OK ladies, I guess it’s time to make the TTC 2017 thread official. I’m currently in my TWW but I’m not feeling very hopeful about it. This is my first cycle after 4 months without a period, so I’m not even sure if I’m ovulating. Good luck to everyone in 2017!!
Hello!! I’m on first cycle TTC during my TWW. Hopefully I have a short wait and may not make it to 2017, but otherwise, I’ll definitely be here come the new year. Best of luck!
Good luck ladies! I will be TTC later in 2017. My husband and I are currently common law and have been for AGES (hence why I call him husband), but we’re planning a “real wedding” which will be in [name_f]May[/name_f]. In the interest of not being pregnant in my dress, we will start trying immediately after! Fingers crossed 
DH and I will be TTC starting in late [name_u]January[/name_u]. So excited (and nervous!) that it’s so close! Here’s hoping everyone has a short stay on this thread!
Definitely in here, have been TTC since 2015 but currently going through a loss so I know I definitely won’t be pregnant again before 2017.
Hey everyone.
Guess I’m joining this thread too… I’ve been trying since [name_u]July[/name_u], and I was hoping it would be 2016, but no such luck it seems. I got my period today. My next fertile window will be early [name_u]January[/name_u] most likely, hopefully it’s a new years baby!
[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone! I am excited to get more involved in a thread. I have enjoyed reading some of the previous threads and learning about people’s experiences.
We are going to start trying in [name_u]June[/name_u]. We decided to enjoy a couple trips to Mexico. So it will be about a 6 month wait (Zika) after we get back at the end of this month.
It will be our first child, and we are a bit nervous but have decided we definitely want to experience being parents!
[name_f]May[/name_f] I ask how old you guys are? I am turning 30 this year and I am starting to feel the biological clock ticking ! My husband is turning 37.
Good luck to everyone who is ttc 2017!
[name_f]Welcome[/name_f] everyone, hopefully it’s short stay for all of us!
@kylae87 - I am 30 and my husband is 33 but our birthdays are just around the corner. We’ve been married since 2012 and have been TTC since 2014. I will be done with school in [name_u]March[/name_u] and I’m hoping once that stress factor is gone, we’ll get pregnant right away.
@kylae87, I am 24 with a birthday coming up. DH just turned 34 a couple weeks ago. We got married in [name_f]February[/name_f] 2016 and this is our first month TTC. From what I’ve seen in past postings, the momberry TTC community really runs the gamut in terms of maternal age, from about 19 to about 45 in my memory.
I don’t necessarily feel my own biological clock ticking, but I do worry about my husband’s age. I want to be done bearing children (I’d like three children, two biological with one adopted in the middle) by the time DH turns 40, for purely statistical reasons. I’d actually like to be done before then, but we’ll see how TTC and adoption goes. I’d ideally like for my two biological pregnancies to be about 3 years apart, meaning I’d have 3 under 3 or 3 under 4 at my last baby’s birth.
Hey everyone - DH still needs to be convinced 100% but I expect we will TTC starting end of [name_u]August[/name_u] next year. I’d love for a [name_u]June[/name_u], [name_u]July[/name_u], [name_u]August[/name_u] or [name_f]September[/name_f] baby - if I really had my druthers. (Our daughter is currently 7 months old - [name_f]May[/name_f] baby - and I’d love for her sibling to be two years younger than her. Give my body a year to recover and for [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] to be two before she becomes a big sister. Of course just because conceiving our first was fairly undramatic doesn’t mean the second will be the same… so here for hoping… wishing all you other ladies good luck!
PS: We are both 31.
[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone… I’m joining this thread after AF showed up this morning putting me out of luck in 2016.
We have an 18 month old and have been actively trying for #2 for three months. I’m on vacation from work after [name_u]Christmas[/name_u] and my husbands out of work on a medical leave, so when my next fertile window hits in two weeks we should hopefully have plenty of time to try to make a [name_m]New[/name_m] Years baby!
[name_m]Hi[/name_m]! My husband and I seem to be leaning towards conceiving one last baby (#3) in six months to a year depending on how achieving a few goals goes. I am 26 and DH is 28. After a [name_f]February[/name_f] and a [name_u]December[/name_u] baby I am hoping to have my third baby spring or summer 2018.
[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone! I posted a few times in the TTC 2016 thread, so thought I would drop in here to say hello. My OH and I have been TTC since [name_f]May[/name_f] and are currently in the TWW of cycle #8. I’m not feeling that optimistic about this cycle after 8 months of trying, so am hoping for a BFP in 2017!
Out of interest, if any of you have sought medical advice about fertility, how long did you TTC before you went to see your GP? Not sure whether 8 months is too early to enquire about options for testing/improving our fertility?
