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To ask for your top tips for getting pregnant?!

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2021hopeful · 28/10/2020 22:25

Tracking ovulation, doing the deed at around the right time, taking prenatal vitamins!

Has anyone got any other top tips? I’m (very) late 30’s so time is of the essence!

Thanks in advance.

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PickAChew · 28/10/2020 23:23

Have unprotected sex when you're horniest.

Not helpful to some but ended up getting me banged up every time.

ticktackted · 28/10/2020 23:24

Lots of sex! And don't use normal lube, it traps sperm, if you use lube get a fertility one.

PandemicPalava · 28/10/2020 23:27

'The fertility diet' book -
Loads of great dietary tips

ValidUser · 28/10/2020 23:29

I read a book called The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant. Good, solid information in there.

(I still needed IVF, but that doesn't negate the good advice in the book.)

CountFosco · 28/10/2020 23:38

I have 3DC, got pregant at 36, 37, and 40 first month of trying. The first and last we had sex at least every second day throughout my cycle. DC2 we had sex once that month on the last day of my period. I know at least 2 people who had similar experiences. I'm (rather unscientifically) convinced that some people have fertility issues because they track ovulation and have sex too late in their cycle.

CountFosco · 28/10/2020 23:39

Oh, and drinking alcohol improves fertility, probably because you are more likely to have sex.

Mellonsprite · 28/10/2020 23:42

Have sex every other day, don’t wait until you think you’ve identified your fertile window, just keep having lots of sex- good luck!

username1724 · 28/10/2020 23:55

I have 3 dc and after ttc and dealing with that I appear to only fall pregnant when I dont want to or its very inconvenient timing. First I'd taken the morning after pill, second wed accepted after a mc and trying for a year it wasn't meant to be and planned holidays, third we had a change of heart (after over a year ttc) and decided that perhaps 2 was enough, I then immediately fell pregnant. Ive heard stress is a major factor as your body doesn't think its safe to grow a baby with stress hormones floating about so my theory is when I stopped worrying about it it worked. Good luck!

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2021hopeful · 29/10/2020 07:07

Lots of great advice, thank you.
Interesting about having sex all month, we definitely haven’t been doing that! We dtd every day from about day 10 to day 18. (I usually get a positive OPK on day 16.) Then were pretty knackered so call it a day!! Every other day throughout the month is defo worth a shot.

I’ve also been having horrendous stomach cramps
the week after the positive OPK which makes me wonder if I could be ovulating later than I think.

Thanks again for the advice.

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Toontown · 29/10/2020 07:19

I do a job involving supporting getting people pregnant. I would say in order if importance:

  1. Get your BMI nearer into normal range
  2. Find ways to de-stress (walking, exercise, mediation, yoga Nidra)
3 don't excessively drink alcohol (but a little bit is fine). 4 have lots of sex, make it as fun as possible. especially near ovulation. Put your Feet on wall afteewards and let gravity work. Have an orgasm after he has (the cervix sort of dips and collects the sperm weird but true)
  1. Have acupuncture weekly for a couple do months and then around ovulation..
  2. Exercise at least 3 times a week.
  3. Eat well
  4. Assume for the first six months you are not going to get pregnant. It takes on average 2 years so relax.
movingonup20 · 29/10/2020 07:26

Relax, lots of sex, don't overthink it.

But do ensure your diet is decent, take your vitamins so you give yourself the best chance. Over obsessing about dates doesn't necessarily help - I got pregnant on the last day of my period!

Itstooloudinhere · 29/10/2020 08:22

Have sex every day for a month.

I was doing it all 'right' like you with the tracking, I was supposedly ovulating on day 17 so having sex day 14-20 etc.

First time it worked having sex every day from day 7-15.

Second time once on day 8.

Itstooloudinhere · 29/10/2020 08:24

@Itstooloudinhere

Have sex every day for a month.

I was doing it all 'right' like you with the tracking, I was supposedly ovulating on day 17 so having sex day 14-20 etc.

First time it worked having sex every day from day 7-15.

Second time once on day 8.

Also just to add, with the first time, the reason we stopped around day 15 is because I started to get the dreaded pre-menstrual sore boobs which usually kicked in around then so got dis-heartened and gave up...
YouAndMeAndTheDevilMakesThree · 29/10/2020 08:30

Another vote for doing it every other day. Then you don't need to bother tracking ovulation. Do track your periods though.

Katlow · 29/10/2020 08:32

I'm 25, currently 13 weeks pregnant.
It took us 18 months and I was in pieces, as a last ditch attempt I bought 'Conceive Plus' lube from amazon and fell pregnant that cycle. Could be coincidence, but I'd tried pretty much everything else prior to that, SMEP, every fertility vitamin imaginable, OPKs, drinking vast quantities of grapefruit juice, you name it!

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2021hopeful · 29/10/2020 20:09

Thanks again for the great advice. I’ve got lots of things to try for sure.

Does anyone know how long you should try for at my age before seeking advice from a doctor?

Thanks again

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Rachetine · 29/10/2020 20:13

Highly recommend Ovusense if you can afford it. I came off the pill in Jan and tracked my ovulation with an app, but we didn’t have any luck- my periods were also all over the place for a while. I eventually bought Ovusense; it turns out my app was way off on my dates, we were always a few days late. Once we had established the ovulation using Ovusense, we got pregnant on the first go!

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