Reply With QuoteCount me in too girls! Cheers!
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Sounds good to me Cassius... Cheers!
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Count me in too girls! Cheers!
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With DD1 & DD2, both times we were drunk LOL. DD1 was planned, DD2 was not quite planned. With this pregnancy, we were just so in the moment that we didn't use protection one night. I thought I was about 5 days away from ovulating and thought it was safe. I guess not.
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For us both times - an overseas holiday! Lots of relaxing and drinking and lots of DTD
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With both DD and this preg DH and I went at it like rabbits, throwing away all of the O date info etc, just went with what my body told me, which was to BD several times a day, everyday and if I didn't feel like it we didn't do it! They say that gives you a high likelihood of a girl, but I don't mind another little priness to add to our family!
GL hun I hope you find what works for you.
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Well I think for us.. it was the one month I didnt think we'd get pregnant, because dh was going away in the 'O' time.. but one thing we did different was we dtd every morning before dh would go to work and I'd go back to sleep with a few pillows under my bum..
Before that we were doing it at night or arvo every day for a few months and nothing happened.
Also, stress less and dont think about it. But I am one not to follow that rule, because it is darn right impossible to forget something that you want soooo badly!
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What worked for us was that I went on a 2 week business trip, came back and we DTD that evening I returned and I ovulated that next day!
Also, DH was taking zinc supplements.
Erica xx
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CBG - great topic!
My DH was taking Menevit and I was taking Elevit, we DTD the day before I thought I would O and then every single day for about 4 or 5 days. I would also put my legs up for 30 minutes afterwards, which really hurt!! I am pretty soft though - hee hee. That is pretty much it for me, I am a real believer in the legs up thing though as we fell twice in as many cycles. Ooohhh, I had also been off the pill for about 12 months so I would say that was well and truly out of my system.
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ROFL at that.
I went to the dentist. She said, you should get your wisdom teeth ripped out. So I booked in for that. We didn't stop trying and it was at the back of my mind but it wasn't as urgent that month. We also relaxed, had a few drinks to celebrate our anniversary and DTD as we had been doing probably every 2nd day. I was pretty sure I had o'd the day before but didn't really think much of it after 8 months of BFN's. I did a test just before having my teeth ripped out (the day AF was due based on when I thought I'd O'd) and got a false negative. Two weeks later I started feeling sick, my AF still hadn't arrived. So I did another test (a faulty one) then another and finally gst a BFP. Turns out poor bub got a dose of general anaesthetic (he's fine!). I'm thinking DH should get his teeth ripped out when we start trying for #2 in Feb.
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I also used POAS ovulation tests to get to know my cycle well but it wasn't working - almost a year. It was good to know I had a regular cycle and to pinpoint exactly when I was ovulating as it was at a different time than expected.
The thing that worked for me in the end was a round of treatments from a Chinese Doctor. A few sessions of acupuncture and a committment to taking herbs daily left me feeling physically awesome and falling pg first cycle!
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LOL! Sounds like a plan to me, especially as it seems that I am due to o next either just before or right on new years eve! lol
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The only other idea i can suggest is to DTD outside of the timeframe you think you are meant to be ovulating. A few of my conceptions were waaaaay outside the supposed 'fertile window'... one was on day 22 of my cycle! also try doing it earlier... remember that sperm can live for up to a week.
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Get fit! Really get stuck into the exercise and healthy eating. 4 hours of huffy puffy exercise a week & I got my BFP!
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I agree. Several people I know were obsessed with when they were ovulating... They would go crazy then, and not any other time of the month. I take the idea of one of the other writers and listen to your body... If you feel like it - go for it!
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For me with #1 relaxing wasn't going to cut it! My secret to getting ds involved a fertility specialist and keyhole surgery (lap)! (Even though my endo was so minimal the fs said it wasn't affecting my fertility, after it was gone -> bfp!)
Luckily my first pregnancy seemed to give my body the shake up it needed, and to get #2 the formula was
1) EPO and lots of water
2) dtd every day for at least 4 days
3) opks
4) lying still for as long as I could post-dtd
Goodluck CBG, I hope you get your bfp really soon! xx
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Re: Fess Up Ladies, What is your secret?
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i fell pregnant with DS, lots & lots of alcohol involved.
DD we tried for 16 months and then i said i couldn't do this anymore, its obviously not ment to happen.. My MIL was coming up for the weekend so i decided to stop TTC & put everything away so she didnt no we were TTC. works out i fell pregnant the weekend she was here LOL
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ok, can come back in here now with our 'BFP' story...
basically as i mentioned DH started taking Menevit...big difference he reckons in terms of (and sorry for TMI) but the quantity and consistency...who knows?!
also, he went away for 3 days and i don't know, maybe the heart strings grew fonder or my ovaries got a fright that they were being ignored as i Od the day after he got back and the night after we DTD...nothing like a romantic 'interlude' lol
we also did the old wives tale of lifting the legs for a bit...not for long as i am lazy lol.
DH refers to this baby as the 'menevit baby'
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