Do a little dance, Make a little love....

[Mary Cat]

So I posted a few months ago on the old forum about this but now it's official....

Matt and I are going to start trying to concieve on R&R!!!! :bananalove:
We think we might have difficulties with this so it's probably going to take lots of time anyway but we're hoping by some miracle, it'll happen!
I'm really excited and so is Matt :)
Plus if we don't concieve in the whole 15 days (woo hoo! lol) at least we'll get lots of practice in :headboard: ;)

[Mary Cat]

OH and I know miss ERIN said that I could start taking pre-natal vitamins now, but I dont' have health insurance until the wedding in April so I can't go to the doctor and get any right now.
Are there any off the shelf vitamins I can take to help???

[Katie]

Take 2 Flinstones. Also increase your folic acid. I couldn't take the prenatals (I was sooo violently ill the first 5 mo of my preg) So the doc said to take the flinstones instead.

[erikalilly]

WOW! That is crazy! How do your parents feel? Excited? Will this interfere with your plans to live overseas?!

I am surprised that you dont wait until you are married but Iguess it is so soon it doesnt matter!!! And it must also be nice to finally see him - I guess nothing w the military is planned! :) CONGRATS!

[Courtney]

That is so exciting! You might be surprised about how fast it could happen. When Tim and I decided we would start trying I got pregnant the same month I came off my BC. But you can get prenatal off the shelf. I compared the samples that my doc gave me to Wal-Mart brand and it was the exact same. It really is a good idea to start taking them now. From what I've heard most complications take place within the first 15 days when some things could have been prevented with prenatals. Just what I've heard though. Who knows how much truth is to that. Well good luck. And enjoy the process.

[Lana]

lol Mary I love how you don't have life insurance until you get married. I'm doing the same thing with Nick. There's going to be a good 10 months I won't be covered between the wedding and the end of school. :) I'm excited that you are going to start trying!! Ahh!

[Cortnie DeNise]

Now don't quote me on this, but folic acid is good for your reproductive system. A vitamin with folic acid should be fine. Mary is getting married over R & R!!!!!!!!!!

[Danie]

As the other girls stated.... you can get it over the counter, or just take a daily vitamin, and increase your folic acid.

I'm excited for you... For both of our babies, I got preggo the first time trying! It was perfect!

[Kathryn]

Ya you can get prenatal over the counter..I've even seen the Stuwart prenatal kind over the counter and that's what my doctor use to give me! lol Well congrats and I hope the love makin turns out a success!!!

[erikalilly]

oh yeah!! i forgot you were getting married over r&r!! its like a 'honeymoon' baby!! how exciting :) congrats and good luck!!

[~SaBrInA_lEiGh~]

mary thats so sweet have lots of fun getting in the parenting business and best of luck me and tim started and the next month wallah baby hayden was on his way! and walmart over the counter is what i used the ones the dr gave me made me sick

[Nuky Loves Nue]

I would definitely suggest the flintstone vitamins. They are high in folic acid. I had a hard time with the iron in prenatal vitamins, so I couldn't take them. Definitely increase your folic acid, like Cortnie said, I have also heard it helps with the reproductive cycle.

[a-m]

You can get prenatals otc, and they are the same as the prenatals the doctors prescribe... and lots of folic acid, like the ladies said... balanced diet, no smoking, and sometimes no drinking soda makes a difference too, atleast that's what I'm told.

[Spahr]

my prenatal is over the counter... I have issues swallowing big pills and the perscriptions are HUGE! Altho you can get chewables but thats a perscription.... or you can take flintstones! lol my doctor suggested that too! Don't forget to start temping! lol idk if erin ever explained all that to you but now that things are settling down with the new site I'm sure she'll have more time to!

[snwalways41903]

im with katie i couldnt take the prenatals, so i had to take the flintstones but i only took them after i got prego, it came pretty quick for us we werent trying but we werent preventing either! i guess we werent really thinking about it or stressing about it so it came unexpectly!! but either way goodluck hun i hope all goes well for you guys!!

[Mary Cat]

I have no idea how to temp. Spahr! lol I dont' really understand it!

Erika, you made me laugh! I was like "wait, I am getting married, lol"

Honeymoon baby! Woo hoo!
I went to CVS yesterday and found the OTC pre-natals. They had name brand for like 25 or store brand for 10 so I asked the pharmacist which ones to use since there were like 8 different kinds and he said just to take the regular store brand ones.
If they don't work, I'll go get the flinstones though! lol

I am exercising and I'm back to eating healthy again, I barely ever drink soda and well I do smoke on occasion (like once a month lol) but I deffinately am not going to when we start trying and obviously once we are pregnant *fingers crossed*

Also two more questions...
1- How soon before hand should I start taking them???
2- Is it okay to take them with green tea extract?

[Spahr]

start taking them now! and start temping lol! I dont really know how to do it either but you can get the kits at the store.... they're next to the pregnancy tests haha and hopefully they have directions... I'd assume they do! All I do know is u do it first thing in the morning. Thats the one thing I can remember from Erins temping posts lol

[Theresa]

:clap:i'm not sure about the vitamin part... but YAY FOR LITTLE ONES!!!

