Booze and the 2WW...

[RightUpMyRue]

Do you refrain or indulge like I just did?

PG do a lovely caffeine free tea. It's not the same and takes a bit of getting used to but i'm with you ariel on finding some things we can exert control over.

Adding my anecdotal evidence.... DH and I ttc'd for a year with no success, then decided to cut out the booze on the advice of a friend and completely abstained for three months - BFP! We ttc'd for DC2 for 6 months before cutting out the alcohol - three months later - BFP!

Now on our second 'dry' month while ttc'ing no. 3. Watch this space......

In both cases, i do think cutting out the booze was absolutely critical. Neither of us are particularly heavy drinkers, but it made all the difference. Tbh I think it was more important for DH than for me. He'd previously had a sperm test that indicated a higher than usual proportion of malformed sperm. It takes about three months for new sperm to form, which was the length of time we abstained.

But if you've ttc'd with no luck, it's definitely worth giving it a try.