What did you do differently

Oxy23 wrote: To all you preggos :) : What did you do that "worked" the month you concieved? For example, did you have sex more, chart your temps, use pre-seed, prop your hips on a pillow after sex, eat pineapple, etc? What did you do that helped make this month the month?

Actually I am not being funny here when I say I did 'all of the above' when I had my short-term pg recently - even the pineapple, cause I was getting hayfever and I always eat pineapple when that happens as it's a natural anti-histamine!

yep, it helps make your lining nice and sticky!

Don't think I've replied to this but yeah we relaxed too as well...well I was really sick the month we concieved Clodagh and the antibiotics I was taking threw my cycle out so I ended up ov a week alter than normal. Just as well cos I wasn't up to shagging before then lol  I had already decided if we didn't get pg that month (and it was all very half hearted cos I'd been crook and had at least 1 m/c poss 2 in the last 6 months), I was ready to call it quits.  Clodagh obviously had other things in mind nd here she is, crawling around on the floor like butter wouldn't melt  (hmmmm  )

Good luck to everyone TTC. It's sooooooo hard emotionally 

Edited by Emmecat

OK well here's my little story

I went off the pill and started taking Elevit on the same day. I also went and bought an ovulation thermometer and got a programme on my iphone to track my temperature. I decided I wasn't going to go down the path of CM or anything like that at first.

I think the first month I may have had a chemical pregnancy as I had a lot of symptoms but AF arrived before I had a chance to test, AF was incredibly heavy!

My cycles were frustratingly around 42 days which was driving me nuts and I have since vowed to never go on the pill again as I think it reaally messed me up.

DH and I went on holiday (with my inlaws!) to attend a couple of family events in various parts of Australia in the 3rd month. AF was late and I thought 'ooooh this is it' but AF arrived the day we flew back to NZ. However we got pregnant in the very next cycle!

So basically the only thing that was different is that I had had a good chill out on holiday... So as annoying as this is, I think the relaxing is what did it for us.

'Relaxing' is actually the most hated word amongst people TTC, and from personal experience it doesn't make sod-all difference - sorry to disagree! If one more person tells me to 'relax' and it will happen, I will slap them - If relaxing is the key to holding onto my pregnancies then I will eat my socks - cause whenever I get pregnant I am always SUPER relaxed, everyone who knows I am pregnant comments on it - it's only when the hcg tests come back unusual and the bleeding starts that I am not so relaxed anymore!