Changes you made to ttc?

[starryx]

Good morning all

I wanted to know what you was all doing to help ttc.

I'm on month 6 now I believe

I've done/am doing the following;;

Lowering caffeine intake
Stopped drinking
If I fancy chocolate or sweet stuff - I have dark chocolate
Starting to do a daily walk for 10mins - I may slowly increase this
Mediating to ground/help stress
Reading before sleeping instead of phone
Buying organic food items
Taking iron/folic/vitamin d pills
Eating more meat/veg/salad
Sleeping with socks on

Sleeping with socks on? What is that for?

I'm on month 10. (Im)Patiently waiting for O atm. This is my current list:

High protein breakfast smoothie everyday apart from Saturdays when I have a healthy brunch out. My smoothie has lots of frozen courgette in it, almond butter, inositol, collagen protein powder and oat milk. I take a probiotic, rhodiola and a fertility tab with folate and vitamin D in it.

In recent months I've completely cut sugar, no sweet treats (including dates etc). I have one cube of dark chocolate if I'm desperate but have only needed it a few times this month! I used to be a massive chocolate binger (several big bars a week) so this is a huge change for me.

No alcohol or caffeine. Lots of mint tea, ideally spearmint. Get funny looks when I order tea at the pub but most non alcoholic beverages are so sugary! And saving lots of money!

Oily fish 2-3 times a week. Aim for ten different vegetables in a day. (It's only an aim, I usually manage 7-8 though) focus on variety not portions.

Regular light yoga including legs up the wall meditation. Morning and evening. Walk outside at lunch time. When I'm feeling frustrated I put on dance music and jump around my living room!

New years resolution is to read two books a month so try to do that from 9pm onwards if I don't have social plans.

See friends and talk about non TTC things!

Lots of sleep. In bed by 10. Up at 7:30. Audiobook if I'm struggling.

Plan lots of mini breaks with DH. Cheap airbnb away from screens etc every other month to reconnect. Otherwise all this DTD can take the fun out of it. The planning is also a nice distraction.

DH has also cut alcohol. And eating healthier.

Whilst not pregnant yet my cycles have become more regular (I've got PCOS) and I'm pretty sure I ovulated last month.

And we've had all the fertility tests etc. Exploring letrezole and supervised cycle as our next option.

I started going to the gym (or exercising at home if I was too busy to go) three times a week for six months before we started trying. I also ate healthily (which we mostly do anyway as hubs is T1 diabetic), upped my protein intake, took Pregnacare conceive vitamins, reduced alcohol and got good quality sleep.

I fell pregnant first try but it ended in a chemical, so I'm trying to repeat what I did last time and hope for the best.

Well my body tends to get cold and I read somewhere that increasing your body temp helps your uterus for ovulation and wearing socks helps that lol. I try everything I can. And oo I've tried to start eating fish within my diet too!!

Good job on the chocolate/ sugar.. it's very difficult and if af comes I usually think screw it and eat lots of sweet stuff lol. Which I won't be doing anymore.

Sounds like you've got a really good handle on it OP and are doing all the right things. I'm trying to lose a bit of weight which is supposed to help. I read on another post (unfortunately can't find it now to ask the poster!) that weight is a more important factor in TTC than age! Don't know if it's true but it makes sense that it would be a consideration. We're TTC number 2 and DD is 14 months so I'm still carrying a bit of pregnancy weight! And it also means I have a positive spin to put on AF arriving each month - another month to lose a few pounds! 😊

@starryx interesting, had not heard that before. I'm definitely someone who runs cold so I'll be layering up tonight!

Yes the chocolate thing is really hard. I've tried to give up before and not managed so I think it's the inositol that has made the difference because it helps with insulin resistance. So I've not actually craved sugar like I used to.

And it helps having a baby goal. I really want to conceive so usually manage to talk myself out of restarting unhealthy habits.

And yes I used to blow it and drink/eat chocolate when AF came but I've since tried to think of AF as day 1 of the next cycle, which helps me move forward and stay healthy for this cycle rather than focusing on writing off the previous cycle if that makes sense.

I've tried everything over the years 😂 sadly no kids yet but both times I've been pregnant it was after a 3-6 month period of decreasing weight and increasing my exercise (by which I mean general movement not just going to the gym!). Focus on nutrient rich foods but not cutting anything out completely as life is dullllllll without good food that I enjoy lol

Currently back on a similar plan again - trying to sleep well too where I can because I'm a rubbish light sleeper.

@CatmumTTC I totally agree! I try to look at AF's arrival as a fresh start. Rather than the end of last month's hope, it's the start of a new hope (so cheesy I know!). And if I'm not pregnant and AF is coming, it's better she just comes and then we can move on into the next cycle which might be the successful month 🤞

Maca root, inositol, magnesium glycinate, vitamin D, multivitamin iron and folate supplements.... I have pcos so I do these religiously