DH has agreed with me and said we can start TTC now

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I came off the pill two weeks ago and the plan was to start TTC mid November after two cycles.

I've been worried about my pill (cerazette) having a lasting effect, plus my anaemia and just generally being a worrier so mentioned it to DH on Friday evening. Saturday morning we had some fun and I think having to use condoms may have pushed him to change his mind. Plus, having read all these conception books, I'm pretty sure I'm ovulating (boobs bloody hurt and discharge changes)-DH is worried it's a 'missed opportunity'. So, have we had sex since? Nope. Fair enough we've been doing our house up so were knackered but I made sure we got back with 'an evening' free last night and he flipping fell asleep as soon as he got into bed. Am now worried we are missing an opportunity!!

Thank you for reading my excited and mildy ranting post.

I'm now in a 50/50 state of mind, half of me thinks my period will def come either tomorrow or within the next few days and then the other half of me thinks that this really could be the month but i guess time will tell.

I am having really random mood swings at the moment though, yesterday i was laughing (by myself) hysterically at the fact my DP called some old boxers of his "baby pants" (they are really quite small for him though!) and then the next minute im feeling really down for no reason so who knows what will happen.

Found out the other day my DP's dad's partner's daughter (it gets confusing when families split up and you get a whole new one!) anyway, we found out she has just become pregnant and my first feeling was jealousy, which i suppose is normal, im very happy for her and we dont really see her alot as she lives quite far away with her DH, but i just kept thinking why cant that be me? I know it will happen one day soon hopefully but everyone around me seems to either have a baby or is pregnant.

The house sounds very spacious! We went from having 2 rooms on the top floor of DP's dad's house to having a 2 bed flat and couldnt find anywhere to put things!

I still haven't come on but am still getting odd feelings so sure it'll happen any minute. I hate the not knowing and keep thinking 'oh if I'd just come on' followed by 'but I don't want to as it'll mean I'm not pregnant'! I've already got to the 'oh well, next month' stage in my head I think.

The fact you're having mood swings is probably a good sign in a way. I've been a bit like that but I think that's due to tiredness, worry and moving !

I know what you mean about other people being pregnant. We've noticed we see pregnant people or young babies everywhere at the moment which we think is just us! Saying that, at Ikea at the weekend my male friend who isn't at all baby minded (and single) said 'isn't everyone here pregnant or just had one' and he doesn't know we're trying!

House is lovely and slowly getting there. People keep telling me we're quicker than most. Third bedroom is almost the way it should be so we're doing the futon later so DSS's Nanny can sleep on Friday! Only got about 5 or 6 removals boxes to unpack and we started off with about 50! I purposefully didn't buy anything in the last year so it'd fit wherever we moved and also as I knew I'd then want things that went with our new house-made packing easier but there was still loads!!

Keeping my fingers crossed...

DP and I havent really talked about it much this month, last month i was telling him every little twinge and when i thought i was ovulating but this month ive hardly mentioned anything i just said on sun night 'my period is due in 2 days' and thats been about it! tomorrow will be day 30 so will be very annoyed if it comes then. I wish we didnt have to wait 28 days every time, i wish we ovulated once a week! (but still have 1 period a month of course )

Yeah you do sound like your getting on with the house quite quickly. Im glad things are going to plan.
Whereabouts in the country do you live if you dont mind me asking?

Keep me updated on any arrivals!

I live in Kent-where do you live?

We started doing our futon last night but it took longer than planned and the lady next door came round at 10 to complain about the banging-hoping DH finishes when he gets back from work. The good news is I made Friday night's dinner after that so at least that's out the way. I think I've got to the 'don't care' stage of unpacking now but I need to find the enthusiasm as we're so close to finishing!

Still haven't come on and it's driving me mad. Last month my cycle was either 26 or 27 days depending on if you counted day 1 as my first pill free day. Today is day 28, still got slightly odd tummy feelings though. If we test in the morning, we won't have time to discuss it and will have DH's first MIL for the weekend so no time on our own until Monday night. DH said to test on Tuesday but that's miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiles away and I'm impatient!! He doesn't seem to understand but I might push for testing in the morning if I can find the bloody tests in one of the unopened boxes. Don't feel pregnant but now don't really feel like I'm about to come on either. Just wish I knew as I've been getting migraines (and associated nausea) plus back ache and I want to take some good painkillers!!

Any news? When are you going to test?

I live in Kent too! its a small world

I wish i had the same guts as your neighbour, every day we say we're going to complain about the people upstairs but we always bottle it, we're not really confrontational people.

