waiting for baby

We’re waiting until my job situation stabilises (i just started freelancing) and we’ve moved house and settled in, at the very least. This is proving more difficult due to the current crisis (less work available and some savings lost due to the crash). In the mean time, I’m starting to...

Does anyone else want more than 3 kids but won’t be trying until their 30s? We’re also hoping to have all of our kids before 40 if possible 😬. 4 kids in 8-10 years is definitely possible, but I’m just worried about the chance of having fertility issues which would delay things. I have no concern...

I know this is a totally subjective question, but for those using a combination of FAM and condoms to prevent, how many days do you wait after confirmed ovulation before having unprotected sex? I read that you’re no longer fertile 2-3 days after O (and I think that’s what TCOYF recommended, but...

Y’all, I’m getting into the numbers of what age I’d be at which pregnancy by when I first conceive and when I’m ready for pregnancy 2 (or 3) and it’s getting complicated 🙃 also, I am bad at math. I am bumbling around with a poorly made excel spreadsheet. Does anyone know of a calculator or...

I’ve been waiting to try for 6 years now and we were together for 8 years before that. My husband always said he wanted kids and we’d had discussions years ago about me starting to take prenatal vitamins which I took to mean he was close to ready. 6 months ago or so he finally seemed ready and...

UPDATE: I know this didn’t gain a lot of traction, but I still wanted to update because......... WE MADE A DECISION!!!!!! We decided to go with Option C. In the end, I realized that staying home with future babies is too important to me to willingly give up, and we realized that option c is the...

Srsly they are everywhere! We were at ikea on sun afternoon, it was like there was a convention of women with their glorious bumps. It's funny cause I whispered to my hubby "they're everywhere" and he commented and pointed at some lil ones in strollers and I was like "no preg, they are...

Hi everyone! Not to shamelessly self-promote much but I have started a discord group that was originally for a WTT book club that has become more of a digital hangout. If you would like to join here’s the link: https://discord.gg/vTwZ5Pn5 My question is how have people been enjoying the TTC...

I’ve seen a ton of different posts and discussions about COVID-19 lately, so I thought it would be interesting to create a thread that includes my reasons to wait. I’m a microbiology professor and have been a science educator for years, so this stuff is my bread and butter. Now, I personally...

What kind of music do you and your SO like to listen to, and how (if at all) will that change once you have little ones? For example, my husband and I mostly listen to alternative music. Other than removing a few songs with swear words from our rotation, I don’t anticipate that will change...

My first post was in a daily-chat thread link here, but I decided to give an update in post form. Bacground: My last pregnancy was completely unplanned. I got pregnant while on cerazette because of medicine cross effects from an anti-biotic I got for an infection. I lost one twin early on, the...

I know there are a few of us taking to take vitamin B6 to lengthen our LPs, so this is for anyone planning to start taking/switch to a B complex. I just switched from a B6/B12 combo to a B complex and noticed a strange side effect. TMI incoming... my pee was NEON YELLOW!! Apparently vitamin...

2019 is my self-titled ‘year of self improvement’, before NTNP/TTC from December onwards. Problem is, my goals aren’t very specific yet: eating better (vegan weekdays to cut down on various ‘treat’ foods like cheese and chocolate), losing weight (20lbs to make me within the normal BMI healthy...

I [30F] was on the implant for 6 years and when my 2nd one expired last month, I got it out and switched to the pill. My partner and I were thinking of starting to try in the fall so I wanted the flexibility to go off when I needed to. Turns out, the pill brand I was on was terrible fo me, so I...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hBGgc0P_XZJbEhNhReIhgBGy3HsMYrh2QevdWIrYldE/edit?usp=sharing I'm a crazy scientist and was having a hard time deciding which prenatal to start taking in prep for TTC in February. I compared 13 different prenatals that are available in the U.S. and which I...

Anyone considering freezing their eggs? I’m 28, turning 29[F] this year. I still feel extremely childish and more focused on my freedoms than potential motherhood… husband[31] and I are not actively trying. We definitely at least want one kid. But it feels like a matter of either starting TTC...

So as I'm WTT for #2, I am keeping myself busy by planning out how things will change in my house. I was wondering if maybe you ladies could give me advice on my dilemma. We have 2 bedrooms upstairs and 2 bedrooms downstairs. The master upstairs is ours and the other bedroom upstairs in my sons...

My husband (27) and I (24) have been together for 7+ years. I am not quite ready to start having children, which is good, as my husband doesn’t even want to talk about trying until he is 30+. My husband has 2 sisters with a total of 7 children ages 0-8. Over the last few weeks, I have...

I feel like I am ALWAYS currently talking about babies or things relating to them. We are both 26, and I have 1 year left of school before I get my bachelors degree. Our only debt currently is my ~$4,000 in student loans, and we have money set aside for a house down payment when the market gets...

Hey fellow WTT-ers! I've read 3 WTT/TTC book (Impatient Womens Guide to Getting Pregnant, It Starts With An Egg, What to Expect Before You're Expecting) & Im halfway through Expecting Better. With this research (& the internet), I"ve figured out my anticipated needs Vitamin wise & compared...