Are you as obsessive ttc for No.2 as you were with No.1?

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It took a year ttc my LO and towards the end, I was quite obsessive to the point where me and OH were on a range of vitamins, I'd altered both our diets, wouldn't let us drink caffeine, take my temp every morning, used ovulation tests, weird positions after sex.. Etc.
We are currently waiting until December until we starting trying again but I've already had my implant removed and started vitamins and downloaded an app to track my cycles. I'm wondering if I'll become as obsessive next time round. Were you more relaxed or just as bad?
 
We are TTC #2... I would say I'm pretty much the same!

Although the first time round I was on holiday during the 2WW so didn't obsessively symptom spot as I am doing this time!! (Only took 1 month last time)
 
TTC #2 at the moment, not as neurotic and anxious as the first time. I literally don't have the time to be checking opks and checking CM. I set the app on phone for ovulation days and I test with my clearblue smiley face on those days.
I think you have more to be thinking with your LO cause their so young that you don't have the time and energy to put into it.

It took 9months to conceive this lil guy so were not waiting.
 
TTC #2 at the moment, not as neurotic and anxious as the first time. I literally don't have the time to be checking opks and checking CM. I set the app on phone for ovulation days and I test with my clearblue smiley face on those days.
I think you have more to be thinking with your LO cause their so young that you don't have the time and energy to put into it.

Wowee you will have a close gap, that's fab:thumbup: lots of dust xx
 
I don't think I will be as obsessive this time - I really dint think it helped!!!! Plus I agree I just done have time!! X
 
More obsessed this time. First time I got bfp straight away. I'm now 5 years older (37) and really conscious that time could be working against us. xx
 
First time round i was very obsessed, I had a miscarriage at 12weeks so after that I was desperate to be pregnant again and was always in bits when AF arrived..took us 8months so I deffo think stress had a part in that, I'm on my 2nd cycle of trying and feel much more relaxed this time...I just think it will happen when it happens and just enjoy time with OH...the only time I find myself obsessing abit is when I'm waiting for AF and testing,due to implant removal my cycles are irregular so it drives me crackers not knowing, but this month I know when I ovulated so I now have the date set to test :) x
 
I'm crazy obsessive this time around. My daughter was a total surprise. I have PCOS so I used to have extremely irregular periods.I could go 6 months without one. I actually didn't have a period for four months before I conceived. When I started feeling super nauseous, I became suspicious and took a test on a whim. It was an immediate BFP! I took two more that day, both BFPs. When I saw my doctor, I found out I was nearly two months along. Since I'm a bigger woman, I thought maybe I could be as far along as five months due to the lack of periods.

My hubby and I weren't supposed to be able to have kids. Now that we know we can, TTC #2 has been an emotional journey. We've been trying since Oct 2012, two months after our daughter was born. We started early because we knew the next baby might take four years like the first.
 
Not so much with no. 1 as he was the best accident I've had. No. 2 was planned though and currently ttc no.3 and I'm already getting pretty bad :S
 
I'm worse now! I have pcos to I'm totally obsessing whether or not I'm ovulating etc 😞 joys! X
 
Number 1 was easy, came off BCP waited 53 days for my first AF. We DTD once a week during the next cycle and I caught. This time I'm temping, doing OPKs, looking into vitamin supplements and going a tiny bit mad.
 
we are NTNP #2 now as DD is 8 months old. I am not as anxious this time around. I am just eating healthy, lowered caffeine intake and actually knew when I ovulated. So, when it happens it happens
 
Currently ttc #3 (second pregnancy) and for all that Im thinking about it, Im no where near as obsessive! :haha:
This is only our first month trying (although af due in 2 days and dont think I am pregnant) and for all I was aware during my fertile week, the dreaded 2WW has gone fairly quickly. 2 toddlers keep me pretty busy!
 
I've been worse each time in the end, but thats because its taken longer each time. I am hoping to stay relaxed this time (and break the pattern of it taking longer) DS1 was the first month, so all we did was dtd and not even think about it, DS2 took 7 months, he happened the 1st month of opks, DS3 took 12 months and I'd been using opks again and DS4 too 2.5 years, I was charting and temping and opk-ing and everything in my power.
 
we are starting to try for #2 this month and I think I will probably be just as obsessed. I think (or hope!) that the 2ww will go quicker though since I have my daughter to keep me busy. I work full time though so i'm sure I will be thinking about it all the time at work.
 
As awesome as the anticipation of the TWW with DD last year and the pleasant answer. It is hard this time around as I am trying to keep stress at bay as much as I can. But, I have a very unhappy, teething 8 month old lately. So, I am having moments of thinking I must be crazy wanting another to take on.
I do realize that she will get over this and be happy soon. And, we want her to have a sibling without many years apart. I want to have #2 sooner than later bc the closer i get to 35 the harder my docs say it will be.
 
Peanut I have an unhappy teething 28 month old and think why do I want another! I don't think there will ever be a good time to have a second when considering the first.
 
Peanut I have an unhappy teething 28 month old and think why do I want another! I don't think there will ever be a good time to have a second when considering the first.

my daughter is getting her 2 year molars too! She's VERY unhappy and constantly chewing her fingers. Every time she has a meltdown I wonder how I would survive with her plus a baby - but then I think of all the times she's playing by herself and would LOVE a sibling!
 
Hello All.

I'm more obsessed with #2. My DS was pleasant surprise, and he's 12 now. I was 21 when I had him. Now that I'm in my 30s I'm thinking something is wrong with me. I've been married for 5 years, and although we weren't actively trying we figured it would just happen at some point. We've been actively trying for about 6 months. My husbands SA was normal so we're going to give it 6 more months before we seek out a fertility specialist.

I drive myself crazy every month symptom spotting and researching. This month my symptoms have been very different from other months. AF is due between 19 Jun and 22 Jun. My cycles keep jumping between 25 and 28 days, but I feel like I will be disappointed again. It's quite maddening. I'm trying keep in mind that it's all in God's timing, but I'm not getting any younger.
 

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