Looking for a TTC buddy!

[Lorriella]

Hello! I'm needing a TTC buddy as I'm finding myself constantly over thinking things and it's driving my husband mad so would be great to discuss it with someone else in the same boat!

I'm TTC baby number 3. I came off the pill 3 days ago and I'm very impatient, want to get started right now! Anyone else in a similar situation want to buddy up?

Great to see everyone's stories on here... And so nice to be in this together... I'm totally obsessed! Is it worth checking ovulation to such a high level? came off pill on 21st November and promised oh that we would relax and if it happens it happens! No such luck! I've got ovia app and yesterday noticed I had CM so made oh dtd!!! ??. I must have sounded desperate. Even been rubbing stomach.

Fingers crossed you all have BFPs soon... Have any of you been bloated around ovulation? I feel huge!!!

Hi Ladies, I would like to join you too!!

My husband and I are getting ready to TTC #1, we are both 28. I took my last pill (yasmin) on 2/12/14. I starting charting my temp this week and have also bought some ovulation strips from Amazon!

I'm expecting things to be all over the place at first but keen to see what happens! It's so easy to become a bit obsessed isn't it!!??

Best of luck to everyone :)

welcome all newbies :) Nice little gang of us getting together!

cupcakes - if I breath funny, I am sure I am pg. Obsessing waiting for an implantation bleed now... Jeez, what has it come to?? Haha.

Hope you get the all clear Angharad - and by the time you get full flow mumsnet convo, you'll be glad to talk to OH about other things just for a break!!

It really is blue - yes, you may take a little time to regulate, have you started any folic acid/vitamins in preparation for pregnancy?

This is the link for the abbreviations girls :)

www.mumsnet.com/info/acronyms

I meant to say too, have been charting all month for the first time only to get struck down with a bad dose of flu, sending my chart erratic and all over the place! Meh, what a waste. CM tells me that I ovulated somewhere between CD17 & CD19 - am now on CD21 - the 18th seems like a lifetime away!!!

At this point I am not sure I could ever get tired of talking about it. Have been waiting for Cardiology for 6 months so it has been building up!

A lot of people seem to be using the ovulation things, are they simple to use?

Good luck everyone!

I've just started tracking mine with my temps using Fertility Friend (my two dots on my chart look very lonely lol!) but I'm not sure how it works out when I'm ovulating or how it works out where to put the crosshair. I'm thinking of getting Ovulation sticks as well obsessed it's my last day of SI today, after saying I had no side effects yesterdays 200mg dose made me feel weird!

Hi all...new to mumsnet so please be gentle with me haha. I'm ttc #2 after being on microgynon for 10yrs. I'm 31 and have a son from a previous relationship who's gona be 11 tomorrow..eeek! Anyway, I stopped bc in july and AF has been regular since the moment I stopped, give or take a few days so this is cycle 4 for me and I'm currently in my latest 2ww...torture! This is the first month I've really made sure we've dtd every day/2nd day leading up to ovulation so although I'm really hoping for a bfp before the weekends out, I'm not being overly optimistic! Promised myself I wouldn't get all crazy with symptom spotting every month but....I cannot help myself! I have two tests in the cupboard and dying to try one now but I'm only around 10dpo (if I've calculated right!) so don't want to do it only to get another bfn! Any of you ladies tested quite early and had a bfp?

I started taking folic acid the day I came off the pill... Started taking multivitamins too but read vitamin a not good for baby so have stopped taking those and looking for a conception and pregnancy one?! Anyone used conception plus? A few people have said how good that is?

Interestingly, I have a berocca every day (well, the boots version!) and noticed it has no vitamin A, lots of B6 and folic too so thought I might just carry on with that...?
PS Still no AF. Bored now...

boyle it's probably best to navigate away from obsessive ovulation checking to begin with it because it can ruin the whole process for you! Maybe just track your CM as that's a pretty good indicator, helps you get to know your body and is free!! I only got so obsessed with mine as I know I have ovulation issues. Also I take pregnacare conception. There are cheaper variations but the brand have helped my OH with his fertility issues, so I'm sticking with them. If definitely rate them!

manderlay have you poas yet? Could be that you are already pregnant?!

booboo our circumstances are very similar and both in 2ww! Exciting!!

