Anyone else feeling fed up?

[BabyFeet92]

Just that really.

We are in our 8th/9th cycle TTC baby one, and I'm just really struggling to get in a good head space this month. I know it hasn't been that long but I feel emotionally drained and I guess I'm just looking for validation from others that it's normal to feel this way.

My husband is wonderful and supportive and very much wanting a baby too, so it definitely helps to talk to him, but I don't think it's quite as incessant for him.

Hey,
I'm fed up too. You aren't alone 😔
TTC for 20 cycles now. Really planned it all about 5 months in (checking ovulation, scheduling the deed, tracking everything) as it wasn't happening, and then stopped that after like 8 months as it was just making me miserable.
Sending baby dust 🪄 🔮

Hello there! Sorry you are feeling this way, you are definitely not alone, and it's definitely normal (well I hope so!).

There's a lovely bunch who've started chatting/sharing our frustrations etc on a thread called '9 months ttc and starting to lose hope!' - we're all in a similar place to you, between 8 - 18months ttc I think, most around the the 10-12month stage. Feel free to join!

Otherwise, is there anything you can plan for the next 6 months or so non-ttc related that you can get really into/excited for? I've just booked a holiday for April for example and it's completely lifted my mood. I'm also planning to take a month 'off' ttc/tracking etc over Christmas. But yes, some days are utterly awful, and once you go back 6/7months you do start to worry. (I'm 12 months in myself).

But look at it this way, statistically you are very likely to be a mother in the really not so distant future. You are more than likely going to conceive in the next few months, and if not, then in the 12months after that. Even if it goes on longer and the process is more complicated than you imagined, you are likely to be a parent. If there's anything you can do to keep up the excitement for that, go for it!

Sorry if that all sounds weird, but I'm feeling strangely optimistic today (for all of us). We've got this :)

@LunarMoon92 and @Aubyone thanks so much for replying to this post and sharing your stories too. I feel so much less alone already!

I'll definitely check out the 9 months and loosing hope thread.

@LunarMoon92 I'm also thinking about stopping all the tracking ad testing. It doesn't seem to help and definitely adds to the stress.

@Aubyone it's a good idea to plan something to look forward too that can also take your mind off of things. It just gets too tiring to think about it constantly. I should get something like that for myself.

Holding thumbs for all of us!