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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Wanting to tell everyone you're TTC

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chocolatecheesecake1 · 01/12/2018 19:02

Hi!

I'm new here! I've just started TTC - as in last week (ovulation prediction is Sunday-Tuesday) and I need to tell someone other than my husband! So there it is - I'm TTC and I'M TOO EXCITED!!!

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Soexciting · 01/12/2018 19:43

I know what you mean hence my username!
I created my username within hours of "the chat" and basically can't stop talking about it! We decided not to tell anyone but I accidentally told my two best friends, mum and my pregnant colleague... DH knows about one friend and my mum. I think I would go crazy without telling people as it's all I think about (a cycle and a half in) although my mum dropped the bombshell that she took 5-7 years to get pregnant with my sister although before opks and temping I don't even know if it counts as "trying"! Did you ovulate or are you due to? My fertile week starts tomorrow, we half heartedly tried last month but now I am on a mission Pre-seed, vitamins and SMEP!
Good luck to you and FX for us both x

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chocolatecheesecake1 · 01/12/2018 19:53

Eeeee thank you, good luck to you too Soexciting I hope the best for us!

I really want to tell my sister I'm trying because we're so close and it's weird not telling her literally everything but I'm worried it may take a while although I have no reason to think it might.

I'm due to ovulate tomorrow according to my app (Flo) but that's based on the average 28 day cycle and I think mine is more like 29/30 days, so we're ahem you-know-what every 2 days at the mo :-) Oh and I've started folic acid but that's all, what is SMEP sorry?

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Hunkyd0ry · 01/12/2018 20:19

I know the feeling!
December is the month I’ve been waiting for. As I have a daughter I have been asked when I would have another one.
I have told a few people for support but I don’t want to tell too many in case it doesn’t happen.
It’s exciting but so scary. I don’t think I had this many worries first time round.

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chocolatecheesecake1 · 02/12/2018 09:08

Aww good luck Hunkyd0ry! How old is your daughter?

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Hunkyd0ry · 02/12/2018 09:23

Thank you. Same to you.
She's nearly 2.

physicskate · 02/12/2018 10:15

Don't shout it from the rooftops. It feels like shit when your friend then start ttc months or years later and get pregnant before you...

This is an unlikely, but possible scenario. 80% of fertile couples will fall pregnant within a year...

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chocolatecheesecake1 · 02/12/2018 19:46

I know physicskate which is why I'm only saying it on here! I have no intention of telling anyone in my real world how long it takes at any point because I don't want to upset anyone :-)

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Snowwontbelong · 02/12/2018 19:48

Nobody wants to know you actually shag....

thosethreewords · 03/12/2018 00:17

I also know this feeling! Strictly speaking, we aren’t TTC yet, since I still have a few more days until my IUS is removed, but I desperately want to tell people!
My best friend had her first baby this year and her experience has probably put me off though. It took her five months to conceive (which isn’t that long really!) but everytime I spoke to her, she would update me. Also, it meant EVERYONE knew the second she stopped drinking because she had been talking about it so much!

Sweetpea15 · 03/12/2018 00:34

We’re not trying yet but had our last depo injection October so the next one should be January. Then it has to come out of my system. We’re hoping to get pregnant the end of next year. Everything has to be planned (as much as possible) due to a long term health condition.

I’m super excited but wanted to keep it between us that we’d be trying (just in case it took forever/complications etc) only for my husband to tell everyone. His parents. Grandparents. My parents. My siblings. Friends. The boys at work. They ALL know I’ve had my last depo injection.

I don’t know if it’s because DH is an only child and an only grandchild? But now I feel like I have a team of people waiting for us to announce something! 🤣

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chocolatecheesecake1 · 03/12/2018 09:45

@Snowwontbelong Nobody wants to know you actually shag....

Are you 14?
To get to that point when you are physically, emotionally, financially and all the other -ally's ready with your loving partner is a point I thought I'd never reach so I'm feeling proud of myself!
Nobody will find out I 'actually shag' in my real life because as I said, I ain't telling!

Also GOOD LUCK to all you guys in the same boat as me - big big love!

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Snowwontbelong · 03/12/2018 10:41

Nobody needs to know about your sex life - it's as tacky as saying shag was my point.

thosethreewords · 10/12/2018 08:51

@Sweetpea15 - that's quite cute that your DP is so excited that he told lots of people, through!

I'm close to my mum so I would love to tell her but I know for certain that if I told her, she would tell the world. My DH has already said we shouldn't tell her until we want everyone finding out!

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