Vitamins, lubes, magic spells and fertility chants - gimme everything.

[Ladameauxyeuxbruns]

AF arrived yesterday, so it's officially our 8th month of TTC and I'm ready to try all the gimmicks, pills, potions, anything really.

I've already asked pharmacists and my doctor but no one is interested in giving me any info. Everyone's response has been "you don't need to take anything, just don't stress about it!", which is, of course, making me stress out about it.

I'm already taking folic acid and a multi-vitamin, will get vitamin D ASAP and have a conception-friendly lube on the way. What else should I be taking? Foods I should be eating? Songs I should be singing?

@Silverfoxlady absolutely correct, you want to catch the beginning of the surge, but you also want to roughly know when the surge may be coming, as 2 days before and 1 day before ovu are the best days for conception! Once you get the temperature rise its too late - though still work one more for good luck! hahah

@Nmmck93 Oh ok, excited to get started with it then. I've got the other fertility friendly lube for the rest of the month and we usually do the whole sperm meets egg technique so I'm more hopeful than previous months! I quite like the easy@home strips and I use the Premom app like @suz2285 recommended. Super easy to use, just note that it doesn't change the ovulation prediction even when you pass it, it waits until you actually hit your peak so can be a bit confusing if you ovulate earlier or later than the prediction.

@Silverfoxlady Yes that's totally right! We've been doing sperm meets egg ever since I found this out and I find it gives me a bit more peace of mind, certainly during the months when I get confused with OPKs etc.

@Ladameauxyeuxbruns aw good luck! I've tried SMEP and also DTD 9 days straight 😂
Ovulation is now today apparently and we only managed to DTD yesterday but have just said we'll do every other day for the next week and a bit just incase it was false ovulation spike.

Yeah I'm a Premom avid user aswell. I upload daily hahaha!

@Nmmck93 god 5-6 days straight is too much for me! 😂 it's exhausting ttc! So exhausting!

Get DH to eat more walnuts, Brazil nuts and Almonds.

@Nmmck93 @suz2285 Waaaaay too many days in a row for us. We did that in cycles 1, 2 and 3 and then sheepishly agreed every couple of days was fine 😂

Yes @Nmmck93 that's what we tend to do, just in case the strips are wrong or I'm reading them wrong, best to cover all bases!

@Norachance Ah thanks, I'd read about peanuts too. Thankfully he really likes nuts so has been eating some daily.

The fertility-friendly lube (not pre-seed) arrived in the post today, so even if the pre-seed is late, I feel reassured. Totally typical in that there's currently a heatwave in France so even giving DH a hug is suffocating, so we'll be getting out the industrial-size fan for the next couple of weeks 😂

I see everyone else has covered the stuff I tried but… You can also try using mustard seed oil as lube because apparently it makes the sperm swim faster! But watch out because apparently it is a little spicy for your poor DH hahaha. Mine was like what’s that burning sensation?!
we got pregnant the month we used it though haha so it did the trick along with all the other tricks

You could visit the Cerne Abbas giant…

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jul/27/cerne-abbas-giant-dorset-fertility

Are you in the UK? Morrisons do a vitamin C 1000mg supplement with zinc - took it daily the cycle I conceived (cycle 6) and ovulation was so painful that cycle, if had been right sided I think I would have gone to A&E thinking I had appendicitis! Obvs released a working egg though haha.
Used preseed also for successful cycle and cycle 5, previously using regular lube and think that might have delayed things.
Also combined above with SMEP but had attempted SMEP for other cycles also, using clear blue smiley ovulation sticks.

The pre-seed has finally arrived! Bit of a panic when they delivered it to a different part of the country so had to reorder, but it's here and I'm excited to try it!

@Giggorata Adding that to my travel plans 😂