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AIBU to ask what finally helped you get pregnant?

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pampampamela · 18/05/2026 21:03

Shamelessly posting in aibu, I know I'm not being unreasonable to ask but PLEASE tell me what finally helped you get pregnant?

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Missreginafalange · 18/05/2026 22:01

Hate to be that person and part of the relax brigade, but giving up trying to conceive and considering ourselves lucky with the healthy 2 we had as it was making me more and more desperately sad each month. Chucked all the ovulation sticks away and deleted all the apps, pregnant 2 months later and I was 41

duckingclueless · 18/05/2026 22:01

I had a smear test. I’m sure it opened things up. Worked for someone else after I told them.

SparklyGlitterballs · 18/05/2026 21:52

Took years to get pregnant the first time and had an early miscarriage. Had tests and was told it was highly unlikely we'd get pregnant naturally again due to DH awful sperm count and mobility. I went on a diet and lost a stone or so to get healthier. Had IVF which didn't work. Three years had passed by now and I was stressing about affording drugs for another go at IVF when I read that after sex you should put a pillow under your hips to raise them in the air and bring yourself to orgasm. When you orgasm, the head of the cervix dips and thus after sex it will dip into the accumulated sperm. Tried it a few times and it worked for us. DD was 27 this year.

EffinMagicFairy · 18/05/2026 21:51

Chiropractor, 4 years trying for DC2, pregnant within 6 weeks of chiropractic treatment, apparently my pelvis was out of alignment. Prior to that IVF for DC1 after trying for 6 years.

MyArtfulGreySloth · 18/05/2026 21:49

Ovulation tests. I had been tracking my cycle with different apps but turned out I wasn’t actually ovulating when they were telling me I was.

saminamama · 18/05/2026 21:48

Try as soon as your period finishes. And mine were both either just before or after holidays

Dalmationday · 18/05/2026 21:47

Smiley face ovulation sticks. Taking COq10 both of us. Husband quitting stressful job

wizbit93 · 18/05/2026 21:47

Tried for eight months following a miscarriage. Decided to give up and booked our wedding…… got pg the next month!

sunshineandshowers21 · 18/05/2026 21:45

i’m not advocating this, and it’s purely anecdotal. but i know three women who struggled to get pregnant who started mounjaro, and were all pregnant within six months. including my sister in law. it took four years to have their first, three months of mounjaro and she was pregnant.

TheGardenPond · 18/05/2026 21:45

I took Benelyn mucus cough syrup, having read on mumsnet it also thins cervical mucus and lets the sperm swim through. Finally got pregnant.

MrsLFii · 18/05/2026 21:44

Also, with my first, we’d finally (after nearly 18 months of waiting!) got our first fertility clinic appointment come through so we were so relieved about that, and I did a ‘just in case’ pregnancy test the night before our appointment… positive. Couldn’t believe it really. So another annoying bloody voice saying ‘oh we just relaxed’ 😂

DowntonCrabby · 18/05/2026 21:43

We only tried for 7 cycles but the first cycle I tried pressed/conceive plus I fell. Who knows though whether that actually helped things.

PersephoneParlormaid · 18/05/2026 21:43

I was tracking the height of my cervix, and my discharge.

Penkie · 18/05/2026 21:42

After 2 years sought help from doctor who prescribed bromocryptine. Fell pregnant 2 months later.

Speediegonzales · 18/05/2026 21:42

Regular sex with the mindset if it happened, it happened, if it didn’t so be it. No tracking or anything.

Tellmetomorrow57 · 18/05/2026 21:42

I should also add I tried to think of it in terms of statistics. It isn't personal, it isn't a failure (hard I know) it's just maths.

PShelp · 18/05/2026 21:39

After two years, lost a bit (not loads) of weight, stopped temping and DTD every other day after my period ended. Happened the second month of trying without tracking! I'd also resigned myself to the fact we would need assistance so I think let go a bit, maybe was a bit less stressed as it felt more in someone else's hands iyswim.

Foodylicious · 18/05/2026 21:39

Figuring out I ovulate around day 17/18, then taking vitamin b6 to try to help lengthen luteal phase.

Ragatha · 18/05/2026 21:38

I wasn't tracking, but we were still actively TTC. After 9 months of this, I got some ovulation sticks and the first month I used them, I fell pregnant.

Marmite1992 · 18/05/2026 21:38

I stopped ovulation testing and temperature measuring. Has sex every other day and thought fuck it I don't want to be pregnant this month so I can drink over Christmas. Bam pregnant.
It's really annoying when people say don't stress and it will happen but it is sort of true!

creando · 18/05/2026 21:36

After 10 years of failed IVF AND a miscarriage, did a detox and lost a stone, was about to start adoption path, and got pregnant.

changedusernameforthis1 · 18/05/2026 21:36

We used ovulation tests and BBT chart tracking, fertility lubricant (pre-seed, conceive plus etc), and generally tried to stay healthy.

Might be coincidence, but we also tested with early tests every month - the only time we got a positive was when we decided we weren't going to waste money on them and would wait for my wife to miss her period.

Wish you all the best!

Mrssalvatore123 · 18/05/2026 21:35

2 failed IVF. Was saving up for a private round. Bumped into an old friend who suggested half an aspirin and a full avocado a day. I assumed it was bollocks but would have tried anything. 6 weeks later I was pregnant naturally. Might have had nothing to do with it though. Good luck xx

MrsLFii · 18/05/2026 21:34

Going very low carb and intermittent fasting which led to me losing weight and taking myo-inositol (I’ve PCOS)

Notmyreality · 18/05/2026 21:33

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