Anyone else about to start TTC?

brianamah · March 2011

As DH and I approach our start date for TTC I'm getting SUPER impatient. I almost want to just go for it now, but we have a big trip coming up and it's best to wait until afterward.

In the meantime I just worry I'm driving my friends nuts, chatting about how we are "almost about to start trying." As if that's newsworthy.

It's an exciting and scary time and it seems most of you ladies are actively TTC so I don't know if I'm the only one lurking around on here who is just...so... close.

1220winterbride · March 2011

I'm TTA until May. FX for a Baby New Year!

MrsCripe10 · March 2011

we will start TTC in May. The only people who know that we are going to try at my 2 BFF's. I don't like everyone to know. But that's just me.

Bubbalub · March 2011

You aren't the only one. We keep saying "sometime this year".

TrendyTina · March 2011

I'm wanting, but waiting for three more cycles. Oing today and it's so hard not to spousal rape my hubby! I don't want to wait any longer either, but I know it's for the best. You can do it too!

SheenaNash1 · March 2011

Nope I'm right there with you! We are waiting until June because of my job as a teacher. If we get SUPER lucky and concieve in June or July then I can get 5-6 months off for maternity leave instead of only 3 because of summer break. I am also really impatient and just want June to hurry up and be here already! I went of BCP about two weeks ago, which made it feel all that more "real". I'm probably driving my friends nuts talking about it as well. Although I'm trying to be careful who I tell it to since I don't want to have to explain myself to everyone if it doesn't happen right away. Anyway, just know that you are not alone on here! Are you charting or anything like that? GL with the waiting!

TrendyTina · March 2011

SheenaNash1:
Nope I'm right there with you! We are waiting until June because of my job as a teacher. If we get SUPER lucky and concieve in June or July then I can get 5-6 months off for maternity leave instead of only 3 because of summer break. I am also really impatient and just want June to hurry up and be here already! I went of BCP about two weeks ago, which made it feel all that more "real". I'm probably driving my friends nuts talking about it as well. Although I'm trying to be careful who I tell it to since I don't want to have to explain myself to everyone if it doesn't happen right away. Anyway, just know that you are not alone on here! Are you charting or anything like that? GL with the waiting!

I'm right there with you! We also have to follow the academic calendar. Time is going by SOOOOOOO SLOWLY!

brianamah · March 2011

Yes I've told only a few friends, which I think is why they are like OMG stop talking about it. My friends that are moms seem to be happy to listen though. I think they're always looking for new recruits.

I'm charting, casually. The more I get into all that the more impatient I become. Have you started taking prenatal vitamins? I just started taking them this month and THAT made it feel real!

Don't you think there should be a group for those of us on-the-brink?

jason&robin · March 2011

today is day 4 of of our first cycle trying. I don't really feel like I am trying yet though. I will once I hit the 2ww. I know the feeling though. I thought AF was going to come on the 31st and I was very anxious about it. I was pretty surprised that it came 5 days early. I had planned on waiting till April to avoid a Christmas baby but if I get pg this cycle, my EDD will be 12/31. I didn't want to wait another month so I guess we shall see if I get a Christmas baby afterall. I will be thrilled. I have been thinking about it for the last 6 months though...a lot. I have been on WW since January so I could get my weight back down to where I wanted it to be. I am so exicted that the time has finally arrived.

Good luck and I hope the rest of your waiting period goes by quickly!

TrendyTina · March 2011

brianamah:
Yes I've told only a few friends, which I think is why they are like OMG stop talking about it. My friends that are moms seem to be happy to listen though. I think they're always looking for new recruits.
I'm charting, casually. The more I get into all that the more impatient I become. Have you started taking prenatal vitamins? I just started taking them this month and THAT made it feel real!
Don't you think there should be a group for those of us on-the-brink?

Yes, there should be a group for us! Maybe that's what babies on the brain is for? I'm not really sure. I've also started charting and have been taking Rx prenatals. I'm ready to get this show on the road, though!

