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

Glad you've found something you like felipa. I will be having a drink on the 30th of July for a friend's 30th birthday party and if I haven't come off the pill by my birthday (13th April) I will likely have a drink then. Other than that I won't, more so because I'm dieting and don't want the extra calories from alcohol! I won't touch a drop once I'm off the pill though. It's an each to their own thing though, until you get your bfp I don't really see the harm x

I read over my post and hope it didn't come across as encouraging drinking when ttc 😳 lol. What I meant was for me personally, when I'm off the pill and ttc I don't but I don't think it's an issue if people do. It takes some people a long time so the odd drink whilst trying is fine in my eyes x

Ooo may I join you all? I'm 32, been with DH for 6 years now, and we've decided it's probably time to start thinking about getting round to things. TTC #1 will probably start in March - need some time to learn all the mumsnet acronyms first! Off pill for a few months, just jumped on the amazing Ovia app (never before has my phone asked me such intimate questions!), and started on folic acid and vit d. Need to book in some sort of health check.
Eek! Excited. Good to have company.

Not doing so well at the low caffeine thing at the moment. If I manage to stick to one coffee all day at work I find myself reaching for a diet coke as soon as I get in! Cutting down on booze is actually easier I think!

Argh, today is the day I would normally put my patch on, freaking out! Maybe we should wait til Feb/March. Lots of "what if x,y,z happens" thoughts.

My BMI is 18 ATM, need to eat more cake :(

Hey all! Can I join please?
DP and I have agreed we will start TTC this year... I'm hoping by June. I'm kind of waiting for an engagement before we do so its difficult to know when he's planning it! We have agreed to come off the pill this month so just one more packet to do which I started yesterday. Can get the cycles on track then. I want to be really chilled about it but have bought some ovulation tests to check if I'm ovulating after coming off the pill.
It's so exciting! Just feel like I'm playing a waiting game. Hope to be pregnant by the end of the year. 2016 will be our year

Hi, could I join you all? Planning to start TTC in the Spring. Wish it was sooner but due to work commitments Spring makes more sense, so this seems like a nice thread to jump onto. No DC yet so this will be number 1. Had my implant out tonight in preparation and now I'm feeling a mixture of excitement and nerves (this really will be happening eek! ). This is my first time hormone free for 10 years, I have no idea what to expect! Currently doing dry January as a sort of pre ttc health kick.

Hi newbies to the thread....welcome!!!

Alice...I'm jealous my BMI is about 526 37. No cake for me

I have diabetes running in my family and I know from this thread about taking extra folic if you are so went for a free check at the pharmacy yesterday...glucose levels and blood pressure both spot on! Already know from blood donations that iron levels are good....so....I'm just fat.

Healthy eating continuing well.

Trying to get an appointment with a psychiatrist to talk about how to deal with my meds (have bipolar)....but the usual person has a six week waiting list...so now trying other people as don't want to wait that long. Lots of concerns about coming off my meds and impact of pregnancy on my bipolar but that's probably a whole new thread! Note to self to start a new thread to get advice from other bipolarites...

Right, time to shower and dress for the commute. I can hear the rain outside ...yuck!

Pointlessfan...I also have a smear booked and a dentist appointment too.

Worth getting teeth checked and sorted if needed as apparently gum disease can contribute to MC's! This I learnt from my new book yesterday...

Morning all, welcome newbies!

My BMI is 29.5 😳 I want to be in a healthy bmi range before coming off the pill or just slightly over (will continue the healthy eating when ttc) . I have two stone to lose so it's doable, if I lose 2lb a week it will take me 14 weeks. That will take me to around April 13th (my birthday 😁) . I may come off the pill a couple of weeks early but just gonna see how I go for now . I'm 13st1.6lb now and have promised myself that no matter what month it is, if I'm not under 12 stone I don't come off the pill. Very good motivation! X

That being said....I just appraised what I'm wearing right now....

The basics are all fine but it's raining and I don't want to have wet toes in my suede boots so have thrown on my brown flat knee highs with a mainly black outfit. With my laptop bag, handbag and tote bag containing lunch and 'proper' boots plus umbrella.

You'd be forgiven for thinking I was aspiring more to Helena Bonham-Carter as a style idol than the Kennedys.

