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Those who are waiting to TTC (New Thread)
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I've not bought anything, OH finds it amusing that I am obsessed with websites and books, but only because it costs us nothing, I'm not sure he would find it as funny if it were things, plus we've nowhere to store it where it wouldn't be seen by friends and family. I shall have to cram my shopping in to a measly 9 months
Also, welcome mouthscradle, at least you've not got long to wait!
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Hiya ladies, joined this thread in late 2013, still have a TTC date on Sep/Oct 2014, so got a while yet. However finding it much more difficult to keep my mind off it...if I see something that is a good baby bargain, and I mean a really good bargain, I might accidentally be buying things and storing them in the loft....!
any one else have this problem?! husband seems ok with it as I say well it will save money when the baby comes...however his face when I told him I've got a moses basket...! (it was a gorgeous mammas and papas one on ebay and no-one else bid on it, so it was 99p! so totally cant complain at that) xx
I have considered it but I'm far too superstitious and worried as it is. I would be thinking about all the what ifs if I had stuff stuck in the back room!
Completely ridiculous I'm sure but you never know.
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clearing_out_my_pockets wrote: »She's coming up eleven weeks now and we've been so lucky - she's sleeping through and has done since about seven weeks. How old is your little one?
I doubt we'd be going through TTC at the same time though - have to wait for section scar to properly heal then DH have some number crunching to do, plus the decision over whether to go elective or VBAC. WTT was so much simpler last time - I miss being pregnant! :rotfl:
Oh yes I do miss my baby bump a lot! However I dont miss the sickness - the pain - the heartburn - the not sleeping etc etc :eek:
Awww cute. Jess is 18 months now and I'm still breastfeeding her so wanna stop that at some point and then have my boobs back before ttcing again. (Right now I have the norovirus and a clingy child so I dont want another right now :eek:) Yup I was a CSection as Jess was breech and a high chance of number 2 being breech aswell. I would LOVE a vbac! Why were you C-section?
THose of you waiting to TTC: Try and get yourself off of hormones a good 6 months before hand. Use this time to chart your cycles (use fertility friend as they use this on the ttcing thread). Observe your cervical mucus etc and take your temperature. Seems a lot of faff but in the long term ladies its brilliant to know roughly when you ovulate every month to know when to aim rumpy pumpy at. I used the pill and when I came off it took a good year for my ccyles to settle down. Wont be like that for every one but if you can allow a good 3-6 months freedom then you should be half way thereAny questions do shout us as we have been there before. Do not be under the illusion that you will fall pregnant straighth away. Yes it does happen but not always. took me just under 6 months. xx
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Thats good advice Rebekah. I dont have any illusions that getting pregnant will be that easy, however I dont think that will stop me hoarding stuff (we have a big loft!). Put it this way, I bought a wedding dress and hid it away long while before husband actually proposed and starting squirreling away favour bags and decorations long before....lol. Hmmm, maybe I need to take up a new hobby to take my mind off things.... xx0
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Not much happening here, been extremely busy with work what with it being tax return month
I did have some headaches the first week or so after not restarting my pill but they've gone and now I'm just stuck with a cold that is determined to make January harder than normal :mad:
I've started taking folic acid and we're doing 5:2 and losing weight/getting healthier for ourselves and the future
I'm trying to not think about babies too much but we find ourselves making comments about names and things which is strange when I wasn't expecting to be this position for another 9 months or so! I've sent a load of clothes I ordered for myself in the Next Sale back as I keep thinking "that can go towards baby things!" We're also planning on having a foreign holiday this year as it may be the last for a while.
I'm still finding things surreal at the moment, my OH really suprised me by saying we should stop the pill and I sometimes remember and get the butterflies all over again from when he told me!
Sorry, that was an essay! We're not telling anyone in real life so I'll be letting it all out on here :rotfl:2014 - This is Our Year :j0 -
Ooh I was just thinking about this thread today. Thank god it's popped up, because I must confess I've been peeping at the TTC thread recently.
Hippihaz - I would love to start buying now, but know that I'd just lose my mind and come off the pill now once I started touching lovely soft baby clothes! :rotfl:Do you ever go up and just bask in the lovely babyness of it?
