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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.

Has anyone used 'Taking charge of your fertility'/FAM to get preggers?

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FrenchLimeBlossom · 16/06/2009 13:58

Hello all, am TTC #3 and panicking already that there is something wrong! Fully admit am a bit neurotic about this so feel free to think I am a bit of a loon (but preferably not tell me so).

I am 32 and a half, not underweight (ha! I wish) or obese, eat a fairly healthy and varied diet and manage some exercise sometimes, don't smoke or do drugs, drink very sparingly (DH have up drinking and so I rarely do any more) and always had perfect 28 day cycles - but despite all that I did not get pregnant immediately after starting to try (or stopping stopping, IYKWIM). How bizarre!

Of course I know I am overthinking, some couples take 10-12 months to conceive etc - but I have got typical alpha-wannabe-mum syndrome ("everything else comes to me automatically when i decide i am ready for it so why not a baby").

Some friends recommended TCOYF by Toni Weschler, I've devoured it, become ashamed of my lack of knowledge about own body, and started charting but wondered if anyone had some good experiences to report? Or bad reviews i suppose, but they wouldn't be quite so reassuring at the moment.....

Or any other tips, other than have as much fun practising as possible around when you think the right time will be (we're already on it! )?

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Geocentric · 25/06/2009 11:55

I don't do the temps - DS always wakes me up in the middle of the night, anyway, so not very reliable...

We do the same as you - go w/out condoms just after period or a few days after ovulation (mine is really obvious). But I also have a long cycle, so maybe thats what helps, too.

FanjolinaJolie · 27/06/2009 08:50

I don't do the temps all month. Just from day 13 onwards when I get my first day of CM. Ovulation is always day 18/19. So I temp from day 13 until day 20 or 21 when I see the spike, then I know I'm safe again.

As I've been doing this for years now, if I miss a day's temps it doesn't matter. My before ov and after ov temps haven't changed (unless I'l sick with a temperature etc)

sorky · 27/06/2009 10:13

yes 4x, it works for me and apart from our first, it helped us time for the sex of the baby too.
Good luck x

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