Getting ready for baby challenge

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Hi all, we are planning on TTC in the new year. Before that I want to get a bit healthier lose three stone and generally be in the best shape possible to get pregnant and run around after a baby. Is anyone else in the same boat? Would you be up for a little thread to keep us all on track? Planning on doing a dry January as a kick start and then will be dragging my arse to the gym after Christmas as well. Very open to suggestion and ideas to shift the bulge. Would be good to have a few buddies though. Anyone fancy joining in?

Just did a killer spin class and am off to eat chicken salad. Keep up the good work guys!

Disaster! Ate a normal chicken and bacon salad from Aldi for lunch... 10mins later my tongue was so swollen i couldn't speak! It is also yellowy and lumpy.. Had to go to the onsite Dr (I work at a uni) & they gave me anti-histamine... it's been 45mins now and it's going down... I assume the mayo caused it, it wasn't like normal mayo i'd normally have. So now i am sat at my desk checking my tongue in a compact mirror

I would be 12days since DTD tomorrow but i don't have any symptoms at at! Had some stabby breast pain yesterday but no soreness and no cramping or anything? Hmmmm.

Ohhhh my bloating could be increased fresh fruit? I've been having a smoothie for breakfast everyday, love the nutribullet

Oh i didn't see this page! grumpy you going to test again in a week or so?

Oh no Red is it painful? are you alright? what a horrible experience. are you allergic to chicken or bacon or salad? really lucky that there's a dr onsite. hope you feel better soon and the swelling disappears.

grumpy also DTD on the 10th, so unlikely for me to happen. I am becoming obssesed with this now!
My friend who's due her baby soon, has continued doing normal yoga throughout her pregnancy and says it's been really destressing at times, is that something you could look into? Probably not as fun as hot yoga though!

Sounds like you have a good plan there Grumpy Is there any symptoms you are having like with DD?

oh no Red!! Do you have any alergies or anything? Also having no symptoms can also be a symptom!!!! Weirder things hav happened.

It is sore, but gone down a bit now. I feel silly! No known allergies and the ingredients list looks normal except the dressing says mayo AND creme fraiche? Could it be the creme fraiche? Odd!

Sorry to hear that red hope you are ok - I would have freaked OUT (I'm really anxious about my swallowing / breathing functions for some reason, maybe due to choking as a child!).

Confused with DD I had ZERO SYMPTOMS. I mean none. If I had not have been missing AF I would not have noticed until 5, possibly 6 months pregnant! I also got negatives on all tests until about 6 weeks I swear. Maybe because I was so young? Very weird.

Hb yes I'll have to look, because my studio only does hot. I do it for a real workout, so I don't want some half arsed pregnancy yoga, I know my body and been practising for six years so would modify it as needed.

Red I think preservatives could be the answer? For a supermarket sandwich.

Yes I'll be testing again on 17 & 24 jan. DH has wimped out a bit again in terms of it happening "too early" as we said we would wait till march to start trying! So no more careless DTD for me for a while!

I'm glad you are feeling better red also from what Grumpy is saying you are still well in with a chance of being upduffed!

That is weird Grumpy do you think you will be the same again? Also DH might get down if you aren't this cycle and want to bring it forward.

Confused he won't want to bring it forward, he's quite nervous as it will be his first baby. I'm totally fine with waiting as the timing would be better for me at work, but if I were to have fallen pregnant earlier I would be quite happy and excited anyway!

I'm so fed up of winter now...

Grumpy - sorry to hear about your BFN. End of January testing sounds like a good plan. I think my DH is slightly freaking out (quietly though) that it might have happened this month. I actually don't think it has (despite feeling really weird all day) but has dawned on us that it might happen faster than we thought. Eeek.

Red poor you! How scary. Hope it's all calmed down now. Thank goodness for onsite doctors!

Goodness red hope you are OK! Grumpy I love hot yoga and was planning to keep it up but actually not sure if I'll be allowed will have to ask the instructor maybe if I get BFP. But no way am I doing any boring yoga! Booked a spa day with some friends for 28th so not testing before then coz I know if you are then they'll prob not let me do anything in it! AF not due til 1st but 29th is a Sunday and I think I'd like to be off when I find out so will prob cave and test then I have decided it's an exceptable time to cave! I was def two weeks after missing AF last time that the symptoms came but I was 19 and it was a surprise so I wasn't looking for anything either, gagging brushing my teeth was the first symptom.... Lovely That was!

Mrs I was planning to keep it up too but apparently the heat can cause neural tube defects? For the same reason you are not meant to go to sauna / hot tubs. I'm sure my instructor would say it's fine as I'm experienced but the Internet says otherwise.. I thought it was just people being precious (I actually started a thread about it) but it seems like there is science behind the risks. I'm going to ask my GP when I see him next week

Really grumpy I would have assumed it was just people saying that too, but glad I know, between that and not being able to eat smoked salmon I dunno what I'll do for 9 months, I avoid hot tubs and Jacuzzis anyway coz I get light headed so if they have one at the spa I'll just dip my feet in as it's all I would do anyway!

Grumpy also read that the heat is bad... but regular yoga is supposed to be great. Maybe you could ask instructor for advanced non hot classes in your area? I think I'd like to take up pregnancy yoga... but I'd definitely need a simpler version!!

Red hope you feel better!

Fx confused! Exciting times all round.

Hope no one is too badly affected by the horrible weather!

Two off for me tonight at Sw
Went to buy a pg test but there was on digital ones and i dont want one of those as last time it went off before my dh came home. So i want an old fashioned one.

Dh though i had left him a clue a few weeks ago when dd had a temperature and i left the thermometer on her table. He thought it was a test and id asked him to change her so he would see. Poor guy. Im not even that creative!

Im sorry Grumpy I guess it can take longer for men to adjust...

Awhh Holly you have an idea now as he wont be expecting it this time!

Ok so I know i shouldn't have done this but I did an OPK just because i'm really feeling very odd... i even felt sick earlier and have dizzy spells and hot flushes... the one after I ov'd was blank and this one just now with very dilute urine has come up at half strength... and now i'm really freaking out that I could actually be upduffed this month... i know i am rediculous but i can't help myself!

DH is trying to convince me not to do 30ds tonight because i don't feel well but i don't want to give up on it!

After 12weeks any neural tube defects would have formed so if that's the reason for not doing hot yoga then after 12weeks should be fine. Overheating in pregnancy however can make you feel unwell, and increase the temperature in your uterus therefore affecting baby. Many women use saunas and jacuzzis in pregnancy but for short periods

Don't freak out confused! I know that LH can be picked up to some degree all the time before ovulation... how does it work after ovulation?

Ditto on the dizziness, but I keep getting cold chills rather than hot flushes. I think I'm going down with a cold though.

Snow not too bad in norfolk (where I am), hope no one suffering too badly with the weather where they are.

Holly you'll have to think of a way to surprise him now when it does happen :)

Thanks mummy good to know I could potentially go back to hot version after 12 weeks. Hope a few sessions before I even know I'm pregnant won't hurt though?!!

Just read that women can get a second LH surge later in their cycle so it might be that confused.

Jupiter I have read you can get a 2nd surge if you didn't ov properly first time but im 99% sure i ov'd when i got my +opk... is there a thread you saw it on?

VERY sore boobs today. Either am pg or normal hormonal cycle resuming - either way I'm happy

Oh that was just some random googling of mine, and not necessarily accurate website. Wow, how exciting. You could probably consider testing properly over the weekend with an early response test?