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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Original poster

For those of you who are using/have used the withdrawal method?

36 replies

Ineedtosleep79 · 13/12/2022 21:33

Do you always avoid your fertile window or not and how long have you been practising the method for?

And has anyone ever had a slip up?

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ChloeN · 14/12/2022 07:16

@Ineedtosleep79 we did this for 2 years, so then obviously I was worried we would struggle to concieve but fell pregnant first month of trying. We would of been happy with a baby at any time during the 2 years though so I probably wouldn’t risk it if I really didn’t want to pregnant

Sailawaygirl · 14/12/2022 08:07

@Ineedtosleep79 no I didn't track ovulation or avoid most fertility time. I thought I had an idea of when I ovulation but now we are ttc and doing it properly I well off! Also conceived quite quickly when we started to try.

Lcb123 · 14/12/2022 08:14

Yes have used but wouldn’t rely on it - fine if you’d be ok with getting pregnant but no rush

heartbroken22 · 14/12/2022 08:45

I wouldn't trust it as your cycles can be longer/shorter due to vitamins/stress/health. You can't always predict when you ovulate and an unplanned pregnancy can be quite scary. Use proper safe methods of birth control.

TallulahBetty · 14/12/2022 08:52

It's not a method. FFS, they teach this to kids in school - how can GROWN UPS not know it?

spare123 · 14/12/2022 08:53

There's a word for people who use this method.

Parents.

Rainydays2 · 14/12/2022 08:53

Totally depends if the man has sperm in precum or not

Tirrrrred · 14/12/2022 08:55

What the hell?

Maybe it's useful if you lived in the Stone Age?

Pictograph · 14/12/2022 08:56

We used this successfully for years - and then got pregnant quickly when we started TTC.

Nottodaty · 14/12/2022 08:58

I have a beautiful now 13 year old conceived in my supposedly non- fertile window - we had been trying so very surprised the one month we missed the fertile time I ended up pregnant.

I guess that month the cycle shifted - so I would go with birth control if not actively trying.

Lolacat1234 · 14/12/2022 09:15

It's only a method to be used if a baby wouldn't completely ruin your life. We lasted 18 months withdrawing all the time and avoiding red days completely before being blessed with our now 3.5 year old DD. I was quite comfortable with the idea it might fail and it only meant our TTC plans were brought forward a year. Don't rely on it if you adamantly don't want to get pregnant.

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