After reading these forums for the past few days, I feel like I am going round in circles!
Alright, DP and I have just started TTC. I came off the pill about 3 months ago after being on it for quite a few years. Does anyone know what the chances are of becoming pg first time after being on the pill?
I am pretty sure that we started TTC on the day that I ovulated (had ovulation pains). I am now 11 DPO and I am going mad wondering if it will happen first time! Been reading alot about early symptoms, and a lot of these early symptoms I get all the time! I get regular headaches, but I have gotten a real nasty one that I got yesterday and woke up with this morning. I am also feeling more tired than usual, and my eyes are hurting a lot (but it could be because I work on a computer all day long!?!) I wish I could get something more obvious, like nausea, or cramps or even spotting. But I got nothing! I did feel a little nausea the next morning after the first time TTC, but I just put that off to my head playing tricks on me and my BB were sore for a couple of days and now nothing. Did not have much of an appitite to start with and now I am feeling a little bit more hungry... AF is due in 4 days. I dont feel pregnant at all..
Any help, advise would be greatly appreciated. I am going mad and want to test for pg but it is probably too early.
I've had three friends who went off the pill and got pregnant straight away after only one period, so it's definatley possibe to get pregnant that soon after coming off the pill.
If I was you I would test. 11dpo should show up a result. If by some chance it is a BFN, wait then until AF is due or even better late and retest then.
Good luck I really hope you get a BFP when you do decide to test.
Hi and welcome to BB. I was on the pill for about 15 years and charted and did pre-conception care for 6 months before TTC. I ovulated the first month and every month after that and conceived on our first attempt. There two great books that I read which are ‘The Natural Way to Better Babies’ and ‘Natural Fertility’ by Francesca Naish. Try not to get too worried this early. We have been TTC baby # 2 for about 10 months and I haven’t been back on the pill. Good luck in your TTC journey.
We I am going to probably test tomorrow morning to see if I get a or a
A friend of mine that has been pregnant a few times as told me that I should test because she thinks the small signs could get pointing towards being pg. So fingers crossed!
Good luck !! I was lucky and got pregnant the first month after coming off the pill. I have just come off the pill again to TTC #2 and will be interested to see how long it takes.
Cross my fingers for you.. it is possible !
I have been doing a bit of 'nesting' today. hehehe DP and I have collected a lot of boxes and things you dont need that has just been piling up in the spare bedroom, that has now been name 'the baby's bedroom'!
The baby's bedroom is going to be great. DP built a waterfall and pond at the beginning of the year and its situated opposite the baby's room. Its so beautiful and relaxing.
Four years before DD was conceived I bought a Winnie The Pooh meal set (cup, snack cup, bowl & plate) and a toy train!! LOL!!
I collected happy meal toys when they were Winnie The Pooh & Sesame Street and said I wouldn't take them out of their plastic bag until setting up baby's room!!! (So that was fun when the time finally came!!)
I think it's great to get excited and plan ahead .... still leave some stuff for when you are actually pg - it's very hard hiding a fully set up nursery when you don't want people to know you are TTC!
Plus it's great to do heavy lifting before you are pg - we moved house when I was 8wks pg and apart from the moving guys wondering what the?? about the noise coming from the loo (LOL) it was extremely frustrating to have my IL's and DH watching me like a hawk!! Don't lift that! Use the stairs! Yadayadayada!! LOL!!
And if I was out and stopped to look at bubby stuff and my shopping companion wasn't DH, if they poked around for info re: babies (as to why I was looking in the bubby section!) I'd say I was merely, "Researching!" LOL!!
hehe well I havent gone and looked at any baby stuff yet.. well I have a quick glance when I walk past but I havent stopped and looked at anything - yet! hehe will probably raise too many questions.
Oh no, wont be getting the baby cot in the room until I fully know that I am pregnant. At the moment the room is all cleaned out (except for a few small little things) and hopefully it will stay clean and we wont start collecting boxes again.
I dont see any heavy lifting in the future. We are all settled in at home.
How far along were you before you told anyone you were pg?
I was so excited that we told immediate family at 6wks!!!! (I am so bad at keeping exciting secrets!!) Then I spotted and that felt like the end of the world and the longest weekend of my life...loads of tears!! However, if things did go awry, my thinking was that I would be glad to have the family's support.
