Anyone TTC #2 (or any #!)

[Halpmer]

Hello!

Just wanting a small tribe to talk to while TTC #2!

Hey!
I got my BFP on Monday for #2! DS is 2 in May. Was planning on TTC from this month, took us 7 months with our first so this slight whoops was a slight shock but a very welcome one! Sending baby dust x

Hi I’ve got dd who turned 2 in October.
I’m currently on the pill and will finish this month, hopefully period doesn’t take too long to regulate 🤞🏼 I’m starting to take the pregnacare conceive max. Will start ttc after 2 cycles although that seems so far away now

Hi
were TTC baby #2 !
I came off the pill in December and tbh I was a bit deflated it isn’t happen the first month like it did with our daughter 3 years ago. Maybe I was naive to think it would. I supposedly ovulated the weekend just gone but I was struck down with terrible tonsillitis! so another month of it not happening but staying positive and preying it happens next month 🙏🏻

Just started TTC #2
In my TWW now 🤞🏻

Hello! We have a 2 year old little girl. First month TTC our second, my period is due in exactly a week so we shall see! I don't have my hopes up as I feel exactly the same as normal on the run up to Aunt Flo.

Me too! Just had my period so am going to try for the best next month. Not sure if I should be taking temperatures etc. we have a 20m old and both work full time jobs so not much time to procreate! I’m just so knackered after he puts the toddler to bed at 19.30, whilst I cook our dinner and we like a bit of relax before I dish up, so we don’t eat until 21.00, then we finish of some work/admin. Not really feeling sexy by that point!!

@mummmmyj congratulations! Our DS is 2 in Dec and so we've taken a casual approach this time - not planning on being prego this month, but it didn't take long first time around so I could well be getting a BFP in the next 2weeks!

@MrsNA I should probably get back on the pregnacare! That's a good reminder! Sending baby dust your way and hoping your cycles settle after the pill quite quickly.

@Harwood95 aw sorry it didn't happen first month, and illness is the worst so sorry about that too! Hopefully next cycle is your cycle!

@BambiBooBoo same here! Only just though, today is 1dpo. So glad I'm busy at work through the week as that definitely makes it a bit more bearable!

@Watchingpretzels you know it's funny because I feel so crampy and I only did an OPK because I had some spotting at the beginning of Jan when I had been predicted to ovulate, but it was so heavy it could've been a period... so anyway ovulation test was peak the other night and I could've sworn I felt like I was getting my period.

@Krakenes yessss I feel you on all of that. It's a blessing to be so busy in the TWW but around ovulation it's a nightmare, when are we supposed to schedule in DTD? 😂

Hey hope you don’t mind me jumping on this thread as I’m TTC baby 2. My little boy is 10 months old 😆
im currently 11dpo, period due in 4 days. Been having some mild on and off cramps. Some weird heightened smell and taste I think.
i did a frer this morning and I’m sure I can see a faint line? Can other people tell me what they think

@Torinunn2022 welcome welcome! I can deffo see a line! Congratulations! Hopefully I'll join you soon!

good luck for you! Hopefully see a positive soon.
im trying not to get my hopes up as I had a few chemicals when trying to conceive with my son

We have a 3.5 DD ttc #2 this is 3rd cycle , we were pregnant on first try with DD but not so easy this time .

👋 me! We have a 2 year old and been trying since September. I have PCOS and irregular cycles and now so worried we left it too long as we wanted two closer together in age 😩

Where’s everyone at in their cycle? I’m CD19 and still patiently waiting for ovulation.

Oo I'll join! I have a 13 month old DS and have a consultation call tomorrow with nurse at gp surgery about getting my mirena coil removed (not sure why i can't just have a face to face appointment to get it removed straight away?!). Anyway... I'm 39 in June so keen to crack on, only thing is OH and I are getting married in July and part of me would rather not be pregnant at the wedding. But we had a MMC before we had DS and I've got in my head that this will probably happen again and feeling like time is against me so want to crack on. Just going to roll with it and see what happens! Baby dust all round x

@Torinunn2022 How are you getting on so far?

@JJM13 we were also pregnant first cycle with #1 so I'm not sure what will happen this time, only on first cycle so far (in the TWW!)

@BeaKind I hope you get your bfp soon. Your worries are valid and you're always welcome here to vent and have some baby dust shared with you if needed  I'm currently 8dpo, so just trying to hold out on testing for a couple more days. Not sure exactly when I ovulated either as got two different days from my apps (annoying). I went with the date I thought was most probable.

@Seasalt1984 wonderful! I had my Kyleena removed in Dec after one attempt, an ultrasound and a lucky encounter at the GP for the second attempt. I had the copper one before DS and no problems! The Kyleena experience deffo made me a bit more scared for future coils. Mostly just because of the extra faff.

Hi all,
I am trying for second baby too. My son was 2 in October. We started last month and I had a chemical pregnancy which messed with my head more than I thought it would. I’m now in the waiting game as my next period is due 6 Feb - keeping everything crossed but not getting my hopes up.