One of you also needs to come confiscate my sticks - just got a BFN - but I'm aaaaaaggggeeeessssd away from the real testing day!!!!! What was I expecting?!

Hi ladies
Im new to ttc and to mumsnet. I stopped taking bc on the 8th of October was on it for 10 years. With no AF whilst on it and now no AF still. So dont know when I'm ovulating. I haven't tried ovulation sticks but I am taking folic acid getting frustrated at waiting for my body to get back to normal. Any advice will be helpful its just nice to talk! Good luck ladies xxx

can't would be an interesting twist, that's for sure! Chances are slim to none - without making us sound like utter losers DH and I have been crazily busy at work recently, one with a new job and the other with a long commute, and haven't actually DTD since last AF Roll on the Christmas break!

cantbelieveimdoingthisagain Someone needs to confiscate mine too...too bloody tempting knowing they are there! I'm trying to hold off a few days, AF should be due sunday I think though so I could be tempted to try in tomorrow morning..really wish I could wait but I'm becoming obsessed. Not letting on to my OH that I'm a crazy symptom spotter, he thinks I'm all cool and calm haha. If I'm out this month I'm gona try maximise my chances for January so any tips on that would be welcome! How do you know when you ovulate without using opk's? I've never noticed any changes but then again I haven't been looking for them before now. When I found out I was pregnant with my son I was 18wks (was on the pill and continued having periods!) so I dont really know early pregnancy symptoms either apart from what my old pal google tells me haha.

Did the actual OP ever return?!

I'm also taking the Pregnacare preconception multivits! Started the day I stopped BC.

How did everybody else find coming off the pill?? I actually look pregnant at the moment... soooo bloated and wierd twinges in my side!! I don't think I've ever been so aware of what my body is up to!

BlueElephant I was on the pill for around 15 yrs all in, about 10yrs there without a break. I stopped midway through a pack, had the normal end of pack bleed and straight back into a normal cycle in august, was expecting to have a no show from AF for a while but seems to have been pretty normal straight away. I'm the same with feeling every single little thing from then, not quite sure what it all means right enough lol. I could faintly see veins in my boobs last month but the last few days they seem more obvious and had really sensitive nipples too but then this month I'm actually trying to look for things so who knows! All other symptoms I'm having could easily be the arrival of the witch...its so confusing! And I don't do patience haha

manderley I was wondering where OP was too! Now that would be a miracle. You need to spice up your Christmas - call it a present to each other

It just seems to take FOREVER doesn't it booboo - my OH knows the most of how bad I am but I think he just let's me have my way of dealing with it. He's pretty good in the most, I just wish he would just once be the one to start the conversation about it, just so I don't feel like I'm nagging. This was all his idea.. I always said no to kids after a failed relationship, which produced DD. But he talked me round. Now I literally live and breathe ttc while he lives and breathes football (as per) grr. So frustrating!!

I haven't been on the pill for 10 years blue - I conceived on microgynon! I had copper coil which I recommended to everyone... Until I wanted it out and it was stuck! 5 months of poking and prodding it took....

I conceived on microgynon too! Yip, mines the same, he def wants a baby I know that but he doesn't seem as desperate/anxious as me...but that's how he is with everything, just takes things in his stride where as I'm "I want it and it needs to be now and I will obsess over everything til I get it" haha.

Ps..I must say its really good to be able to be a total desperado without the friends and family thinking you are a total nutter!

Yep!! Sounds just like me!! We agreed to 'see how it goes' for the first 6 months... one week in and my ovia app is looking very colouful!

I've never been very patient but it's nice to know I'm not the only one ;)

FX we get some BFP's soon!!

Ooh I might need to get this app! I've only got fertility friend and only using it for cycle dates. If I'm out this month I can see me being even more over the top! In the grand scheme of things we've only been 'not not trying' for 4 cycles so I need to give myself a reality check!

I use ovuview 'cause I like the colours Afraid this is going to be my big wake up call that you can't plan everything in life!

Just downloaded the Ovia app, here goes my sanity! :P

And here goes mine aswell! Think I'm due AF Sunday, couldnt stop myself from testing this morning.....BFN! Could honestly give myself a big slap!

Don't give up hope just yet, could just be a bit early for the test!