Things To Do : Maternity Clothes

This is a fun "thing to do" in the two week wait that I have embarked on a few times, ok its not exactly a healthy thing to do.. but let's face it without HOPE each month this journey would be so much harder.

1: Work out when you will be due.. eg. summer , winter... you need to know this so you know how big you will be for each season.

2: Try on your existing clothes to see which will be practical during pregnancy. Make a note of the ones that do fit, or better still stick them to one side of your closest for future reference.

3: If like me you have steadily gained wait since TTC or since a miscarriage or fertility drugs then you may need to sort through your clothes just to see what will fit you next cycle.

4: Make sure old maternity clothes are "ready to go" eg, they are clean, dust free and in fashion. If like me you are wearing maternity clothes now to hide the bloating and extra kg's you have put on then this won't be an issue as they are probably already to go. Though I did notice my old maternity jeans fit my nicely now.. geez.. what a difference a few kg's make.

5: Feel free to stuff a pillow under your tops to see what they will look like, but make sure no one sees you doing this, not even your husband and certainly don't answer the door or go get some milk with the pillow still under your shirt. (This is considered crossing the line)

6: If all else fails, then search maternity websites looking for all the outfits you intend to buy once you are pregnant, set yourself a budget and window shop all the stores to find your maternity collection.

last but not least.... remember that one day... you will be sorting out maternity clothes its just a matter of time, drugs, intervention or a miracle... but it will happen.

Fun Pregnancy Tickers

If you are like me and a member of several chat groups then tickers at the bottom of your post will come in handy for letting everyone know where you are in your cycle.

Tickers are also a great way to waste time in the 2ww (two week wait). You can search endless sites looking for that inspirational ticker to count down till you test.

Or to count down the days till AF (Aunt flow,period) starts.

Here are some of my favorite ticker sites.

Lilypie Trying to conceive tickers
There are 4-5 designs in this collection from flowers to baby dust.

Snugglepie.com
This site has tickers and counter boxes, I use the counter boxes to keep track of my cycle days and days until testing. lots of designs and color combinations, You can also personalize the text on the counter boxes.

Blinkies are little boxes that go onto the bottom of your posts and come in 100's of styles and quotes.
You can even set up miscarriage tickers too... Here is mine

Symptom Spotting Sites

Here are a few of my favorite symptoms spotting websites. They are perfect for when your in the two week wait and every niggle, pain or burp makes you think you are pregnant.

This site lists pregnancy symptom diaries for REAL Pregnant people. You can look at their DPO (days past ovulation) for detailed symptom spotting.
DPO Early Pregnancy Symptoms

American Pregnancy Association
Listing of Actual pregnancy symptoms keep in mind most of these might be experienced as PMS and Side effects of fertility drugs.

TTC success story books
If you are really bored and need to pass the 2ww (two week wait) quickly then this is a great site to make time go faster as there are literally 100's of Real pregnancy symptoms to read through. By the time you finish reading this I can guarantee you will be experiencing at least one of the symptoms you read about.. :)

Baby Snark
Baby snark has just one page of symptoms but some of them are quite interesting to read through.

StorkNet
A shorter list than some of my other links but its written on a more personal note and lets face it you can never read about too many symptoms.