Did you do/have anything to try and help you to concieve quicker?

[Manhattan]

I started acupuncture (ap) and traditional chinese medicine (tcm) after not having AF for 10 months, and prior to that, had 50+ day cycles. I went religiously each week, and took all my yucky herbs daily, and got my BFP on just my second cycle! During this time, I was also walking about 6km a day, and eating a low GI diet in an effort to kick start my body.

I cannot praise AP or TCM enough, I think herbs and natural remedies are very powerful. I highly recommend you give it a go if it is something you are open to.

for a BFP soon!

[Salsa]

Getting your tubes cleared (cant remember the name of the procedure, but they put dye into your uterus and wait for it to go through your fallopian tubes - it gives them a good clean out or shows if there is any blockage causing infertility).
Many people concieve within a month or two of having that done, I did
I got a referal from my GP for private treatment. It cost about $300.

[Jakabella]

The month that we started using pre seed is the month that we got luck. We lost a bub the month before that but got a sticky one the month after with Pre seed.

Will use it again when we start TTC next year.

Kate

[HarveyBub'sMum]

I also used traditional chinese medicine, I have PCOS and I went to a well recommended chinese herbal gynae in Melbourne. Let me know if you want his details.

I took the herbs for about seven months and fell pregnant. I wasn't expecting it to work but I was amazed at what came out of my body as I went through his treatment. Black sticky stuff like tar (sorry if TMI), when I told him about it he said "that's what is stopping you from getting pregnant" and true enough the next month I conceived. Great pregnancy until the end when I got high blood pressure.

I would recommend chinese herbal medicine to anyone!!!!! But be warned, herbs smell bad as you cook them up and taste pretty feral but in the end I was almost craving the taste of them, very weird.

Good luck!

[Ahurani]

great thread

i am almost at my witts end and i am considering doing ap. does anyone know a good ap in s-e melbourne?

[CharlieBrownGirl]

jennjorja, great question. Thank you!
I'm loving the answers!

I'm drinking my chinese tea as I type. I've been going to Chinese Herbalist for just over a month now and have had two AP sessions. No BFP (yet), however I'm feeling much healthier esp when AF arrives.
I just need to focus on food and exercise and I'm sure I'll feel even better.
I've also purchased Pre-Seed, tho I started taking Evening Primrose Oil at the start of this cycle and I didn't need any Pre-Seed, EPO took care of that.

Best of Luck to you!

[LladyR]

The month that we started using pre seed is the month that we got luck. We lost a bub the month before that but got a sticky one the month after with Pre seed.

Oh, how exciting!! This gives me great hope. We conceived last month also, but unfortunately lost our beloved Fuzzy not very long after...

This month we're using Pre-Seed as well

[Sequoia]

Getting your tubes cleared (cant remember the name of the procedure, but they put dye into your uterus and wait for it to go through your fallopian tubes - it gives them a good clean out or shows if there is any blockage causing infertility).
Many people concieve within a month or two of having that done, I did
I got a referal from my GP for private treatment. It cost about $300.

An HSG, sorry, I can't spell the whole thing..hystersalpingogram or something...

I conceived DS on the cycle I had my HSG.

Good luck.

[Salsa]

yes - hsg ...forgot what it was called, but anyway I concieved that month /cycle I had it done too. If it takes a while to concieve number 3, I will be trying that option again.

[Visitor6]

We did the acupuncture. We took all the Chinese herbs, I still do and still have the acupuncture it was so good.

We were trying and trying and trying over the 8 months (we aren't kids anymore so for us this IS a long time). Ovulaintg not ovulating timing etc etc.

We set up for assisted conception, my partner had had her tubal patency test. susequently we were to start injections two days after collecting them, so instead of her perod, two stripes!!

So out 20 week little man survived a tubal patentcy test (the clean out listed above)

the biggest thing to learn then. Stop trying and just have sex. We were so caught up in the process and the outcome I'm sure it worked against us. the moment we relaxed and just did what came naturally it worked.

[Mum of 1]

Hi
We also used preseed the month I fell pregnant with DD. I was also drinking green tea and pink grapefruit juice which I think (was a couple of years ago now so cant quite remember) was supposed to help with EWCM.

[RhiChiChi]

Nursekobeh - I have started seeing Louis Cali - Chinese Herbalist/Acupuncturist in Berwick. Not sure if I can post his ph number, so PM me if you want it