Thankfully, everything turned peachy-keen but may have changed my mind at saying anything too early, to my family anyways......we asked everyone to keep it quiet for 4wks - how mean were we?! LOL! But my mum, bless her cotton socks, found this a trying time and was forever ringing me saying, "I have so & so here, can I tell them?" Loud enough so the person there would get curious and mum was as transparent as they come!!
So next time around, we might aim on getting as close to the 12wk mark as I possibly can (with my mouth!! LOL!) before we tell immediate family.
But then I had grotty MS the first time which started by wk 7 and now that I have almost 2yr old DD, if it happens again, we are considering telling immediate family sooner because I would love MIL to be around - she's a real sweedie and would do anything for me and DD adores her!!
But then if this is my month, and I can keep my mouth shut and MS stays away or at least manageable, it could be a great Christmas announcement!!
I hear what you're saying Charlyfrog
I told close family at about 8 weeks, but my Dad found it soooo hard to keep to himself. My DH was getting really angry with him, because at a family bbq he was talking really loudly to us about it, just so someone would hear. We waited until 12 weeks for our second, but it was sooo hard not to tell my mum. If we are lucky enough to have to announce our third, i think will tell everyone early, because as you said, if something does go wrong, you will have the support there.
12 wks is a very long time!! I am not too sure if I would be able to myself for so long but I am going to try to! I think I am going to be pretty scared telling my side of the family the exciting news because I know how they reacted when my older sis told them she was pg, but DP side is the easier side to tell but I can see DP mum not being able to keep it to herself, she will be a very excited grandmother!
We told my folks first - mum cried and almost choked me to death and dad hugged me so hard!
Then went to tell my sisters (both younger - one married) at the married ones house - and it was like I just told them that toilet paper was on special!! Kinda like,
"That's nice dear."
So went to IL's and almost lost my hearing and almost flattened by SIL charging at me squealing!! Rang other SIL overseas at the time and she stood in a street squealing - her friends ushered her into a waiting taxi!! ROFL!!!
Rang my brother and SIL interstate and my brother went silent, so SIL got on the phone and said matter of factly, "Took you long enough" (After she had been telling me that I had all the time in the world - I was so young!! ) and then brother got back on and said, "Oh, just shocked that my baby sister is pg. Well, congrats." And that was pretty much it.......
Just wanted to come in and say hi and to say i know exactly how you feel. I have been off the pill since June 06 after beeing on it for some time due to PCOS. I have the cluckiest husband in the entire world. Everytime we visit friends or family with young children, especially under 2, he goes crazy and just wants to take the home with us. I cant wait to have my own bub also. As for not telling anyone we are TTC, it is the hardest thing in the world. Sometimes i just want to spill the beans to my mum and at work to my female colleagues, hoping that they can give me ideas but DH wants it to be a suprise so i guess it has to stay that way. I guess it will be a nice suprise announcement.
Well i hope we dont have to wait to long for the BFP. Good luck and keep us updated!
I think that I came off the pill at about the same time. I think it would be so easy to just come off it and get pregnant straight away. But it looks like it might not be that way for me! I know of a few people that fell pregnant pretty easily, one coming off the pill and the other while being on the pill. I thought that I did all my timing right, but it doesnt look like it! I was on it for quite a few years due to having an irregular cycle, I hope that that doesnt make TTC any harder. I am charting with FF to get a better idea of what my body is doing. I thought that I was back to normal but af was only around for 3 days, thats shorter than when I was on the pill!
Well 1 of my close girl friends know. I was asking her a whole bunch of questions because she has a lil girl and she kinda put 2 and 2 together! But its good, I got her to talk to and this forum too.
Charlyfrog - Yes families are kooky! I can see my mum being kinda standoffish, because she did that with my older sister who has a son that is 3 yrs old. Mum absolutely loves her grandson tho, but wasnt too happy at the begining. Dad didnt really say much I dont think. I can see my sister being real excited for me! She wants to have another baby as well so i think I will make her a lil clucky!
As for DP side of the family, They are all going to be over the moon. DP's mum loves kids and so does his stepdad! His younger sister already has a lil bub and the way everyone ooo's and ahh's over him is hilarious!
Its funny how that man's side of the family are so much more excited than our side of the family!
First time TTC
for us getting a 
as soon as possible!!!!!!!
or at least manageable, it could be a great Christmas announcement!!
) and then brother got back on and said, "Oh, just shocked that my baby sister is pg. Well, congrats." And that was pretty much it.......
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