Getting Ready for Baby Challenge -Pt 2

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Just a follow on from our 1st thread!

Theres is our motherhen, we are all just a bunch of crazy ladies either TTC or waiting to start!

Hey girlies!

Just place marking from Thailand!

Age: 33
TTC #1
Going to start actively trying after Zika all clear!

No bites so far & saw a pregnant Thai girl on the beach so maybe we're just super paranoid on the UK!

Hope there's some BFP/ mega weight loss to catch up with when I return!

Absolutely no mega weight loss for me after tonight's gorge and wine fest! Right now I don't even feel guilty!!

Does anyone know you're ttc? I'm finding it so hard to not tell people... loads of people have asked recently when I'm going to have kids.

Hope you're managing to hold off confused!

Welcome newbies. This is definitely a crazy, fast paced thread!!

How's the fun week mrsc?

Hello lovely ladies,
Diet totally out the window tonight as DH made beautiful homemade pizza. BUT then after we were talking and I realised he is baby obsessed! I told him all about opks and he said just to give him 20 mins warning when I'm good to go (Lol!)... then we ended up having a baby making quickie just in case!

unicorn I haven't told anyone that were ttc except my best friend but people keep asking and it's so awkward cos I'm like "nooo...not yet". My brother asked us infront of the whole bloody family over xmas!

Welcome splendid and para!
hb very jel of you on the beach right now, enjoy every second!!
I need to move my lazy ass a but more or I'll be going up the scales not down, today was a diet fail for me!
unicorn fun week is exhausting, especially when opks tell me I haven't ov'd yet, hopefully tomorrow or Thursday it'll happen or else I reckon it won't be happening at all this month and my efforts will be wasted! DH however thinks he's won the lottery, but once this week's over I won't be able to face it again til next month
My sil knows we have started because she has too so we have discussed it, everyone else has an idea that it's on the cards but not telling anyone else specifically!
I have just started ovia, wish I had done it months ago though coz it doesn't know me seemingly! Also it freaks me out when I said I didnt really see any cm today and it was like 'well u should see it so go to the doctor',very dramatic ovia!
Holly hope u are feeling good!

I'm just telling my best friend and my mum that we're preparing to ttc in May. My bestie and I are hoping we might be preggers together. It would be great to have that support especially as she knows what she's doing as she's already got a 2 year old little boy.
Does anyone else feel like they don't have a CLUE what they are letting themselves in for or what on earth they're going to do with a tiny newborn??? But are too excited anyway!!!!

Welcome splendid and para!
I am excited about using Ovia! I guarantee I will become obsessed though! Haha

So I'm sat here on my (delayed) train home, eating a bag of mini eggs, after watching Dreamgirls. Holy shit it was amazing! I'm blaming hormones because I absolutely wept at just how amazing it was (it's not sad or anything) I've never done that before! But just couldn't stop crying!!

Also, i told my boss I was seeing Dreamgirls tonight, but thinking back he looked at me really funny. I think he may have thought I was seeing Dreamboys 😂 completely different show hah!!

Hope you're enjoying Thailand HB!

I know what you mean dinosaur, we are so busy already, I really don't know how a baby will fit in. Both work long hours - DH especially so. I think it's going to be an absolutely massive change for us. But, we are sure it's the right time for us. Just think it will be an adjustment.

We haven't told anyone our plans. I had a very vague chat with my friend about general plans but haven't told her I'm already on pre conception meds and that we have a timeframe in mind etc. I'm not sure whether to mention to my mum either - I know she'll be very excited but she tends to get carried away and I don't want her banging on about it all the time or worse still - telling everyone!

She will feel left out though being so far away. Tricky one to call!

We won't be telling anyone we're ttc. They'll just keep asking how it's going, which might be OK after month 1 but would be pretty wearing after month 10. My mum keeps asking though and making comments about how I'm not getting any younger. No shit.

Morning ladies!
At work I am constantly asked about baby no2... I just keep saying hopefully soon. Two friends know I'm TTC and a couple know it's probably on the cards. Two friends who know are also TTC #2. One has been trying 10/11months without success and another trying about 3months.

Hmm. It's tough. I'm not going to tell anyone for now I think... but might cave down the months! Especially as I imagine I'm going to be in an increasingly bad mood as the time passes! (Really need to find something else to focus on!!)

So I've been tracking cycles with clue. I think it's less fertility orientated than other apps, but it's very simple and I think works well for me as my periods have been pretty regular post pill (keeping my fx for the same for those of you waiting!) Got an email from them today saying you can now link the app with Fitbit HR (which I don't have) to measure heartbeat. Apparently initial research has shown a spike in resting heart rates at the time of ovulation... (obviously they're wanting people to connect to get more data, but it seemed potentially interesting!)

