Waiting to TTC part 2!

[bebejones]

Shiney new thread before we drop off the end of the last one!

I'm only taking folic acid - should I be on a vitamin too?

kayzr not sure if I'm excited - more nervous....I think it's too early for us to be pregnant....I want it as much as I don't!!! It's so confusing cause I have spent so long being broody!

You don't have to Tanmu. I only do because I have rubbish iron levels when I am pregnant. They always seem to just drop.

Folic acid is the important one! If you eat well you should be fine. My iron levels were a bit low when PG too, but just made sure I ate iron rich foods (with a glass of oj coz that helps) & I managed to get away without taking iron tablets! Hardly ate a thing until I was about 16 weeks & even then it was a struggle to keep anything down! My GP recommended I eat ice cream for the calories! (I liked very cold things for some reason!)

I had really low iron with DD, but midwife said that was because I got pregnant so quickly after DS. I took dbl dose of iron and had to do the green veggie thing with OJ too...was threatened with transfusions if I didn't get levels up before labour.....

Hi everyone id a big long message wrote last night and my internet crashed and deleted it all! Grr I was so cross i jus turned it off... So back again today i had been giving a hundred and one tips for surviving with two little ones, il sum up some of what worked for me... I used to do all my meal prep durin da night when my boys were asleep, id oft be found on da couch wit a peeler & pot of veg watchin desperate housewives! It helped me so much jus being able to throw all our meals together no effort n da day time & that way when ds2 would sleep i cud spend some 1on1 time wit ds1 even if it was jus hangin da washin together or colourin or whatever but not havin to worry bout food realy helped me, uh & bulk cookin too... I also found a sling my best friend & all 3of us lying n together for a nap bf'ing on one side readin a story on da other then da 3of us havin a lil sleep together this saw me thru da sleepless nights & when i was gettin a bit more sleep at nite & didnt need it so bad durin da day i used to read or internet & i really enjoyd dat time 2 chill, until ds1 decided he didnt need naps anymore... iv loads more but wil stop b4 i bore u all too much

hello ladies, it's macaco with a new name. I've been really busy with work so haven't been on here lately. I'm still lurching between feeling really broody, let's chuck away the condoms, and thinking, Oh my God, how the hell would I cope with 2? How would I manage work now I'm so busy? etc etc.
Work's been a good way to keep my mind off things actually so I'm off to do some more.

I have been trying to keep busy too! Less time to think about things & also less time to eat junk! Trying to do some major spring cleaning & clear out a load of DD's old clothes! She has way too much stuff! Found it diffcult to get rid of some stuff though so still have a fair bit! Kept all the neutral stuff!

Also been thinking about re-training. I had been thinking mostly about becoming a teacher. But a few years ago I had considered doing midwifery training & I'm looking into this again.

Bebe, I am thinking of training to be a midwife too. I'm going to wait until I've finished having children.

I do worry about taking blood though if I was a MW. O do not like needles.

I was thinking about starting a year after 'the next one'! University I would go to has free nursery places for children of students. I had some lovely student MW's all through my PG with DD & loads more during labour & birth. Trouble is they have 3 times the applicants for places on the course! Thankfully I don't have a problem with needles (especially since I'm going to be injecting myslef soon) & am actually less squeemish than DH!

Hi everyone. I posted a couple of times on the old thread but decided to leave for a while because all I could think about was waiting to TTC!

Dh and I agreed that we would TTC in May - which when he agreed last year seemed like ages away to him - but now he has the Fear! He doesn't really like talking about it much so I have to contain my excitement and impatience.

So now I'm only three months away...bought my folic acid today and have booked an appointment at the doctors for tomorrow to see if I need to do anything else.

Now to give up drinking and smoking (have already read the allen carr book twice and it hasn't worked

Hi all

I posted on the old thread a couple of times but am now much closer to TTC #1 as I've stopped taking the pill! I'm also in that strange place where I want to but now I've taken a step towards it I feel all scared again... DH doesn't quite understand because for him I guess it seems a way off but I'm starting to track my cycle and will probably start folic acid soon. Does anyone know if there's a max length of time you can take folic acid for?

