Thread: Ttc chat

jospots - hope you caught already but if not any chance you could ask the doctor just how high these risks really are?

i think I'll need to speak to the Dr my DH sees, he happens to be the DH of our local BF counsellor and is v supportive of all things natural (childbirth, BF'ing, co-sleeping etc) and has a big family himself so I think he'd understand. He's unfortunately really tricky to get an appt with and I'd have to do it without telling my DH as I wouldn't want to overly stress him

Could you not speak to your bf support lady? Maybe she can get him to ring you?

Anyone know anything about cervix positioning and checking?

Is everyone taking folic acid? I started today when I saw the bottle sitting around!

I don't know *much* about cervical positioning because I am new to it but it seems fairly simple. When you arent ovulating it is low. You check with your finger and you shouldnt need to go too far in and you will feel a sort of hard lump toward the back. Then as you get closer to ovulating, it is further uop and harder to reach and the lump is softer. It gets lower and firmer again after you ovulate.

Fingers crossed you caught this month jo. If not, I hope the doc can have some answers for you

BTW we DTD again tonight Cant say OH is bothered by my obsessive need to cover every day!

i've been taking folic acid regularly now esp since my last AF arriving late - i **Should** remember to take it as i have a higher dose prescribed by the dr due to my underactive thyroid

i have the higher dose from last time because I have a high BMI. It was a new policy. My MW had just received the letter the morning of my booking in appointment saying that high BMI patients get the higher dose. But I had been taking the regular dose from BFP til then which is when it counted so it luckily made no difference. But I found out while I was pregnant that the 2 weeks after conception before you find out can be critical for their spine so I vowed then to take folic acid the next time. I have quite a few left over of the higher dose. But if it takes a while to TTC, can I get them prescribed again as I am TTCing or would I need to just take the regular dose? I reckon that I will just take folic acid from the middle of my cycle til AF so i dont run out too soon.

i have a stash already but i get free scripts with hyperthyroidism (i could always post you a few if you start to run low)

i found it takes a full cycle of checking cm/cp to understand what is high/low etc for you. after that is gets easier just remember things that can affect the position ie needing a poo a full bowel can lower the cp, and also after dtd your cm can be different up to 24 hours after.

thanks girls on the cp info i'm pretty sure my cp is quite high at the mo but i have creamy cm? and ff is messed up as i missed a temp and had a lay in

ILML wow you are covering all bases i wish my OH was like that but hes got real performance issues when it comes to making babies on demand men

Well it is only the first month of TTC so I bet he won't be so easily persuaded in a few months time!