I've been getting very close to just coming off the contraception now - thinking things very much like RebekahR's advice: That I need to get my cycles in order, it can take time after being on contraception for so long, that it will take time to actually conceive etc. But I know this is just me being irrational. We really shouldn't be trying this year. Maybe come off in December to start trying next summer?
Estateprincess- things sound like they're going great for you right now! apart from the headaches and the cold...
Good luck to those planning to move on. For those of us who remain, let's try to keep each other (marginally) sane!
Also, has anyone else been having crazy fantasies about their contraception failing? I've been taking mine completely properly, but keep hoping it might not work...There is hope for us yet0 -
Hiya can I join?
Our ages - me 24 (almost 25) / him 25
Been together - 2 years this time, 5 years before that but known each other 14 years
TTC start date - after jan 2015 coz don't want to be pregnant at wedding or on honeymoon
Prep - finish taking pill next week as I suffer from pcos and it could take a long while to get back to normal and taking folic acid tablets as part of multi vitamin.
Also trying to lose 2 stone for the wedding and just to be a bit healthier.
Trying to keep my mind off it by - moving house, planning wedding and starting my degree
XxxDebt free finally :j
First house purchase ... 2018 :j0 -
Oh yes I do miss my baby bump a lot! However I dont miss the sickness - the pain - the heartburn - the not sleeping etc etc :eek:
Awww cute. Jess is 18 months now and I'm still breastfeeding her so wanna stop that at some point and then have my boobs back before ttcing again. (Right now I have the norovirus and a clingy child so I dont want another right now :eek:) Yup I was a CSection as Jess was breech and a high chance of number 2 being breech aswell. I would LOVE a vbac! Why were you C-section?
THose of you waiting to TTC: Try and get yourself off of hormones a good 6 months before hand. Use this time to chart your cycles (use fertility friend as they use this on the ttcing thread). Observe your cervical mucus etc and take your temperature. Seems a lot of faff but in the long term ladies its brilliant to know roughly when you ovulate every month to know when to aim rumpy pumpy at. I used the pill and when I came off it took a good year for my ccyles to settle down. Wont be like that for every one but if you can allow a good 3-6 months freedom then you should be half way thereAny questions do shout us as we have been there before. Do not be under the illusion that you will fall pregnant straighth away. Yes it does happen but not always. took me just under 6 months. xx
I had an emergency section as I had a failed induction and she became in distress. I've been told there's no reason why VBAC shouldn't be suitable as long as baby number two complies!Don't worry about typing out my username - Call me COMP(Unless you know my real name - in which case, feel free to use that just to confuse people!)0 -
Also, has anyone else been having crazy fantasies about their contraception failing? I've been taking mine completely properly, but keep hoping it might not work...
I do feel lucky that we've got to this stage earlier than I was planning/hoping for but it still doesn't seem real! I'm sure my cycles will take ages to sort themselves out so I'll have plenty of time to get my head around things.
It is so strange, I've always been maternal and my clock has been ticking for a good couple of years (OH's subtle way of saying I'm really broody :rotfl:) but now we've stopped the pill and have decided to let nature take its course I'm telling myself off for getting excited and telling OH it will take ages and not really getting my head around the possibility of actually having a baby!
I think I'm in shock that OH has moved the goalposts closer than I had planned for (this sounds strange but I'm self employed so have been saving up to have a couple of months fully away from work) and I thought I was really going to have to work to convince him that it was the right time (He has grown up children and even though he's always wanted more it means going back to the nappy & sleepness nights stage again) and then he goes and suprises me with saying we should just go for it! Men!!
I also feel between threads at the moment, we're not ttc as I've only just stopped my pill but we're not really waiting either are we? I really feel in limbo at the moment! I'm not good with being in Limbo! (You will all think I'm crazy!)2014 - This is Our Year :j0 -
Estateprincess I imagine you're welcome in both threads at the minute... feel free to hang around here and try to stay calm until you're ready to move on
Maybe you'll go and get pregnant while still in shock that you're not on the pill :rotfl:
Also, thanks for the positive response about the contraception fantasy! I was expecting people to reply saying I was some sort of sick weirdo.There is hope for us yet0
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