Hi everyone, im new to this site and to forums as it happens! i have been reading through the pregnancy pages though and you all seem so helpful to eachother! although i am struggling with some of the coding!
Well we have been pretty patient and waited for the right time (if ever there is one!) and im so glad to say Me and hubby are due to start trying to get pregnant this week and i have so many questions!! neither of us have tried for a baby before so we are nervous that it might not happen quickly for us or if at all!
Alot of my friends have got children but we dont want everyone to know we are trying, as we dont want the added pressure of the bump watch!! so i thought my best bet would be to join a forum so i can chat freely about it all, i am so broody but trying to hide it, its hard work!
Well a bit about me, im 23.5 years old (young i know to be married but we have been together for 5 years etc and we wanted to be married before we had any bambinos, call me old-fashioned!)my hubby is 32 and cant wait to be a dad so we are pretty excited at the thought of actually starting the process!
i havent left much gap between finishing my pill (i was on cylest)and starting to try, ive heard that you should stop taking it 6months before you want to try but that seemed a bit risky. i only came off it last week and i am just about to finish my period? but i also know two people who have got pregnant pretty quickly after thye stopped taking the pill?
Right here come my questions-
* i have started taking pregnacare last week as it says on the box that it is from conception to breast feeding, does this contain all the folic acid i need? i bought the pregnacare plus which includes the omega 3 capsules but im not sure if just taking that is enough or should i take folic acid aswell as the pregnacare?
* all being well i would be due after April 2009, someone told me that the maternity leave entiltlement will go up from 9months to 12months after march 2009 is that right?
* am i right in thinking that you are most fertile two weeks after ending your period?
* i have also read and my friend used the same method, of trying every other day as it preserves the good stuff!?? eeek
* im scared of putting too much pressure on myself to get pregnant, it feels like its all i think about and we havnt started yet, is this normal??
im sure i will have more questions but my mind has gone blank!
thanks for listening, hope to chat with some of you soon
I dont blame you for not telling anyone your trying i told everyone as i expected it to happen straight away and it didnt and i got really upset everyone asking all the time.
Dont know to much about pregnacare i just took plan folic acid whilst trying and up till 3 months pregnant.
Dont know about maternity leave going up to 1 year but would be good if it did!
If you have a 28 day cycle you should ovulate on day 14 but you might not i used ovulating predicter kits and found out i ovulate on day 18 (got pregnant the first time i used them!) Was trying at the wrong time of the month every other month.
Using ovulation pretdicer kits will tell you when to do the deed but we dit IT most nights in my fertile period!
And finally it is totally normal to become obsessed with TTC and when you get preg you get obsessed with being preg and when you have your baby youll be obsessed with your baby.
Good luck x
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hi thanks for your reply, i think il have to invest in the predicter kits, i am regular as clockwork normally so will be good to know when is the best time.
hi sampain, im new to the threads, i will have a look but the codings a bit of a headscratcher for me as a newbie! thanks for your help and i might see you on there!
hi kim welcome, i tok pregnacare from 1 year before i finally concived and through-out my pregnancy and yes it does have all the folic acid and everything else you need.
i've bumpped up an abbervations thread for you.
hth
nic
Posts: 590 | Location: UNITED KINGDOM | Registered: 24 September 2007
