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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Original poster

Vitamins, lubes, magic spells and fertility chants - gimme everything.

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Ladameauxyeuxbruns · 09/07/2023 13:03

AF arrived yesterday, so it's officially our 8th month of TTC and I'm ready to try all the gimmicks, pills, potions, anything really.

I've already asked pharmacists and my doctor but no one is interested in giving me any info. Everyone's response has been "you don't need to take anything, just don't stress about it!", which is, of course, making me stress out about it.

I'm already taking folic acid and a multi-vitamin, will get vitamin D ASAP and have a conception-friendly lube on the way. What else should I be taking? Foods I should be eating? Songs I should be singing?

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Silverfoxlady · 09/07/2023 19:47

I don’t know if this will help. We tried everything, and because I am older we went to see the fertility clinic too (they said all was ‘normal’, so nothing they could recommend). I was peeing on ovulation strips every month and I got pregnant after 8 months of trying, but pretty much after one month of giving up.

That month we went to see family abroad, we came back and I went on a crash diet for three weeks because of all the weight I put on stress eating. We kept trying during the ovulation period, but not as much as before, and I wasn’t really keeping my fingers crossed anymore (so to speak). Was a bit of a shock when it finally happened.

I would recommend the ovulations strips, just to find out if you are ovulating early or later in the month. That might have helped. We also used the sperm-friendly gel too.

Nmmck93 · 09/07/2023 19:21

@Ladameauxyeuxbruns you basically insert it up inside after baby dancing to keep the sperm as close to the cervix as possible. It says you can get up straight after it's inserted without worrying of any falling out but I'll still be laying for about 20 minutes after lol.

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Ladameauxyeuxbruns · 09/07/2023 19:18

Thank you!! Already much better answers than the rabbit hole that is Google. I had a look on tiktok too and loads of people recommended CoQ10 for good eggs, but they were all american so not sure if we can get that in the UK/EU? I also then saw that simply eating more eggs can help 🤷🏻‍♀️ So I'll be trying that as I enjoy them anyway, and making sure my diet is even better than it is!

@Nmmck93 I considered the fertilily cup but I'm not sure what it actually does??

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Nmmck93 · 09/07/2023 19:11

i’m jumping on the thread here. Gave me a good giggle ‘any songs to sing’ 😂

i’m CD 9 - and this month we’re making so many changes
Pre-Seed Lube
Myo-Inisitol for me with high strength Vit D & High Strength Omega 3
Fertiliy cup (should arrive tomorrow)

my partner is taking well man conception

these are all new things we’re trying this month. 🙈

Inmydreams88 · 09/07/2023 15:10

We’d been trying for 10 months when I got pregnant. The month we conceived my husband started taking the Wellman Conception vitamins. Could just be a fluke but he thinks it had something to do with it!

Ks2023 · 09/07/2023 14:20

Someone recommended me Angus cactus I will try next cycle if this one is not successful again

suz2285 · 09/07/2023 14:12

Are you tracking temperature/opks etc?

Sausagis · 09/07/2023 13:39

Honestly for me, it would appear not getting up for a post-sex wee did the job. Gravity and all that.

tortoisepace · 09/07/2023 13:28

We overhauled our diet - no alcohol, caffeine, lots of fruit and veg, avoiding processed foods as much as possible, cut out refined sugar and tried to weight my diet with more protein and less carbs.

Also changed to natural rather than chemical cleaning products and toiletries. Mainly switched to phthalate free items.

Take ubiquinol for egg quality and additional vitamin D.

It's really easy to stress yourself out with all this though so I think you need some balance.

I have fallen pregnant a few times after 5 years of trying since making the above changes but my pregnancies have unfortunately ended in loss (I'm late 30s).

SophieHope7 · 09/07/2023 13:17

1/2 aspirin tablet every day when you're ovulating. Might be an old wives tale....