THINGS YOU DID WHEN TTC THAT YOU BELIEVE HELPED YOU CONCEIVE..

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As the title said, I'm just curious about the things you did whilst TTC that you believe helped you conceive...
I am currently thinking about TTC baby no2, already have DS, who is 2, who we struggled to conceive after 2 miscarriages and a lot of trying all the old wives' tales.
Just wondering what you think helped you? 🤔

Tracking ovulation and cervical fluid. Helped me realised my most fertile cervical fluid wasn't appearing close enough to ovulation. I read somewhere that a specific cough medicine can help "create fluids". So I took a dose or two around ovulation. It worked and I conceived that cycle after 7 months.

We tried for quite a while before I started tracking my cycle and realised I was ovulating later than I thought. Once I properly knew, it didn’t take long at all.

I think there is a bit of research supporting a link between gum disease and infertility eg https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8812457/ it’s probably not the whole story and of course it could be chance I got pregnant after clearing gum disease, but I think it made a difference for me

I have pcos and I really believe taking agnus castus and using preseed helped us.
Was ttc for 18 months with DC1, starting using both these things and was pregnant within 2 months.
Used them straight away for DC2 and fell pregnant the first month of trying.

This!

Coq10 and ivf.

Nothing else worked for me!

Tracked ovulation.
Had sex ethe day before my ovulation day so the sperm was ready and waiting.
Lay on the bed with my legs above my head so the sperm would have gravity on its side to reach the egg :D

Tracked ovulation and periods with a tracker and has sex on and around fertile days. Stayed in bed after intercourse and put my legs up against the wall and a cushion under my bottom.

First child , Sex 3 x a day during the fertile phase . Legs up afterwards .
After 13 years of infertility and 2 miscarriages it worked .
Second child we weren't even trying to conceive .
Odd how it works out 🙄

Without a doubt, Hysterosalpingogram (HSG). The procedure returned completely clear results but after two years absent, period returned and pregnant within months. Probably not the case for everyone but I feel this was the reason for me.

Temping and ovulation sticks, it’s amazing how accurate temping is!

PreSeed.

1. ovulation strips
2. together with clear blue digital ovulation wands
3. chart your mucus (I actually took pics and tracked it so I know what’s right for me)
4. fertility cup
5. had sex 5 days before peak ovulation on the day of ovulation and the day after
6. Pre seed lube

im 41 but lucky i fall pregnant in 1 or 2 cycles. Had two mc now pregnant with my third pregnancy with the right meds it should be ok.
My age had nothing to do with my mc

Cough medicine containing guafenesin. I actually did have a cough - googled to see if it would affect ttc and that's when I found it actually could help and I believe it did!

Reduced stress as much as possible - we had a long, painful house sale and I got pregnant the month after it was all over. Also tracking my periods in Clue - I didn’t ovulate when I thought I did!

Guafenesin- the stuff found in Benylin?? Cause I may or may not have had a dosage tonight 🙈

Pretty sure a bottle of wine or two was involved in all of my conceptions….

Concieve plus lube. Tried for 11 months for DD1 and then tried concieve plus and concieved that month. Was on month 3 of trying for baby number 2 and bought concieve plus to try again. Concieved that month (and it's twins 🫠)

Honestly, gave up with both. But also pamper/spa sessions.
With dc1 I'd just had my 3rd miscarriage after trying for almost 3 years, it was a week before my birthday. Dh took me away for a spa break, I conceived dc1 during the next ovulation window.
With dc2 took just over 2 years, I'd just given all the clothes I'd kept from dc1 to my best friend for her baby. We went to centre parcs, visited the spa and conceived during the next ovulation.

There really is something behind being super relaxed.

Letrozole (ovulation medication as I have PCOS) and timing intercourse following the sperm meets egg plan (you’d have to google as I can’t remember the timings!)
I don’t ovulate naturally but did with the letrozole, and conceived first time each time I took it.

Ended up getting a HSG and going on Clomid
Worked like a charm :)

DH and I both got at physically fit as can be. I also had a hycosy the cycle before I conceived. We were two years trying and not a sniff of a positive before this. Still count my blessings every single day. No idea how/if I'll ever be lucky enough to be able to give her a sibling as we'll never know for sure which if any of these factors contributed to it finally happening. Best of luck!

I got pregnant after a month or two of taking melatonin.

Bum on a few pillows and legs up the wall for a while after. No getting straight up and going to the loo.

Pre-seed lubricant (I think that's what it was called).

Preseed