Does anything actually work?!

You can start it any time, just like any multivitamin as far as I'm aware.

Another vote for proceive (get the max version for you both), also sex every 2 days without fail irrespective of ovulation, and (possibly TMI, sorry!) we used a fertility cup thing to hold the sperm in afterwards. After nearly 18 months trying, 1 month of all these changes (except the vitamins, had those about 2 months) and we got pregnant, so something worked. We also were on holiday and found out in the last day we were pregnant, the lack of stress maybe helped too. We also cut out caffeine and made sure I ate breakfast every day. Good luck 🍀

Thanks @ouchypointy , I might give that a go as well. Will see if there is anything similar near me

There is some anecdotal evidence of inc in conception rate after hycosy. Even if it comes back good (not blocked), the process of flushing the medium through the tubes can open them. Not guaranteed obviously.
I have been trying for 2 years, never been pregnant in my life. Until after I had a hycosy in October last year before IVF. I then fell pregnant in December naturally (m/c march 😓) and I was just gearing up for my FET next cycle... which hasn't yet arrived and I've conceived naturally again now.
🤯 Mad!
I've also been taking coq10 initially at 150, then 300, then 600mg. Not sure how much of a difference it made.

@Favofit I live in a city which has a small chain of alternative therapies clinics. They had been running a fertility clinic for a while and someone had recommended them to me, by the time I got in touch the nutritionist was working independently so I saw her separately and did the other things through the clinic.

Unexplained infertility is harsh! 10 years of our lives ttc, several ivfs, all other sorts of options explored. Am I ok to pm you? X

It's just age, OP. None of the tests will tell you what your egg quality is like at 43. It's not unexplained infertility. It's just age.

It was the opposite for me!! I had given up drinking for years. Went on holiday, got very drunk for two weeks, found out I was pregnant a few weeks later!!😂

Not what you asked, and something that you may already know, but my friend went through the adoption process not so long ago and they found out fairly late in the process that their weight was an issue.

It is probably different depending on which agency you are dealing with, but the one she dealt with said that a BMI of 40 and above was a flat out no for now, while a BMI of 30 - 40 meant having to have more medical tests and having to show evidence of losing weight and eating healthily.

It all worked out in the end for her, but it did mean that the process took longer than she anticipated as she had to lose weight before things could progress further, which took some months. She was rightly annoyed that no one mentioned anything about her weight until they were months into the process already, and it added stress to an already really stressful process.

After my miscarriage I:
gave up alcohol completely,
Started weekly acupuncture (it works)
Daily supplements
Daily walk or run/ relatively healthy diet

I honestly think the alcohol was the best thing as all the other factors I'd been trying for ages. I gave up alcohol for one month and one month late I was pregnant 🤷‍♀️

EWCM is total rubbish for me. Discharge occurs a full week prior to ovulation and ends completely 2 or three days prior. Misleading...
Everyone is different.

That sounds so encouraging, congratulations! Can I ask how you found your fertility nutritionist?

I saw a fertility nutritionist who helped me lose weight, but in a careful way which made sure my body had what it needed - previously I had been a yo-yo dieter with a terrible tendency to use very low calorie diets and she explained this wouldn't help fertility.

I also saw an acupuncturist and a reflexologist. Once I was doing this it took me about 3 or 4 cycles to conceive - compared with at least 3 years of trying before that. I obviously don't know what worked, but I do think something helped as we had done all the 'just relax'ing and holidays, having more sec, having fun etc. For whatever reason my body needed an extra bit of help - second time round it seemed to know what it was doing and only took 2 cycles...

I'm sorry to hear about your struggles, OP. I'm in a similar boat. I've had two natural losses and two IVF losses. The last loss was an IVF one and was diagnosed as an MMC at a 7 week scan. The sac measured about 5w3d. It was our 3rd and 4th embryo, respectively, as we had two put in. We have one left. Because we have a history of recurrent loss, we're seeking a referral to tommys.org.

We're both on Impryl. It's expensive, but it was suggested to us by an NHS midwife. My DH has low sperm, which explains why natural pregnancies are so rare for us. At this point, we're willing to try almost anything. I say 'almost' because there are a lot of scams out there exploiting desperate couples.

I was told by the acupuncturist that it doesn’t work if age is a factor in your infertility. She said she’d feel uncomfortable in taking my money! Currently on a nutrition plan to improve egg quality.

Having been through years of infertility myself EWCM and apps are not as reliable as people think....none can actually tell you if a follicle has been released etc - I paid privately for follicle tracking over several months - I'd give that a go and at least you are then timing things more accurately and know an egg is definitely being ovulated

Same. Only did it once. Think that works

Annoyingly the thing that will probably have the biggest impact is also the hardest, and that's your weight. So I'd spend the money on a personalised diet plan that takes into account your likes and habits to make it easier to stick to rather than more vitamins etc..

Reducing caffeine is what helped me. I was dubious but it worked after months of trying for dd2

After I fell pregnant right away with our first but MC it took us 2.5 years to succeed. Only after I started taking Proceive Max and Ubiquinol I finally got pregnant. I did do 16:8 fasting due to my BMI too so maybe all those together/one of those helped.

This is so insensitive. And don't promote adoption like it's some easy solution or quick fix.