Vanessa_Jonathan · March 2011

In the same boat as most of you. I finished my last pack of BCP this month. We have a big trip in May so we figure we will start TTC either on the trip or right in June.

I've become so impatient, lurking around here, reading books and probably driving people nuts talking about it! I'm going to try and focus on our trip instead of the baby situation, but it seems tough.

I started PNV mid-March. My obgyn told me to start taking them when I was done with my pills.

just...so...close is right!

brianamah · March 2011

Hang in there, everyone! We'll reach that starting line soon enough!

sreardon23 · March 2011

You are not alone! DH and I are taking a big trip in May and will start TTC when we return. I have the same feelings that I am driving my friends nuts talking about the upcoming events and how excited I am. I think I am more excited about TTC than the vacation we have been planning for a year!

nbenti · March 2011

I keep going back and forth deciding when to go off my BCP. I've decided, for real this time, that this month of pills will be my last! I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

pengwins · March 2011

We're also waiting to start. Now that the start date is drawing nearer, I can't think of anything else other than babies. It makes me check TB a few times a day and reading all that I can in the mean time. The days can't go by any slower.

jaxie320 · March 2011

SheenaNash1:

Nope I'm right there with you! We are waiting until June because of my job as a teacher. If we get SUPER lucky and concieve in June or July then I can get 5-6 months off for maternity leave instead of only 3 because of summer break. I am also really impatient and just want June to hurry up and be here already! I went of BCP about two weeks ago, which made it feel all that more "real". I'm probably driving my friends nuts talking about it as well. Although I'm trying to be careful who I tell it to since I don't want to have to explain myself to everyone if it doesn't happen right away. Anyway, just know that you are not alone on here! Are you charting or anything like that? GL with the waiting!

Sounds like me! I'm also a teacher and am planning on waiting until July to start TTC. Like you, I went off BCP about two weeks ago. Since then, I've already had unprotected sex 3 times! I don't anticipate getting KU so quickly, but if it did happen DH and I would make it work! Good luck!

adoruhbul · March 2011

I already started trying to conceive quite awhile ago, but just wanted to give all of you girls who are going to start soon some encouragement. Just because a lot of us on this board are having tons of issues TTC, try to stay positive and hope for the best, that things will work out quickly. Try not to assume you're going to have fertility problems and bombard your OB with bloodwork and tests that you don't need yet. A little knowledge can be a terrible thing sometimes, just stay positive, and when you do start TTC, make sure you're charting/temping, you read TCOYF and watch "The Great Sperm Race" on Youtube, all of this can already be done now, so you are all ready to go when the time comes. Charting now gives you a headsup on what's going on with your body so when the time comes you've got a better idea. Good luck!

waiting~for~him · March 2011

Yes! We are planning on starting in June! I'm very excited about it although we are not telling anyone. We just tell people that hopefully by the end of the year I will be pregnant. Since we've never tried before, we don't know how long this will take. Plus we want to surprise everyone (and my sister-in-law is pregnant and due in July, so I won't be stealing her thunder as we won't be telling anyone - assuming we get pregnant right on schedule in June - until after she has her little boy).

I'm actually not scared to think of being pregnant - but it does scare me to think of having a baby. Exciting times for all of us though!

waiting~for~him · March 2011

Yes there should be a group! I was a little disappointed to find that there wasn't a way on The Bump to indicate that you weren't trying yet, but about to try

bananers · March 2011

Right there with you all. We are thinking August or September and even though it's so far away, I'm officially obsessed. I've been sort of charting (not temping or anything, just using an app on my Droid) for several months now, and every month I make a mental note of when we would want to be getting busy IF we were actually trying at the moment. I've been taking prenatals for a few months now too. Oh, and I've pretty much already mentally put together my registry. Did I mention I'm obsessed? I'm trying not to freak DH out by talking about it too much yet, and we aren't telling any friends or family when we start trying (I keep telling people we'll start our family "within the next couple years") - so it feels good to confess here.