Im feeling the same, i still havent come on and i keep feeling like im going to, gettin slight tummy twinges but nothing comes of it, i really really dont want it to come though but i feel ill jinx it if i test too soon. I think im not on day 30 and last month it was 29 days so its not unrealistic that i could come on any day now.
If it doesnt come by sat ill test then the trouble is i think we might be staying round DP's dad's house on sat night as we're going round there to have chinese and watch the x factor. Ill def buy a test when we do the food shop on sat its just choosing when to use it as i would much prefer to do it first thing in the morning and would rather do it in my own home!
I'll prob end up not doing it til Mon if my period hasnt arrived by then.

Let me know if you do decide to test

Tish, i will also be testing on Monday, good luck!!

Wayhey-the net is back up and running in my house!!

DH has agreed we can test in the morning so I can take proper painkillers tomorrow if not. It's annoying as I know one good Syndol and my head will be sorted-at least if I'm pregnant I'll be happier to put up with the pain!

I know what you mean about jinxing but I'm not the most patient person! I'm still pretty sure I'm not pregnant though so if I get a positive I might spend the weekend in shock.

Keeping my fingers crossed for us (and addie81) it's exciting but also possibly disappointing. I hate this lark!

On a positive note, futon is all ready even with bedding on and I can now get to the sofa.

So, I did the test this morning and got a very faint line in the positive bit. It got darker just as we got to 15 mins which is when it tells you to not check after. Very annoyed and decided we'd test tomorrow.

However, my scientist sister says that unless you're on hormone treatment (which I'm not) then you only get a result of any type (no matter how faint) if you're pregnant.

So I shall tentatively say, 'this might be it!' Will do another in the morning and then book a doctors appointment if I get the same.

Half excited but also trying not to be as it was so bloody faint that I'm not confident.

Fingers crossed you get a positive!!

oooh it sounds like you could be the lucky one this month!!

Im def buying a test tomorrow, i really dont feel very positive about it though, im getting discharge and its too late for ovulation and i wouldnt of thought id get it if i was preg but im not sure, do you know??

As every day that goes by you will be gaining hormones so tomorrow, if you are preg, it would prob show up stronger.

I really hope this is the month for me, it would be v exciting to go through this together!

You MUST let me know tomorrow how the test goes!!

Hello! Sorry I've been unable to get to the net as DSS's Nanny has been staying in that room.

Well, I'M DEFINITELY PREGNANT!!! Explains why I kept feeling sick last week but thought it was migraine related! Also explains why I'm so tired but I assumed that was moving. Boobs hurt too but apart from that it's all good.

Have you tested yet? I was getting discharge so I thought that meant I wasn't so, you never know!

OMGGGGG!!! thats fantastic! im so so pleased for you

im too scared to test!! i dont want another disappointment, im on day 34 now, i know its really late but i still think its going to come any day now. Ive got a test in the drawer. Im going to do it tomorrow morning but im just hoping so so so much that its gonna be positive. I think ill cry if its not, but then i suppose every day my period doesnt come it could mean im pregnant.

You must be so relieved not to keeping thinking "am i??" every day!

DP and I stayed up til 1 am on sat night at his dad's house talking about having a baby etc. He admitted to me hes really worried about it and even said he wanted to wait which really annoyed me as he was the one that wanted me to stop the pill so i was really unhappy all day yesterday and we talked about it again last night and we've agreed we wont put too much pressure on the whole thing and if it happens it happens.

I had REALLY sore boobs on fri, sat and sun and still a little bit today but again it could mean im pregnant or period is on the way. i will do a test tomorrow morning i promise!

I bet your DH is over the moon!

HELLO!! i had to come on here before going to work this morning to tell you im pregnant too!!!!! wooooooooooo

YEY!!! I was thinking last night that I really hoped you were!

DH is over the moon but of course we've spent the weekend surrounded by people who like to eaves drop so last night was the first chance we had to talk about it properly. We sat there reading pregnancy books together after he'd done his marking!

How are you feeling? I'm still needing the loo lots (which is funny as normally I can go all day without going), am tired (but had wrongly assumed it was moving house) and have sore boobs but not nipples as before. Odd!

How has your DP reacted?

I called our doctors yesterday (only registered on Friday due to moving) and we're not even on the system yet. Receptionist said to call again in a week which annoyed me a bit as I'm still worried about needing more iron. Decided I'll just eat lots of dark chocolate covered apricots until I see them. We have to go in for a 'medical' so mine will be a bit of both. They did book me a midwives appointment for 22nd Dec though as you're supposed to see them between 8 and 10 weeks.

Have you worked out your due date? Mine is 16th July.

Can't believe we've both been so lucky!!!

well im feeling quite tired, seem to be falling asleep on the sofa by 8pm. ive always needed the toilet lots so that doesnt feel much different to me! funnily enough dont feel sick or nauseous which i thought i would.

My DP was making his lunch in the kitchen this morning while we both waited for the test to work. I read out the bit in the instructions which tell you what it will look like if your pregnant i.e 2 red lines. He gave me a hug but didnt really seem to me he was all that excited i asked what was up and he said its really scary! He came in the bedroom a bit later when i was getting ready for work and he gave me a hug with a big smile and said he was really really happy, i think it just needs to sink it as it hasnt really felt real up until now.

