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?

You've all made me feel so much better and less like a crazy obsession driven idiot! :)

Hey Busy dh and I have spoken alot about fostering/adoption too.

We would love to foster or possibly adopt but I decided I would really love to be pregnant and give birth to my own child or two first. It's Deffo on the cards for our future though. We'd love to be able to give kids a loving, stable home!

Got my positive OPK 😀😉😀😉😀

A few friends of mine were chatting about adoption once they have their own children. I'd be open to it I guess. I've not given it much thought really. It's a wonderful thing to be able to do.

Just took my first conception vitamin. Why do they have to make them massive like bloody horse tablets!! I'm terrible at taking tablets if they're not coated in that sweet coating. These were the weirdest softest tablets ever. Has anyone felt sick on them? I've taken mine before bed to try and avoid that.

DH and I looked through our baby names book earlier. We have a list of 20 odd names for each sex that we like now. Exciting. We've agreed we will find out the sec but just keep it to ourselves until the baby is born. Think we will try from end of march 😍 although I'd rather have a summer baby as would get more pay from work as more public hols then. But we don't want to delay purely for those reasons.

Yay Mummy! 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆

Amazing mummy, it's a good feeling!

So fun looking up baby names! We have a favourite boy and girl name picked out too. I've only been taking folic and vitamin D so have bypassed the massive tablets so far but might switch to combined one when pregnancy definitely happens.

Happy days mummy!

wouldnt bother with pregnacare... folic acid and vitamin d until 12weeks, and vitamin d alone there on after. Also continue with that whilst breastfeeding. Pregnacare is full of other vitamins that you get from food and can't absorb. Money making!!!

That's really interesting to know, thank you!

Great news Mummy!
We've already chosen our names. We had a boys name picked out last time we didn't get to use and have recently settled on a girl's name that works really well with DD's name. We won't find out the sex until the birth.

Go get busy mummy! Exciting times

Go for it mummy!!! I have a girls name I like and DH actually agrees on and have a few boys names in the air too!
I'm not taking vit D, I bloody knew I should be but gp told me just to take folic acid! Will get some tomorrow!

Everyone should take vitamin d, I think it's over 2/3 of the population are deficient. In pregnancy obviously this is alot worse. Boots do a folic acid and vit d supplement.. and it's 3 for 2 there

Oh I believe it, I feel like a vampire with the lack of sunlight, I'll get it first thing, thanks mummy xx

Im on the vit d and folic acid too.

I really want to know these names or are they all secret?

Last time we kept an iPhone list and kept adding and deleting till nearer the time.
Cant remember for the lufe of me what the boys name was and i was convinced i was having a boy.

Wont find out again till the borth. Best surprise ever. Plus my delivery midwifery was saying how commonly its wrong and how heart breaking it is for people.
Any child is a blessing ❤

life birth

Will have to spellcheck these late night posts sorry ladies lol

Yes come on people! Tell us your names! I told you mine

Our names are in pics below. Asterix for middle names, hashtag for first names. I was quite impressed that DH agreed to some of these. We need to whittle them down a bit yet but no rush!

Now tell me yours!

Some nice names there, quite a mix. I find boys names incredibly hard. My son is Sebastian and that's all I have. I liked Jenson at the time but glad I didn't use it now for various reasons. My girls name choices have changed aswell... I loved Mila as a first choice, but don't like it now. That was only 2.5yrs ago, tastes change so much!!

We have a few baby names...

Boys:
Noah
Dylan
Ivar

Girls:
Freyja
Astrid
Lyla

Happy birthday to me! 30 today 🤗

Happy Birthday Mummy lets hope you got a nice Birthday pressie from yesterday!

Thank you confused. Here's hoping 🤞🏻 if not, I have a nice trip to NY in April 🙂

Happy birthday mummy

Lovely names tea! Xx