trying not to catch the fever...

tbearsangel · January 2011

How 'bout you? I just found out that yet another person I know (this makes at least 3) that is pregnant right now. I am not really close with any of them except SIL and you all read my whine about that situation. *sigh* We are not trying currently, and I wouldn't really want to be KU at the same time as so many others, but it is hard not to have baby fever from all the baby stuff flooding my FB news feed right now.

JenO24 · January 2011

It's hard not to have baby fever...I feel like babies are all around me...either in real life, on tv, or ads online even! I'd love to have a baby right now, but it would financially kill us at this point in our lives. There's just some things we need to have settled before we even start trying, which probably won't be until 2013.

I have started looking into TCOYF and possibly starting to chart now to know my body better for once we are ready to start conceiving.

emilyann21 · January 2011

Oh I have it bad. Like whoa. Of course it doesn't help that I have a 4 month old nephew that I adore and love spending time with. However, with that said, I can't help but think of what all we'd have to give up when we have kids and I just don't feel like we've had enough "us" time yet. Don't get me wrong, I want kids more than anything and really figured I'd be pregnant right after getting married but now that I am, it's scary and I'm a wimp apparently

The plan is to talk to the doctor seriously next sept/oct at my next yearly appt and figure it all out.

LauraT25 · January 2011

I've had it for a while, but I try to squash it down because we really just aren't in a position to have kids now!

DatsyuksMommy · January 2011

I've got it bad, and playing with my niece only makes it worse. She's almost 6 months old and so adorable. We are trying but having no luck, and I've kind of always thought I was going to have trouble conceiving, so this has just been adding to that sneaking suspicion. If you have the itch and want to get rid of it, volunteer to babysit for a family with several children, or help out at your church's nursery.

Aspersia · January 2011

I've got super baby rabies...We already have a 4 year old, and I don't want them to be too far apart. Actually, even though we're not trying right now, DH was disappointed when I got my period 2 days ago. Basically the only thing that's stopping us is that we're going to Disney in February. After that we'll start trying

lovethebeach16 · January 2011

I think I have a broken maternal clock. I still have no interest in kids at all. My friends have cute ones and I don't mind being around them, but the "ooo I want a baby" thought has never crossed my mind.

I've been more excited about figuring out how/what we need to do to buy a house and decorating it in my head.

LauraT25 · January 2011

LTB - I have friends like that. Not everyone wants kids, or sometimes it's just an all-of-the-sudden thing (as in, "Okay, now I'm ready! Let's go!").

jedaniel · January 2011

Well I have the fever bad, we have been trying for about a month and a half but no luck, I just started my period yesterday. I was alittle dissapointed yesterday I got a little teared up, H knew and he was trying to make me feel better by taking me out to lunch and being extra nice and caring. Were going to keep trying but we'll see how it goes.

sunshine_day_dreams · January 2011

lovethebeach16:
I think I have a broken maternal clock. I still have no interest in kids at all. My friends have cute ones and I don't mind being around them, but the "ooo I want a baby" thought has never crossed my mind.
I've been more excited about figuring out how/what we need to do to buy a house and decorating it in my head.

I think maybe I'm broken, too. I've never had the desire for kids. I'm more concerned about traveling and seeing the world. When I was younger, I used to think I would grow out of it, but now I'm not so sure.

I love kids and love spending time with my niece. But I also love sending her home and getting my space and time back. It's a LOT of work to have a young kid.

sunshine_day_dreams · January 2011

JenO24:

I have started looking into TCOYF and possibly starting to chart now to know my body better for once we are ready to start conceiving.

Yes I have been doing this. I'm using it as BC right now, and I'm loving that I'm not on hormonal BC anymore. I'm much more pleasant to be around and don't have nearly as many mood swings - not any, really. And I'll also have my cycles back to normal and all charted out if/when we decide to start TTC.

lovethebeach16 · January 2011

sunshine_day_dreams:
I think maybe I'm broken, too. I've never had the desire for kids. I'm more concerned about traveling and seeing the world. When I was younger, I used to think I would grow out of it, but now I'm not so sure.
I love kids and love spending time with my niece. But I also love sending her home and getting my space and time back. It's a LOT of work to have a young kid.

I've never wanted kids either. I think part of it is the bolded part. As selfish as it sounds, I like my free time. I like being able to sleep in. I like being able to go somewhere pretty much whenever I want. There are days where once I get home I have no interest in making dinner. I can't imagine what it would be like to come home. play with said kid, make dinner, give said kid a bath, put kid to bed and then go to bed myself. It just sounds overwhelmingly exhausting. I also can't imagine needing to get together a diaper bag, grabbing a stroller/pack & play/whatever just to go somewhere.

JenO24 · January 2011

sunshine_day_dreams:
JenO24:

I have started looking into TCOYF and possibly starting to chart now to know my body better for once we are ready to start conceiving.

I have been doing this. I'm using it as BC right now, and I'm loving that I'm not on hormonal BC anymore. I'm much more pleasant to be around and don't have nearly as many mood swings - not any, really. And I'll also have my cycles back to normal and all charted out if/when we decide to start TTC.

