I had my appointment with the doc today about ttc. Got my form to have my blood test and she just said about avoiding alcohol while ttc and if I think I am pregnant all the obvious foods. Oh and how as I thought it is good to give up pill then have a few months break before ttc and also to start taking folic acid. Dh came with me as he had an appointment too about his knees and he needs a blood test too. That will be a fun trip together on Monday for both of us to have blood tests!I really don't mind them but dh has a fear of needles so if trying to get out of itll have to drag him there. I keep thinking when we are doing that hopefully I will be pregnant. also inlaws have asked us on a holiday May 2011. I was thinking by then hopefully we will have a baby! Wish I could use antibiotic excuse but father in law is a doctor and says there are only 2 antibiotics you can't actually drink with and they are usually always given in hospital so if I was on them he would want to know exactly why! and everyone else knows that both dh and I always drink on antibiotics so will have to think of more inventive excuses. Driving will definitely be a good one!

I am exactly the same re: future events. Have been making work plans for 2011 recently, and thinking to myself, hmm, hopefully I won't have to worry about that because I'll still be on maternity leave... It's going to bite me on the bottom if I end up agreeing to do loads of things on the basis I won't be there, and then end up doing the extra work and being pissed off about not being pg!

antibiotics sounds like a good excuse - you could also say you've vowed to give up booze for the month as a new year's resolution? (I actually did that once and I think my mum was convinced I was pregnant the whole time ... until I hit the bottle again in Feb).

Hmmm, antibiotics one's a good idea, hadn't thought about that. Not sure they'd believe detox, they know me too well! It'll be wine over dinner so can't really pretend to drink, but can certainly limit what I drink (especially as dh tends to be the one filling glasses). In most other circumstances I'll be able to be the driver so won't be an issue.

Ocarina, can you pretend to drink? What's your usual beverage of choice? If you're a **& coke type of girl then it should be easy to pretend to have a few. Or you could tell them you're taking antibiotics...everyone knows your not supposed to drink when taking those.

Gawd, I'm so broody at the moment it's ridiculous. Loads of baby photos floating round at work cos all the office babies have now arrived. I keep looking at the and feeling torn between 'Awwwwwww...' and 'mine will be cuter!' .

My dh is Japanese so going especially gooey over asian babies. Yum, yum, yum.

Evening all! Having a grotty time as DD is ill with some virus & being a right grump bless her, is exhausting! I hate it when she is poorly.

Ocarina - Maybe you could tell them you are on a New Year's detox, and off the booze? Or maybe on antibiotics, think I used that one!

I had Rubella vaccine twice (one single vaccine when I was 10 & then MMR about 2 years later) would have been v surprised if I wasn't immune! (For the record, I was!) Was also STI free, no great surprise, but is always nice to be able to say you don't have syphilis!

DH is still 'not sure' about another baby, but is looking forward to all the 'trying' part of TTC!

working hard? - me too as you can see....

Forgot to say, I think the reason some docs suggest testing for rubella is cos not everyone responds the same way to vaccines so although if you've had MMR you're vvv likely to be immune it's not definite. I think if they discover you're not once you're pg you then can't have the jab till after the baby's born and so would have to be v careful to avoid catching rubella while pg. But I'm no medic, so if your doc says it's fine you should be OK.

I can't get dh to even think about planning a summer holiday yet (and it'd be really useful for me organising time off work) so whether or not I'll be pg isn't yet an issue. We are going skiing in Jan though, and he was starting to be concerned about whether I'd be able to drink. Interesting one as we're going with friends and if I don't touch a drop for the whole week rumours will almost certainly go flying. Any ideas how to get round that one? (I'm firmly in the don't want anyone to know till I've got scan pics to show them camp)

ocarina - I TOTALLY know what you mean! I keep doing the same with my plans (as an example, the possibility of being pregnant means that I am planning not to go anywhere too far away/exotic for my summer holiday...silly I know!).

So glad a gaggle of us are ttc in Jan. It will be my first too...!

As you can see - working v hard today

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good luck with the giving up Floopy, hope thinking about ttc provides the willpower/whatever else you need.

I keep finding myself in conversations about things that will happen in the future thinking 'well hopefully I'll be pregnant then' or 'I'd miss that if I was on maternity leave'. Fortunately I don't have any weddings to plan around, but it's weird making plans eg at work but thinking it might (hopefully) all change.

Pidgin I suspect you're right about the pregnacare - better to remember to take it than to worry about when and forget.

Legally, I'm another hoping to ttc Jan (nearly finished penultimate pill packet!), it's getting excitingly soon. Occasionally I think about the implications of it all (will be our first if it happens) and wonder why I'd want to turn my life upside down like that, but then the broodiness wins out!

Thanks for the smoking advice Babydancer, it's not easy at all at the mo willpower has never been my strong point. Going to go & get a copy of Allan later!

Ooo, everyone is very organised with doctors appointments & the like. I think I'll wait until next year for mine (TTC April?). I would like to prepare my body first I think. Trust me, there is A LOT to prepare! smoking, drinking, exercise. I feel pretty rubbish about how awful I am at the moment...gonna stop wallowing & go & DO something about it now!

Big smiles to all you excited TTC'ers to be

Hi Florin. I think it is very good of you to wait until April to ttc - it is taking all my will power to wait until Jan and if by some miracle I conceive 1st time around and I am an 8months pregnant bridesmaid then too bad!!

I know childminding courses vary from area to area. At the start of the year I went on two briefing sessions followed by my Introduction to Childminding Practice (ICP)course which was run over the course of 9 weekday evenings. Might be worth checking with your local early years team to see if they run any evening courses?