Anyone looking to start TTC in New Year?

[yoomoo]

Join here please! I’m still taking my pill at the moment but current packet runs out on 7th Jan so planning to start then but not really track anything officially. I’ve been reading up about conception vitamins and going to buy some this week to start taking after new year- does anyone have recommendations for particular brands?
Will be my first but partners 2nd, very nervous but excited at the same time. No idea what to expect but hoping to have some ladies in the same situation to chat to!

@lastonetime I'm using an app (Period Tracker, but I've set it for TTC and pregnancy so it highlights ovulation) and have the cheap OPKs from amazon (One Step). This is what I used when conceiving DD at that worked.
Although obvs older now so I'll give it a few months and see what happens.

@Lola871 so much waiting around involved. So glad for these groups where we can share all of this

I was on digesterol which I think is the same but a different brand of cerazette @lastonetime
I was worried about when I’d go back to normal but honestly I think I ovulated the first month! I was worried it took so long to bleed, and everything I was reading online as related to the combined pill! It was almost exactly 4 weeks after stopping that I bled. But looking back I had all of the ovulation symptoms and more! I think my body was overloaded with horemones! Since then I’ve dropped straight back into a regular cycle! We started TTC after my second Bleed!

I'm symptom spotting today 🙄 we barely tried this month so I don't know why I'm even bothering, just wishful thinking 😂 however I do have the weirdest tastes in my mouth. Saturday it was aniseed, yesterday it was tomatoes. I haven't eaten either of those things in ages. Cue googling "is this a pregnancy symptom" 😂

@Ginger87 Yay! Were you on the mini or combined? Feeling like I should have come off months ago, hope it doesn't take my body too long to sort itself out!

@alliejay81 we are cycle buddies! When is your OH away? Mine is away most of this week and half of next week. I've not had a cycle yet, but he should be here for part of my predicted fertile window

He seems to think I'll fall preggo immediately haha

My landlord has put my home on the market, got viewers coming today. So pretty stressed out. They said they are want to sell to another landlord, but I'm not too sure that'll happen. The house hasn't been updated, it's very rough around the edges. I only moved in here because I needed to move anywhere after my ex H wanted to sell our house. I'm secretly hoping no one will want to buy it so me and DS can continue living here for the foreseeable.

It's not in terrible condition, it's warm and safe, close to school, nice neighbors, no mould. Just very outdated.

Hoping to late March. Spending the first three months of the year trying to improve fitness and health generally and get back to where I was before I had my daughter (she's 16m now). I also need to make sure I've been back at work a decent(ish) chunk of time before I have another maternity leave but I'm 42 soon so don't have loads of time left to try.

@BernadetteThreep we are cycle buddies!!! DH is away Mon - Fri, wc 13th and wc 20th. He's away a fair bit, which I'm normally ok with, but it's going to annoy me if it interferes with TTC!!! Fingers crossed I ovulate at the weekend!

If house needs updating hopefully that will put domestic buyers off. Not nice having to deal with the uncertainty though. At least TTC is a distraction from it though I guess?

Happy new year everyone! I posted a couple of weeks ago but then it's been really busy with family and being away. Now I'm back at work I have more time to keep up (ironically!).

I'm expecting to ovulate this week... Apps say Thursday but yesterday OPK was on its way. I'm annoyed I meant to bring a test with me today but forgot, never mind. we have been managing to DTD a fair amount while both off but concerned we will struggle this week now we are back at work and tired! first time round we had mornings too but now with a 15 month old that opportunity is gone!

I would love a 2 year gap but realistically if it takes a few months to catch it will be better for me career wise... It's so hard balancing everything isn't it, I just want to be pregnant again!

Hope everyone is doing ok. @BernadetteThreep sounds stressful about the house, hope you're ok.

Hi all! Anyone else got the first Monday in January blues??

@Florence13 Yep, I've just realised though that this will result in my first AF for about 10 years so I'm wondering what it will be like 😂... I don't think they were too bad before, but maybe I've blocked it out! I'm like you in trying to be relaxed but I'm mor good at it! So instead focusing on doing all I can to get my body ready (exercise, eating better, losing weight, folic acid/vitamin d etc).

@Marshmallow1102 I was on the combined, so should get my withdrawal bleed this week (I'm assuming you just get the normal one you'd have on your 7 day break). What about you? I am sort of thinking the same, but oh well- a few months later hopefully won't make a difference.

@yoomoo I think that'll be our plan too. Fingers crossed your AF comes soon!

@Effram good luck with ovulating this week. I agree with timings, ideally we'd have moved and I'd have been promoted before trying but neither happened last year so we just thought we might as well go for it. Both could still happen before I get pregnant (and I'd be seriously pissed if we haven't moved by the time a baby is conceived and born lol).

@BernadetteThreep sad news about the house, but hopefully it will sort itself out.

@Ginger87 I'm actually quite enjoying being back at work, I've loved being off for 2 weeks with my baby but it is definitely a break to be back and catch my breath!

I also enjoyed the good luck with ovulating - as if it is in our control, but I appreciate it!

The timings are definitely difficult to come to terms with, I think because everything else you can control it like work, moving etc. We were lucky first time round and it only took a couple of months, but that doesn't really mean anything and so you don't want to wait in case it takes ages, but then potentially it could happen so soon. But it will all work out one way or another...

