TTC Baby No.2 <3

[MeghanV07]

Thought I'd start a thread for TTC Baby no.2 as I can't find any active ones 😔.

I'll start -

CD1 - Af showed her ugly face today.
Cycle 2 of TTC after a miscarriage in September 😔.
I have a DS who is one on Saturday, so the mix or emotions from that, the fact I'm not pregnant & AF is a little over whelming this week 😂

Hope to have some lovelies join ❤️

Can i join? My pill runs out at the end of this week so although not actually TTC yet, I'm not too far off! I'm 29 and my DS will be 2 in Jan. I've been broody and ready for another since he turned 1 but my husband wasn't ready then. I'm hoping that my period returns straight away after stopping the pill like last time.

Morning ladies & welcome @closedcircuit @Hazandduck @boodles101 ❤️

Closedcircuit - exactly how I feel. I really struggled with me DS when he was born, I didn't particularly enjoy motherhood until he was around 6-7 months & we always said we only wanted the 1. I often questioned myself as a mother and think am I really doing a good job or am I just doing ok? But I've realised I am pretty great at this being a Mum malarkey 😂. I think my miscarriage was a test to see if I wanted another baby and I longed for one after it all happened but now I just feel like I'm not that fussed, but I am so jealous of those who are pregnant... maybe I'm in denial?

Sorry to hear about your miscarriages too hazandduck ❤️ I don't think the fear of a mc will ever go away will it!

Fingers crossed your body gets back to normal ASAP boodles101 xxx

Hi to all new people, I’m definitely out this month, AF just arrived with a vengeance, really heavy and really suddenly.

@Boodles101, it’s possible to catch the first egg when your af comes back, but not all that common.

My af came back at 5 months, but pretty sure I wasn’t ovulating as we DTD st the right time every month from then until now she’s 13 months now) and never caught.

I’m hoping that af being heavier is a sign my fertility is coming back (one can dream eh).

Oh well on to the next cycle.

I also have to ask...did anyone tell themselves they would lose the baby weight before trying for another...then give up like me lol! Still half a stone heavier than I was when I got pregnant dammit!

@Hazanduck for me I was lighter than before DD1 anyway after a year of breastfeeding.

I’ve startes gaining weight a bit again now due to weaning.

I definitely haven’t lost all the baby weight nearly 4 years on!

Hmm I am still breastfeeding but my weight plateaued when she was about 7-8 months and I’ve just been the same since! To be fair I’ve not made any concerted effort to lose it 😂 But I had always heard if you didn’t shift it all by the time your baby was one you never would! I go out on plenty of walks and barely sit down all day it is my diet I should address, I just love biscuits!

How’s everyone doing?

Morning all ❤️

@MummaGiles I'm feeling a little 'meh' atm. Don't know if a 2nd baby is really what I want? Not sure if I was so desperate to get pregnant again to replace the baby we lost? I'm so confused 😔. This is only my 2nd cycle since the MC so emotions are all over the place but just so unsure. How are you? Xxx

@MeghanV07 it's so hard to know when the right time to have another baby is. Everyone has a different opinion on age gaps then it's the Mother's working hours, maternity pay and what help she gets from family are factors too.

I questioned myself too when I got AF - is this really what I want, am I really emotionally ready for this after the MC. If your disappointed that your not pregnant yet then I'd say deep down it is what you want...

But yer I too sometimes think getting pregnant again is the only way to get over it. My husband calls it the 'false starter' which I thought is a lovely way to put it

@MeghanV07 I am feeling a bit meh too. I’m still waiting for AF. Due this weekend. I’ve been getting some strange sensations around my pelvic area/c section scar (like pulling or bloating) but I also felt like I had PMS type cramps on Monday so I don’t know what to think. I did a test last night and it was negative. I don’t know why I tested, it wa stop early and it wasn’t even FMU.

How is everyone today?

Hi @Beckie1987, I’m doing ok, af has just about gone now, but was struck down with flu last week and gastroenteritis this week so been feely pretty awful.

Hopefully I’ll be feeling better by the time I O and 🤞 DP doesn’t end up with it too.

Due AF tomorrow. Feeling very unpregnant.

