Preconception planning - anyone want to join?

[sunflowersaremyfav93]

Hello!

I've been reading loads on the importance of pre-conception nutrition and preparing your body. Some say 3 months before and I've seen some that say 6 months before.

I find myself trawling through threads on Mumsnet but wondered if there were any ladies planning to start TTC in the next few months and wanted a forum to chat about ways to prepare / excitement of it all etc.

I often find myself going on to my bf and mum and they're like ok ok! 😂

@JamesZebra the main thing for me was not to set my cals too low too soon, because your body just gets used to it, and the more weight you lose the less cals you need to consume to maintain it! We can do this! I think of it as losing the weight for my future baby and it keeps me pretty motivated! Just about to go for another walk to clock up my steps!

@OneStepOneStumble I do thing planning for and trying for a child really does mess with our minds! But I think its only natural because we want something so much! Our time will come!

Welcome Nate1

Just as an update. OPKs arrived so I thought I'd try one. Think I am nearly there with my LH spike! Its deffo put my mind at ease that I'm ovulating!

PS: I‘d like to add that I‘m from germany and hope this isn‘t a problem for you guys since I just love reading on mumsnet and couldn‘t find a german website that is as supportive and nice as mumsnet and my friends are in very different lifestages than me :D (meaning partying LOL)

@JamesZebra I think I use the same OPKs :) Yours is looking good

@Nate1 hi! if your anything like me, I am ticking off the days as they go on my calendar! I got quite a while to wait but at that 3 month prep stage now. what is your hubby taking if you don't mind me asking. I could do with encouraging the other half to take something just in case!

Theres a tonne of videos on youtube that I have been watching. Most recently I have been watching AnnaVictoria and theperkins as they have both documented their TTC which led to IVF for both. I used to follow them previously for health and beauty. I have read quite a few blogs as well but definitely cannot remember the names of any! I tend to google search pregnancy diary blogs and quite a few come up. If you find any good ones, please do let me know!

@JamesZebra did you get yours off amazon?? Ive read so much about OPKs and they really confuse me! Are you supposed to dip them? or can you just wee on them?! and some people have said they do theirs in the morning and others say you shouldn't? I'm probs gonna invest in some next month. If I get them now hubby will think I have gone mad. He already thinks I'm weird taking my temperature every morning.

@cookiemonster3001 It's good isn't it, and the highlights but on her Instagram too is full of really positive stories so it def made me want to take those vits. I saw the bit about choosing a gender, I don't buy into any of that it prob does work but I just want a healthy baby not fussed about whether it's a boy or girl. 🥰 Are you going to try them? I think I'll do the folic and Vit d for another three months and then do hers for three months.

@nate1 Hello! I know what you mean, my friends aren't planning to have babies any time soon so it's not worth speaking to them about any of this. I follow the_dietologist on Instagram she has a website too with loads of blogs which I have found so useful! There are a few podcasts too, there's a fertility specialist called Sandra Greenbank she has a few blogs I think too 😊 I haven't thought about B12, could you tell me a little more about that please? I think I'm absolutely crazy too, I'm literally counting down the weeks till we start!

@sunflowersaremyfav93 probs gonna stick with the folic acid and the Vid D for now as well. Don't want to spend millions on so many different things when we might not need them just yet. Although I do want to look into something for the hubs just so that he is in tip top condition too, although apart from his vaping, he is pretty healthy!

@CookieMonster3001 That’s exactly how I feel :D I don‘t mind at all and added a pic for you. I looked it up and to my surprise it is available on Amazon.uk although I think it is a german product. Anyway I don‘t think it matters what brand it is as long as it entails zinc iron and selenium (micro minerals/trace minerals). I talked my OH into taking them with the Vitamin D it entails because our doctor told us that many people have a Vitamin D deficiency and he does like to be healthy although he probably does think that I‘m mad because of all the ttc talk :D
I bought my OPKs on amazon because they are cheap and all the YouTube girls are saying they do what their supposed to.

forgot the pic :D

@cookiemonster3001 That's the thing they just cost so much that's before we've even fallen pregnant. I saw on another thread that the Wellman Conception ones are good but to be honest I know very little about them. I def want my bf to take some too, I'm loading him up with veggies as well lol!