Hi all! Back to work properly today, alarm went off at 5.30 and I could’ve cried! Oh well back into it, also going to struggle to DTD now as I’m at work Mon-Fri and then my DP works nights so we are like ships!

Still no sign of AF but I do seem to have EWCM today?! What on Earth is that about. I could’ve sworn I already ovulated over Christmas, negative test at the weekend so I can’t possibly be doing it again! I do have some ovulation tests so if I remember when I get home late tonight I’ll do one.

Honestly I’ve never been so confused by my body

@RBSK1 I would buy some cheap tests on amazon for checking, I got a pack of 20 for about £7 I think. Mind you I can’t attest to their reliability I suppose but they got good reviews

Oooo @DontGoJasonWaterfalls how intriguing, fingers crossed for you!

@BernadetteThreep that’s just extra stress you don’t need though, fingers crossed for you!

Ovulation test experts - what time of day are you meant to do them? And what am I looking for? I’ve got the one step version from amazon mentioned up thread!

@yoomoo ooh EWCM is a great sign! I'd DTD today if you can coordinate with your partner. I'm on the look out for it as I've still not had any withdrawal or period. Also testing with cheapy amazon OPKs with no result, but I'm just doing odd days so may have missed it if I were ovulating at any point 🙃

@bernadettethreep that sounds stressful! Hope it doesn't stress you out too much. When we bought our flat last year the couple moving out were 9 months pregnant and gave birth between finishing the sale and moving, they looked a bit frazzled!

@lucymagoo won’t be able to today as he’s back at work tonight and leaves before I get home but we did manage to DTD yesterday so maybe some will be hanging about still
I’ll give an OPK a go tonight and see what it says!

@yoomoo I am not sure it hugely matters when you do it but I try and be consistent with it, and the surge can be short so around the time you think it might be it can be worth doing twice a day. I tend to do them 11ish then 6ish if I want a second one. I've use the amazon ones and boots own - boots seemed clearer but amazon onestep were fine - I have nothing nothing nothing, then a faint line that gets darker. I've only once seen it officialy 'positive' on the one step, but it gets to almost as dark then the next day fainter and is gone in a couple of days so I assume it was positive at some point in between in the 24 hours that I didn't test!

The viewer was very nice, definitely the landlord type and seems quite interested. Think anxiety was just taking over a bit, I haven't got the energy to move! We are quite happy here.
OH doesn't live with us (absolutely nothing against him; thugs may change in the future but we are happy for now)

@yoomoo as long as it isn't FMU you can take an OPK at anytime of the day and try to stick to that time I've enjoyed practicing taking them as tracking it on my app. Think I'm planning to start taking them on CD 10. But (apparently) as you get used to your cycle , and see a pattern, you'll get the hang of when in your cycle to start testing

@Ginger87 Same! Keeping fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly but freaking out on the inside! Not even started properly trying yet! Can only imagine what I'm going to be like!

@Ginger87 I'm with you on the Monday blues. But it's kind of nice to be able to get back in a routine now DH is back at work.

@yoomoo I've got the One Step ones. The instructions say to do it later in the day (after 1000 I think) as it says higher surges in the morning can give false readings?! I always dip test (or I wee on my hand), dip for up to 10secs. Then read within 10mins. The test line is supposed to be as dark as or darker than the control line. If it's lighter it's a negative. First time round it's good to do it a few times over the month and around ov time so you get used to what to look for.
I have lots of watery CM at the moment and some little twinges that could be the starting of ov pains. My app says its due tomorrow (but could be a day or 2 out as last month was really weird) so I tested today but its still negative. Hopefully tomorrow.

My parents popped round for a bit earlier and I had to quickly close this page so they wouldn't see what site I was on. Haha. I feel like a teenager trying to sneak around , but I could NOT deal with them knowing we are trying. They would be unbearable

@Spark27 Oh no, don't think I could cope with my parents finding out either! Currently so desperate to keep it a secret from everyone that I'm using incognito mode haha!

Thank you everyone for the OPK advice it’s really helpful, I like nice clear instructions

I am also in stealth mode, DP was asking me what I was reading last night. Nothing my love 😂 he’d think I was utterly bonkers if he thought I was discussing lack of AF with strangers on the internet. My mum keeps asking me if I’m pregnant too 🙄 no I’m not that’s the problem!

@yoomoo I'm so glad I'm not the only one 😂

Yes I've definitely been hiding my new mumsnet obsession from my partner 😂 he thinks we are "taking it easy, if it happens it happens" sure sure

Haha, I agree with all of you! I've definitely not mention to my DH that I'm on the thread... he'd think I was nuts! @spark27 @yoomoo @lucymagoo @Marshmallow1102

DH knows I'm on conception threads, but then again he's used to it I'm still friends on Facebook and chat frequently to most of my antenatal group from when I had DD, we've been talking for 6 years now and have met up in person with all our little ones, DHs included so he's met most of them too 😂

@DontGoJasonWaterfalls that's so lovely! I hope I have that when/if we have a little one. We moved out of London a year ago and all our friends are childless and central. Would be nice to have mum friends nearby.