Has anyone stopped “trying” and got pregnant?

What's the mucus cough syrup supposed to do? Just wondering!
I had my first at 36 & second at 40.
Never used ovulation strips.
Just used the Flo app, it was incredibly accurate.
I got lucky second time round. I wasn't actively trying, DTD once that month and got pregnant.
You're putting far too much pressure on yourself. Relax!

I've conceived naturally twice at 36 and 41 years old and both times we weren't actively trying just not preventing.

I've used FLO app to monitor periods but never done any real tracking with ovulation sticks etc. Never changed my lifestyle or taken particular supplements or put life on hold in any way. We've just tried to live like normal and not overthink it too much, just having regular unprotected sex throughout the month. Also never tested until my period was a week late - no stressing, no obsessing.

Not saying this is the way to go for everyone and it did take much longer with our second than our first but this is what we did.

We conceived our son 3 days before our first IVF appointment.

Yep, gave up, gave away a lot of the baby stuff and decided what would be would be, already had one and they are great etc etc. Went away for a weekend 3 months later, did everything you’re not supposed to, lots of wine and champagne, raw seafood, jacuzzi’s and saunas and wouldn’t you know got pregnant. Was away on hols the first time I got pregnant too so perhaps there’s something in being relaxed 🤷‍♀️

I was tracking ovulation with strips for over 12months without success and the month after I gave them up and had blood tests at the GP I fell pregnant and we now have a newborn DS. I'm pretty convinced they were incorrect for me.

Yes! Stopped after 3yrs and got pregnant in first month we stopped!

This is exactly how I conceived my first baby after having 2 MC. I think all of the stuff I was doing was causing me so much stress, it actually worked against me. I stopped absolutely everything and became pregnant very quickly after.

Two of my friends had this happen. When they were tracking, the couldnt get pregnant. They gave up and decided to go down the IVF route and stopped tracking altogether. Fell pregnant naturally!

Yes!

Diagnosed with DOR at 35 with AMH levels of 0.7.

Gave up after a couple of years, we had DD so got into a rhythm of us three, planning holiday's etc new job (for me) where I was finally happy and stress free, even though it was a care/support worker job it was a happier working environment with wonderful colleagues.

Currently 6 months pregnant at 39 with surprise DD2 and I think we'd only had sex 2/3 times that month! (Busy month )

Well, yes. That's what we all did before ovulation tests were invented. Just concentrated on having lots of sex mid cycle. It still took me eleven months to get pregnant with the first one. I'd considered buying an ovulation kit, they'd only just come on the market then and were really expensive, but decided against it as I thought it would end up making the whole process more stressful. Then I finally got pregnant so was glad I hadn't bothered. I honestly think the whole process must be so stressful these days, with ovulation tests and very early pregnancy tests. Best of luck, OP. I hope you get your positive result very soon.

Yes twice. Tried for 4 years for first and second. 1st time decided to just focus on us as a couple and planned some things to look forward to and got pregnant. After having one we really wanted a sibling but after another 4 years realised it was not going to happen. Gave up and made some big decisions to focus life on the three of us and then got pregnant with number 2. I sometimes think it's because I was more relaxed

No and honestly I think when people say this happened it is just random. Unless perhaps they were massively stressing themselves out, but even then, there's no real proven link - I fell pregnant during the most stressful month of my life, after several years of fertility treatments (the stress wasn't linked to that, it was family related. My pregnancy was still the result of IVF - just at a very stressful time).

I also think the whole idea is just really unhelpful. It feeds into the whole 'just relax and you'll get pregnant!' mentality, which is quite damaging for people who are struggling and/ or need fertility treatment.

Yep, tried religiously for 3 years, both had all the fertility tests, nothing wrong, said we'd stop trying as it was making me so insanely stressed and got pregnant!

Purely anecdotal obviously, but I’d been trying for 6 months, mostly tracking ovulation. Was using the digital ones, so it’s expensive. I got overwhelmed, hid all the pregnancy/conception topics and decided I’d have a nice Christmas and come back to it in the new year.

Period was due 5th Jan, did a test on the 8th and it was positive! Have confirmed it this morning on a clearblue digital and it says 1-2 weeks pregnant.

I still knew roughly when I’d ovulate, but we only DTD 3 times in the week’s general fertility window as December is busy etc. Kept taking my coq10 and folic acid/vitd but didn’t track ovulation for December.

I have friends who did this, stopped trying/tracking/timing, just went with what they wanted to do and did fall pregnant. I think the theory is that the stress of tracking etc actually can hinder rather than help and so relaxing and just letting go makes the difference. That said though I think if I was 37 I wouldn’t take that approach just because I’d be conscious of time and so I’d be wary of letting too much time pass by incase there were actually other things at play which would require medical assistance- which especially if NHS comes often with 52 week+ wait lists. Good luck x