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Pregnancy

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Other than the obvious, what helped you to become pregnant?

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SueBridehead · 10/10/2014 08:10

Have been ttc for just 4 months but the crushing disappointment as each month goes past ( and I get older...) is really difficult. Am just looking for any tips or suggestions to make me feel like I'm doing whatever possible I can.

Am taking folic acid, dtd every other day, starting reflexology next week and eating healthily and gluten free (have intolerance).

However my cycles are quite irregular (27-35 days) so think this could be an issue.

Any tips? xx

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Kickassandlollipops · 10/10/2014 16:19

Trying to conceive for a long long time ( years) then Dh lost a significant amount of weight , firmly believe this helped us conceive DC .

StrangeGlue · 10/10/2014 16:22

Basal temperature tracking. Means you know roughly when you're ovulating even if you have a weird cycle (like me) as it's the post ovulation part of the cycle that for most people varies.

SoonToBeSix · 10/10/2014 16:27

Soy isoflavones are " natures clomid" they can help with ovulation and regulate/ shorten longer cycles.

angeltattoo · 10/10/2014 16:43

Ovulation sticks worked for us! Good luck.

angeltattoo · 10/10/2014 16:44

Oh god. Should name change. But doggy works, I believe. As does lying there afterwards.

weeblueberry · 10/10/2014 16:48

We booked a bloody holiday....

haventgotaclue1 · 10/10/2014 17:35

Think most people have hit it on the head with the "being relaxed / not thinking about it too much" approach.

We were trying for 8 months and being classed as a "geriatric mum" (I'm 38...), thought that time was stacked against us. Had a pretty stressful year tbh and head wasn't really straight - my Mum was diagnosed with cancer last Feb and passed away less than a year later.

However, soon after her funeral we went away for a long, RELAXING weekend and hey presto . I'm now 34+4

Good luck op

pippinleaf · 10/10/2014 18:23

4 months is no time at all. I suspect that whatever miracle cure/potion/product anyone recommends it will be just luck rather than a miracle. I tried for 13 months before getting pregnant. We tried EVERYTHING. In the end acupuncture and chinese herbs may have done it. Or it may have just been the right moment. Good luck x

Annarose2014 · 10/10/2014 18:34

I swear blind it was because of tracking cervical mucus.

Its a bit mank, but I did it religiously. There was one day where it looked perfect and even though I was shattered after a long day at work I ordered DH up the stairs. I wouldn't have bothered otherwise as I was so tired. I'm convinced that was "the day".

And it was free!

smogsville · 10/10/2014 19:07

DC2 took 6 months of concerted trying including me going for loads of silly blood tests and googling things like premature menopause (I'm 33...) instead of just being normal and waiting for it to happen and for periods to regulate after coming off the pill. If you possibly can chill out OP, don't give up wine and good times, didn't make a blind bit of difference, I had plenty the month I conceived. Now I look back at what a psycho I was and shake my head in wonder.

LIG1979 · 10/10/2014 20:33

Both sucessful pregnancies occured after starting the blood tests to figure out my fertility issues. I even said to the Dr this time that I was hoping that it would shake my body into actions. I did my day 21 progesterone test about 3 days before my bfp.

although I also think both times I had decided it wouldn't happen naturally and had decided I was fed up with keeping my alcohol consumption down and went a bit wild. (i did read some great research about alcohol impacting fertility and time to conceive so had cut down to virtually nothing in the ttc months.)

freneticfox · 10/10/2014 21:18

Another for the 'relax and enjoy' approach. I'm an IVF baby myself and with other health problems, my GP gave us the 'don't get too hopeful' speech and to be honest we were prepared to be in for the long haul. We started trying in May; our plan was to just enjoy a summer of shagging. Seriously. We just went for it, made it all about just enjoying each other whenever possible, whenever we felt like it.

Got my BFP on 6th June, I was stunned.

SaucyMare · 10/10/2014 21:25

First born going to grandmas for a week, we are pretty certain when second child was concieved

CheeseEqualsHappiness · 10/10/2014 21:25

Ovulation sticks - read up how to use then properly
Brilliant book called The fertility diet ... Eat sweet potatoes!

CheeseEqualsHappiness · 10/10/2014 21:26

Oh and vitamins for do

CheeseEqualsHappiness · 10/10/2014 21:26

Dp!

ilovehotsauce · 10/10/2014 21:29

Reduced my caffeine intake and stopped focusing on the fact that I'm not pregnant.

Marshpillow · 10/10/2014 21:54

I took folic acid for three months before ttc, then started taking agnus castus for a week before my predicted ovulation date to try to regulate my cycles. Didn't ovulate when expected so dtd every other day for three weeks. Thought we'd missed the window so just went about my business and then found out I was pregnant two weeks later.

micmacaroo · 10/10/2014 21:58

We used the clearview fertility monitor and (and I think this is what made the difference!)stopped using Durex lubricant and used conceive plus instead. I read somewhere that normal lube can affect sperm motility. ... don't know if that's a myth, but it happened for us pretty soon after the switch. Good luck.

AnnaKissed · 11/10/2014 06:08

All three times that I conceived (in about three years of TTC), DH and I only had sex once or twice that month. We were busy at work, away on holiday sharing a hotel room with a toddler, etc. It's risky and counterintuitive but it definitely worked for us.

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chillichutneysarnie · 26/10/2021 08:01

cough syrup - sounds weird but there's a good theory behind it if you look it up
good sex, get properly erm, excited before he does!
don't know if connected but the month I got pregnant I drank a lot less coffee
get yourself a referral to the fertility clinic 😂 I got pregnant after 15 months just days after that got processed!

Sandybeachtowel · 26/10/2021 08:23

I was having fertility investigations after two years ttc. I had my tubes flushed out, regular procedure during fertility investigations. The dr said there was no visible blockage but it took two attempts for the dye to go through my right tube which is where I ovulate, I can feel it. He said sometimes mucus can make it difficult for sperm to get there. A few months later I was pregnant. I’m six weeks now.
I can’t say for sure it worked but I believe it did.

NatMoz · 26/10/2021 08:33

Tried for a while, both got tested by a doctor to check if we were normal. Was probably more relaxed because I knew we were being tested for problems and until the results came back there was nothing more we could do.

He rang me and said that results came back and it was one of 2 things, either the chemical that tells my brain to ovulate isn't working or I'm pregnant.

Took a test and I was pregnant.

I did have a miscarriage though a month later BUT at that point I was like sod this. Didn't know when my ovulation day was because of the miscarriage so we just had sex every other day which included me climaxing and I fell pregnant again before my next period would have happened.

I'm now 33 weeks.

LivingLaVidaBabyShower · 26/10/2021 08:39

Old wives tale / cliche...
but our jobs are quite stressful, we went on a holiday (sunloungers and sunshades) and had a good old relax.

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