Getting Ready For Baby Challenge Thread 5

[HopefullyDothButterNoParsnips]

The fastest moving TTC thread where we are all trying to get ourselves ready for our bundles of joys. Come and join the madness.

Morning you lot - sorry I've been a bit quiet. I've been swamped in work and everything feels like it's unraveling a little! Boss is back today so hopefully will be a bit better.

Not really sure I have much to contribute to the thread atm as we are holding off until August and not bothering with OPKs and cycle days - just going to do EOD shagging and hope it sticks. Feels like a while off yet.

Also wheels have totally fallen off the diet. Definitely up for a fresh start.

I'm doing 100 happy days wiggly - kind of on pause as I've been so busy with work but will get back to it. Have started a bullet journal too to help feel more in control and promote a bit of mindfulness and also organize a food journal etc.

Have been working on a rainbow blanket which I'm nearly finished as that relaxes me in the evenings.

Sorry to hear about a couple of late AB but no signs of any BFPs yet..there's still time girls so don't get too disheartened yet 😘

Here's a pic of the bedroom at present..we had new carpets fitted yday and they are lush I just wanna sleep on them 😍😂

Good luck today confused. Thinking of you xxxx

I'm with you on the dieting still. Been hard keeping up the keto this weekend but no carbs is Deffo paying off. Gonna stick to the diet for now.

Laura that looks fab!!! I wish I had an eye for colours and decor like that!

And the wedding plans sound ace wiggley. I wish I could do my wedding again. It was so much fun.

Buzz I'm sorry about the bfns, I blame that stupid pill. Ha!

August will be round before you know it parsnips. I can't believe it's halfway through March already. Sounds like you are doing your best to have some chill out time too which is good. I refused to do anything yesterday other than relax!!

Hope you all have a good week and the preggos are taking it nice and easy. Xx

Oh I'm sorry buzz

laura it's looking amazing! You must have been DIYing all weekend?

wiggley oh that's so exciting about the wedding. I loved the planning bit, imagining how it would all fit together!

confused thinking of you today my love - hope the scan goes great. Sounds very sensible to talk to midwife - perhaps some counselling will help you put the parent issues to rest? I'm sure you will be a great mum.

tigger hope you feel better soon - sounds hard work!!

seven you're so good with the dieting! I confess I have been rubbish lately.

jupiter - how are you getting on? Nearly test time! My early 'symptoms' have vanished, so I think it was just coincidence rather than early signs of pg. I also felt a bit emotionally wobbly last night, which made me think AB might be round the corner for me

Wow what a difference laura looks fab! The carpets look so comfy!!

Seven aww bless..my whole house is pretty much white and silver and then I use accessories and bedding to bring the colour in. Some people think it's boring but I'm forever getting bored and it's alor cheaper to replace a few cushions and curtains etc than to paint walls and wallpaper etc.

Orange you got it! Didn't stop from 7am on Saturday until 8:45 last night me and oh we're knackered. Love our new carpets tho 👏🏼 so happy with them they only come from the internet aswell I totally winged it and just hoped they'd be nice and now I'm chuffed!

parsnips what you're doing is exactly what this thread is about! So please dont go anywhere! You seem like you have all of your shit together I need to follow your example!

I really need to get on it on the house front, mines a bit rubbish at the moment. Big spring clean on Saturday I think

Morning all,

Good luck confused, really hope all goes well and it eclipses all the negativity you are facing at the moment. Your ex sounds awful, don't even enter into dialogue with him! Good call on a chat with the midwife about how your feeling, better to raise now than later on. We're all here if you need us

Tigger hope you're feeling okay, must be overwhelming to feel so sick all the time. It will totally be worth though!

Wiggley yay for wedding planning and getting bridesmaid dresses. How fun. I was doing the same thing this time last year. Savour every moment.

buzz sorry about BFNs :( but AF might be round the corner so you can start tracking again. Are you feeling PMS?

orange Ditto on the emotions! I feel hot and sick today which is normally what happens pre-AB but who knows. Have you decided whether you want to test tomorrow? If so I'm on board :)

laura looks fab lovely!

Oh forgot to say well done seven on the dieting!!

Good luck again confused

I've just ordered some OPKs!!

I thought just lots of DTD was a good plan but the control freak in me is furious that I don't know if/when i ovulated!!

