How old were you when you first TTC?

[incognitopurple]

Did you do anything to prep before?

23. Just a quick shower.

37 - too old apparently, lots of eggs still but they are rubbish quality.

@erikbloodaxe haha you have brought a smile to my face for the first time today

@Phrenologistsfinger gosh, I’m sorry. Sending baby dust. Still time!

35, just told DH he needed to get into bed. We were rather hungover from Christmas Day.

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We had been trying for a few months and had got it on the first try- but it wasn’t to be. I feel very fortunate to have become pregnant again fairly fast. I had been tracking ovulation and EWCM, so it’s not really fair to say i’d not been doing anything- but no lifestyle changes.

I used pregnancare before conception.
Clear blue digital ovulation kit.
Ate Brazil nuts from 9dpo - 14. All of the advice from a pregnancy forum I was on haha! It worked, first month! Although, ended in a stillbirth sadly.

Did it again and have a healthy school child.

Both were accidents so no prep, I was 28 and 32. Just started taking pregnacare when I found out

27 with first, second wasn't planned 😬

33 and 38
Conceived at 35 and 39
Both took approx 2 years but with MMC and issues along the way.

For TTC support I used an ovulation microscope (I'm a scientist so not an issue to find the focus lol) - that was brilliant!
POAS for a bit - was ok
Losing weight - worked a treat, but only as I was a bit overweight, if you're underweight get a little more timber in you and eat fish!
Went home lunch times for sex when really trying hard lol 😆
Stopped drinking (some of the time lol - we actually conceived number 1 child at Christmas when we were letting our hair down and number 2 child on holiday ... so perhaps alcohol actually helped 😆)

I took:
Pregnacare
Folic acid high dose
Aspirin (consultants advice)
HCG injections (ouchy) weekly in first trimester (via hospital)

Have 2 children now 🥰
Good luck!

... ooo I forgot to say I also took Angus Castus and that worked for baby 1.
I was also having trouble ttc at 1 point (13 months not a sniff!) so tried high concentration evening primrose oil (stop post ovulation) - that works but I had a miscarriage (not unusual for me but perhaps kickstarted something you never know)!
My tip tips are
Focus on something else (lol so easy to say yet so hard to do)
Lose or gain weight if you're over or under, even just a little bit helps as some pregnancy related hormones are fat residing, so helps balance if imbalance
Angus castus was great I think - I used a drop form from A Vogel

36. I took folic acid before I got pregnant. Had sex at least every second day while TTC. Fun times. Got pregnant first month of trying with each child (I was 37, 38 and 41 when I had them).

40. Didn't do anything, maybe took some folic acid? Fortunately conceived in four months, and again at 42.

27 . Took folic acid.

25 didn’t get pregnant till 33 after IVF

Thanks @incognitopurple but I’m 40 now-and had 10 losses and 3 poor IVF rounds so a baby is unlikely. I’m a cautionary tale and I’m sharing so other women don’t delay and miss out like me! Crack on with it now!

Fell pregnant first attempt age 39 after mirena coil removal, using clearblue fertility monitor.

Forty.

33

27 and didn't do much to prepare, tracked my periods so I had some sort of idea when I would ovulate (but wasn't really sure) and put no pressure on it - thought what will be will be!

Was 23 when started ttc
had dd just a month before I was 26

folic acic
prenatal vitamins

still took 2 years 🙄

30 took seven seas trying for a baby tablets took 7 months to fall pregnant

24, no prep at all.

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