I guess life and shit gets in the way sometimes

Duh....wrong thread!!!!

stumbly... Dentist. Aargh. I was thinking that might be sensible while at the same time suppressing the thought violently. And a smear just adds to the fun. I guess that's one way to keep the excitement under control!

I've just bought a slow cooker to try and help with the healthy eating. I also need to start exercising as I suffer with a bad back so slightly concerned about carrying a baby. My BMI is 22 but I don't eat healthily enough. I'm 29 in April so feel like time is ticking if i want more than one child.

I got 50 opks for £5.00 on the net which I thought was quite good.

I've been reading up on ovulation etc... The woman's body is amazing! It's so fascinating with how everything works.

I last went to the dentist around 4 months ago so all fine there. I've never had a smear as I'm still under 25 (I'm 24) so will most likely have one after our next baby.

I Love my slow cooker radders, I use it a minimum twice a week. I like to make big batches of things in it then have some for tea that evening and freeze some for those days you really can't face cooking. I used it loads while pregnant with my second. Made lots of meals to freeze for after I gave birth, was such a help x

Just a thought, Theresamarie, but I found it a bit easier to lose weight when I came off the pill (it was the POP, though, if that makes a difference).

I haven't got around to making a dentist appointment for, um, 12 years. Now you've all given me that to worry about!

Poison, I went about 7 years without seeing the dentist at one point 😳 thankfully I only needed one filling. Now I go every six months though. I do think it's easier to lose when not on the pill but I want to at the very least get under 12 stone before ttc . I am sensitive to a lot of synthetics and allergic to latex so although there are a few condoms we can use it's not a case of just popping to the shops for them. Also I find them a complete mood killer lol. I'm sticking with my diet plan so confident that by the end of March I'll be stopping the pill x

Is everybody else married or engaged? Is there anyone who is neither?
I'm not too fussed about being married first as I'm nearly 30 so feel like conceiving is my priority but I do want to be engaged really. Me and DP have discussed this and are in agreement but it's so difficult not knowing when it's going to happen! I'm becoming one of those annoying girlfriends who keep talking about it and don't want to pressure

I'm married but I don't think it matters, I know lots of non-married couples with kids.
Checking in has reminded me to take my folic acid!

I'm married but don't think it makes a difference. I was pregnant on our wedding, didn't plan it that way lol. Had the wedding planned for April, decided on the new year before to come off the pill thinking it would take a while to fall pregnant and we wanted to start trying after the wedding. Well, I was about three months gone because we got pregnant 1st cycle lol.

I have more friends with children who aren't married than who are though x

Wow that's amazing that you got pregnant first cycle! Bet it was a shock for you. They do say sometimes it happens that way because of a surge in hormone.

I can't wait to finish this months pill and then stop to see how my cycles go. I'm a little nervous they will take a while. I came off the pill a couple of years ago and I seem to remember them going back to normal straight away but because I wasn't tracking it I can't really remember. I suffered from really bad acne though after coming off the pill. My back is scarred from it. So I'm not looking forward to that again.

I'm married, but I do know a lot more parents who are not married than are....bad English.

stumbly I'm also coming off the psych meds, not for bipolar though. Clonazepam, for anxiety, the Internet appears to have mixed opinions on whether it is OK or not so I need to read the leaflet and see my gp, but I'm expecting it to be a no. Argh. I'd rather give up caffiene, booze and nice food anyday, but we all have our own crosses to bear.

I have been very lucky, fell pregnant 1st cycle with both my children, quite a surprise both times lol. This is the reason I'm really wanting to lose my weight before coming off the pill. I'm aware it could take quite a bit longer this time around but after being caught first time twice I have to plan around it happening again x

Hopefully the acne won't happen again radders.

I don't mind quitting the booze or caffeine but there's quite a few foods I miss when pregnant. I am gonna make the most of not ttc yet when I go to a party at the end of this month. The rum will be flowing haha X

Radders....I'm not married or engaged.

I'm 33 and DP is 36...we've been together just over a year and living together since August. So not that long however I have dated every single man in the South East a lot and know he's The One.

Original plan was to get engaged and married first and also buy a family home as we're currently renting. This would've meant TTC #1 in mid/end 2017. I thought about it all over Xmas and realised I was holding out to have everything in the 'perfect' order but could end up leaving it too late for babies as we never know when Mother Nature will decide we're too old. Soooo....we've totally changed our plans to TTC first and fit everything else around that.