Whose trying to conceive baby no2 this year?

[Mummysparrow]

I have a 2 year old and looking to start TTC later year. I made great friends on here last time when trying to conceive in 2020 so thought I would start a thread for anyone who is trying to conceive whilst looking after another child (in my case a toddler ekkk)

@ReginaPhalange12 thankyou! I'm using clearblue tests ... very daft theory but fell pregnant on them first time last time so figured why not do the exact same thing lol 😆

Hiya, could I join?

TTC baby no. 2 and also have a 2 year old. This will be our third cycle (af came 2 days ago 🙃). Would be nice to have some ttc buddies!

Hello! I'd like to join too if possible! Also have a 2 year old and TTC ,on our 5 month of trying and getting nervous about the whole thing! Xxx

@FirstTimeMumma2021 I understand. I tried to find the IC pregnancy tests I had when I got my positive last time, I can't find them & was really disappointed because I was successful that time 🙈

So I am officially in my first ever TWW. gosh I'm so nervous. I think we only dtd once in my fertile window to be honest. Since we were in the south of France in the 35 degree heat with no air conditioning and our 18 month old in our room..so wasn't exactly romantic. Wish me luck

@Bells3032 we only managed to DTD once too, early ovulation & away (and sharing a room) with DC meant we didn't have the opportunity. Good luck over the next few days / week ✨

I had one hell of a low mood yesterday - super tearful. Must be progesterone related. It coincided with DD's first major tantrum too so that was fun!

4DPO today. We're away and I've got a big work deadline so that's keeping me from overthinking, but I'm so aware of how 'normal' and not pregnant I feel right now. I know it's too early for implantation, but I feel so bloody ordinary it's like I can't even imagine having any symptoms!

@deliwoman1 last month I had every symptom going... and got a BFN!

Finally started trying again the last couple of days after my chemical pregnancy, really hopeful.

How is everyone else getting along?

Hi @RedRobyn2021 ! Wishing you the best of luck for this cycle. Feeling hopeful is a great way to begin this rollercoaster process again! x

I'm 10dpo today. Currently en route home after being away for a couple of weeks and I don’t feel positively about testing. I’ve had no symptoms aside from a dicky tummy due to overindulging on Indian, and feeling a bit period-y a couple of days ago, which was probably either progesterone or my imagination. I couldn’t feel less pregnant if I tried. 😔

AF due Saturday. I have a big work deadline on Thursday so really torn over whether to test tonight or leave it until Fri. Slightly worried about the disappointment distracting me.

I’ve been pregnant a few times and have always managed to get a bfp by 10dpo. I need to take progesterone suppositories so the earlier the better, I guess. Hard to decide. 🤔

My period arrived today. Ah well I didn't feel it had taken. Thankfully my cycle was a bit longer this month at 26 days as opposed to the 24 days of the previous two. I didn't really expect it this month. It was was bil wedding in baking hot south of France when I was ovulating so not much of a time or mood to do the deed. This month we are getting dooown. Lol

BFN for me. 😕AF due Sat but I’m definitely out. Good luck to everyone one else giving it a go this month!

I am on count down to AF again. It always come around quick when trying and the cycle is always slow when trying 😂 currently on day 24 so it could be here in 5 days or 10 days. Let's see how kind it is feeling 😂

My cycles are so irregular so not quite sure where I'm at in the current cycle.....I usually had 30/31 day cycles when I wasn't on BC.

Since stopping the pill my cycles have been around 36/38 days...according to a 31 day cycle I'm in the fertile period but feeling as though AF may be arriving sooner....feeling bloated, crampy and back ache.... 😫 going to try to stay positive and continue DTD.

Good luck to everyone else trying this month!

I'm trying again after my chemical pregnancy last month. We've DTD 4 times in our ovulation widow, so hopefully we've caught! fingers crossed to everyone else xx

Hope everyone is getting on OK. I'm only CD3 & this will be my 3rd month trying, it happened the first month last time so I naively thought we'd be as lucky again, I'm finding the BFN and arrival of AF so disappointing but know I have to be realistic in that it usually takes longer. It's probably a blessing it didn't happen for us this month as my DD would've been around DC birthday. Sending baby dust to all ✨

Here is a random topic for everyone. What have you learnt from your 1st pregnancy or first child that you will use this time around?
I am not going to share my due date this time around and either going to give a fake date or just give the month. I got really annoyed from 37 weeks onwards with people asking me if I had any signs of the baby coming and I went a week late. I didn't tell anyone when I went into labour but my sister guessed when I didn't respond to a message and told my mum and they kept blowing up my phone because they were worried when I wasn't responding. It really added to the stress I did not need (I had failure to progress). My mum explained her behaviour away as well she was just worried. As she used to be a midwife she should have known better.

