Tried and tested tip's on getting pregnant.

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Hi everyone,

I have been looking at information on boosting fertility and thing's that can help whist TTC.

I have also noticed since looking through thread's it's a very common question, so i thought i would start one where woman can share there tip's, idea's or just genreal knowledge that they may have, i will start with what i know ..

1. the obvious vitamins

1. i swear by the bum in the air afer sex.

1. hubby taking zinc

1. i have heard pineapple juice is supposed to be good??? not sure on that one.

1. also green tea? also would like to know if thats true

1. high calcium diet.

That'a all i can think of, and will be teying this month .. anybody else??

Hi, definitely find out when you are ovualating by taking your temperature or the new ovulation testing kits.

Lunaception! Haven't had to try it but I hear it works!

What about, stop trying so hard and relax. I know loads of people who have tried everything and month after month a BFN then decided to give the trying a rest and then fallen pregnant. You'll get more stressed following charts, temps etc.

Try not to burn out too early in the month by having sex every day. Go for every other day from about day 9. Then on the day after you think you've ovulated, have sex again without a day off.

Lots of sex - deinitely

Book a wedding , thats what worked for me , i had been ttc since last june , booked my wedding in january for may 2nd this year and then feel pregnant in the middle of march we had actually only had the full monty once that month as with all the stress of the wedding we were exhausted , so i guess it was the not ttc that worked , and our wedding was fantastic !

Start a new job but decide to casually 'not try not to' anyway in full expectation it will take at least a year. Be a bit ill. Give it to DH. Have hardly any sex for a month as a result of illnesses. Worked for me....

Sex every other day as soon as period stops and its not too gross, also use a moon cup after sex because it keeps the sperm up there when you go to bed it doesnt all drain out. Keep having sex all the way through cycle every other day. i am on 7th pregnancy in past 5 years doing this method ( Had 4 MC )

www.mooncup.co.uk/

Hold a newborn, the hormonal reaction is meant to help you get pregnant.

what worked for me was giving up on the whole idea and getting a full time job. bingo. pregnant almost immediately despite DH poor sperm count and my cocked up cycles.

so forget it is my advice!

It took me a year to concieve my first and I was athletic, healthy and we had sex 5 times a day more or less.
I think it depends on the person, some concieve early some take a while.
I'd say try relax and not put too much pressure on yourself/partner to get pregnant, eat a varied diet and exercise. Good luck!
Once my periods over I'll be trying for baby no.2!

That's how I did it shelly, emsy & VIAT!

Shag when you're feeling fruity; that's your body telling you to go forth & multiply, obvs.

Accupuncture- I swear it worked for me.

disagree with 'stop trying so hard and relax' this is unhelpful advice as it can then make you feel guilty / more stressed about the fact you have been worrying. My advice would just be 'don't beat yourself up about the fact you are worried about ttc, its normal to be a bit worried and its unlikely to affect your chances'.

That said, if there is a source of stress in your life that you can eliminate/ reduce then it would be worth doing (I quit my job as it was so stressful my periods had stopped)

also - use Ovulation predictor kits / sticks to establish the best time, especially if you have long cycles (mine are 35 days). It takes the pressure off the rest of the time.

Both cut down a bit on alcohol but don't be too fussed about this, you do need to enjoy life still too.

The 'stop trying so hard and relax' worked for me. I got pregnant after 18 months of trying on a banger rally to Timbuktu with my car mad DH. We were waiting for our second clinic appointment to investigate my suspected PCOS and he was on a 5 month wait for a sperm test. We were having a blast and completely forgot about ttc.

Second time around I was little more scientific. I jumped on poor DH when he was recovering from flu when my discharge had the egg white consistency. Got pregnant second month of trying despite my irregular cycle.

I definitely agree with the just relax & enjoy it. I'm 22 weeks pregnant with an unplanned (although very much wanted once I knew he was in there) pregnancy & it was due to a slip up, the moment & the passion taking over & forgetting to use a condom. The ONLY time me & partner didn't use one in all the time we'd been together & that was it - pregnant.