[Mary Cat]

Where's Erin?! I need her help! lol

[~SaBrInA_lEiGh~]

haha id start taking them now i dot remember about the tea i always took mine with milk it isnt by far something i like to drink but you never taste the pill and it helped from me burping up nastyness all night... i used to take mine at night cause when we finally did get preggo and stuff my tummy could not handle it in the mornings that how i found out i was preggo at only like 2weeks.... but fyi if you find out that soon.... god it goes forever... and i mean forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ohh plus if you get preggo now you wont be all huge and iratable in the hot stickyness of summer

[ReginaCherie]

yay for babys!!!!! im so happy for you mary! and sabrinsa ight being all big and prego in the summer would suck. i had rylie in april and was still misrable

[KristiMarie]

Mary silly girl.. PM erin DUH

[Spahr]

yay for babys!!!!! im so happy for you mary! and sabrinsa ight being all big and prego in the summer would suck. i had rylie in april and was still misrable

Oh gee thanks! I pop the end of july so I'll be preggo during the worst of summer!

[Lisa]

haha poor spahr! ahh and i'm so excited for you mary! good luck getting preggers lol

[ReginaCherie]

lol sorry spahr...i gonna lie to make you feel better you will be fine! lol

[Spahr]

THANK YOU!!! haha Mary u better get knocked up I want someone else from MTMH pregnant with me whos a first timer!

[Mary Cat]

Awwww well I'm hoping too lol
Except I'l be 3 months when you pop so i'll have 6 months alone too! hahahaha
But yeah, I'm happy that I wouldn't be very far along during the summer if this works out the way I want it to

[ReginaCherie]

oh marry i hope everything works the way you want it to!

[~SaBrInA_lEiGh~]

haha ya i poped in august the end of it and lived in a desert.... ya not fun haha so hurry up and get preggo...lol

[Spahr]

you guys are really making me wish summer never comes.... and usually I have a countdown!!! lol

[~SaBrInA_lEiGh~]

haha it wont be that bad.... ok im totally lying to tell the truth your probubly going to have sweat in places you didnt even know could sweat and your going to take your bra off and be able to ring it out...im exagerating here but only a lil.... the thing that bugged me the most was the sweat that was just under my belly, like where the bump began it was so gross and sticky and i felt like i needed to just live in the shower

[erikalilly]

ewwwww!!! being prego does not sound fun!!

[Mary Cat]

Aw poor Spahr! Sabrina you're going to scare her! lol

So I finally started taking my pre-natals about 4 days ago and they do make me naseous. Ive been taking them in the morning though after only eating a few crackers so I think I just need to have a more full tummy before hand and see what happens. I refuse to not take them though b/c we really want to concieve on R&R and since we only have 15 days it's going to be difficult. It's been 4 years and we've never gotten pregnant so we need all the help we can get! :)
I'm really excited about this and Matt is practically bursting with excitement!

[ReginaCherie]

im glad your both excited. it would be bad if one of you were like umm...and the other was like yes!

[~SaBrInA_lEiGh~]

ya hey if that doesnt work you can take them at night right before bed and youll sleep through the tummy ache

[Lana]

I'm tellin you guys. Pretend like you don't wanna get pregnant because it seems like whenever you DON'T want to - you get pregnant and when you DO, it doesn't happen. Sooo...pretend like you don't want it and it'll happen :)

[~SaBrInA_lEiGh~]

haha we said we wanted to and i started having symptoms like in ten days and found out like two weeks later i was

[Mary Cat]

Well we said we didn't want to for the first 3 years and we didn't and then when we started saying we didn't care either way, we still didn't lol
We're just not normal that's all!

[Mary Cat]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matt and I just found out that his brother is going to have a baby! (well his brother's girlfriend lol)
That's good news for us b/c his brother was having issues concieveing too and now they're pregnant so that means we have a chance! lol
I'm sooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[~SaBrInA_lEiGh~]

i think its because it would have been bad for him to deploy and miss the birth i know some people can help it but when you know its good to know and wait

[Nuky Loves Nue]

you guys are really making me wish summer never comes.... and usually I have a countdown!!! lol

Spahr~
It really isn't that bad. Yes, you will be uncomfortable at times. I was pregnant all through the summer with record 110 degree temperatures (OMG it was dry heat). You will have sweat in places you never knew you could pool sweat, but if you remember you have a bun in the oven you will be fine. Get yourself wet towels with ice wrapped in them and put them on the back of your neck when it gets hot. That will cool your temperature down. I know it sounds bad, but it is just for a short time and you should relish the time that you do spend during your pregnancy. There is nothing like it in the world!!

[erikalilly]

omg that is so exciting! you guys can have babies together!! do they live close? they can be best friends!

[Mary Cat]

Ummm no lol
I'm in NJ right now and I'm heading to AK in the fall so I'm not near anyone haha
Im just excited to start trying and today is the first day that my prenatals didn't make me sick! Well not too badly like the other days at least :)

[ReginaCherie]

im glad they didnt make you sick. someone told me once to make sure not to take them on an empty tummy.

[Cortnie DeNise]

Yay Mary thats exciting!!! Remember to be patient with TTC, and it will happen in due time :)

[~SaBrInA_lEiGh~]

hey just dont stop practicing

ok maybe for the i do's part of r&r but the rest of the time get busy

[Mary Cat]

OH believe me, we will be practicing the entire time!!!!!!!!!!! :headboard: Hehe ;)
The pre-natals are fine if I take them when I'm FULL but my tummy has to be about to explode or I feel naseous
I'm just excited to finally have sex agian lol

[KristiMarie]

haha oh that makes 2 of us!

[Mary Cat]

Bahahaha except it's goign to suck after he leaves b/c then I'll be used to it agian lol