Sending everyone good vibes . @Halpmer keeping everything crossed for you! Do you feel any different? I don’t remember having any symptoms early the first time round and didn’t test for the first time
til my period was a couple of days late and got strong instant positive. I am going to try really hard to wait til my period date/ day after to test this time as it was far less stress than comparing numerous tests on the chemical.

@NWnature sorry about the chemical, I think it would definitely affect me too though if it happened which is why I'm nervous about testing too early, but I tested from 8dpo last time because I was OBSESSED lol. I got a very faint line at 9dpo and now DS is here and thriving. But I'd love to have the will power to wait to test when my period is late this time... don't know if I'll manage.

I don't really feel any different yet, with my cycle seemingly a bit cuckoo this time I'm not sure we will have success this month anyway.

Fingers crossed for BFPs all round asap!

@Halpmer did I read your son just turned two? This age is WILD isn’t it! I am so knackered I can’t even really fathom pregnancy tiredness or another little one but I’m so so desperate for it to happen at the same time.

I really really hope it’s a BFP for you- I used those dipping sticks from Amazon which are great value and more eco! I do rate them as seem to pick up quite low levels of HCG :)

I feel for your @NWnature a loss is still a loss no matter how early! I’ve had a few myself and they are awful because you get your hopes up as soon as you see that positive!
@Halpmer how many days DPO are you now??
ive had very good positives now and tbh I don’t really have any symptoms at all!

@NWnature my son is 13 months (14 months on 5th of feb) but omg he has had severe attitude for months already lol, dreading terrible twos hahaha.

I'm the same with the idea of being pregnant alongside having DS! And then potentially having a newborn with a 2 year old (aaaagh!) but I do want to sort of get these baby years out of the way fairly succinctly and we want three or four kids... wish me luck lol.

I also have the dipping sticks from Amazon and it says they pick up 10whatevers of HCG which I think is quite sensitive, so hopefully they work their baby dusting magic soon!

@Torinunn2022 aw I'm glad you've had good positives and even better that you're feeling okay at the moment. I'm only 8dpo today I think so going to hold off... for at least a couple of days...

@Halpmer haha I feel like the attitude is just an upwards trajectory from birth to teen 😆 I agree I think any age gap will be lovely but there’s definitely something to be said for close ones. Have you gone back to work? That is partly why I took longer to try again because I was so wiped out with trying to reestablish myself at the office. Also the plan for three or four!!!! I am impressed! Do you and your partner come from big families?

@Torinunn2022 thank you so much, really kind of you and I’m sorry you have been through it too. I haven’t been able to talk to my friends about it because I know that many of them have been really struggling with fertility for much longer and the others are pregnant and I don’t want to stress them out. My husband was much more pragmatic about it but I do think it put a bit of a damp squib on trying this month which makes me a bit sad, just sort of takes the fun, excitement and innocence away from it all. Even though I knew it was a stroke of luck how easily everything went with my son, and I think in my gut I didn’t believe it would happen first time round again, I was just beginning to believe the lines and trawling mumsnet for late ovulation stories etc etc

Anyway - HUGE congrats on your BFPs! So exciting! How old is your little one?

@NWnature i know exactly what you mean by it taking the excitement away. I had my chemicals before my son and it makes you not want to enjoy it or get your hopes up for it happening again - I feel the same way this time tbh. I was very anxious even weeks into my pregnancy because of this, but I did find that some early reassurance scans helped. I went to a local private company for this.
thank you so much!! I think I’ll be more excited in a few weeks when I can go for a scan, I’m only about 4 and a half weeks.
my little boy is 10 months old 😊

heres my latest test which is obviously very good! (That’s water from my hands on the stick not my pee😆) fingers crossed it progresses well

@NWnature I feel that that's an accurate view of attitude for sure 😆 yeah any age gap is great, we just don't want to drag out the baby stage repeatedly (they're lovely but it's hard work isn't it!!) I've been back to work since September (I'm a secondary school teacher so it was perfect timing and I got my 6week hols paid as I officially returned on the last day of school in July! I've really enjoyed being back and in the swing of things. It's definitely demanding and I've had to fight for respect from superiors all over again but I've rolled with all the punches and I'm finally back to the levels I expect and then some! It's definitely exhausting at first though. I have a huge family, my husband doesn't but would like one because of sibling relationships he's endured.

@Torinunn2022 aw that's a great positive! (I wouldn't have batted an eye even if the water on the stick was pee to be honest, I have to do the dipping method because otherwise - pee everywhere 😂😂.

Also TTC baby no.2! In the TWW of cycle #1, been getting symptoms so have just ordered a couple of FRERs if no period by 1st Feb!

I’m also TTC number 2, we have used contraception since having our 17m old but now actively trying

im still breastfeeding, have PCOS, endometriosis and it took 3 years plus a surgical operation to get pregnant with number 1 (all before I’m even 30 🙈🤦🏼‍♀️)

not holiding out much hope but I thiiiink I may be ovulating due to symptoms… have just finished work. time to wake up the hubby? 🙈

congrats to all of you with BFPs :)