Although I realise to suggest it's just as easy as that would be patronising & insulting to some who are trying. I've heard the best position to get pregnant above all others is the missionary position. Which is nice because it's the real 'love making' position.

And this will sound gross but I read online that it also has something to do with how your partner ejaculates (euw!) Apologies in advance, but it said if he's generally a "distance ejaculator" as in it 'shoots' or 'spurts' out of him then it's more likely to fly straight to the back of your vaginal passage & pool behind your cervix before leaking straight back out of you again. But if it sort of 'dribbles' out of him then it's more likely to swim up into your cervix so the sperm can begin searching for the target.

Agree with Tiredfeet makes you feel like a frantic nut job desperately TTC. When we have TTC and been succesful we have concentrated all month on shagging, often when not in the mood or too tired. If you just try to relax and forget about it, you don`t shag and nothing happens in my experience.

yes Iamallwaysunreasonable' - and we were probably at our most 'worried' about struggling to conceive when I finally got pregnant after 18 months ttc. We had both been for our initial fertility tests and were waiting for the results so it was on our minds a lot. But* I had made the decision not to feel guilty about worrying about it and not to feel guilty that I couldn't 'just relax and not think about it'

was a great appointment with the doctor 'well we booked the appointment to get our fertility test results but it seems they're a bit irrelevant now '. He so happy to hear our news as well, it was lovely.

LittleBeth53, that was interesting info you gave there! I would have assumed if the sperm 'spurted' out it would give it a better chance, ie reach it's destination quicker! Plus my DP always jokes about that, accusing the 'dribble' of being pathetic!
(Yes me and my DP talk about everything)

And good luck to OP on your baby making!

Here are the things we tried. May sound excessive, but DS took 8 years of IVF to conceive and we wanted to give it our best shot before going down that route again (and it worked!).

We used a Clearblue fertility monitor. It took a couple of months to get a clear picture (I ovulate very late) and was expensive, but it was useful.

We used Pre-seed which we had tried before, but thought it wouldn't do any harm to try again.

We also used Instead Softcups for one month (the successful one!). They're actually marketed as a kind of disposable mooncup, but also can be used to keep the sperm close to the cervix. Maybe tmi, but we found them particularly useful when trying in the morning and not having time to hang around afterwards for work etc

Best of luck OP!

fyimate, I thought it was interesting when I read it too! I thought "does it matter how he comes?!" Hahaha! It could all be baloney but I typed "best positions to conceive" into google (trying to figure out why I conceived coz my GP suggested it may be more difficult for me due to the placement of my cervix) & I found this website with the ejaculation theory. Depends where your cervix is. Mine isn't right at the back, it's an inch or so further forward on the 'roof' of 'my passage' (so to speak) so I guess the whole shooting or spurting thing probably would "pool behind" mine & miss it altogether. I'm glad I managed it though. I'm only 23 I wasn't even thinking about trying for a baby when I was told I could have trouble conceiving in the future. But then 6 months later, it happened by accident.

I bet it's all irrelevant. Every couple is different.

1. Sex every other day

1. Resist getting up/going to the loo for a long as possible afetr sex

1. Good nutrition etc (I know heaps of women who were strict dieters - when they relaxed and stopped dieting as much, they fell pregnant)

1. Avoid too much alcohol

1. Relax - although I know that this can sound patronising to those who are having trouble ttc (I got pg after 2 weeks of trying, so I know that I was v v fortunate), I think there must be something in RELAXING about the whole thing. I have heard so many stories (including two friends of the family) of people who have ttc for years, eventually decided to go for adoption, adopted and immediatly fallen pregant becasue they were no longer stressed about it!

Hi everyone WOW that is really good advise everyone has given thank you all so much.

me and Hubby tried the "everyday" approach last month obviously didnt happen, so the every other day? do you start the day you come off AF, also what about the ovulating days do you try everyday then?

I read on ovulating days you try everyday.
But remember it took me a year to concieve my first so try not be worried if it isnt happening straight away.

My DP assumed I would be pregnant as soon as we had unprotected sex this time because his ex seemed very fertile...but not everyone is the same.

LittleBeth53, how did you find out about the placement of your cervix?