https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:47:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1/page/2#post-1398102 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:13:36 +0000 Owl 1398102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in my pre-TTC period too! I have brought up the idea of starting to try in August, so we'll see what happens! In the next few months we have a few things on our to-do list before TTC. </p> <p>1. My husband REALLY wanted to open up Roth IRA accounts for both of us, so we just checked that off our list yesterday!<br /> 2. Travel a little more. I may be going to Palm Springs for a long weekend this month, we may go to NYC and/or Washington DC this spring, and we are definitely going to Israel and back to Paris in December. I am kind of hoping I will be about 3 months pregnant during that trip, because I would LOVE to take a "reveal" picture in front of the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower for our announcement! Since we honeymooned in Paris last year it would be really cool to do that!<br /> 3. I want to redo our apartment. Since our rent is so cheap and my husband wants to continue saving/investing pretty hard for the next few years, I decided to make do with what we have. I want to donate all of our dishes and finally pull out the new ones we got for our wedding, get rid of the old box spring we have, the treadmill I never use (hopefully will replace it with an elliptical, but not anytime soon), replace our two couches with one sectional, get rid of our dining table so we can use that space for baby play area, move all my makeup off of my dining table (yes, I'm so classy lol!!) to our spare room, and the biggest thing I want to do to our apartment is:<br /> 4. GET A CAT GENIE. Oh my god my life would be so much better if I didn't have to clean up poop all the time haha!<br /> 5. Clean the carpets</p> <p>and I think that's it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1/page/2#post-1393215 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 08:42:29 +0000 mrscheesefries 1393215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would have taken that big vacay we'd been post-pining. You know, that one we planned to take this month when I'll be 30 weeks pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1/page/2#post-1393201 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 08:38:16 +0000 Mrs tartan 1393201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PermaStudent: while I fully agree with enjoying the first 6 months of ttc and seeing how it goes, as someone who tried for 8 months I can honestly say that the amount of ladies on the ttc board who have been years in trying, the better you know your body the less stressful it actually will be.<br /> Good luck :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1/page/2#post-1392632 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:57:16 +0000 Synchronicity 1392632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Ugh, I'm sorry. It's so hard with these things, you never know until you are right in the middle of them. I hope you get your BFP soon, lady. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1/page/2#post-1392593 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:28:01 +0000 BSB 1392593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Considering I'm still TTC my first child after 18 months of trying, I would tell myself to start earlier and not worry about using BC. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1/page/2#post-1392490 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:06:39 +0000 Synchronicity 1392490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anyajenkins: Lol! Ah, I wish, I really do. We just have a few things that need to get checked off the list first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1392487 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:00:55 +0000 Anya 1392487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Start trying sooner!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1392479 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:54:00 +0000 Synchronicity 1392479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyan: I am working on this now. I am absolutely not an organized person by nature, so it is an uphill battle! </p> <p>@Mrs tartan: I started a thread a while ago about how far in advance of TTC I should start tracking my cycles. A lot of people told me to wait and see how it goes without tracking first, while others said that starting to track early was very helpful and not stressful like I thought it might be. I think I may start to temp next cycle just so that I know if/when I'm ovulating. Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1392355 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:54:38 +0000 Mrs tartan 1392355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Decorate the entire house apart from the baby room, it will be a long time before we get to do that again!<br /> Cleaning every little space in the house, it's unlikely I'll ever get into those places again for a long time with a LO.<br /> Really learn about your body, understand when you are ovulating, I had no idea it would take us 8 months ttc, I could have used some extra time before getting to know my cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1392258 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:49:03 +0000 cyan 1392258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have organize, organize, organized. Now that LO is here, I have sooooo much extra stuff (gear, toys, etc) and so many things that no longer have a place (need to be put up for baby-proofing). I wish that I had taken the time to find a GOOD place for things and to set up some sort of organizational systems. As it stands now, I just have piles and piles of stuff with no "home". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1392244 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:41:30 +0000 Synchronicity 1392244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Gotcha. Thanks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1388779 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:51:16 +0000 looch 1388779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PermaStudent: a premester is just a made up term, pregnancy is broken out by trimester and you sometimes hear the first three months of a baby's life as the 4th trimester. So premester is the three months before pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1388508 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:18:22 +0000 Mae 1388508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would've worked harder to get in better shape, and maybe get some more house stuff done before I had to be all psycho about fumes and whatnot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1388493 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:14:44 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1388493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would go out. a lot. :P and maybe spend money on a few quality items for myself because since baby, we only spend on the kiddos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1388468 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:08:29 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1388468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have got into a great home-cleaning routine so that it was second nature by the time baby came.<br /> I would have fought harder to lose more weight pre-baby.<br /> I would have started exercising so that my back/core was stronger (thanks, back labour).<br /> Slept in every single Saturday just cause I could. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1388382 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:48:00 +0000 Synchronicity 1388382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: what is a premester? