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I have heard that phrase more often this cycle than any other. Even yesterday at the dentist, I mentioned to the dentist and the assistant that we were TTC and they both said almost simultaneously "You will get pregnant once you stop trying."
Can anyone enlighten me as to how "stopping trying" would look from a practical standpoint. I mean obviously you can't stop trying the technical aspect of it. And my cycles are regular, everything happens on pretty much the same day each cycle, and I can't forget that I'm fertile or not fertile at certain points in my cycle. What does stopping trying mean? No OPK's or temping? No lying down on my back for a while afterwards because I wouldn't normally do that after sex? No babyandbump forum?
And honestly.. what is it that makes people think not trying will help the pregnancy occur? Is it the anxiety of trying that people think prevents a pregnancy somehow? because women are always anxious, not just about TTC. or is it just peoples' way of joking about how things in life are "ironic?" like "isn't it funny how right when you stop trying you get pregnant?" people say the same thing about finding a husband but I never really bought into it (although I never really obsessed over that the way I have been at times with TTC). I just keep hearing it so much and wanted to see what other peoples' thoughts were.
thanks
Can anyone enlighten me as to how "stopping trying" would look from a practical standpoint. I mean obviously you can't stop trying the technical aspect of it. And my cycles are regular, everything happens on pretty much the same day each cycle, and I can't forget that I'm fertile or not fertile at certain points in my cycle. What does stopping trying mean? No OPK's or temping? No lying down on my back for a while afterwards because I wouldn't normally do that after sex? No babyandbump forum?
And honestly.. what is it that makes people think not trying will help the pregnancy occur? Is it the anxiety of trying that people think prevents a pregnancy somehow? because women are always anxious, not just about TTC. or is it just peoples' way of joking about how things in life are "ironic?" like "isn't it funny how right when you stop trying you get pregnant?" people say the same thing about finding a husband but I never really bought into it (although I never really obsessed over that the way I have been at times with TTC). I just keep hearing it so much and wanted to see what other peoples' thoughts were.
thanks