Relaxed TTC Feb/March/April 2016

[stumblymonkey]

Hi,

We've just agreed to start TTC #1 in March so just starting to look at preparing for that - prenatal vitamins, losing some weight, etc.

I'm 33 and have only been with my OH for just over a year but we're both sure this is the relationship for us...we'll be getting married but want TTC as a priority and fit any wedding around Mother Nature.

Not planning any temp checking or charting or such like....maybe I'll change my mind if I'm not preggers after six months or so!

Anyone planning TTC about the same time and want to keep in touch on this thread for relaxed catch ups about preparing and then TTC?

Sarah X

Have I worked it out wrong? I worked out that if we conceived late March we would be due Christmas time. One of the reasons we're waiting for April to ttc. I will come off the pill April 15th so earliest I could conceive is around 29th. Means a January baby right? X

Hi, can I join in?!
I've not read the whole thread but you all look very organised! I've not even got round to taking folic acid yet even though there's some in my cupboard
Anyways dh and I ttc #2 VERY casually. Dd is turning 1 next month and we're on our 2nd month "trying" but he works long hours and I'm exhausted so averaging once a month here!
Ovulated a week or so ago and dtd 2 days beforehand so it's always possible. Feeling v run down so thought I'd hop on board and symptom spot away - nails and skin suddenly gone to pot, LOTS of discharge, sore tummy, spotted around ovulation, had a NAP today... A nap!!! And have been in bed before 11 the last few nights. Most of all I have a sore throat (my first symptom with dd).
We want a small age gap but I had a hard pregnancy with dd so I'm a bit nervous.

I've basically counted 40 weeks from the first day of my last period which is how to work out due date. It can 37 - 42 weeks though.

So first day of AF would be 27th February - 40 weeks would be 3rd December due date conceiving in March. Even if I'm two weeks late it will be 18th December so not around Christmas.

If waited until next cycle due date would be 1st January if AF is regular

Ah right, think it's coz I'm set to ovulate late March whereas you would be early March. Makes sense now. I worked it out that if I was regular and co conceived March (would ovulate between 30th march and 1st april) I'd be due around 30th December! Not ideal as all it would take is being a few days early and I'd give birth Christmas day. I wouldn't be as bothered but don't want to be in hospital on Christmas instead of with my other children. I've given birth 10 days early and 5 days late so no idea what will happen next time. X

Also, because I'm very regular I've been able to work out due dates from date of conception in the past instead of date of last period. X

I just looked on the Internet of how to work out due date to be honest because I was just counting 9 months from conception and that's obviously completely wrong!

I am due to ovulate mid March .. Around 14th maybe.
I'm not going to do opks I'm just going to try a Dtd every other day this Month

Best way to do it! When we where ttc our daughters I didn't use opks or temp or anything. Just made sure we dtd plenty lol. Understand for some though it's not always as simple as that x

For me, because due to my diabetes dc will be born at 38 weeks at the latest (ds only made it to 37+4 as I had preeclampsia) I have to take 2 weeks off the due date every time (not that i'm already looking at the calendar working out due dates or anything like that!!!!)
Still trying to decide whether official ttc will start in April or May. Just wish I knew how long it will take!

Vanilla my dd was born at 36+2 due to pre-eclampsia so I'm wondering if I need to take a month off any potential due date workings!

Morning all,

Might be getting my hopes up but I am a week late, have sore nipples & a bloated belly !
Got a night out in a couple of weeks so going to try and hold out testing till then if I haven't come on! eeeek!

Highhopes how are you managing not to test if you are late?! That's willpower

OMG, highhopes, how have you not tested when you're already a week late? Or do you have an irregular cycle?

Welcome, bippers, good luck! I was nowhere near ready to TTC when DD was 1 - even now I'm thinking we should really wait until June when she's 2. For the hell of it with all this due date talk I've worked out that if FF is right about my predicted schedules (could be off by 1-2 days as it currently has my cycles on 28 days and they're sometimes 29) - If we really start TTC in May as currently planned EDD would be 1 Feb, but if we waited until June to TTC we would be due in March and have my ideal mat leave .

Definitely overthinking this, though, so will just keep being relaxed and if it happens before then so what.. And if it DOESN'T happen by June I'll probably start temping and following SMEP like a crazy person. DH won't know what's hit him, LOL.

I came off the pill in December, had a withdrawal bleed & then it took almost 7 weeks to have another period. 5 weeks has passed since then so I think its just my body getting back to normal so I don't want to waste a pregnancy test. But will definitely take a test when I have to!

Bippers not necessarily. The doctor I talked to told me preeclampsia often appears later or not at all in a second pregnancy. She is hopeful I won't get it this time, we'll see I guess.
Highhopes no way that I would be able to hold out so long, I am impressed by your patience!

wispa thank you!! Yes it's rather soon I suppose but we always wanted a small age gap! Actually we wanted 18 months but that time has passed. Oops!
Vanilla thank you so much that's very reassuring!

We dtd this afternoon and I had a fair amount of pink on the tissue when cleaning up (sorry, tmi!!) so slightly worried about that

Today has been weird. I have been very crampy and had ++d/c but not ewcm more sticky.

I am reading too much into this shizz, I probably wouldn't even notice this normally. I just want next week to be here and AF to show her face and calm the fuck down for a while!

I have a horrible cough. All the cough medicines have warnings for pregnant women so I don't want to take any just incase I am pregnant. If my period arrives at the weekend at least I can console myself with Corvonia!

Fertility friend has me so confused. Entered my temp this morning into the app (which showed a predicted ovulation of tomorrow) and it says I likely ovulated on Saturday. My temps are absolutely all over the place though so maybe it is equally confused.

I get a daily email from my Ovia app that normally asks if I'm on my period today? and gives me conception tips.
Today it said-
'Quick Question- Do you lay horizontally for 15 minutes after sex?'

Feel absolutely rubbish today. Tense period cramps & feeling incredibly faint/nauseous. Haven't felt like this for quite some time (since ttc with dd in 2012). AF hasn't shown her face yet but am expecting to see her later on tonight or tomorrow.

jenny you never know, fingers crossed AF doesn't appear!

Where'smybippers - we haven't actually done the deed, well apart from one time when hubby remembered I had come off the pill and pulled out accordingly - apologies for tmi!

Ttc's been put on hold until end of April when I should find out if I'm gonna be made redundant.

Think it's highly unlikely that I'm pregnant and am anticipating my period to come tonight/tomorrow. It's been 6 weeks since I came off the pill so I'm guessing i'm just going through side effects & just generally period pain crapness!

Anyone else suffered such symptoms after coming off cerazette?

jenny sorry I hadn't read back the thread!!
I came off that in Sept and think I had a small withdrawl bleed but nothing again till December!

Dynia, did FF put the cross hairs as dotted lines? If so it's just a guess and you're right in that the app could be confused because temps are up and down..