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Hello mommies and TTC'ers!
My name is Lauren! I am new to this forum and new to the TTC community. This is month #1 TTC for my husband and I, and I am currently waiting for AF to show up in the next 2-4 days. I've only been off of birth control since the end of June 2018, so I don't really know what my cycles are like yet, so that's been "a lot of fun" trying to figure that out this month... haha.
Anyways, I look forward to chatting with some of you and I would love to hear any tips and tricks that you have found worked for you when you first started TTC! It's already been an interesting first month!
So far this is what I have gathered from the first month TTC:
- I took an ovulation test to find out when my fertile time was (for this month at least), and I ovulated sometime around CD 13-15 based on the results of that.
- We read that BD'ing for at least 5 days prior to ovulation was the best bet, but we still aren't sure if we should be trying to BD every day, every other, etc during that five day period; so we are wondering what the best method is.
- We BD this month on CD 8, 11, 12, 14, and 16 with an OPK showing high fertility on CD 11 and 12, and peak fertility on CD 13 and 14. I thought that was pretty good timing for our first month TTC, but so far I feel exactly the same, so I don't believe I am with child just yet.
- We are going to try pre-seed this month as well (if I am not preggers), which is something we did not try last month. I am taking a prenatal vitamin since beginning of July 2018 and I take 800 mcg of folic acid every morning.
- I also purchased some Maca Powder which I have only used a couple of times and added it to smoothies. I have heard pros/cons to this powder and wondered if anyone else had used it while TTC and what their thoughts are?
Thanks for reading! Hopefully we are on the right track! Good luck to all of the TTC'ers and new mommies. I can't wait until I see that BFP. I've wanted children for as long as I can remember and the time seems right!
-Lo
My name is Lauren! I am new to this forum and new to the TTC community. This is month #1 TTC for my husband and I, and I am currently waiting for AF to show up in the next 2-4 days. I've only been off of birth control since the end of June 2018, so I don't really know what my cycles are like yet, so that's been "a lot of fun" trying to figure that out this month... haha.
Anyways, I look forward to chatting with some of you and I would love to hear any tips and tricks that you have found worked for you when you first started TTC! It's already been an interesting first month!
So far this is what I have gathered from the first month TTC:
- I took an ovulation test to find out when my fertile time was (for this month at least), and I ovulated sometime around CD 13-15 based on the results of that.
- We read that BD'ing for at least 5 days prior to ovulation was the best bet, but we still aren't sure if we should be trying to BD every day, every other, etc during that five day period; so we are wondering what the best method is.
- We BD this month on CD 8, 11, 12, 14, and 16 with an OPK showing high fertility on CD 11 and 12, and peak fertility on CD 13 and 14. I thought that was pretty good timing for our first month TTC, but so far I feel exactly the same, so I don't believe I am with child just yet.
- We are going to try pre-seed this month as well (if I am not preggers), which is something we did not try last month. I am taking a prenatal vitamin since beginning of July 2018 and I take 800 mcg of folic acid every morning.
- I also purchased some Maca Powder which I have only used a couple of times and added it to smoothies. I have heard pros/cons to this powder and wondered if anyone else had used it while TTC and what their thoughts are?
Thanks for reading! Hopefully we are on the right track! Good luck to all of the TTC'ers and new mommies. I can't wait until I see that BFP. I've wanted children for as long as I can remember and the time seems right!
-Lo
