Feeling overwhelmed.

[sugarplumfairy28]

So this whole TTC thing is completely new to me and to be totally honest, kind of weirds me out. We have two DC. DS is 6 and DD 4 in just over a week. We have recently (last July) emigrated although we always wanted/planned/ still want 3 DC. Both DC were semi planned, as in they were both wanted and we just weren't as careful.

I have no idea when in my cycle they were conceived and from what we can remember were produced from a single night of horizontal dancing. We only decided last month that we would just go for it, and I would stop trying to micromanage everything about it. My last period was (I believe) Feb 21st which was a Saturday, and I am normally exactly 4 weeks apart.

I know it's too early to tell anything, but how do I try and forget about it? Or pass the time? Any tips?

I know its hard, but try not to think about it, look on the first coup,evof months as just your body getting used to not having contraception. Try to arrange a couple of nights out with your dh, if you can get childcare and just enjoy yourself. I really would try to put it out of your mind and hopefully you'll be pg by Christmas

Hang loose! You may not remember when you did the human reproductive cycle at school but it is not rocket science. If you have a regular menstrual cycle you can work out the time you ovulate and your peak fertility during the cycle. Four weeks/28 days is bang on which means you will ovulate on or near the 14th day counting from the first day of your last period - always note this in your diary your whole life btw!)
If you make love that week you will most likely conceive. Nowt happens if there isn't an egg to reach!
See: www.nhs.uk/Livewell/menstrualcycle/Pages/WhencanIgetpregnant.aspx
Some people get a pain in one side when an ovary releases an egg. Depending how far along its journey the egg was when it was fertilised it will reach the uterus and embed itself in the wall and start to divide a few days after it is fertilised. Then the pregnancy hormones are triggered and some people know immediately - feeling tired, thirsty, getting up in the night to go to the loo, going off coffee. Others don't - it is as if their brain keeps it secret!
Having been through it before you will know what to expect - though the experience can vary - for some reason the mother's immune system has to be lowered more for a girl than a boy. This can mean that with a girl you get every bug going whilst pregnant. I do hope that they properly research why this should be - especially in the light of the research into why girls react very differently to boys to vaccine combinations (see Dr Peter Aaby's research).
All the best - enjoy!

Have never done the whole waiting to see if we're expecting, I kind of knew with DD but we were moving house when I sort of twigged so had lots to distract me. Stupidly I've just finished doing lots around the house, decorated 3 bedrooms and organised what seems like a separate houses worth of stuff in the loft. Time to find more things that need doing I think.