What does your DH/DP think.....

of TTC and all that it entails?

Because we have just started mine is really interested in all the science behind it and is loving the fact that we have to BD all the time. We feel the same way about wanting a baby - neither of us is more obsessive about it than the other which I think helps. He laughs at me being on this forum though!

Just wondering how other DHs cope once you have been trying for a while? I know that women are good at talking about things but men aren't so great

At this stage he is more interested in what will happen to my hormones now im off BCP!! ok ok, we've only just started actively TTC but i have been getting ready for this for the last year (T1 Diabetic)...
He said to me last night that he hopes it doesnt take to long for a natural AF to come along cos he doesnt wants to know how my cycles are off the bat! I told him they probably wont be but i think he is impatient to start TTC at a point where we know my cylces and ov dates etc!! lol
Men are funny!

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My DH will do anything for the 'baby'. I can get him to eat more fruit and veg, got him taking a multivitamin, drinking less. He is also really stoked that we get to DB a lot - I think that this is the highlight

Can't say my DH has been all that enthusiastic about all the TTC stuff - it's been 18 mths trying and he even wasn't all that keen on the 'extra' BDing part at the start (guess I have one of those odd men eh! )

As much as he really wants a baby and to become a dad I often get the impression he'd much rather find another way to go about it!! Maybe things are too technical - I have stopped 'over-sharing' the charting and monitoring my cycle bits with him and try really hard not to just jump him for the sake of OV timing.

It's a very fine line between letting him know its time to get busy and 'pressuring' him. I have however managed to get him downing multi-vits every morning so consider that a great success.

DH is pretty happy bout it most the time. really really wants to be a dad (he convinced me to start TTC) because there are so many problems with me i think the thing he most gets upset with is me blaming myself but he looks at my charts and guesses whats happening and stuff. it quite cute really

Mine was all excited when I came off the BCP (way back at the end of 2006) but didn't keep his end of the deal (to stop smoking) needless to say he was kinda dissapointed when we got our BFP 8 less than 7 weeks later, he was hoping for a longer TTC period.

Wow going for number 4 Kasbee! You're mega keen Good luck!

My DP didnt even know how women got pregnant, I only just recently explained to him that its only possible for a few days a month and he was SHOCKED to say the least and explaining everything else to him was a shock too.... ummmm hello you are 30 in a couple of months did you not take sex ed lol!!

As for BDing he is not very interested, he works long hours and stuff so it makes it hard and sometimes it makes me upset because I desperately want another child but whatever lol as long as we get in around O time then I dont mind if I go without for the rest of the month heck I will have to go 9 months without it once we are preg. I think I am obsessed and he thinks I am to which he says has put pressure on him. so thats what my DP thinks lol


EDIT: because that sounded stupid lol. he knows HOW babies are made he didnt realise the whole ovulation thing happened he thought that a egg was there all month lol and was amazed that they disintegrate and another one comes next month lol and he wasnt aware how "on time" you have to be

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My DP can't wait for us to have a baby BUT (like your DH Angie), is not overly keen on the extra BD it entails!  I think he also thinks at time I only want him for his sperm...which is mildly true but I point out it's only *his* sperm I want....not just *any* sperm lol   He also makes lots of promises every time I get a BFN that next month we will BD more etc...after 8 months actively trying and at least 1 m/c during that time, he is beginning to realise it's a little harder ttc in your 30's and also appreciates the relatively small window of opportunity!  But we love each other heaps and I have definately notcied he is more interested when

A) I don't 'overshare' temps, CM stuff etc lol , and

B) When I get really upset at a BFN

This month he has also checked out a few other charts and gotten a little competitive about BD more than other men LMAO. I am so not complaining!!!!!

NeoshasMummy wrote: I will have to go 9 months without it once we are preg.

Hehe you know you can still do it when you preggie

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