Anyone want to join me in a waiting to conceive thread ? Anyone else really broody but can't TTC yet ?

[Hobnob76]

Hi everyone! Hubby and I are desperately broody and have been for a few years. We're hoping to TTC later this year, we're having to wait til Hubby finishes his degree as we just can't afford to have a baby whilst he's a student. Am wanting to come off the pill round about May, and hopefully TTC about Nov/Dec. Want to come off the pill a few months early as I've been on it for over 14 yrs, and would like to know what its like to have normal periods!

Be nice to know if anyone else is in a similar situation.

Hello everyone and welcome to the newbies.

So this was my first month off the pill and we started ttc too, thought we'd just get on with it straightaway. I symptom spotted like a crazy person at times believing I could be PG, then thinking don't be so silly. (I even bought a home pregnancy test along with some tampons from Tesco's to cover both angles!)

Well, AF came yesterday. I'm actually more pleased than anything else, my period showed up when I would expect it to and I have a good idea based on CM/EWCM when I ovulated. So I feel better prepared for the month to come. It's a relief that things seem to have just gone back to 'normal' after being on the pill for six years.

Hobnob sounds like your cycle is getting back on track too!

Medee one pleasant surprise for me has been that I haven't broken out in spots, I thought with all the hormonal changes that I might, but as yet nothing - I'll probably erupt post period instead

that's good to hear things went back to normal so quickly, Claire.

Not sure if it is the hot weather, or coming off the pill or what, but I'm horny as hell at the moment!

at ..."horny as hell"... I found that too, especially around the time I think I was ovulating, funny that

Also, I'd forgotten how heavy and painful my periods used to be, I feel completely exhausted!

I'm really hoping my painful periods have disappeared over 10 years of being on the pill, but I think I am hoping in vain.

Hi peeps [waving emoticon]

Hope everyone is happy - sorry about AF to those guys who got caught by her recently - seems like she's doing her worst to you guys hope it gets better soon )

I don't have anything to report here other than - SUNSHINE...PLEASE COME BACK, I WASN'T FINISHED TANNING MY LEGS!!!

Hi Kaylo, not long to go then til you try for #3!

Medee Hope your periods aren't as heavy when they do come back. Wish I was as horny as hell! This weather doesn't make me want to do anything!

Claire lol at covering all angles with the tampons and pg tests! Glad you got AF, and you can start thinking about the next cycle.

Hobnob same here about the horny-ness!
I'm sure my DH would like me to be a little more willing 0 the weather definitely does it for him but makes me lazy I feel

Hoping everyone is well and good and periods are behaving themselves

Where is everyone?

watching the tennis or enjoying the weather I guess, Kaylo. This thread does seem to go in fits and starts.

I'm here but I'm going to bed now singing 9 days left at work...left at work for decaf la la la la la (and so it goes on!)

Night y'all xxx

morning all and sorry not to have been on much recently - been busy at work and seem to have spent most of the weekend in the car...

this is my first cycle off the pill too and I'm not sure what my body's up to - couldn't spot any OV symptoms and then yesterday bled quite a bit (day 18 of cycle), but not like a normal period. But hey ho.

Glad to hear your cycles are looking like getting back to normal, claire and hobnob - keep us posted!

Hope you are all well and look forward to hearing how things are going xx

Forever, or just until a holiday, Decaff?

Hi all,

Already chatted with Hobnob and Claire elsewhere, but new to this thread. Thought I'd pop along, as a WTT'er recently off the pill.

Didn't really pay attention to first cycle off, as we hadn't agreed the baby plans then, but AF did come along about on time. If 28 days, should be this week...

Planning to TTC end September BTW.

xx

Hi All and welcome to curlycasper - You're my TTC buddy (kinda!). We're waiting until after our anniversary holiday to Barcelona before we start TTC.

Love to all - thinking we kinda need some BFP's on here soon or we're all gonna signed off work

xx xx xx

Welcome CurlyC.

Welcome CurlyCasper

Not sure where we've chatted before though, which thread ?

Not long until Sept then. How lucky that you got a regular cycle back after coming off the pill.

Thanks for the welcomes.

Kaylo I quite like the idea of having a buddy! When you back from hols? (I'd love an anniversary break. Two years in and the best we've done to mark it is go to the zoo!)

Hobnob Thought we'd chatted on here, but on checking I see that was a Hobnob on another forum I'd had less luck on (B&B). Sorry!

Still not sure it's a reg cycle TBH. Can't really explain it though... Been on pill for 13 years. But don't remember AF being missing in 2003 when I had to come off because I was having surgery. we'll see. Mine horredous pre-pill and still pretty bad on it, so I hope there's not a return with a vengeance!
xx

Evening all - lovely thunderstorms today eh?

CurlyCasper I forgot to add earlier, we will be TTC Mid-End Sept as we are on holiday from 16th-21st (anniversary 17th) Luckily I am predicted to ovulate around 23rd?? Methinks plenty of trying will be happening

I quite like the idea of having a buddy too - although all the ladies on the thread will be buddies really I guess? I really hope your cycles are nice and normal for you

I love this thread completely - I'd definitely go stir crazy without it!!!