@doomkittycleo ah hope your feeling better nothing worse than the flu. Roll on ovulation 🙌 I'm on countdown at the min and feeling optimistic should be next weekend. I'm not telling my husband this month when I ovulate as feel like it takes the fun out of it. Too much pressure 🙈 he'll probably know like 😂 when else would I be up for it more than once a day 😂

@MummaGiles 🙁 I hate that feeling when you just know. If AF does come it's only 2 weeks to try again

@Beckie1987 the flu wasn’t the worst, the gastro was. Puking non stop and not even pregnant, really sh!t.

I totally get what you mean about not telling DP about O, I had to do that when TTC DD1.

Really kills the mood when they know it’s for a purpose.

@Mummagiles, I hope the witch doesn’t get you, but love @Beckie’s positivity. Only 2 weeks till next attempt.

I best get over these viruses and get my sexy on, only a week to go till O and I feel like I’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards in my frumpy PJ’s 😂.

AF has turned up right on time this morning. As if to underline how very unpregnant I am. I don’t think I will be as upset if I don’t get pregnant over the next two months as DS starts school next September and a new sibling on top of that might be quite a lot of change to take.

Going to have a nice big glass of red wine tonight.

Mine if I join? Sorry to those who are out, and especially to those who have had losses.

DS is 2 this month and I have just persuaded DH to TTC #2. I am 33. Unfortunately DH agreed mid cycle and I hadn't been tracking properly so no idea if we caught o or not. I have been using fertility friend which I used with DS. We only took 3 cycles, and used cm observations and opk as I found temping stressful. I breastfed DS to 15 months, got AF back shortly after his 1st birthday. Cycles were normal until I stopped bf and since then I think several I haven't ovulated (no obvious cm and longer cycles by up to a week) this one I had ewcm the earliest I ever had it. I have done opk the last few days but they were negative, so I either I'd o early or missed it. AF not due for 2 weeks, but may be early I suppose. I am already over interpreting twinges and trying to remember early signs from DS.

Sorry for the novel. I know we were lucky enough to get pregnant easily last time but I was over anxious about it, and it looks like I'm going to be the same next time.

@MummaGiles sorry to hear 🙁 it's so deflating. AF isn't fun the best of times but you'll get there. 2 weeks to try again and it will fly by. It's a good excuse for more wine tho!

@Moncwf we only took 3 cycles with DD1 so I'm hoping for the same too 🤞it's so hard to not over analyse it isn't it

Just realised my in laws are going to be staying right over my next fertile window. Hardly a catalyst for romance 😆

Hi can I join?
Age 28.
TTC #2. My son has just turned 2.
I stopped my pill beginning of October and had one AF. Hubby wants to take it slow and not focus too much (clearly I am!). Had a positive OPK on Thursday and used preseed on Thursday as well so trying to feel hopeful about it!

@beckie1987 🤞it's easy this time too.

@mummagiles ugh, what terrible timing.

@sammi0805 I had the same conversation with my DH, but I am incapable of not thinking about it. I would like to have not tried/not prevented for a while but my brain has immediately shifted to 'make sure you get pregnant NOW'

My DH works shifts and I'm trying to calculate future fertile windows around those and it feels like it'll never happen!

Anyone else's cycle weird since having dc1? I was on hormonal contraception most of my adult life so have little to compare to, but had 5 cycles pre DS (2 waiting, 3 trying) all were 31/32 days with O CD18-20 (using temp +opk) since then my cycles have been 29-38 days, and I can't be sure about o as not tracking.
I have a funny cramp on my right side, near where I had round ligament pain with DS, but I can't be sure I even ovulated this cycle! I also think I had a similar pain that I got all excited over when I wasn't pregnant, so I think it's my body/mind playing tricks on me. AF could be anywhere from 7-17 days away so it's hard not to guess!

@Moncwf when we were TTC I got that cramping every month except the cycle we conceived.

I kept thinking it was O cramps, but now knowing I was having anovulatory cycles I think maybe it was my body gearing up to ovulate without actually succeeding.

We conceived on clomid.

Morning everyone. Sorry for the lack of posting was having a bit of an awful month 😔

Sorry for those who have had AF turn up. She's a real witch isn't she!

Welcome to all the new ladies ❤️❤️❤️

Has anyone experienced anything similar? I've had AF type cramps Saturday & yday (AF not due till end of month) and then last night in bed I felt a sharp stabbing pain on my left then all of a sudden felt a 'pop' sensation?! I had EWCM on Saturday and a tiny bit yesterday so possibly ovulation? I'm only tracking my temps as opk's stress me out as much as HPT 😂

Xxxx