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

[SueBridehead]

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

A glass of grapefruit juice every morning. Made a visible difference to my fertile CM (sorry for TMI) and I got pregnant the very month I tried that. For my second I did it from the start of TTC and got pregnant immediately.

I’m not an idiot that thinks that fruit juice can cure infertility if there are actual issues, but for me I genuinely believe it made a difference as I could literally see the effect it had on my body. It was so visible, I’m always amazed it doesn’t come up as a tip on the TTC forums far more often.

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Revived, even.

I used to put my Moon Cup in after DTD

We used a mooncup! There’s no science/ evidence to prove it works atm but I swear it’s what did it for us. First month we used a mooncup, we got pregnant. After you finish up, pop
quickly pop it inside, trying to catch as much of his stuff as possible. I left it in for a few hours after to make sure his swimmers didn’t go anywhere. Worked a charm!

I know it doesn’t help, but 4 months isn’t actually a long time trying. I have a friend who swore that acupuncture was the thing that got her pregnant in the end (as well as the obvious)

I used ovulation sticks (cheapie and clearblue) and made sure we DTD almost every day during my fertile window using conceive plus lube. I also drank tonnes of water, took evening primrose oil up until ovulation and drank a glass of grapefruit juice daily to help CM. The month I fell I also ate a pineapple core after ovulation but I think that could just be an old wives tale!