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What helped you fall pregnant? Tips for TTC

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CheeseSammich · 11/05/2020 18:08

We’re currently going into out 8th month of TTC and wondering what worked for you/what you’re currently doing to try and get pregnant or if you did anything different the month you fell. Are there any vitamins you would recommend for both me and DP? Are the clear blue digital ovulation tests better than regular ones? We’re thinking of getting preseed but not sure if it’s worth it.. any tips really. TIA x

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Elouera · 11/05/2020 18:17

I had TTC 4yrs and nothing. I left a stressful job, DH stopped smoking and we both lost 10kg. I got BFP the next month! We were both in the overweight category before weight loss, and I moved into the upper end of the 'healthy' range when initially pregnant. I can only assume a combination of several things helped that month.

I'd read about lycopene improving sperm quality. I only found a small amount of info, and nothing specifically on the dose, but DH now takes a multivitamin with lycopene in it. It takes several months to see a difference apparently. He had 2nd semen analysis recently and it was all normal, whereas the 1st one was slightly under the expected amount and 1 reading was only 35 instead of 40.

I never got a positive on any urine ovulation test- despite scans and blood tests showing I do indeed ovulate. I got a re-usable saliva style ovulation kit. Mine is called 'Maybe baby' but you can buy other brands online. Its like a tiny microscope. You put saliva on the end, wait for it to dry then look at the 'shapes', Blobs means you aren't ovulating whereas fern like shapes mean peak. I have now been TTC 9yrs, with 3 losses, so that has been far more economical that buying urine sticks every month!

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