Trying For a Baby II

kindofagilr

Hello everyone

OH and I are going to start TTC in July after our holiday in Cyprus (my brother is getting married over there and we are going for a two week holiday) I didnt want to start trying now, cos I would like to have a drink on holiday (nothing to excessive, I am not a big drinker)

I have been off the pill for over a year now and we are just using condoms as protection.

What can I do to prepare my body to give the baby as much a healthy start as possible?

Someone at work told me to take folic acid? how soon should I be taking them?

Is there anything else I need to know?

Leopardlady

Hi kindofagilr, i would suggest taking folic acid from now, some docs suggest starting to take it as soon as you come off the pill, but starting before ttc is a great start, then i think it is just try and have a healthy diet, there is nothing special to do to begin with, it is mainly all effort made after the elusive bfp! Good luck and enjoy the trying, join us on here as often as you like, we are always open to newcomers.

well i am a mess today, want to curl up in bed and cry! Oh well hopefully it will only last a day as i am not sure if i have ov'd yet so don't think i can get excited yet!

Baby dust to all

kindofagilr

Can someone help me work out my cycles etc, I am not sure how to work out the best time to BD I read somewhere I think that if you have a 28 day cycle then you should ovulate from Day 8-15? is this right?

Heres my last AF's:

Jan 14th - 21st
Feb 13th - 19th
Mar 14th - 18th
April 10th - 17th
May 8th - 13th

Leopardlady

Hi again, your cycle looks to be about 28 days, so ov should (normally) be around day 10-15, have a look on Fertility Friend as this lets you put all these dates in and it will give you advice on when you may ov and what are your most fertile time. There are signs that let you know you are oving, the main one is having what is known as EWCM, tmi warning, this is the mucus you find around your vagina and it changes to very clear and sticky around the time of ovulation.

Good luck

Baby dust to all

becs

Ah Leopardlady :grouphug:,
I'm very emotioal as well at the mo. CD11 at the mo. I'm putting the emotion down to reading the rollercoaster of posts on the other thread!

Iheartfreebies

Hi Ladies!

I have news! I couldn't help myself and tested again this morning and got a tlp - so tiny I thought maybe I was imagining things so I went out and splashed the cash on a clearblue digital twin pack (it was cheaper to buy 2 so that's kinda money-saving right?:o). Anyway, have spent the entire afternoon not drinking and trying not to think about it (yeah right) and have just got a BFP! :j

Obviously I am very excited but also very nervous after last time but reminding myself that my friend now has beautiful twin girls after her mc last year and this is a new pg and I should take it as it comes and hope it's a sticky bean. I am so pleased! It really can happen right after a mc!!!

Can't wait for OH to get in from work, he's going to be delighted

Sticky baby dust all round x

PS A bit of luck really, I was in danger of becoming a poas addict:eek:

Leopardlady

Oh iheartfreebies, that is fantastic news!!!!!! I am soo happy for you


Roll on some more, becs i am on cd15 so hpe it not going to be a rollercoaster!

Very sticky baby dust to all, especially you Iheart

nunnygirl

Congrats on your BFP iheartfreebies!!!!!

Evansangel

Congrats on your bfp!!! xx

becs

Congratulations IHF:T:T:T

Lots of sticky baby dust for a happy and healthy 9 months!

Leopardlady lets take the positive mental attitude from the other thread, this month will be our month and we will have the best ever Valentines pressie!:o