I havent even thought about the docs yet!
My grandad died yesterday so the family are all organising a funeral for him which is next thurs so i could prob get down the docs in the morning of that day.

I did a due date calculator online but im not 100% sure of how long my cycles are so i just put 29 days as that was what my last one was and im due on 15th July!

I think ive worked out that i must be about 6 weeks gone by now aswell.
Im really really scared that something is going to go wrong though as i want this so so much i feel like something bad is going to happen. im taking pregnacare which has iron in it so im hoping im getting the right vitamins etc i need.

I know i cant believe its happened to us within days of each other! its amazing

Sorry to hear about your grandad-crap timing as you should be in celebrate mood (with a nice non-alcoholic drink of course ).

My Friday test was done in between DH getting DSS breakfast and the Saturday test was done with DH's first MIL walking about with DSS, both oblivious. Not exactly great timing but great news so who cares!

I don't think it's sunk in for DH and I yet even though we've been working towards this for the last two years! Everybody seems to be talking babies to me at the moment, MIL, DH's first MIL, my colleagues, DH's cousin who I hadn't met before, it's making me paranoid! We're telling both sets of parents this weekend as we think it might be obvious soon(I keep bloating, feeling sick, etc) but we'll wait til Christmas to tell DSS unless I actually am sick or emotional in which case we don't want him worrying.

Iron pills don't work on me as my anaemia isn't iron related but I figure if I eat more,it'll just cover what I should eat already. My sister said I shouldn't take extra unless there's a reason to as it can be harmful. Just wish I could see the bloody doctor and put my mind at rest! Have been eating very healthily and also snacking on lots of fruit and veg-my boss told me I was Peter Rabbit today as I was eating crunchy carrots and celery!

Have bought Vitamin E oil today (my tummy is going up and down so quickly it's ridiculous) and some maternity bras as I'm worried they seem to have grown/changed shape already and I don't want the wires causing problems. My boobs always grow for no reason so I expect it'll be worse now! I did buy some pregnancy vitamins from Boots yesterday but the cheap £3 ones as they all had the same in. Can't believe they ask £15 for half a months drugs when it's pretty much the same as a normal multivitamin .

For some reason I'm not too worried about things going wrong but still want to be told things will be ok if you know what I mean. I'm sure I'll get worried in time!

I think our chances of similar history, meeting randomly on the net, giving up the pill at the same time and getting pregnant at the same time are quite impressive!!

Yeah it is pretty bad timing. Its his funeral next Thurs.

I think we're going to wait til late December as thats when ill be 12 weeks and id rather wait til the "safe" date after my scan.

Im going to try and get a doctors appointment next thurs but i think it will only be 7 weeks so not sure they will be able to do anything but it woulds still be nice to go.

Im trying to eat a bit healthier but i find it quite hard! I bought some humous yesterday as i really fancied a dip or some sort! Ive been getting really bad pains in my uterus area today, they felt quite similar to period pains and they lasted right up til lunch time it was quite worrying, ive noticed i go to the toilet quite a lot more so i was forever going there just to check nothing horrible had happened! it hasnt thank god but im just so paranoid.

I think ive read on here that you can experience pains as the uterus is contracting a growing making room for the baby so thats probably what it was.

Im taking folic acid tablets and pregnacare tablets every day so at least im getting some sort of healthiness in me.

They do like making as much money as they can out of any situation dont they? ive just got tesco folic acid as they are the same thing otherwise they couldnt sell it.

We're seriously considering moving to a house in the new year as ill have finished my job then as its only temp til xmas and the people upstairs are just so inconsiderate and as im so tired i dont appreciate being woken up at 6:30am by their toddler jumping around on non-carpeted floors.

I seem to be falling asleep on the sofa by 8pm every night now!

We're telling our parents earlier as due to me feeling sick, being tired and tummy randomly expanding, it'd be obvious if you are perceptive! Not going to tell other people til Christmas time, just people I know who will be supportive if I miscarry.

You are meant to see the midwife between 8 and 10 weeks at my doctors so make sure you do call them.

You're right it is your womb making space which is also why you might need the loo more than you used to. I've been getting slight pains on and off too-last week they were horrific, this week they're getting less so I think my body is getting used to it.

I think you eat what your body needs. I tend to eat quite healthily anyway plus I'm veggie so apart from unpasteurised cheese there's not much I need to cut out. Glad I don't eat meat or I'd be having to think more about what I'm eating! I am washing my fruit and veg now though which we've never bothered to much with before.

Will you be able to afford a new house if you're not working then? Just remember that wherever you move, if you have a baby that cries in the middle of the night, you'll be the problem neighbour!! I was very happy when we moved in and saw the lady next door is pregnant as she won't be able to complain!!

