https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:26:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-368199 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:58:34 +0000 Mrs. J 368199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! It's so exciting :)<br /> I'll be done with BC in a few weeks, and we're not going back, so I know how you feel! I'm not sure if I want to start charting right away or just kind of go with the flow (ha, bad pun!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-368079 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:02:03 +0000 ladyfingers 368079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Welcome! "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" definitely helped, and I'd post here if I had random questions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-368035 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:39:48 +0000 MaisyMay 368035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The advice that I normally give friends who are going to start charting is this: get a basal thermometer. Take your temp at the same time every morning, after at least 3 hours sleep. The two symptoms that are the easiest to get into the habit of checking are temp and cervical fluid. Taking Charge of Your Fertility is a great resource. The pics that the book has are also very helpful. I charted my two symptoms on fertilityfriend.com and those two were enough to help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367991 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:17:17 +0000 ChuckNorris 367991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: welcome and GL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367973 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:10:59 +0000 .twist. 367973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies! I guess I have a lot of homework to do! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367879 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:25:09 +0000 Alivoo01 367879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Welcome back and best of luck to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367866 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:19:56 +0000 JoJoGirl 367866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Welcome! If you create an account on fertilityfriend.com, you'll get a bunch of tutorials in your email/on the site that will explain the basics. I'd go through those when you're ready then jump into the charters thread. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367862 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:19:17 +0000 Adira 367862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Welcome and good luck! Others have already said it, but definitely Taking Charge of your Fertility (book) is an excellent resource and so is Fertility Friend (website). The website has a ton of FAQs you can look through and talks all about how to chart, so it's a great free resource. And don't worry! Even if you're one of the lucky few to get pregnant your first cycle trying, you'll still have 9 months to figure things out! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367824 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:59:15 +0000 autumnlove 367824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367815 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:54:41 +0000 Foodnerd81 367815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: For me, I'd rather have too much info than not enough, so I find it less stressful than not knowing where I am and when to expect AF. You'll want to get a basal body temperature thermometer then-- you can pick one up at Target or a drugstore, or I like the Nexcare one that i got on Amazon. Then just start taking your temp as soon as you wake up, at the same time every day (so, set an alarm for the earliest you ever wake up, but you can just go back to sleep after taking it on the weekends). It's helpful for avoiding, too, if that is what you decide to do. We used it to avoid for 4 months, now we are using it to TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367807 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:52:23 +0000 alayaya 367807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How exciting for you! Welcome and good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367798 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:50:05 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 367798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Welcome! Good luck with TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367796 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:49:01 +0000 .twist. 367796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks foodnerd. </p> <p>I guess I'd want to start charting right away. I'm a little panicked that now that I'm off BC I'm going to get pregnant immediately (which I know is not always the case), just a little freaky! </p> <p>I have a feeling I'm going to find it stressful, but I'm going to give it my best shot! </p> <p>I'm going to go look into fertility friend right now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367780 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:42:47 +0000 Foodnerd81 367780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you want to start charting right away? I did, so it would help me figure out when to expect my period and so it would assure me that I was ovulating after stopping BCP, but before we actually started TTC. I found it really helpful, but some people find it more stressful, so keep that in mind.<br /> I thought Taking Charge of Your Fertility was really, really helpful, but some people just do the charting tutorials on Fertility Friend, so maybe start with those. The FF app is pretty self explanatory too, so that would be helpful just starting out.<br /> Good luck whatever you decide! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367778 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:42:07 +0000 .twist. 367778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha thanks.:) </p> <p>I've tried reading a bit of those threads, there's just a lot of stuff I don't understand. I will take another look though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367774 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:40:31 +0000 Shutterbug 367774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Welcome (back)! Check out the charters of the hive thread if you have any questions, or want to compare charts. Good luck, and I agree - you can't ever really be 100% prepared for something so big. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/well-i-guess-i-kinda-am-in-the-ttc-club-now#post-367766 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:38:15 +0000 .twist. 367766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, I don't really know where to put this. I'm not exactly TTC, I don't think (lol). </p> <p>Yesterday was the first day I didn't take any birth control. I haven't renewed my Rx, and I'm looking for a few tips for a beginner charter? </p> <p>My husband and I would like to have a kid soonish, we just are kinda nervous about finances and stuff, which I think is pretty normal. They say you can never be 100% prepared for this sort of thing. </p> <p>I have 2 step kids, I'm not new to these boards but haven't posted in a really long while so I'm sure no one remembers me! I feel like I'm finally at a point where I can start posting here on a more regular basis. </p> <p>Please take me in. lol. </p>