Bebe & kay good luck with the retraining, i always wanted to b a midwive too! wouldnt like to hav to do nights tho... Had some amazin mw's durin my preg's & i def wudnt hav managed my very wanted vbac had it not bn for my fantastic mw hope it goes well for ye how many children do u think ud like kay this wil b no.3 ya? well we might not b ttc as soon as i had bn thinkn dh doesnt want to leave me alone pg wit two boys to look after (we hav no support of any type) & wit his mum sick he wants to b able to travel over to visit her every 2-3mnths & when pg wit ds2 i twice had bleeding during the night &had to stay n hosp. he also tinks itd b tough goin havin another baby when we hav noone to call on ever to help but he's da 1 who wantd to ttc few mnths ago but now we'r n limbo... & iv this awful broody storm going on inside me & ye'l tot think im mental but its like iv this empty feeling n my stomach that i know im waiting to hav another baby grow there & til then its jus emptyness... ok i tot loopy i sound

Welcome newbees no limit to folic acid we wil all b very excited to count down wit ye & ask anythin or say anythin ye like here a few of us hav baba's already & a few first timers waitin too, so...... WELCOME TO OUR WAITING GROUP

Just thought I'd update after my frustrating trip to the doctors today - he was quite unhelpful.

When I asked about checking for immunity to rubella he said no, that they do that when you are pregnant. I pointed out that if they discover I am not immune then they cannot give me the vaccine while I am pregnant.

Basically I persevered and he eventually gave in and referred me for the blood test but I had to argue pretty strongly for it!

Then I asked him about toxoplasmosis from cat litter (I have an indoor cat) and he just said "oh i'm sure you'll be fine. Lots of women have cats" - which is quite unhelpful! Does anyone know how great the risks are?

But finally, I said that I would like help to give up smoking - and he said "oh sorry, we don't do that here anymore"! I thought you were meant to see your GP to get help!?

Has anyone else had any similar problems with their GP?

Oh no Panda, how frustrating & unhelpful! The NHS have a stop smoking online help here Never smoked so no advice really!
I do have cats who use litter tray, much to my frustration I might add! I tested negative for Toxomplasmosis when they did blood tests at my booking in when PG with DD. They cam back negative & I have been doing litter trays for years! I just made DH do the litter tray when I was PG...still do! I was fairly certain that I had Ruebella immunity as I had the vaccine twice! So I didn't check beforehand. I will probably have a smear before TTC though but prob won't discuss with GP, he knows I want more children anyway!

Meant to add, I think you are more likely to get Toxoplasmosis from unwashed veg & salad as I think it needs to be ingested. So perhaps use gloves & wash hands thoroughly after doing the litter tray if you are worried!

Panda, your GP sounds very annoying. I wasn't tested for toxoplasmosis when I was pregnant. I've always read that you should get your DH/DP to do the litter tray.

I wonder if Tanmu2 has tested or anything yet!!

I haven't ever tested for anything - except what they test you for during routine blood tests in pregnancy! I have 2 DC's and both times they were a 'surprise' so haven't done the whole TTC thing before. Errr, or did you mean have I done a pg test yet? AF isn't due until next tues or so.....

I was thinking that if I get AF this month, then I'm going to book an appointment and ask GP's advice....prob almost due a smear now so could get that done (speaking of smear, I had one done when I was pregnant with DD as didn't know yet!)

Yes I meant done a pregnancy test. Surely it's been 2 weeks. I'll just have to wait. Do you feel pregnant?

No, i haven't done a test yet (tho I'm excited that anyone is actually interested!) It's actually only been just over a week, but def feels more like 2.

I swing wildy from feeling like I must be pg one minute to thinking that it would be ridiculous to think that it would happen so easily the next. Also, the last few months I have started to experience on and off mild nausea in the run up to AF's visit, so am just gonna be patient and not spend ages thinking about the what if's.....will def keep y'all posted tho

how early can you test?

The first response tests can be used about 4 days before you are due.

So what else is everyone doing before TTC?

I was just going for getting fit and taking folic acid!

yeah, that's my plan.....I don't need to lose any weight, but I could do with a tone up and besides, I signed up for a 10k so need to get training.....
Otherwise, I just stalk MN lol