What did you do to get pregnant?

[penny92]

Now maybe the real answer is a little obvious.... that you have gotta DTD/BD/make love/inseminate/shag, whatever you want to call it... but in TTC there are a lot of other tips and tricks out there outside of basic biology.

I'd love to hear from you lovely lot what you think did the trick.

Took pregnacare, didn't drink, made DH limit drinking and banned his hot baths! Had sex 4 times (every other day) over the week the app said I'd ovulate. Used OPKs but not every day so no helpful info there, but did track BBT.
It worked first time, so I had no idea looking at the BBT graph if that was normal for me or not!

Used the vits from 'it starts with the egg', fertility acupuncture and had a cycle of ivf for number 1.

Shagged for the first time n a couple months for number 2.

It's totally random...

Tracked when I was ovulating, took a pre pregnancy vitamin. I am pretty sure DH did not 'relieve himself' for a while to really build it up as well... (no idea if there's any science behind that) haha. I was incredibly lucky and got pregnant with second DC on the first session. First baby was a happy accident, that was just from a ton of sex!

I didn't do anything. The 3rd time was a complete surprise because we we using the 'withdrawal method' 😂. I know my mum struggled a bit trying to conceive me because she was bulimic at the the time and her periods had stopped. Someone told her or gave her? A corn dolly from a country fair. It's an old superstition. Apparently it worked. She said she then passed it onto a friend who was having difficulties and shortly after, said friend fell pregnant with twins!

Spent a load of money on pre seed, got pregnant that month, going by dates was already pregnant by the time we used the very expensive lube 🤦‍♀️

Had a HyCosy

Came of the pill.. Had very irregular cycles (30-124days), took pregnacare conception(helped regulate my cycles) used opks and tracked bbt, used conceive plus on my first full cycle since tracking. We dtd once in my fw - the day of my positive opk (got my temp rise the next day so knew I had ovulated) I am now almost 29 weeks pregnant..

Tried for years, nothing

Took the pill and didn't miss one, fell pregnant.

Got pregnant 1st month and dtd twice. I didn't drink alcohol at the time and I would have been a couple of stone overweight. Never smoked. Didn't take any supplements or track anything. I was 27 at the time.

Legs up!! I know it's not scientifically proven but after 7 cycles my friend said she did shoulder stands after each time (3 kids) so tried it and fell pregnant on that try! Worth a shot 😂

Stopped contraception for 18 months beforehand so periods were regular. Knew when I was ovulating by ovulation pains so as soon as I felt those on the Saturday night dtd the following morning and again an hour later and got my bfp 9 days later

Just had sex at the right time of the month, pregnant first go 4 times (one didn’t make it past 7 weeks though). I do get ovulation pains and so know ish when I ovulate so some targeted sex either side, that’s it. Nothing weird or wonderful and no giving up anything before getting pregnant, I’ll never understand why you would unless you were drinking 3 bottles of wine a day and eating nothing but McDonald’s. We are fit and healthy anyway though and had our children in our early to mid ish 30s. I’m sure if we weren’t so healthy anyway or older it would have been more difficult.

For my second it was legs in the air after each shag that cycle. Possibly not very scientific but seemed to work for me on that cycle.

Prepregnacy vitamins! Worked first cycle with both my kids.

First time - came off the pill after 11 years, expected for it take a while as I was informed my hormones would be a bit out of whack for a while. Tracked ovulation anyway, didn't fall pregnant the first month so kept tracking and starting using the "up suck method" and lying down for 30 minutes after with a pillow under my butt. I fell pregnant that month.

2nd time round - stopped using condoms, finished my period and tracked ovulation. Used the up suck and lie down methods again. Pregnant within a month.

I count myself very lucky in the speed I've fallen pregnant each time.

@OnNaturesCourse up suck method?

I tried to make my body as healthy as possible - less caffeine, less alcohol, healthier diet, exercise and then tracked my periods with an app.

First time, had two polyps removed, put weight on, exercised less, OPKs. This time, absolutely nothing other than the obvious. And I'm 43 😲

I listened to relaxing Youtube videos that have special vibrations that get sent to the womb. Got pregnant a week later weirdly.

Acupuncture and reflexology

Tracked my cycle using "My Tracker" app. DTD on consecutive nights when fertile.

I'll add that I'm a couple of stone overweight, I drank, I smoked etc. And it still happened without trying.

I had literally started a healthy eating kick on 1st September to get my weight down a bit ready for trying after my period in Sept. But was already pregnant.

I took evening primrose oil tablets leading up to ovulation, used clear blue ovulation sticks and had sex every other day from a few days before ovulation (was worried that if we left it until ovulation the sperm would be old and lazy.. probably a crazy theory but it worked anyway!)
It’s so so difficult but try not to focus too much on it because it will drive you insane. I know it’s impossible with another lockdown coming (if you’re in England) but try and focus on something else too. Good luck!

Tracked, OPKs, myo-inositol, clomid, folic acid, vitamin d, SMEP, preseed.

Did it 5 days in a row first and last time