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Uggghh...Obsession

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jazzbird

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Now that we are finally ttc, I am totally obsessing. I think about it all the time and am so impatient. I am driving myself crazy. I know I just need to leave it in God's hands and chill out, but I'm not doing a very good job of it. Every day I think about how many days before I ovulate, how often we will bd between now and then, how long I will have to wait to test....am I a freak, or does anyone else feel this way?

I don't know. Maybe I'm just hypersensitive this month. My due date for our first baby was this coming Sunday the 20th. I know I have been more emotional than usual, though I've tried not to dwell on it.

I suppose I'm mostly just venting here. I just wish I could keep my mind on the work I need to do, and off of babies. *sigh*
 
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Hi there!


I am new here. I have used the Women's forum before but this forum is the one I really need to be in! I also am TTC for over 12 months now, and like you are....I am obsessing as well. I try to convince myself that I am not pregnant and then I end up thinking I am when I'm not....aaaagh! It's so frustrating. Anyway, hang in there - please vent anytime you need to. I'm sure I will be needing to from time to time as well.

All the best!
 
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I was that way with my boys. The first took 2 yrs. I got pregnant after a year of trying, but miscarried and then it took another year. My second took 6 mos. This is month #4 TTC, but I am much more relaxed about it. Try not to let it consume your life. I know that is so hard to do when you want a baby so much. Hang in there.
 
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Glad to know I am not alone. Well, I made it through yesterday - the day I was due to birth our first baby, but you know what the cool thing is, I ovulated yesterday. I just can't help but think what a great gift it would be if God allowed us to conceive on the same day our first one should have been born. I probably shouldn't even think that way right now since it will just make me all the more disappointed if I get a HTP-. But it would be very cool. *sigh* Now I have to wait two whole weeks to find out. I'm so very impatient.
 
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That would be so cool. Try not to test too early. I wasted so much money on HPT it was ridiculus. With my 2nd I tested too early so I thought I wasn't pregnant. I started feeling bad in the mornings so, since I thought I wasn't preg., I thought something else was wrong. I was about to go to my general practitioner until my friend convinced me to test again. Boy would I have felt dumb! Let us know one way or the other. I just had my period so I'm on to month #5. I'm sending baby dust your way.
 
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You're not alone. It's so easy to get caught up in the TTC obsession. I went through it when we were trying to conceive the first time. After 15 agonizing cycles, I had just had enough and told my husband I needed a break from the whole TTC thing. I stopped taking my temperature, stopping trying to BD on the right days, stopped visiting the TTC forums, etc. I prayed about it, put it in God's hands and gave myself a rest from the obsession. Wouldn't you know THAT is the cycle I finally got pregnant!

We are now TTC #2 and I am much more relaxed this time. This is our fourth cycle trying, and I am feeling much more patient. Of course, it makes a difference that I have already been blessed with a daughter. I remember the fear I had that I would never have children. That's the worst.

Anyway, I will say a prayer for all of you who are trying!
 
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Praying for you. I've been there. It was realy hard for after our first miscarriage because it took a while for me to get pg again (we lost that baby too). It was especially hard because with our daughter and son we got pg right away. I know all about the obessing over when you've ovulated, what day is the best day to increase our chances, when can I test. Remember that it will all happen in time and it will happen when the time is right - God isn't always on our time table (of course it would be easier if He were ) Try to relax - I could say don't think about it, but that is near impossible - I know. I'll be praying for you.
 
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