whether to do opks or not. Might just have to tell my OH that we need lots of sex to cover all possibilities instead lol

Yup, this is me exactly! In the course of this year went from "we'll discuss it in September" through "Well, it might take a while, we'll just stop the pill/see what happens" to the mumsnet/temping/symptom-spotting beast you see before you now. And Im only on cycle one!
Only consolation is DP seems to be taking an active interest (so far!) too - every morning he requests a data report when I feel my day's temp into my Fertility Friend app....

Oh thank fuck it's not just me, PerpetualStudent! I think it was a week between "let's give this a go" to "ALL THE CHARTS AND ALL THE STICKS ON WHICH TO PISS!!!"

Thankfully the botspouse is a data nerd too. I'm looking forward to stretching my mucus at him and saying "does this look eggy to you?" Damn, TTC really does bring sexy back, doesn't it?

I'm in exactly the same boat! We tried for dc1 and dc2 and had a sex schedule. (!) both times happened first month. Of course I can't help but do all the things I did with the first two!

MoIT - you had a rota? I think I love you!

/fistbump

/gets out the calendar and the coloured markers

Hyperorganised TTCers unite!

Haha yes, as close to every 36 hours as we could work around being at work! :-p allowing ideally a couple of hours when I didn't have to move and could lay with my legs in the air :-p ok so not that fun or glamourous but it worked! No idea whether I really needed this strict routine as no problems ttc....... Hence dh suggesting a more laid back approach this time....... I'm not really that laid back, i like to plan!! (Reading this back I realise how crazy I am!!)

I actually have one that dh doesn't know about so have to make or feel spontaneous!

I'm so glad I found this post. I even registered just be able to reply!

I'm exactly the same. I don't know why I thought I could have a relaxed approach when I'm nothing like this in any other aspect of my life.

My husband isn't remotely like me. He's so laid back! I guess it's a good thing though.

Coloured markers? Schedules? whips out her colour-coded post-its & settles in
I have found my people.

PerpetualStudent: never thought of post-its!!!!!

My husband works shifts and there are days where I don't even see him. We need organisation!

Gemerama: same here! I plan everything. I have lists. I have lists of lists!

I have PCOS and although my cycles are regular, my ovulation time is sometimes rather early! It means I'll have to start taking my temperature: an excuse to create a nice spreadsheet with graph attached

Erm ladies...

I am starting a new thread now

I'm in shock... That wasn't planned at all. We just fooled around once and I didn't plan anything...

That's fantastic news, Bilbo!

Congratulations Bilbo!

If it takes a few months for us it's not really too bad, we originally planned for a honeymoon baby in August but did the whole well it can take a few months to settle down after the pill which is why we've started now. I'm just too impatient! Yes it would technically be better to get pregnant in a few months but I want it now!

My OH and i also decided we would stop trying not to have a baby and since then i have been utterly obsessed with doing everything right and getting thought into my head. I have been sick and nauseous for the past 10 days but i have only had my coil out for 2 weeks. I have 2 children to a previous relationship, both under 2.5yrs old and i didnt exactly try for either, my first was a pleasant shock and my second i didnt realise i was expecting until 18weeks gone!!!! This is my first time actually trying. We are a very sexual couple and it is normal for us to have sex 4 times a day, on average, so i am hoping it wont take too long to actually conceive. We have done tests, some have been inconclusive and one has been negative so i have cut down on alcohol and smoking just incase. My doc has given me folic acid. I am however somewhat obsessed with reading all internet sites regarding conception etc.
Good luck everyone

So pleased to meet like minded folk. I to am becoming obsessive. Tomorrow is last day of pill, already order thermometer and have been on folic acid for 2 months in prep. I'm so keen to fall ASAP, now surprise since I'm a real planning control freak!

I've just ordered some ovulation sticks and installed Fertility Friend non my phone. And so Stage Two begins lol