Men and Babies!!

[megdaniel]

Babies, Babies, Babies

So this weekend I went to Charlotte to visit my parents and I was hopefully going to meet up with my best friend from high school, Brooke.  So saturday night we ended up meeting at an ice cream place to catch up and chat.  I haven't seen the girl since x-mas so it was nice to see her and just hang out.  Alittle background info

Comments

[elaine77]

That's so exciting! Charting is the best way to start -- and I recommend reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility. Also, maybe schedule a pre-conception visit with your OB/GYN?

http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Charge-Your-Fertility-Achievement/dp/0060950536

[megdaniel]

Thanks! I'll check out that book. I've heard alot of good things about it.

[fsb2005]

Charting is good, but it depends on your personality. If you know you tend to be obsessive, you might want to avoid it (unless NOT having the knowledge will drive you nuts). You might want to just try the ovulation predictor sticks for a couple of months first too if you want to be more low key about it...I charted though. :-)

My main advice is have a lot of sex, :-) starting about 10 days after you start your period, until the ovulation predictor stick says you're done ovulating (or until you can tell from your temps that you've ovulated, if charting).

Good luck!

[megdaniel]

"Have lots of sex!!" Sounds pretty good to me. I have long cycles, about 34 -35 days every month. So maybe I'll start about 15 days after my period. Hopefully, we can time this right. Thanks for the advice.

[teacher_jessica]

My cycles were similar to yours and having sex every day worked for us. ;o) Tee hee.

[littlecindy]

i'd try a couple more months without charting or anything if i were you. i hear relaxation is key so the longer you hold out without getting to "into it" the better! enjoy :D

[megdaniel]

I might try this first. I kind of just want to see if it can happen easily for us. Only time will tell. Thanks!

[linnyloplop]

Try Constantchatter.com as well, there are lots of TTC boards! Congrats on the big try!!

[megdaniel]

I've always been kind of afraid of constantchatter.com. I hear its kind of addicting!!:) I might check it out anyway. Thanks!

[abs27]

How exciting! I just started charting because I was having weird cycles coming off the pill, but since you've already been off BC for a year now, I'm sure you're back to normal. I'm not too obsessive about it. I just use it as a guide and start having sex once a day, 4-5 days before when I think I'm going to ovulate. I just started it this month so I don't know how it's going to go.

[megdaniel]

Oh goody, maybe we can go through this together. Sending babies vibes your way!