TTC#1 For the 'younger' mummies to be.

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Hello Ladies!

Thought I'd try and get some of the 20+ hopeful Mummies together.

My lovely DP and I don't want to let on that we're TTC so I'm lacking friends and a chit chat about all the downstairs what not. DP will die inside if he has to hear about cycles/ovulation or temperatures anymore!

Let's get some BFPs going!

How is everyone doing today? I still keep getting vivid dreams! I did dream I gave birth, the day after my wedding, just before I was due to go on honeymoon and then I was stressed the baby didn't have a passport... So many different baby crazies going around.

Hi! Can I join in this thread please? :) I've been married for 2 months where we've been activley TTC, but we haven't been using any birth control for 13 months and just "seeing if it happens". Nothing so far! :(

Name changed from Stepmum2b... This is 2nd cycle of TTC #1. This month I used the clear blue ovulation tests for 10 days at the time recommended but never got a positive ovulation :(

AF was due yesterday according to Ovia app, no sign yet. Did a test 2 days ago but BFN :( not holding out much hope, guessing AF is round the concerning taking it's time!

How is everyone getting on? AF has just finished so looking forward to some sexy times! I have been sooo grumpy this week and I think it's at least partly to do with no BD!

Took a test today, which was negative so assume AF will arrive tomorrow as expected.

It would have been rather lucky to have conceived on first attempt I suppose!

Still kind of spotting af due today but not feeling my usual symptoms. haven't tested as I think it's just my body adjusting back to normal xx

waves Hi all, I'm 28, thats young, right?! TTC #1 with my Husband. I have 2 DDs 6&4 with previous partner and he has DS 11 with previous partner. So technically TTC#3. Mirena Coil removed yesterday.

Course it is funnier! Hello!

Still no AF for me...but had that BFN. What is going on!

Just checking in... 5dpo and in the dreaded tww. Hoping to hold out testing til next wed if I can!

CD24 out of 26, tested and bfn so just waiting for AF now. Spa weekend booked and planned. How is everyone else doing?

Cd11 here. When do you all ovulate?? I have no idea after last months mammoth cycle. Not sure when to start using OPKs, have some sticks in a drawer. Mercifully short and light period after the horrible wait. DTD every second day... Fingers crossed eh!

I ovulated on CD16 with approx (?) 28-30 day cycle. I knew because of a positive OPK on the day, EWCM, and a negative OPK the next day.

That was only my first cycle, I anticipate to start using OPKs from CD7 just to be sure :)

Just signed up so I could join this thread. Me and DH are both 25, been married just under a year. We always said we'd like at least 1 before we are 30 but recently so many people around us have been having babies and I am so broody it actually hurts. We were going to wait until we had a bit more in the bank but we've got a house and cars that should last a god few years and I can't help but think we will manage.

Other thing is I have been on the pill for 10 years and worried it will take a long time to happen so why not start now? Still on the pill at the moment but had some symptoms the last couple of weeks, took a test and BFN and we were both pretty disappointed so think that says it all really!

I am a chronic over-thinker. Am I being daft to worry about having more money when we are doing fine?

Hey crazypug I know how you feel re the money! Despite having savings to cover potential mat leave/initial baby costs I still worry about the money... as in the every day stuff, childcare etc. But then I think of all the people that are way poorer than me who have kids and they manage, and we have savings too. As I said to another lady the other day, there is always freecycle and Ebay, and you do have 8 months or so to stack up some savings for when baby comes :) I think it's natural to be worried as it is a lifelong commitment and kids do cost a lot, but if you are comfortable then you should be fine as you can always cut back on things e.g. reduce to 1 car if possible if you have 2, buy food at lidl instead of waitrose etc etc there are always ways

Exactly wanttobe. I want to be in the best possible position but just how perfect does it need to be? I'm incredibly lucky, I have a lot of friends and family who have had babies and I know a couple of them are waiting for me to have one to take all their old stuff off them. Got a pram/moses/playmats/highchairs in storage in their garage. I've also got a fantastically supportive family and IL's in terms of childcare and financials.

I'm having one of those days when I just can't see why I'm waiting but tomorrow I might be back to worrying again and thinking we're not ready. There's also a possibility of promotion next year which might not happen if I'm PG but is that really a reason not to try? Can you tell I'm tormenting myself here?

We were going to wait a few months before we started trying because I am doing professional qualifications at the moment and I wanted to time it so I wouldn't be due around my next exam. But I have another 2 years or so to go before I am qualified and exam-free and I will get paid mat leave by work and can take up to 2 years out of my prof quals so we decided "why are we waiting?" We had made the decision and just decided to go for it, as we both knew it might not happen straight away anyway.

I say if you both have made the decision then go for it - life is too short to hang about waiting for everything to be perfect. There never is a right time to have a baby, it will always be hugely disruptive and will change your life forever, so I think when you are ready just to take the plunge :)

I feel the same as you. Think it might be time to have a proper chat with DH. We definitely do both want it. He came home from work the other day and said 'let's just do it' but I need to make sure he's not going to change his mind .

Just remembered that means going back to the world of painful periods

I am yet to have my first one off the pill... I am praying for a bfp if only to avoid having a normal period haha!

P.S I am 23 and DH 25 if that makes any difference!

Ha ha, that would be brilliant. My periods used to be awful. I'm on Cerazette at the mo and haven't had a proper period in 6 years. I'm hoping the years have changed me and I can have lovely light pain free ones

I'm hoping too! I was on cilest for over 8 years... and as I was a young teenager when I started on the pill who knows what periods will be like now! Thankfully my acne has not returned with a vengeance which is what I feared, my skin is much the same as when as I was on the pill so hoping af will be the same!

Ooooooh, I forgot about the skin changes. I had porcelain skin before the pill. Hopefully it'll go back to that. Tempted to go and buy a bottle of folic acid and present it to DH when he gets home

crazypug you could always pull off the 'ugly naked man' from HIMYM (though obviously naked WOman, and not ugly) hehe

Never watched HIMYM! And I can't find the scene on youtube. Not sure I'd even need to do that tbh. I think he actually meant it the other day when he said 'let's just do it' if I tell him I actually want to I think he'll be happy with it.