Our first month ttc our first

[rosiej95]

As soon as AF disappears, which will be soon 🤞 me & my partner will be ttc :)
I've been keeping an eye on my cycles for a little while using the flo app & have been taking pregnacare.
Is there anything else we should know or do to help prepare ourselves? :)
Exited to go on this roller coaster of a journey & as no one knows of our plans would be lovely to hear off people ttc too :) xx

Thanks @rosiej95, glad you're free of AF sending lot's of luck for this month!

This may be controversial but has anyone thought about this/next month giving a July/August due date. The only reason I probably consider it is because I work in education and I wonder how many people try to avoid it (lot's if you read mumsnet haha). Obviously I haven't avoided it but I do consider it..

Why do people avoid it @maudesid ? Clearly I'm not in education 😂

Back when I was naive and thought you could pick the month your child would be born (LOL) I always wanted an August baby!

Hope we're all ok today. Super sunny here which is giving me life 🙌🏽

@maudesid I wouldn't avoid it but I did have the chat earlier with my DP about how our baby would be the youngest in its year! He was one of the eldest and I was middle so I don't know how I feel about possibly having a young one!

My apps are saying I'll ovulate today or tomorrow, no positive OPK yet though so we'll see. I'm stressing that I won't ovulate but as long as it happens this week I'll be happy

@beckyBP just because the child will be the youngest in the year, as I say this is very related to my job and there is a huge difference in our little ones that go to school having just turned 4 in July/August and those that are almost 5. I know plenty of people born in August who have never struggled it is just something I am wary of being in my area of work. But as I say I haven't stopped trying it is just a though that if I could have magical control over my body and you could just pick the due date out of thin air I'd not choose it haha. On the flip side you do have to sort an extra year of childcare for an autumn baby than a summer baby haha
(I am very aware that a baby at any time is a huge privilege just to clarify)

@maudesid wow I've never thought of it like that! I just always wanted a summer baby 😂

@maudesid Ive always said I would try avoid a November/December baby because it's my busiest time at work, but now I'm like 🤷🏼‍♀️ if it happens it happens, cause now i don't think I could put it on hold 😂
Would be lovely to have maternity leave in the summer tho 😍😂

It's funny how we try to plan around our lives when in reality it just doesn't work like that does it.

I plan on taking a year maternity leave and I literally can't wait 😂.

How are we all doing?

I'm 11dpo today.. tbh I haven't had a lot of time to think about it this month so the TWW hasn't been so excruciating (silver lining).

I've got some weird pulling cramps but they are probably the same cramps I get pre AF every month.

Other than that totally symptomless (coming from queen 👸🏼 of symptom spotting/googling)

I don't plan on testing.. but I've said that every month and tested 😂 we shall see!

Hi everyone!

@maudesid I haven’t really thought about the school year weirdly but I did say the other day I wouldn’t choose a December baby. I remember growing up (and even now at 30!) friends who have birthdays around Christmas/NY always feeling forgotten about. But I suppose if it happens it happens!

@rosiej95 delighted af has gone for you! Here’s to this cycle 🤞🏻

@beckyBP that’s great that you haven’t had a bad tww! So when is af due now? I’m 7dpo with af due on Tuesday and not much to report!

@beckyBP not long to wait then hopefully what day are you expecting (hopefully not!) AF?
@Amy259 I think mine is due next Thurs/Fri, I have to say I cannot believe the comparison in my mental state to pre-ovulation! The almost 2 weeks leading up to fertile week I was miserable, stressed and convinced it will never happen, manically googling and now I feel weirdly calm about it all and like if it's not this month then onto the next..I can't believe the change but at least I'm not panicking at least for now!

@Amy259 & @maudesid AF due for me on Monday. She's not welcome though so hopefully she stays away and there's something better going on in there 🤞🏽 PMA!!

I know what you mean @maudesid my emotions are ALLLL over the shop throughout the month! The joys of being a woman though eh!

@maudesid, @beckyBP I’m like a rollercoaster all month! Fine just after af, pretty relaxed, then stressed on the run up to ov about dtd, then content and happy for about a week, then symptom spotting - then finally a witch in the 2-3 days before af or anxious about every little twinge!

🙌🏽🙌🏽 @Amy259 isn't it THE WORST as well when your other half says.. 'ahh I get why you're so moody, you're due on' 😑
I mean does he not get how that just winds me up a treat?!

I get super anxious now at different stages of the month. I used to be the most chilled, laid back, go with the flow type of girl but the older I get the more anxious I get! X

@beckyBP @Amy259 I mean I've never been a go with the flow type so at least DH is used to it!

😂 @maudesid well at lease your consistent eh!

I'm pretty sure AF is coming.. early and any second now 😩

@beckyBP how are you doing this morning? I'm hoping AF has stayed away for you 🤞

Hey @rosiej95 no sign yet!! I've got all the pre AF feeling but you do hear that people do and turn out to be pregnant so 🤞🏽🤞🏽

How are you doing? Xx

Oh no @beckyBP that would be extra cruel to come early as well!

Wouldn't it just. No sign yet 🤞🏽🤞🏽

@beckyBP when do you recon you will test? 😊

All good here nothing new to report, just trying to DTD as much as we can 😂
Really putting our all into this month. So hoping something positive comes out of it 🥰

@rosiej95 go girl 👏🏽👏🏽 what more can you do 🤞🏽🤞🏽 for your this month.

AF due tomorrow and I don't think I'll test until after then if AF is a no show. I've got my normal pre AF cramps but I've read loads that that's normal in early pregnancy.

Not ruling myself out but not getting too excited either!! Xx

Go for it @rosiej95! Are you tracking ovulation or just going with the flow?
@beckyBP could definitely be pregnancy really hope AF doesn't turn up tomorrow! I'm 6dpo and no symptoms at all yet..

Advice please, came off Noriday pill (progestogen-only) 27th September, it was the kind of pill that you had to take every day no breaks and had a period each month like normal. Since coming off the pill we've been TTC obviously knowing it doesn't just happen automatically.

I've tracked periods for a couple of years as well as ovulation weeks and I ovulated between 5-8th October.

Yesterday, I noticed that when I wiped it was very light pink and today it's slightly more so have put a pad in but nowhere near what my periods are normally like (normally very heavy), I have sore boobs and I've had bad headaches for the past week. I did take an early detection test 3 days ago as I was just curious which was negative but now I'm wondering if this is implantation or just a withdraw bleed or even period? My next period is due in 3 days...Thanks girls xx

Eurgh girls AF is here! I'm so gutted!! 🤞🏽🤞🏽 for you all for this month. ON THE THE NEXT 💪🏽 I guess if it was next month it would be the August baby I said I wanted 😂

@xoriea I'm no help sorry as haven't used the pill for years but didn't want to ignore you. 🤞🏽 it's implantation xx