In an unusually good mood this evening, not tired and quite hyper. Then again I had a diet coke about an hour n half ago - bet thats done it I should know better when it's nearly bedtime.

Cya tomorrow girls

Hope you got to sleep, Kaylo!

we are going to ttc after we come back off holiday and i have finished my course of pills in sept. it will be my first (am 30) and just wanted advive really as am yongest in my family and have never really been maternal before but in the last yearreally being broody!!

Hi everyone - Welcome rimmer08 How are you? {yay! another TTC'er for September - thats 3 of us )

Medee - how are you? I did eventually get to sleep ...only to be awoken at half 4 by my 3yo DS - he had a tummy bug and was screaming the place down. DH of course and gone selectively deaf at that moment and was slyly kicking me in the shins No time for cross words tho - I suddenly heard a rather desperate sounding "Mummy! COME HERE!" From poor DS. I found him leant over the loo bless him. Snuggled him all up with me in our bed then and he was luckily a little better when he woke up 3 hours later.

I didn't manage to get back to sleep after initial 'wake-up' tho...was squished right up in bed . What is it with males needing to lay diagonal???

What a day tho. I dropped my 2 children off at pre-school at 12:45 this afternoon, got back home at 13:00 - received a call at 13:05 "Can you please come and collect your DS - he's too pale to be at school" so I trooped back down there and he was fine. Playing on the carpet with a bee-bot and an alphabet mat. The teachers then kept me there until 2pm explaining that they don't want me to take DD (4 yo) to 'big school' in September.

Grrrr

Anyway - am super tired this evening - def making up for yesterday I think. And have stayed away from original diet coke today - but have a had a cheapy bottle which hasn't affected me? Oh well...

Goodnight everyone - cya tomorrow or Thurs. Have to drive my big sis to Hull tomorrow so may not be online.

x xx xx x

CurlyCasper - You're right we have indeed chatted on B&B! How strange! I found when I joined it took a while for me to be comfortable with posting on there, I actually joined in Jan, but was put off by lack of replies. I gave it another go on there in May and have to say I really like it. You know where I am on there if you need a buddy, we really are a friendly bunch

Hi and welcome Rimmer Kaylo what a day and night you've had, hope you get a better nights sleep tonight!

Hello all! I'm so glad that I've found you all as I've been feeling like a bit of a fraud hovering about the edges of MN where everyone's already TTC.I'm gonna rant now, please don't worry it's just that the hungry for babies monster needs to be released.

I'm roaring and ready to go! My DH recently explained to me that the reason he'd joined his workmate in volunteering at a local childrens project was because he was worried that he'd be a bad father (what do our parents do to us ), but now he's ready to go too...

Although I've been desperate for years we haven't tried for children in the past as we've had debts up to our eyeballs, but now they're all paid off and we've got oodles to cover kiddies. I'm also working in a perfect job for maternity leave/shift swaps to fit in when no.1 arrives!

Only we're a bit bgrd. We have no space.. And apparently we're deeply in negative equity so we can't move either, and it's anyones guess how long it's gonna take the market to pick up. Now I'm getting so desperate for kiddies I've been wandering around the house trying to work out where I could squeeze a cot (surely they just eat and sleep, they can live in the cot can't they? why would they need space for more? ) but I can't work it, every single inch of this tiny place is covered in essentials for my DH's work.

So I'm thirty in two months, forced by the economy to wait even longer, yet I've got the specter over my head that both my mum and maternal grandma had to have hysterectomies by their early thirties due to problems (mum-33, nan 35) so if things go badly I've three years for the market to improve, TTC, be pregnant, and then go at least once again...

Why do the years go so quickly? And when did this scary baby needing monster decide to eat my insides and take up residence, 'cos it feels like it's been there for years...

Still, love and hugs and pink-iced-butterfly buns to all!

Morning!

HobNob sounds like we're destined to chat! I've not given up on B&B but, as you say, lack of replies isn't too encouraging. But lots of good threads.

Kaylo Sorry you've been having such a crappy time. Hope things brighten up (at home and with the weather - I am in London for work at the mo and witnessed one heck of a thunderstorm last evening! If things get you down, just think September!

Onelonelysock LOVE the name! I can totally empathise. We actually decided to bring the baby thing forward after trying and failing to sell and get a bigger house. (I came home one day and said to DH "I don't want a new house anymore, I want a baby" and he said "ok, let's do it"!) Kind of glad though, because we were going to increase mortgage and prob shouldn't do that till we know how baby hits the finances. I'm counting on bubs not taking up too much space while small...

Rimmer welcome! I'm pretty new here too and in the same situation - 30 and preparing to try for first child in September.

Must go, got a train to catch. Have a good day x

Hello!!

Can I please rejoin you??

We are going to TTC DC3 in November. I am really excited!! I'm planning to stop taking the pill in September and starting working out when I OV. I have 2 boys, DS1 is 2.4yo and DS2 is 7mo.

Now got to lose some weight so I'm not too overweight when November comes around.