Fools Guide to TTC

markel · by **markel** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:47 pm

Another first timer - and a clueless one at that!!

I'm finishing pill this week - how long should we wait before ttc? We were hoping after xmas - is that too soon?

What else do I need to do? Do I need to go to doc for blood tests etc - saw post here about chickenpox/rubella?

How long should we stay away from drink before hand?

Sorry for all the questions - like I said - clueless :eek

by **purdy** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:09 am

Hi girls,
I'm so glad this thread was started! Have ordered tcoyf and can't wait to get reading. I feel I'm kinda clueless about the whole thing. Me and DH are going to start ttc in and around March. We're doing one last holiday and then fingers crossed it'll all going swimmingly (oh lord no pun intended there).
I've loads of questions, I'm going to the doc this week to get my last script for the patch. should I be asking her for blood tests for anything in particular, should i start taking vitamins and folic acid?? my iron levels were a little low the last time i gave blood could this be an issue????
also I feel i'm on my own saying its all bloody scary!! i love children but tbh i've never changed a nappy!! it's all very new and exciting and eeeeeeeeeeeek

by **ChocolateChip** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:34 am

Great thread, thanks ladies.... newly married & dying to get going!

by **neytiri** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 4:43 pm

I posted this in the main ttc forum a while back...thought it might be helpful here too x

http://www.tryingtoconceive.com/faqsTC.htm

:babydust:

Kittyboo · by **Kittyboo** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:35 pm

Neytiri wrote:I posted this in the main ttc forum a while back...thought it might be helpful here too x

http://www.tryingtoconceive.com/faqsTC.htm

Cheers Neytiri! Not TTC yet....but want to take more notice of my body etc but was a bit clueless to temp, CP etc so when we do decide we know what we're at. That website explains everything! Cheers!

by **Daisywall** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:04 am

Neytiri, thanks so much for that, It explains a lot to us new-comers, feel I am beginning to understand a bit more now! Cheers! :babydust:

by **neytiri** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:00 pm

you're very welcome girls...let me know if i can be of anymore help to you

:babydust:

by **Daisywall** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:24 pm

Just read through from page 1-7 and took me a while but I'm well informed now

Thanks so much! It's a great thread!
I have one more question:
I know it's good to DTD on day 8, day 10, day 12, 13 and 15 BUT
for the rest of the month, how often is good to keep sperm healthy? Would it be roughly about twice a week would you think? and then more regularly nearer ovulation time?

by **neytiri** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:36 pm

assuming sperm quality etc is normal the SME Plan is a good yardstick. Regular intercourse thru-out ur cycle will increase chances of conceiving.

Evry 2nd day from day 6 up to fertile window - then everyday for the 5 or so days approaching ovulation until cm dries up is recommended.

by **Daisywall** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:49 pm

Thanks again Neytiri, you are a minefield of info! :thnk

by **nowmrsb** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 4:58 pm

Thanks Neytiri, your a wealth if info...

By the way, I just saw the film Avatar at Christmas! I loved it! I always wonder where your pic & name was from! :babydust:

to you hon...hope you get your BFP in 2011!xxx

by **anewstep** » Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:28 am

hi girls...this is a great thread...but i am still dumb! my cycle was always irregular and all over the place so i have decided to start monitoring it as we have decided to ttc in the next few months. i obviously never paid much attention in biology class and know nothing about all the goings on with the whole cycle....prob should know about my own body but...i dont!

anyhow...as for knowing how long your cycle is...do you count from the first day of your period until the first day of your next period and that gives you length of your cycle? ( e.g...if i got my af on dec 23rd
and again on jan 19th...does that mean my cycle is a 28 day cycle?) i know i should know something as simple as this and i have a lot to learn over the next while!!

just seems to be so much to it...how the hell do so many people get caught out with unplanned pregnancies and people trying and hoping for a little baby seems to take forever with all these temping methods and carts and checking cm and what not!

by **mammy21** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:43 am

anewstep wrote:hi girls...this is a great thread...but i am still dumb! my cycle was always irregular and all over the place so i have decided to start monitoring it as we have decided to ttc in the next few months. i obviously never paid much attention in biology class and know nothing about all the goings on with the whole cycle....prob should know about my own body but...i dont!

anyhow...as for knowing how long your cycle is...do you count from the first day of your period until the first day of your next period and that gives you length of your cycle? ( e.g...if i got my af on dec 23rd
and again on jan 19th...does that mean my cycle is a 28 day cycle?) i know i should know something as simple as this and i have a lot to learn over the next while!!

just seems to be so much to it...how the hell do so many people get caught out with unplanned pregnancies and people trying and hoping for a little baby seems to take forever with all these temping methods and carts and checking cm and what not!

hi there, you count day 1 of your af as cycle day 1 up to the start of your next period. so your cycle above was 28 days. :babydust:

by **pinklady2010** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:42 pm

hello girls

this is all great news for me, I knew some of it, but its all really helpful so thanks a lot.

xxx

by **anewstep** » Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:15 am

thanks mammy21...yeah i thought thats was the way you calculate it alright but wanted to be sure to be sure!!! :-8

was just giving an example with the 28 day one...unfortunately mine are much longer (35).

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