https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 19:18:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1484148 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:31:45 +0000 deactivated_account 1484148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Gigi2: Easy riding is all I really ever do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1484131 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:27:45 +0000 Gigi2 1484131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Tartan: I'm so glad to hear from another rider! And a pregnant one at that! Good luck with the boobs :) and hopefully you'll have someone who can ride your horse for you so he's nice and quiet when you get back on ;) no spooking and falling, please! DH is really nervous about the spook/fall possibility should we get pregnant so I've had to promise no unnecessary risk-taking, although any horse can have a bad day... Let us know when you try to get back on and how it goes! Enjoy!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1484123 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:25:09 +0000 Mrs tartan 1484123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Gigi2: @MrsMcD: I'm also a rider, I planned to keep it up until I had a big bump, and possibly carry on even then. My boobs are so painful I think a trot would kill me, I haven't been able to get on my horse since about 7 weeks pregnant. I hope to get back on him at 13 weeks when I hear they should calm down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1483073 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:27:02 +0000 Gigi2 1483073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsmcd - I like your plan of keeping it up until belly is too big! I plan to cut out the jumping and ride only our sleepy, old retired horse :) need horses in my life though, and can't wait for my imaginary first LO to be big enough for a pony! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1482478 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:49:17 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1482478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@redsmarties: I LOVE sleeping on my stomach! Forgot that one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1482294 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 20:40:37 +0000 Happygal 1482294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think about these two things a lot:<br /> Sleep on my schedule<br /> Room for spontaneous outings--no need for babysitters, scheduling around naps</p> <p>I try to appreciate those things all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1482239 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 20:27:28 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1482239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry - this is so tough. I wrote an entire blog post/list of things to make myself feel better around the 12 month TTC mark. Some of them were:<br /> - spending a whole Saturday in bed<br /> - watching an entire movie without having to pee<br /> - drinking<br /> - ordering whatever I want at a sushi place<br /> - sleeping on my stomach </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1482225 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 20:24:10 +0000 deactivated_account 1482225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Gigi2: I wish I could ride as much as I wanted. I think I would keep it up until I felt I couldn't, which I suppose is once my belly get big. Hopefully I will have a couple of months before that happens. What do you plan to do? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1482083 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:35:54 +0000 septca 1482083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wine!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1482024 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:51:18 +0000 Gigi2 1482024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Need this thread, thank you!</p> <p>@mrsmcd I ride too!! That's definitely my silver lining for no bfp too. Riding as much as I can while I can... Do you plan to stop entirely during pregnancy? (I think I will...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1481773 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:13:30 +0000 snowjewelz 1481773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything you said! Plus sleeping as much as I want! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1481735 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:48:10 +0000 deactivated_account 1481735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ride horses. Riding is only something I have picked back up recently so when AF comes, I am actually a tiny bit relieved that I can ride for a few more months. </p> <p>I also sleep in and be as leisurely as I want when I can. (Which is a whole lot more often than if I had a kid.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1481698 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:00:31 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1481698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>More time with my son to focus on and enjoy<br /> More time to save money and rebuild savings<br /> I can be wild and carefree with my body<br /> Sushi<br /> Eggs Benedict<br /> Smoked salmon<br /> Lattes<br /> Wine or champagne<br /> Covering grays<br /> More energy<br /> Vigorous dancing and exercise<br /> Throwing my son in the air and letting him jump on my stomach which he finds hilarious but yeah it hurts a little bit</p> <p>I hope we are all pregnant soon so we don't have to keep reaching for silver linings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1481651 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 13:17:52 +0000 HellOnHeels 1481651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>-booze<br /> -going out and sleeping in<br /> -spontaneity<br /> -work on guest room (that eventually will be kiddo room) that is still far from being finished </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1481592 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 12:34:54 +0000 Crystal 1481592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>-More time to save<br /> -No morning sickness, food aversions, or limitations on me<br /> -More likely to take a vacation this year<br /> -Drinking<br /> - sushi<br /> -frozen yogurt </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1481550 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:57:51 +0000 Mrs tartan 1481550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just to come at it from another angle. We ttc for 8 months and currently 11 weeks pregnant. Here are things I miss about not being pregnant that you can all still enjoy while you can!</p> <p>A good nights sleep - a mixture of exhaustion, pregnany insomnia and needing to pee constantly ruins this.<br /> Passionate sex without worrying about knocking the baby out!<br /> Not feeling that constant tired/sickness almost like a 24/7 hangover.<br /> Not having to worry about what you eat - I miss pâté on toast so badly it makes me want to cry.<br /> Not being an emotional/raging/hormonal wreck who cries/shouts/laughs at ridiculous things.<br /> Wine.<br /> Nights out with the girls drinking.<br /> Breaks away with DH.<br /> Having other things to talk about with the people that know, I think they have already forgotten I am a person and not just a baby carrying robot.<br /> Not having sore boobs.<br /> Not having to try and hide puking at work, or trying to come up with an excuse why I hung up the phone on customers and ran away to the bathroom. </p> <p>It will happen for you girls, but in the meantime, enjoy DH, eating what you want, drinking and having good nights of sex and sleep! I can't wait for the first trimester to be over :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1481110 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:40:19 +0000 owlteach 1481110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Booze, and 1 more month to pay down cc debt...I REALLY want to get those paid off before the baby arrives and we have to pay for daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1481071 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:06:38 +0000 BSB 1481071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eat sushi, rare meat, soft serve and different types of cheese.<br /> Take vacations.<br /> I get to sleep in.<br /> Don't have to worry about paying for $500 or more in monthly child care costs.</p> <p>I'm not a big drinker so drinking alcholic drinks isnt' big on my list. I will like a good mojito, pina colada or a glass of moscato wine. But that's like one glass a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1480906 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 19:09:55 +0000 Radish 1480906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me I just try to look at the perks of getting KU the next cycle (or the next,or the next). Oh that would be a spring baby so we can go on nice walks, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1480859 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:40:56 +0000 Tidybee 1480859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: This! You took the words right from my mouth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1480856 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:36:31 +0000 MrsH 1480856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ate sushi and drank lots of wine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side-while-ttc#post-1480855 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:34:48 +0000 AmeliaBedilia 1480855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's so hard to deal with the disappointment of AF when TTC. I am trying to come up with positives of not being pregnant to help myself feel better. </p> <p>More time with DH before baby comes.<br /> No morning sickness.<br /> I can drink alcohol and use my acne medication.<br /> I don't have to find time for doctor's appointments.<br /> Not having to worry about work and maternity leave.</p> <p>What are yours? How do you deal with the disappointment? </p>