The perfect pregnancy plan PPP :) Updated Summary on bottom of Page 6 :)

[grandbleu]

Just updated bottom of page six summary with new hints from our helpful TTC after loss ladies! MERCI everyone and keep adding hints!

 

[bluey]

My story, for what it's worth:

DH & I stopped using contraception in January 2008 & initially decided to "let nature take it's course". Nature decided we weren't gonna get pregnant easy, so over the following 18 cycles I/we tried...OPK's, BD every day (man, that was an exhausting month!!), BD every other day, ClearBlue Fertility Monitor, Pre-Seed, legs in the air after sex, pre-natal vitamins, giving up alcohol, giving up hot baths, giving up caffeine & pretty much giving up our entire lives in the quest to get pregnant!

The cycle it finally happened for us the ONLY thing I did differently was after BD I laid on my tummy for 30 mins instead of on my back... Maybe worth a try if you've tried everything else!!

 

[grandbleu]

My story, for what it's worth:

DH & I stopped using contraception in January 2008 & initially decided to "let nature take it's course". Nature decided we weren't gonna get pregnant easy, so over the following 18 cycles I/we tried...OPK's, BD every day (man, that was an exhausting month!!), BD every other day, ClearBlue Fertility Monitor, Pre-Seed, legs in the air after sex, pre-natal vitamins, giving up alcohol, giving up hot baths, giving up caffeine & pretty much giving up our entire lives in the quest to get pregnant!

The cycle it finally happened for us the ONLY thing I did differently was after BD I laid on my tummy for 30 mins instead of on my back... Maybe worth a try if you've tried everything else!!

COOL Bluey - Thanks for sharing..."nature" wasn't really on our side either...I haven't been TTCing as long as you but about a year and a half to two years of TTC/NTNP/GivingUP/TTC/NTNP...yes it's been long.

Interesting about the stomach position as most girls tend to do legs up in the air (me included!) and stay still. I have heard from this thread that if you have a tilted uterus (which I do and I only found out from my U/S that I had done at the time of my M/C) that it helps laying on your tummy. I will definitely try that technique if this month is not my month and add it to the list of tips and tricks for sure!

Do you have a tilted uterus??? just out of curiosity and to see if the theory that tummy laying is good for us ladies with a tilted one.

 

[bluey]

I don't know. It certainly wasn't mentioned at any of my scans, but I don't know whether it would be commented on if it was tilted?

 

[grandbleu]

The Technician mentioned mine because she was having a hard time visualizing my uterus on the screen and had to use some funky maneuvering so that's why I got told. She said it's pretty common and shouldn't be a detriment to TTC (of course I was worried!). Anyways next time you see your OBGYN or get an U/S just ask so you know your body (inside and out! ).

Even on an annual pelvic exam the GYN should be able to tell you because my ER doctor told me during my miscarriage - again problems seeing everything...I guess since it was never an issue with getting a PAP smear no one ever mentioned it to me all these years. Would have been nice to know but there you go.

 

[SKAV]

Hi all,

As some of you know I miscarriaged on the 1st of Dec and my Gyno said it was fine to try again soon after the bleeding was over ( since I had m/c myself ) So yesterday I was "clean" and we BDd
I didnt want to wait till my next cycle since it was so heartbreaking and this was somewhat ok.. SO I am taking all the tips on page 6 and GRANDBLEU..Thank u so much for this post..it helps everyone a lot...!!
Lots of babydust to all these wonderful ladies out there...

PS : The angel/fairy with a wand on my profile picture - Well, I went out yday and found this deco in a shop and I really wanted to get it. It reminded me of my angel baby and the wand on her hands looked as if it was giving us ALL the "babydust" we needed.. I bought it thinking about all of you..Hope it brings us GL..

 

[grandbleu]

Glad you are feeling up to TTC - I hope some of the tips and tricks will bring you to a !

 

[Leeze]

Great thread, love the positivity and lots of ideas!

I'd like to add some tips for you!!

1) Drink a glass of grapefruit juice in the morning for the first half of your cycle (up to O) and then substitute this with a glass of pineapple juice for the 2nd half. Grapefruit juice is meant to improve EWCM and pineapple is meant to help strengthen the uterus lining

2) use a mooncup or sanitary towel if possible instead of tampons when AF comes - or only use tampons for really heavy flow - tampons apparently interfere with your natural moisture

3) Drink 2 litres of water a day, and eat lots of fruit and veg. Particularly red and orange fruit and veg eg carrots, sweet potato, peppers - meant to be good because of lots of carotene, also good to eat lots of green veg eg spinach, rocket, watercress - good for ovaries - I was told this by a nutritionist so hopefully it's true

4) BD 3-4 times every week all the way through the cycle to keep them fresh and maximise the chance of catching the egg. Get your OH to refrain from "releasing" the spermies apart from when BD-ing so none of it is wasted and his supply doesn't dry up (again the nutritionist told me this!!)

I've got a serious plan of action written in my TTC journal on page 1 if anyone wants to have a look for other ideas - this is based on 11 months of TTC and reading lots of different things (including posts on here, books, internet articles etc), and from going to see a fertility specialist and nutritionist - feel free to have a look and use some of these ideas!!

It's one of my most fertile days so I'm going now to try to put some more of this into action! Good luck everyone, I'll definitely come back to see if there's any new ideas on here!!!

 

[grandbleu]

Thanks for all your wonderful ideas Leeze - I will integrate them on to the summary on Page 6. I hope you get your BFP - you've certainly done all the research necessary...now BD your little heart out and catch that egg!

 

[stillhoping22]

I love this thread! This cycle is going to be one of many firsts...softcups, robutissin, and probably raspberry tea...if I can find it! Hoping one of them will make the difference!