Weighed myself again today and I keep fluctuating by a pound! So annoying. Nick I made your hot choccy last night - omg so so nice! I had the mint one, with skinny whipped cream and mini mallows. I felt very indulgent!

I haven't told anyone except 1 friend who isn't friends with any of my other friends iyswim

It's great to be able to chat on here. Feeling a bit lonely ATM as haven't had a chance to talk to DH about his worries, just want us to relax & enjoy it (TTC) but I have to remember that it's more complex for him being his first..

I won't tell any family until 20 weeks. Less chance for them to let something slip on FB and then work could find out! I plan to tell work at 20 weeks (or 25 if I can hide it) but as I'll be shocked if I go full term I should probably tell them at 20 weeks (you have to tell them 15 weeks before intended mat leave start date).

He just sent me a lovely message saying he's fine just processing it slowly .. now I'm tearful ahh love these natural hormones!

On the plus side I am down another 1lb.. doing loads of yoga and generally skipping dinner when I do that in the evenings which is turning into effective intermittent fasting

Not telling anyone either, just 1 friend
I was wondering about the rules for matvleave and when you have to tell them- is that right 15 weeks before you plan to go? It's all very confusing to me, will look at my HR guidance today although I sit next to my boss! Really hoping for a promotion in April but then don't want to be like thanks, see ya! Can't be helped I suppose and they can't discriminate but still don't want anyone at work to know my TTC plans!

Morning everyone! CD43 for me now...

Confused I've been secretly using OPK's since xmas to see if my body is doing anything much and they have all been whiter than white, so to see something fairly clearly means something is happening, surely?! Arrgghhh i hate not knowing!

Buzz My DP has no idea about the OPKs & all i've told him about Ovia is that it's tracking small symptoms to help me work out whats going on. He is the one most keen to conceive so i don't think he would think i was crazy. He does just think it happens though, both his brothers are 'accidental' parents haha

Welcome to the mad house Parastars & Angharad Get stuck in!

Hope you are having fun in Thailand HB

I'm not telling anyone we are TTC unicorn . Nobody would dare ask - they stopped asking years ago as i have always said i never want a baby!

Me and DH wern't going to tell anyone but he drunkenly told his family at Christmas and so i have been fairly open with mine... i have seen some quite rude comments on MN about people that tell people they are trying... but i actually think it takes the pressure off a bit for us as we don't get questions about babies lol.

I didn't POAS this morning as read online the implantation process can take 2 days anyway... and CM was less pink/brown today and more clear with tiny drops of fresh
Blood (sorry if tmi) so keeping hopes up it was implantation.

If BFN on Friday then wont test again if no AF by mid next week

Buzz it might vary by company but yes 15 weeks before start of mat leave is the rule where I am. I would definitely wait until you get that promotion before telling them if you can! You would not easily be able to prove discrimination if you "coincidentally" didn't get it.

I only went and posted on the wrong thread so I quit for the day.
Hope y'all doing well.

What did you post HP?

Oh HP!!!
Don't worry about it! OP on the other thread has not mentioned anything so I don't think she minded!

Thanks Confused how are you today?
Just random thoughts buzz

Still no positive OPK today.... I Feel like I am not gonna get one this cycle, haven't seen barely any CM either and normally I would see at least a bit around ov time along with a pain in my side and have had nothing so I feel like nothing has happened this month so I imagine it's a dud month for me for whatever reason. I will get my ov + 7 bloods done maybe this day next week as that should be 7 days post ov for me and that will give me a better idea if anything happened very quietly that I didn't know about! I swear I thought I had my cycle and body so sussed and then the first month I try I feel like a stranger to myself, very frustrating! Anyway sorry for the rant!
red I hope AF shows up soon so you can at least know where u stand! This whole ttc, every single thing about it is just a giant wait around!

Red thats good that you are finally seeing a line! You must be getting more and more LH building up!

Yeah i am not bad HP just trying to keep my hopes up but being realistic... still spotting cm with a bit of fresh blood... very tiny amounts only seen when checking inside... i do spot before AF sometimes but this is different.. hows Thailand?

Mrs is there any chance ov is late? I have heard of OPK failing on odd cycles for people.. although apparently an anovulatory cycle is normal for most women

It's weighday Wednesday ladies!! Anyone else doing SW that weighs on a Wednesday? Or maybe who'd like to?!

I'll let you know how it goes :/

nick I'm doing slimming world and weighed this morning! 3lbs down this week :) yay! Now going to carluccios to eat ALL the pasta and drink ALL the wine

Fingers crossed for you!