Starting to try for a baby!

[Nurse10]

Hello everyone,

Me and my partner are starting to actively try for a baby this month. I am due my period in 11 days then after this period we are starting to try. I am very excited but also nervous as this will be our first baby. I am 31, generally healthy perhaps slighty overweight (BMI 27) but not massively. I am tracking my cycles on flo which are regular and I have been taking folic acid now for 2 months. I am on antidepressents but have discussed this with the GP and after weighing up risk benefit I plan to continue them. Is there anything else I should be considering or doing to make this journey easier/successful. Any reccomendations or advice would be appreciated. Thanks so much from one hopefully soon to be mum to another x

I would recommend tracking ovulation with LH strips especially for the first couple of months so you can see when you ovulate roughly then after that you can probably just predict it. How long are your cycles? X

Thankyou so much for your reply. My cycles are pretty regular and vary between 28 to 31 days. I can always tell when I am ovulating due to my discharge and I get ovulation pain but I might buy they sticks to give me a better idea. How long did it take you to concieve? X

I'd recommend not testing until your due period 🤣😅😅
The ttc journey makes us all go a little loopy and we test too soon and stress over everything.
Try to not symptom spot, and try to not let the stress get to you.
Good luck to you op!

It look me about 6-7 months the first time but unfortunately ended up in MC!

I’ve now been trying for another 6 months and I’m currently in my TWW for fingers crossed for this month🫶🏼

Yeah I’m the same but some months I don’t see EWCM so I deffo find it useful to test my LH incase I’m doing to ovulate a couple of days later that cycle. It’s deffo useful for DTD as well because when you’ve done 5-6 cycles of sex every single day in the fertile window, it starts to become draining and kind of takes the spark out of it. We only have planned sex when I have really dark or positive LH tests and then just have sex whenever we fancy outside of that x

Don’t tell anyone what your up to or you’ll have endless questions

Agree with PP, my friend who has never TTC in her life keeps telling me I’ve got something wrong with me 😳 she doesn’t even know how a baby is made 😂

Sorry to hear about your MC. Will have my fingers and toes crossed that this is your month. X