MAY we all be blessed with baby! May 2013 and beyond (BFFs Seeking BFPs)

[momwithbabies]

It's hard to see on my phone...I would say it's pretty close to a positive.

 

[melann13]

I agree profwife, if that's not +, it's probably less than 12 hrs from a +. Good luck!

 

[Lazydaisys]

Baby dance pro wife x

 

[ProfWife]

Did a test with 2nd morning urine this morning - BLARING positive.

Tested this afternoon, CLEAR negative.

So...hubs is getting jumped as soon as he gets home and I get back from my chiropractor!

We have BD-ed Sunday morning, Monday night, Tuesday night...looks like tonight, too. Softcups being used this cycle, too.

Praying hard that this is the last month.

 

[melann13]

Good luck profwife! Go jump that hubby!

 

[nikkilucky77]

Good luck Prowife

I am right behind you...my opk is almost positive so I'm thinking tomorrow will be the day!

 

[mummy2o]

Good luck Prowife.

Sorry I haven't been good at keeping up with this section of the forums. Hopefully I'll be around here more often as we're going to start trying again due to the length of time it took us to conceive Erika (2 years with a mc in the middle) so we don't expect anything to happen any time soon. I got my first post post-partum period today, so we'll see what happens.

 

[Hopeful2014]

@Lazydaisys It can be hard to work with friends. Hopefully things get better for you soon. I haven't heard of moxibustion, but I've heard of people using light therapy to improve ovulation/egg/lining. Do you like the exercises and using the candle so far?

@ProfWife It sounds like you have the days covered! I hope the Softcups help. Good luck!

@nikkilucky77 Good luck!

@mummy2o I hope your ttc journey isn't as long this time.

 

[RaeChay]

profwife - I recognize that this is totally unsolicited advice, so tell me to kick rocks if you want. Both times I've gotten prego now, I bd'd daily the 3 days leading up to a positive Ov test, but not the day of the positive test or the day after. So all that just to say, at least for me - getting lots of bd in several days before my positive Ov test seemed much more effective than bd'ing on positive test day or the day after (and I'd had plenty of months where we only bd'd on positive test day and 1 day after, etc). Or, conversely - have you looked into SMEP? I know you've been trying awhile, so like I say, tell me to go away if you like but this was helpful advice that I got from another board that worked for me!

One other thing I learned this go-round: I read a study of women who were undergoing IUI. It determined that these women were 50% more likely to become pregnant if they stayed laying down for 15-30 min after insemination than if they got up, got dressed and left right after. Again, this might be old news to others, but I always thought that laying down for a while after sex to improve chances was just some old wive's tale. I imagine that if it worked for iui it'd also work for the old fashioned way!

 

[ALiKO]

GL nikki and profwife!

 

[Lazydaisys]

At my iui they said I could just go straight away as they said they had put his stuff in the right place and walking/moving wouldn't make a difference. They said I could stay lying down if it made me feel better. Next time I'm going to lie down as long as I can!

Hopeful I'm loving the moxi candle it's suppose to warm up my uterus and improve blood flow to thicken the lining. I'm been trying really hard to keep my feet and body warm too as my Acupunture lady told me to -so I'm going with her advice for now. My fertility diet is going well too. I just ate a side dish of spinach as a snack! Yummy!! Lol

Prowife. I hope so much this is your last month ttc

 

[RaeChay]

Oh hey I wanted to mention I used softcups (and preseed) this last time too!

 

[nikkilucky77]

Raechay: Thanks for that info! I always like to read what others have to say...maybe next month I will try the 3 days leading up to O. I typically ovulate the same day each month. I have heard the laying down thing before but I must not be patient enough to stay there lol. I was thinking about using a soft cup with some preseed in it if we dtd tonight. I haven't taken my opk yet but I am pretty sure it will be positive today.

Lazydaisys: I think I would lay down as long as I can too lol. Can't hurt!! I love your excitement about ttc right now

 

[ProfWife]

We've tried every day the week leading up to O, SMEP, every other day leading up to O +O + day after, only on fertile CM days, only on O...multiple months each.

Basically, everything short of standing on my head for 30 minutes we've done...and I'd do that to, if my balance was better. ;-)

It's all in God's hands. It won't happen until He's planned for it. I'm just doing my part.

 

[melann13]

While TTC I'd put my hips up on a pillow after for about 20 minutes. At first it seemed annoying, but DH and I started using it as time to just talk and cuddle. Made the whole thing seem less mechanic. It was just enough that standing up after didn't make me feel like we wasted it. I know it's not a necessary thing by any means, and who knows if it helped us, but it made me feel like I was helping

 

[mummy2o]

I use to lay with my legs on the wall. I found it a good time to read a book. I sometimes fell asleep on according how late it was or how warm I got. I also did the pineapple core. Maybe I should try that again.

 

[nikkilucky77]

Nice things ladies! I have a tilted uterus and I heard that laying on your stomach is actually better. Anyone else hear this?

 

[pathos]

I am still thinking that diva cup did the trick for me oh that was such a challenge ( both inserting and taking out) but I am very glad that I did it.

 

[pathos]

RaeChay, we should celebrate your bfp here as well

burgbrandy is missing for a while, I hope she is ok.

 

[Lazydaisys]

Congrats raechay!