Hopefully I'll invoke Sod's Law & won't need them.... but this is such a lottery, who knows?!

Oh Hb, I'm exactly the same.. each month I vow just to DTD lots and toss the CB OPKs aside and be all casual. Unfortunately my personality always gets in the way of that plan. Hopefully you won't even need them! x

Haha! Same to you jupiter !

Any surplus can easily go on the LubeExchange, so they'll be no waste!

Parsnips I am with you, still so much to do before we are ready for baby! Which is the point of this thread I suppose.

I'm on day 3 of paleo and the carb cravings are slightly easing however I have terrible tummy ache to the point I'm considering going home from work. I really need a holiday!!! So tired!

So things I need to do before baby:
• hire and train my junior person (happening v soon, he will need a year before he is able to cover me I think) so a march 2018 due date would be great & I get the summer off then (I think I'm going to still aim for that, announce my pregnancy before year end review and just be really aggressive on pay negotiations, they'll be afraid to discriminate I hope)
• negotiate my next pay rise (December)
• get to goal weight of 57kg. 60kg this morning so 3kg to go (7lbs)
• buy a new car (decide and just do it! Land Rover Defender 3/4 or an Alfa Romeo 159 estate??? We need to do second hand to be sensible.. budget is 5-15k., thoughts?? We need a comfy family car for long journeys + boot space)
• redo my bathroom (new builders went AWOL as well, wtf is wrong with these people, good job I had not paid them yet)
• declutter and redecorate rest of the house

Phew! Feels good to have a plan now though.

So that means aiming for a June BFP.

We have DTD EOD since the end of AF this cycle so far, so I need to be careful now.

I keep forgetting the bloody CBFM I looked at it this morning and it says I've missed 4 tests oops will try to do one tomorrow morning CD10

Really great clear goals grumpy
Will be so satisfying to tick off, especially as they're pretty major things!

parsnips I've seen bullet journals on pinterest and they really intrigue me but I don't quite know what they're for!!

So just got back from the scan... they tried external and couldnt see it... them tried internal and when he said baby is fine i burst into tears! Bubble has a crown to rump length of 7.4mm which dr said is 6+4 but a quick google says 1mm for everyday over 6 weeks which makes me 7 weeks which makes sense with late ov!

Thank you all so much for your help i feel so so much better now after the scan!!!

LOts of organising going on on here!
We have decorators in 2weeks for hallway and landing.. can't wait to get that finished. Then busy couple of weeks over Easter time travelling to Newcastle and New York, when we are back we will get on with living room including shelving and cupboards for alcoves, underfloor insulation, new carpet, new sofa and painting! Expensive year
Hopefully this will all keep me occupied whilst TTC 😊

Amazing news confused. I hope that puts your mind at ease now and you can relax. Lovely pic.

Hb I'm Just using mine for all my little lists but being a bit neater and more arty in how I fill it in. I bought a gorgeous little book in paper chase and lots of lovely pens and I'm going to spend a bit of time filling it in and presenting everything nicely even though it's only me that will see it!

I keep all this information spread over like three books anyway so will be good to have it all in one place.

Fab news confused lovely scan picture aswell 😍

confused that is so wonderful! Made me feel quite emotional. Lovely little bubble is turning into a real baby :) So happy for you. Hope that's taken the edge off some of the other stuff..

I love the goal setting grumpy, that must feel so satisfying. I think I need to do something similar (alongside TTC) so I remember that there are other things in my life that I can focus on and feel good about.

parsnips love the idea of your journal.. I also love stationary. This may be something I need to do too!

mummy what a lot of lovely stuff to be getting on with!

Builder should start this week on our little utility room.. can't wait!

Fab news Confused! & an unusual scan picture too!

Sorry about BFN Buzz

Great updates from everyone! I have had a mad busy weekend, spent so much time with the ponies, plenty of riding in the sun!

Today i woke up with a cold, out of the blue. Oh and AF!! Which means i had a fairly normal cycle length of 32 days - woooohooo! It was very out of the blue though, i seem to have gone back to how i used to regards to that, zero AF symptoms, then BAM, she's here.

So CD1 for me. Not trying this month, just relaxed DTD when ever we fancy it. Roll on May....!

Congrats confused so happy for you!

Yay red that's great that your cycles are regulating! So are you properly trying from May?