Hope everyone is well. No TTC last month as we were on holiday with my parents 🙈

Annoyingly, my period still hasn’t started so it looks like we won’t get to try this month either as I’m away from the 15th for a week. The two apps I use have totally different period start dates and ovulation dates. If one of them was right I’d have come on last Friday and I would have ovulated before I went away, but now it looks like I’ll be ovulating when I’m away.

So frustrated by this, stupidly (probably) I wanted to have another baby before my 39th birthday in July next year but now it looks like it won’t happen. I also didn’t fancy having a baby in the height of summer but if we end up catching as quickly as we did last time there is a chance that will happen now.

It probably sounds really daft but don’t feel like I can talk to anyone IRL about it.

I’m going to give a birth month and only tell a select group of close people my actual
due date. If anyone else pushes I’ll give them a date two weeks after the actual date.

I’ve also learnt to put my foot down with healthcare professionals, they really stressed me out in the last month of my pregnancy last time. Last time I was pregnant during covid and I felt like a deer in headlights a lot of the time. I’m hoping next time I’ll be firmer with people and not just go along with what they say. I’ve done A LOT of research into VBAC and my rights during labour, which I’m hoping will be handy.

Hi everyone, decided to cautiously join in.

This is our first month TTC after DS1. I got pregnant first month after only managing to DTD once in the fertile window last time which was unbelievably lucky so trying to stay realistic this time round…. It’s not easy! I think I’m 1DPO so this is the tough bit waiting it out. Really hoping for a 2024 baby if we’re lucky 🍀

My period has yet again behaved itself and turned up in day 28. I am hoping this is a sign that they are going to stay more consistent but who knows.
@Wyewaving I plan for next time around to go for a Vbac but as soon as an induction is mentioned I will swap to a scheduled c section. I got high blood pressure at 40 weeks pregnant annoyingly and they wanted to induce me but I started to get contractions two days before the induction date but they gave me Pitocin as I wasn't progressing and my daughter kept having decels. I ended up with an emergency c section. The pain was horrendous with Pitocin and I won't touch it again with a barge pole.
My hospital had a birth afterthoughts service and it helped me come to terms with what happened and therefore dealt with my birth trauma.

I totally understand we have a 4 yr old DD and wanted to try for no 2 i concieved at 37 but sadly had a MMC in April , i really wanted to try again and be 38 when i gave birth but if we do concieve i’ll be 39 and so far it doesn’t seem likely i’ll even conceive it’s been 5 months with a possible chemical and not much else . It’s so frustrating but i am very grateful for my beautiful DD .

I was induced for high blood pressure at 41+3 last time. Though I found out during my birth afterthoughts meeting that once they got me to the induction suite (they wouldn’t let me go home from the assessment unit after I’d attended for a growth scan) my BP was fine 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m very torn on whether I’d accept another induction, last time I only got to 3cm but it turns out I had strep b and was quite unwell during labour - I just didn’t realise at the time.

My period finally started today. One app has me ovulating on the 19th, the other on the 20th. I’m away 15-22 🙄

Just looked and if we catch next month I’ll be due two days after my birthday!

Hello all 👋 jumping on this thread for company and reassurance. First attempt at baby no2 has been unsuccessful, I know it was only the first month of trying but I'm so impatient and have all sorts of thoughts in my head (what if I'm too old, or have secondary infertility etc). Just waiting now until the next fertile window comes around. Last time it happened on the 2nd try so fingers crossed it will be 2nd time lucky again!

Hi everyone,
Just entering TWW for what I think is the 5th cycle TTC #2. (Lost count!)

@Wyewaving none of that sounds daft at all! I was the same except Im a year younger than you but very much had it in my head I wanted to give birth before I turned 38- which I was really upset that I passed my deadline for doing so last month.

@Chocolatehobnobs2948 @Bumblebeemee we fell straight away first time around too! Ive really struggled with the failed attempts this time round but just got to keep in perspective that it's perfectly normal not to work first time and is not a sign of any problems in itself! Patience is not my strong suit...

I seem to have a shorter luteal phase than pre-pregnancy and had a few surprise shorter cycles which I'm hoping is not age related. I've started taking Agnus Castus this month so hoping that helps and makes the difference to get a BFP this time🤞