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1387843 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:05:21 +0000 looch 1387843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did a pregnancy premester, I started accupuncture, went to the dentist, got a physical, began taking prenatal vitamins with folic acid.</p> <p>As for money, talk about what your expectations are. Make a mental plan for all scenarios, what happens if you can not return to work, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1387791 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:49:57 +0000 yoursilverlining 1387791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Save more than you think you'll need to. Go to the dentist, get your annual physical done, etc. you'll be at the OB/midwife enough, you won't want to go to a GP for yourself on top of everything else! Really, honestly talk with your partner about expectations during pregnancy and after the birth; talk about the nitty-gritty stuff. Go on romantic weekend getaways and enjoy each other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1387744 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:36:39 +0000 LovelyPlum 1387744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Get healthy! Exercise more, eat well, make it second nature. I can't even begin to imagine what getting pregnant a year before we did would have looked like. I was overweight, unhealthy, and generally miserable. It hasn't made pregnancy easy, but I'm confident that it made it so much easier than it would have been!</p> <p>Work, even a bit, on your finances. Ours aren't spectacular in that we don't have a lot of savings, but we started budgeting and paying down debt before TTC. It has helped a LOT!</p> <p>Chart your cycles. We did this for 2 years before actively TTC, and I swear by it. Knowing my body before I was hell-bent on getting pregnant was empowering and really, really helpful.</p> <p>@HolisticMama: go you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1387296 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:54:23 +0000 Chillybear 1387296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Go out to restuarants (i'm a foodie)</p> <p>Be spontaneous (if friends invite you to meet up at a bar - Go!)</p> <p>Home reno/ yard work- once pregnant I felt limited to what i could do because of restrictions and lack of energy</p> <p>Go to the gym- I did this while pregnant but now that baby is here i havent quite figured out how to fit that into my life</p> <p>Work on Personal Projects - if your like me I have 10 crafts/books to read/recipes to try etc</p> <p>Travel - Or at least have 1 big last hoorah of a weekend where you can truely relax </p> <p>Do things that is typically adult only - visit an art museum, a play, go to the movies </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1387244 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:39:29 +0000 Mrs. Chickadee 1387244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a good thread! I've been TTC for almost 10 months now and have been frustrated at how long it's taking. I have a tough time staying positive, but one of the things that helps me is reminding myself that I get one more month of just the two of us doing non-pregnant things. Thanks for the suggestions ladies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1386847 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:55:17 +0000 Synchronicity 1386847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SugarplumsMom: Start TTC earlier.... gonna run that past my SO! Haha. I'm not sure that it will fly ;) He is so ready to have kids, but he is stuck on <i>November</i> for some reason! Being very pregnant through the summer does not sound fun to me.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1386844 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:52:15 +0000 Synchronicity 1386844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: @locavore_mama: @SugarplumsMom: House renos!! This is a huge thing on our list. We just crossed off our biggest task (new flooring over a big chunk of our main level), and got a lot of the painting done that we wanted to. The list is getting smaller! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1386842 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:50:16 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1386842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do home renovations.<br /> Go on local dates more often (movies, eating out, exploring).<br /> Lose weight!<br /> Start TTC earlier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1386839 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:43:45 +0000 regberadaisy 1386839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Get those home renovations done! LOL </p> <p>Enjoying going out to fancy dinners. :) </p> <p>Go to many many movies! :) </p> <p>Flaunt that body! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1386822 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:24:48 +0000 delight 1386822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babypugs: I still sleep with earplugs :) no matter how hard I try, if I don't have earplugs I'm up all night!</p> <p>@PermaStudent: save money and try to pay off as much of your loans as possible! Spend quality time with your SO. I'm sad to say we haven't been out just the two of us since DD arrived in August. We used to go for dinner or drinks twice a week to the neighbourhood pub and I really miss that. If there is anything you need to do to your house, do it now! We had so many last minute projects we wanted to do, but never did and I totally regret it now. Even organizing photo albums or cleaning the closets, that kind of thing. Do it before you have a baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1386813 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:16:56 +0000 Synchronicity 1386813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I have officially named 2014 as "year of the finances" in our house. Figuring out student loans, putting more money aside - now is the time to do it! </p> <p>@googly-eyes: Hmmm, changing bad habits... that's a really interesting one. I'm going to have to put some thought into that. Thank you!</p> <p>There is so much good advice on this thread, thanks everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1386799 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:02:43 +0000 Smurfette 1386799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Save, save, save! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1386707 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 01:26:14 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1386707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Save money, start a prenatal vitamin, get healthy, start charting and make sure you ovulate and have a healthy cycle, discuss parenting styles with SO and make sure you are on the same page, think of names you love, research good OBs or midwives and birth, sleep, enjoy spontinaity, stay up late and sleep in, have long brunches,travel, put a lot into your hair makeup and personal style, , go to the movies, be romantic, wear a bikini, enjoy your friends! Being a parent is worth giving all of this up for but its still worth enjoying yourself whilst you wait. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-could-go-back-to-the-year-before-ttcpregnancy-1#post-1386650 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:05:46 +0000 skibobrown 1386650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Travel, go out in the evenings, and really relish the opportunity to be spontaneous. I think what I miss the very most is the ability to decide at the last minute that I'm going to get happy hour drinks w/ friends or go out to a new restaurant w/ DH. These days everything has to be carefully orchestrated with babysitters or planned around nap schedules. </p>