I've not been able to fall asleep on the sofa. Working full time, having DSS who'd worry I was dying if I fell asleep during the day and then having stuff to do in the evening isn't the greatest. All the books say to rest but it's not bloody possible. Yesterday lunchtime I went and sat in the library quietly so at least it was a bit of a rest.

we've only told our close friends who have just had a baby as i dont mind them knowing.

Yeah I def will go and see the doc in the next couple of weeks. ill just have to get an appointment after work at some point.

Yeah it will be a rented house and if it comes to it we'll get help from the good housing benefit system. It would only be for a while til things got back to normal again.

Apart from sore boobs and slight pains every now and then i dont really feel much different, i havent had any sickness yet and hoping its not going to come at all.

I was checking all the health websites last night and they all say unless there is copious amounts of blood then the pains are nothing to worry about.

I cant wait til the first scan!

I don't think things ever get back to normal after having children! I'm always amazed by how much DSS costs us and he isn't one of those children who goes to clubs or classes and we don't pay for his child care! It's horrifying really. DH and I need to sit down and work out if we can afford for me not to work. I have a bad feeling it's going to be a close call and in the wrong direction.

I've had pains for the last couple of days again but did have a nausea free day yesterday which was nice-back today though unfortunately.

If you bleed at all, you should go to see the doctor straight away so they can check you out. Might mean you need to see them regularly from the beginning but it's better to be safe than sorry.

I'm looking forward to actually seeing the difference in my body. I know that at 6 weeks they're the size of a finger tip so I've got another week to go til that.

Getting bored of feeling queasy and tired. Went to do youth work last night and came home so tired that DH just said 'cuddle in bed then' and sent me upstairs!!

I havent really had any pains now or nausea apart from slightly needing the toilet more i dont really feel pregnant! i want symptoms i really want to feel pregnant!! I wont be saying that in 6 months when ive got back ache and feet ache though!

I think im about 6 and half weeks now, every wednesday is the start of a new week so it will be 7 weeks on Wednesday so ill go see the doctor the following week.

Im looking forward to being a big waddling lump

My stomach is so bloated though after ive eaten a meal i look about 5 months pregnant its horrible cos i know its just fat and not a real baby bump.

I keep looking at my feet as even though I know it's months away, I'm sure I'll suddenly get to the stage where I can't see them!

My symptoms are slowing but my boobs are agony if I touch them or lie on them so sleeping is a bit of a problem which doesn't help when I'm knackered. I seem to have got rid of some of my nausea by eating at certain times-I also get tired at the same time each day but thankfully work haven't noticed me going quiet (unusual as I'm normally very chatty )!

I'll be 6 weeks on Friday. You really need to go to the doctor. Mine make you see the midwife between 8 and 10 weeks and I don't know how quick appointments are for booking. I'm seeing my doctor on Friday for a new patient examination which could be quite funny 'hi I tested on the day I handed my application in which was a week after I moved into the area' followed by 'oh that's a bit quick'. Oh well!

I'm determined my tummy fat has been pushed up as I'm still quite flat where my baby is (although to be fair he or she is currently only about 4mm according to the books) but I seem to be fatter higher.

I'll remind you of wanting to be a fat lump!!

I seem to have no symptoms at all now, apart from the odd cramp. I know it sounds morbid and horrible but im just really worried its died I know i should really go to the docs and talk to them about it as they could prob get me an early scan if im that worried about it. Ill call them this week, its my grandad's funeral on Thurs so i would rather get that out the way first and then concentrate on me so its only another couple of days. Im 6 weeks tomorrow so your literally 2 days behind me!

Im still getting really bloated after eating, i dont know if this is a symptom as i never used to get bloated before. I know what you mean about it being flat where the baby is as thats how i feel too, i keep trying to kid myself the big belly from bloating is the baby but of course I know its not!

Yes you probably will remind me cos ill be moaning by then that im too fat!

I'm sure if your baby had died you'd know about it. I think the cramping is your womb getting ready. I seem to have all day with my tummy feeling normal and then get shooting pains suddenly!Why not book your doctors appointment now for after the funeral? I know what you mean about concentrating on one thing but from my experience of being a step mum, motherhood means juggling from the start! I get bloated after eating too. I then worry I'm eating too much and then think 'don't be silly'! I'm looking forward to walking down the stairs without having to hold my boobs to stop them hurting....

yeah i suppose your right, i think im just worrying too much.
yeah ill give them a call tomorrow morning on my rare day off. i seem to remember my docs dont let u book in advance but ill call them tomorrow to check.

I am definately needing the toilet more often now. That seems to be my one and only symtom!

Did you go to the docs?

I'm off to see mine tonight for a new patient registration-my sister says not much happens when you tell the doctor apart from him telling you what not to eat!!