I’m going to jump in as well. We’re currently in our first round TTC, since yesterday, for baby number two. I’m feeling nervous and excited, but I’m trying not to think about it too much.
@minxtruck: We didn’t have the need for fertility help the first time around but I have a friend who went in search of help the first month they started to TTC. She has always had irregular periods and as a medical professional knew she’d have a hard time conceiving (even with help it took them two years for #1 and took a huge emotional toll. #2 came along as an irish-twin).
That said a quick online search suggests 85% of couples will get pregnant within a year. Online literature suggests that if you haven’t conceived in that time to search out fertility assistance. I’m not a medical professional but if you have a condition that might make conceiving more difficult I don’t think there is any harm in asking your OBGYN for advice or a referral so you can better educate yourself early. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] that helps some. Good [name_m]Luck[/name_m].
Hey all! I figured that I might as well jump onto this thread, from the 2016 TTC thread. Sigh. I’m on CD 54, with several negative test results and HORRIBLE cramps (but no AF yet) to show I’m not pregnant, so looks like I get to conclude 2016 as unfruitful, in terms of TTC.
A bit of background… DH and I are 24 and 23, respectively. We married in the summer of 2015 and started trying in [name_f]February[/name_f] of this year, for our first. It hasn’t gone well, at all. My cycles have always been slightly irregular, but within the last few months, my cycles have gotten really wacky (hence the 54 day and counting cycle!). I actually have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow…I’m going to ask about them checking my thyroid, since I have a family history of thyroid disease and think that it might explain my non-TTC symptoms. I’m going to bring up my long cycle while I’m there.
@minxtruck: My doctor told us that he wanted us to try for a full year before he would discuss any fertility help, and I’ve heard many other doctors say the same. It seems to be pretty standard that it can take a healthy couple around a year, average, to conceive. So I’m definitely on board with my doctor on this! I will be bringing up my cycle issues, because it very well could be related to my suspected thyroid issues, but that is it. Depending on what happens at my appointment tomorrow, we might wait even longer to consult our doctor, instead of seeing him in [name_f]February[/name_f] (when our 1 year mark passes).
Anyhow, I guess that is it! Hopefully none of us has to hang around the 2017 thread long!
Thanks @lexiem and @namergirl3! I did a little reading on the matter today and it does seem that the recommendation is try to conceive naturally for at least a year (and that most couples will get pregnant during this time) before seeking medical advice. I am going to give it four more cycles and - if a BFP still alludes us - then we’ll go see our GP. That’ll be not long after my 35th birthday, so probably best to get some advice then anyway as a 35+ woman trying to conceive!
My husband and I are both 30 and we just restarted TTC for our third (and final). Back in [name_u]August[/name_u], I found out I was pregnant. It was fine until I started having horrible cramping. Two ER visits, three ultrasounds and numerous blood draws later, it was discovered I had a tubal pregnancy. I went into surgery the next day to have my right Fallopian tube and ovary removed (there was a rupture). That was in [name_f]September[/name_f] and my cycle has gotten back on track. My husband is very eager to TTC and even asked me if I knew my peak time. Lol. I am hoping for an [name_f]October[/name_f] or [name_u]November[/name_u] baby but I will be happy just being healthily pregnant. I am nervous but I am hopefully that the next will be smooth and uneventful. I just had a bad feeling during that pregnancy.
Well, I might be TTC later in 2017 than I thought. We were just going to continue on, but things look different after my doctor’s appointment. My doctor is running tests for other reasons, but she was really taken aback when I told her that my last period was in [name_f]October[/name_f] and I keep testing negative. She wants to wait for my labs to come back before we pursue anything else, but she mentioned sending me back for more labs to test my ‘female hormones’ and she tossed out the idea of starting me on a low dose of hormonal birth control, just to try and regulate my periods. I’ve always been against birth control (for myself) but I’m so done with these irregular cycles that I may be willing to give it a try. As bad as it sounds, the idea of taking a little while off of TTC sounds lovely. I’ve been too stressed about it for far too long. Anyhow…I guess we’ll see what comes next. Hopefully some answers!
Hello all - joining the party. My husband and I were TTC from [name_f]April[/name_f] to [name_u]November[/name_u] 2016 when I finally got my BFP. Sadly it was a chemical pregnancy (started bleeding about 1 week after my missed period) so we’re back to the drawing board. Unfortunately, my husband is deploying towards the beginning of the year, so we only have about 2 months to try. Part of me would like to just wait until he gets home because I am (justifiably, I think) nervous about miscarrying again while he’s overseas. He would like to try until we run out of time. I figure that’s probably what will happen, though I am not feeling optimistic with our odds. We’ll see what happens!
We are both 28, for whoever was wondering.