How long did it take you to get everything down and come off BC?
I'd love to get insync w/ all of it and come off BC!

sunshine_day_dreams · January 2011

JenO24:
sunshine_day_dreams:
JenO24:

I have started looking into TCOYF and possibly starting to chart now to know my body better for once we are ready to start conceiving.

I have been doing this. I'm using it as BC right now, and I'm loving that I'm not on hormonal BC anymore. I'm much more pleasant to be around and don't have nearly as many mood swings - not any, really. And I'll also have my cycles back to normal and all charted out if/when we decide to start TTC.

How long did it take you to get everything down and come off BC?
I'd love to get insync w/ all of it and come off BC!

I came off BC in October and I'm still balancing out, I think. BC forces your cycles to be ~28 days, and once you come off they may be a lot longer. Mine have been around 37ish days. If you really want to chart effectively, you should come off BC before you do it, or it won't be as "real" and most likely won't be the same on BC vs. off BC. Just use a backup BC method during the first few months when you're getting it all figured out.

Personally, I'd just had enough of paying a shitton for BC and being a hormonal emotional wreck all the time. This version of me is much nicer. :-)

leolyns · January 2011

JenO24:
How long did it take you to get everything down and come off BC?
I'd love to get insync w/ all of it and come off BC!

Not PP but I got off the pill right before September and I think I'll have the timing thing/regularity down soon. everyone's body is different but what I've also read on the other boards is that you can still ovulate when you're body is trying to adjust to no pills. I have Taking Charge of your Fertility that I have to read. But DH and I have baby fever; so when I get my yearly girlie exam this month, I'm going to ask my doc about pre-preg prep. DH also needs to get checked out.

DatsyuksMommy · January 2011

I came off BCP in early August. My cycle pretty much immediately returned to the 35 day length it had been prior to being on BCP. The only anomaly I've had was this last one, which lasted 57 days. I don't know why AF was three weeks late, but I was pretty upset once it finally came. I cried several times. I just don't understand why every time I start having symptoms and it seems like it worked, but then I can't get a BFP, and then this time with the late AF I was sure I was KU, but no such luck.

shauni27 · January 2011

sunshine_day_dreams:
lovethebeach16:
I think I have a broken maternal clock. I still have no interest in kids at all. My friends have cute ones and I don't mind being around them, but the "ooo I want a baby" thought has never crossed my mind.
I've been more excited about figuring out how/what we need to do to buy a house and decorating it in my head.
I think maybe I'm broken, too. I've never had the desire for kids. I'm more concerned about traveling and seeing the world. When I was younger, I used to think I would grow out of it, but now I'm not so sure.
I love kids and love spending time with my niece. But I also love sending her home and getting my space and time back. It's a LOT of work to have a young kid.

i dont think im broken, i just dont want kids now, and when i constantly see people talking about/see ads for it/am bombarded with it, i want to punch a b*tch in the face. things i think about/want/need more than having a baby:

money, buying a house, decorating our current place, moving, skiing, alaska, florida, tahoe, rehoboth, puppy, sleeping, new purse, new frye boots, new truck, kitchenaide mixer, losing 30 pounds, just about everything else.

once those things are checked off my list, maybe then i will feel the baby fever. until then, i literally want to avoid TN bc it is just "omg babiessssssss" every where.

diablesse · January 2011

I never wanted kids. I went so far as to get a consultation to get my tubes tied when I was younger. I don't think you guys are broken.

I'm finally trying to get pregnant now in my mid-30s only because my husband really, really wants kids, and I think I've finally grown up enough/become less selfish and now I can handle it.

That plus hubby agreed to buy me one of my dream cars in exchange for two babies

You guys aren't broken. Lots of people don't want kids. Lots more probably shouldn't have them. I totally would have gone that route if it was my decision alone to make.

Good luck to everyone trying to get knocked up, and to all trying to keep their current figures and freedom in tact.

SusieQ1981 · January 2011

diablesse:

That plus hubby agreed to buy me one of my dream cars in exchange for two babies

That's one heII of a push present Stick out tongue

Kaz0918 · January 2011

The only fever I have is for more cowbell.

and like Sunshine said, TRAVEL!

But I'm excited to hear about all of you having babies and putting up pictures. Good Luck on making munchkins!

sunshine_day_dreams · January 2011

Kaz0918:
The only fever I have is for more cowbell.
and like Sunshine said, TRAVEL!
But I'm excited to hear about all of you having babies and putting up pictures. Good Luck on making munchkins!

Ha ha! I LOVE Christopher Walkin!

Kaz0918 · January 2011

sunshine_day_dreams:
Kaz0918:
The only fever I have is for more cowbell.
and like Sunshine said, TRAVEL!
But I'm excited to hear about all of you having babies and putting up pictures. Good Luck on making munchkins!
Ha ha! I LOVE Christopher Walkin!

Me too! Especially since he brings his cats with him wherever he travels. I just find that even weirder and more endearing at the same time.

debdebdol · January 2011

No baby fever for me. Perhaps in 5 years we'll try to conceive but there is way to much I want to do and it won't happen if I have a kid. Hell, if I have a kid by my mid to late 30's I'll be okay with that.

DatsyuksMommy · January 2011

Diab---if twins run in your family, maybe you'll get that car a little sooner Stick out tongue

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