@cookiemonster3001 That's the thing they just cost so much that's before we've even fallen pregnant. I saw on another thread that the Wellman Conception ones are good but to be honest I know very little about them. I def want my bf to take some too, I'm loading him up with veggies as well lol!

@Nate1 thank you! I can't see a pic though? What are they called, I can have a look on amazon!
I would get my OPKs from amazon, but my whole family are on it, and my sisters are order stalkers so always knows what I am buying! Seen some on ebay, but not sure if they are as trust worth. Might just give it a go anyway! Closer to the time, I will probably invest in CB one and just use when I'm at my peak.

see the pic now! Thank you :)

@cookiemonster3001 That's the thing they just cost so much that's before we've even fallen pregnant. I saw on another thread that the Wellman Conception ones are good but to be honest I know very little about them. I def want my bf to take some too, I'm loading him up with veggies as well lol!

@CookieMonster3001 I'm in a similar boat to you! Got married last year and DH and I decided this was the year to start trying. I was meant to be a bridesmaid this month and was hoping I'd either be very early on in pregnancy or not there yet, so it wouldn't affect the dress (which has already been bought )

Of course that wedding has been moved to next summer now, but I don't want to put off trying to conceive as I'm worried about how long it'll take me anyway.

I haven't told the bride any of this, she will be furious (she doesn't want kids and finds the idea of her friends getting pregnant a negative thing - I know ) BUT who knows, I might not be pregnant by then either.

I was on the depo injection for about 6 years, had my last injection in December and have had 2 periods so far...eeep!

@sunflowersaremyfav93 I read that we are the same age so I totally understand there is no point talking to our friends about this :D I‘m taking B12 because I don‘t eat meat regularly and if your vegan (which I am most days of the week lol) you should supplement it. Strangely it is entailed in my preconception Vitamins anyway so I only have to swallow one pill each day :)

Thanks for the recommendations :) I‘m going to have a look at them.

How do you guys motivate yourselves to exercise? I find that quite challenging :D

@PileofToss Sorry to hear that your friends too thinks of getting pregnant as a negative thing. I do wonder why so many are either dead set against it or then suddenly desperately trying :D

@CookieMonster3001 yes they are from Amazon. i think the ones on ebay will be fine if you don't want to use amazon. Sometimes sellers on Ebay have reviews too so you can check them out to see if they are legit.

@CookieMonster3001 I know how you feel about the shared amazon account. I share my apple cloud with my mum and therefor can‘t download ttc/pregnancy related books :D but I think that the OPK cheapies are the same on eBay and since they come in such large packages (30-100pieces) you really can try what works for you (morning, midday..)

@PileofToss yep know the feeling!! Luckily for me, the wedding is my baby sisters, so hopefully she will be happy if I'm preggo. Downside, I'm Asian, so I have already purchased about 6 outfits for the ridiculously long weddings we have! If I don't fit in any of them, I am well and truly screwed!

@Nate1 with lockdown, walking has become my best friend! Me and hubby go for an hour and half to sometimes two and its such a nice way for us to have a chat. Usually he is glued to his phone!

@nate1 Ah interesting, I eat meat but I I hate fish and wonder if I should supplement that somehow.

I find it very hard to motivate myself to excersise I find cleaning the house to be a workout but I really ought to start doing more.

@pileoftoss I'm being a bridesmaid twice next year one wedding being my bf's sister and in Spain! So we decided to delayed by one month to avoid me not being able to go in case I fall straight away but tbh but they'll have a pregnant bridesmaid hopefully! 😂

@CookieMonster3001 thank you!
Could you not use another email to create an amazon account? But I think the ebay ones will be the same, it's probably the same company selling them on both sites

I'm supposed to be a bridesmaid in October but we don't know what's happening with that and my friend is supportive. Hoping I won't be that big by then anyway even if i conceived straight away. There's always some event to plan for isn't there?

@sunflowersaremyfav93 maybe omega3 might be a good one as that is in fish a lot. I am pretty sure eggs are high in it too.