The funny thing is, I'm TERRIFIED of becoming a mother - I have all kinds of fears for what that will mean for my career, money, whether our house is big enough, how our dogs will reac to baby, etc. But - call it my biological clock - despite all those fears, I like NEED a baby. Yesterday.

bellablue2 · March 2011

We are officially going to start trying next month, but stopped bc this month so if it happens this month we will be excited. I would like to wait until May to start ttc though. I will be starting my prenatals anyday now as well. I dont want anybody to know we are ttc and once preggers I want to wait to announce until three or four months along. This will be our third and final baby, so it will be a little bittersweet. I have two sons and am hoping very much for a sweet little girl to complete our family!

We do need our own little group!

SheenaNash1 · March 2011

Ha ha, I think we are TTC twins, we've had unprotected sex twice already! Like you, I don't think it will happen this soon and I'm not too worried about it but if it did that would be fine with us as well. June would be great, but any month it would be a happy surprise! GL with eveything! What do you teach? I'm 2nd grade.

waiting~for~him · March 2011

Haha - bananers, this is great! When we moved into our new house, I left the smallest bedroom completely empty and call it The Nursery (even my husband does!). I also have a baby/toddler clothes collection like you wouldn't believe! My theory there was that once I actually had a baby all the money would go to feeding and changing it, so I should get the clothes in advance. But I mostly have little boys clothing, so this may backfire if I have a little girl..haha

I would love to just get started on my registry now (I mean - with all the showers I've gone to in the past 2 years, I have a good idea of everything in the stores..haha)

jaxie320 · March 2011

SheenaNash1:
Ha ha, I think we are TTC twins, we've had unprotected sex twice already! Like you, I don't think it will happen this soon and I'm not too worried about it but if it did that would be fine with us as well. June would be great, but any month it would be a happy surprise! GL with eveything! What do you teach? I'm 2nd grade.

Okay, we really are TTC twins. I teach 2nd grade too!!!!

carriemckenna · March 2011

I'm in the same boat as a lot of of you - we have a big trip planned in May and we are going to start trying then. I'm still on BC, and plan to finish my last pack at the end of April. My friends joke if we have beginner's luck and conceive on the trip we'll have to name our baby after the city we were in - Amsterdam, Prague, etc. Can you imagine? Haha!

Good luck to everyone!

closure17 · March 2011

I'm also not trying yet, but getting ready to. I'm on some meds and need to figure out substitutions or if I'm going off completely and this was the last month on BC. I'm working very closely with my doctors and hoping for the best. My next appt is in 2 weeks, but it's driving me crazy. So we're prepping, vitamins, etc... for TTC starting tomorrow, but probably not jumping in to the official TTC group til mid to late summer.

Vanessa_Jonathan · March 2011

carriemckenna:

I'm in the same boat as a lot of of you - we have a big trip planned in May and we are going to start trying then. I'm still on BC, and plan to finish my last pack at the end of April. My friends joke if we have beginner's luck and conceive on the trip we'll have to name our baby after the city we were in - Amsterdam, Prague, etc. Can you imagine? Haha!

Good luck to everyone!

We are going to Ireland and my cousin is convinced that I will get pregnant while on vacation. She keeps saying "I'll even buy you a made in Ireland onesie."

UK2ME · March 2011

closure17:
I'm also not trying yet, but getting ready to. I'm on some meds and need to figure out substitutions or if I'm going off completely and this was the last month on BC. I'm working very closely with my doctors and hoping for the best. My next appt is in 2 weeks, but it's driving me crazy. So we're prepping, vitamins, etc... for TTC starting tomorrow, but probably not jumping in to the official TTC group til mid to late summer.

I'm with you... In the process of transitioning from one set of meds to another, because the previous ones are not making-baby-compatible and I can't be without (Type II diabetes). My timeframe is somewhat up in the air, depending on how long it takes me to get my blood sugar restabilised, and my endo strongly recommended I not have my IUD removed until all my ducks are in a row. So... waiting impatiently!

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