TTC TIPS

[ohhisammi]

Hello Everyone 👋🏼

I couldn't find a thread for this on here so thought I'd start one.

This is my first time TTC and I'd love to hear all your top tips or what you felt helped you when TTC and getting pregnant.

These can be; medical, holistic, products, exercises, foods, positions, apps, anything really !

Thank you to everyone who shares !

I'll pop a list of things I've found through research below (if any have worked for you / not worked for you) let me know !

Sex and lots of it
Alcohol
Menstrual cup & handstands

So this is my second cycle TTC I'm 30 and live in the UK.
I have a slightly high BMI but otherwise no health conditions.
Had my Copper Coil removed End of Feb 2021.

Here's my list ....

What I did Cycle 1 (March 2021)
1.Tracked Cycle on Period Dairy App (for past 6 months)
2.Ate slightly healthier

1. Increased vitamins

4.DTD alternative days while fertile 5.Drank Fertility Smoothie

1. Reduced Alcohol (I don't drink a lot anyway)

*Didn't conceive this Cycle

Plans for Month 2 (April 2021)

1. Track my Cycle on Period Diary App and added daily notes
2. Track Cycle on Flo App and added daily notes (one day difference in ovulation to PD)
3. DTD Daily in Fertile Window
4. Eating a stricter, healthier diet and including foods that support fertility (Eggs, Avocado, Flaxseed, More Fruit + Veg, etc)
5. Daily Fertility Smoothie
6. Track Water to make sure I had 2L a day
7. Drink Grapefruit Juice Daily (improved Cervical Mucus)

8.Take Specific Conception Vitamins (Conceive +) 9.Use Spermicidal Lubricant (Conceive +) 10. Partner takes Conception Vitamins (WellMan Conception) 11. Wear a “Pregnancy & Healing” Crystal Bracelet 12. Use an Essential Oil each night with Clary Sage, Lemon, Lemongrass & Juniper Berry 13. Do a Fertility Yoga Flow Twice a Day Everyday 14. Start Working Out Everyday (gently) 15. Do Pelvic Floors Daily 16. Drink Raspberry Leaf Tea 17. Swap Coffee for Green Tea

I'm not sure if any of these will make a difference 😂 they are all from blogs, recommendations from friends / MumsNet, etc
And I don't Ovulate for another 10 days so can't report back for a while.

@Greenrubber AMAZING 😂
We are pretty "active" anyway
Maybe alcohol will help 😂
#TopTips

What's the menstrual cup thing @Greenrubber ?

@stalachtiteorstalagmite

After DTD you insert an cup which keeps the little guys in place for longer
I actually fell pregnant twice using this method but I might add I also had 2 miscarriages so not sure if some slow swimmers got there that would never have made it naturally. I had been trying for so long I ws willing to give anything a go
Of course it could all be coincidence

Thank you! Good tip! And sorry to hear about your MCs. I'm sure it wasn't to do with anything that you did.

Hi all, I'd just like to say be careful using the cup method, I've read a few posts where people have ended up getting infections so it's just something to be wary of.

Last month I took folic acid, vit D, are fairly heathly and lots of gentle exercise. I tracked ovulation using clear blue flashing smileys and only managed to DTD 3 times in fertile window but I got a BFP! Unfortunately it ended up as a chemical pregnancy. ( I also have a good luck charm that I packed away a day before bleeding as we are moving house.. very tempted to find it and dig it out!) Good luck 🍀💕