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Desperate for baby but wedding in 8 months!! Advice please…

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stickytoffee95 · 18/12/2023 19:24

Hi ladies! Me and my fiancé are desperate for a baby and have been for a while, we are getting married in August next year. We have been waiting due to the wedding but would literally try now if that wasn’t the case! If we waited until the wedding to TTC it could be another 2 years until we have a baby! I wouldn’t want to be too far on at the wedding (due to my dress) - ideally between 12-16 weeks so that hopefully I’m not showing TOO much to be able to fit in my dress. I am currently on the IUD Mirena so was thinking of taking it out end of March/beginning of April. Not drinking at the wedding not an issue for me but I am worrying about being in the first trimester at the wedding and having lots of symptoms or potentially miscarrying in weeks leading up to it and how that could emotionally affect me. My Mum and a couple of cousins have had miscarriages. Do you have any advice? Xxx

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Unexpectedlysinglemum · 19/12/2023 16:12

inomniaparatis · 18/12/2023 19:56

Personally, at 28, and with the wedding all organised, I would wait. Track your cycle so you get to know your fertile window as best you can and just be ready to go in August. I hated being pregnant even with a fairly straightforward pregnancy so wouldn't have liked to be pregnant on my wedding day. But it's a very personal decision, only you can know what's most important to you.

Yes I agree she is only 28. Spend these months eating healthily and working out strength training to prepare for pregnancy

DuploTrain · 19/12/2023 16:16

I would wait.

Come off the hormonal contraceptives, start tracking your cycles. Track ovulation for a few months before the wedding, take your vitamins. And then you’ll be ready to crack on after the wedding.

1st trimester can be horrible - exhausting, nausea, the worry. Some women have horrible sickness throughout.

Jk987 · 19/12/2023 16:18

kimchio · 18/12/2023 19:26

Have a small wedding at the registry office as soon as possible and crack on

It sounds like they've already booked their wedding though so booking another won't help!

Sodapop1 · 19/12/2023 18:40

I would try to time it so I was at least out of my first trimester as I felt so awful, so either crack on now then have a break a few months before or wait. I started to feel better about 14 weeks but would have felt so ill on my wedding day any earlier and I wouldn’t have enjoyed myself

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