Question about getting pregnant

We're trying too! My doctor put me on prenatal vitamins already (picked some up at Costco). She also recommended I download a calendar app to help track cycles and see when I'm most fertile. Good luck!

Yup, folic acid, charting basal temps so you can figure out when you're ovulating. Also, the more often you do it, the lower the sperm count (like if you did it twice in a day, the second time would be lower than if you waited for a day).

What worked for me was tracking cervical mucus/position and most importantly, RELAXING and not trying quite so hard. As long as you're ovulating and hubby's swimmers are okay, you should be able to get pregnant. Best of luck to you!

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Just get drunk. That's worked for several people I know.

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I found that lots of bumping for now worked wonders.

Just get drunk. That's worked for several people I know.

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Go back to 16 and get in the backseat of an Audi?

I'd be screwed if that's how people were supposed to get pregnant... :P

Go to babyandbump.com
You'll get ton of good info.

To get pregnant: take your basal temperature and use OPK to monitor your ovulation. Eat healthy. Exercise. Lose weight.

Once pregnant:
Eat healthy. Keep exercising during your whole pregnancy (Do tons of squats and lunges) This will lower your chances to have a high risk pregnancy. Don't settle for the first doctor you see. Trust your body. I had a natural waterbirth with a midwife and a doula 2 months ago and it was the best experience of my life! No need for drugs! Good luck!

Also, watch " the Business of Being Born" and "More business of being born" on Netflix.

Several other people have mentioned it but the best thing to do at the moment is just relax and see what happens. The first important thing to work out is roughly when you are ovulating. Unless you have a really irregular cycle, a lot of the ovulation kits etc are just a waste of money. Apologies if this next bit is a bit patronizing or graphic but it's quite easy to get confused when dealing with these things so here goes...do you have a regular cycle? When counting cycles, day 1 is the first day of your period. As a general rule, there are 14 days from ovulation until you start your next period. If you have a regular cycle (give or take a day or so) then you can work out roughly when you'll be ovulating. If you have a standard 28 day cycle, you ovulate around day 14 (so about a week after your period finishes) but if you have a shorter cycle then you'll probably ovulate a bit earlier - for example if your cycle length is 25 days, you'll ovulate around day 11 (25-14=11) but if you have longer cycles, say 33 days, then you'll tend to ovulate a bit later, round about day 19 (33-14=19).

This is important because once you've ovulated, the egg is only 'good' for around 24 hours - someone mentioned this when they said that if you wait until you get the positive ovulation test, it might actually be too late. Sperm can survive inside for 5-7 days so you don't HAVE to have 'fun' on the exact day of ovulation to actually get pregnant. Just have regular fun in the week running up to ovulation.

The second important thing to consider is the frequency and timing of your 'fun'. I can't remember who mentioned it (sorry) but it's true that the number and quality of the sperm are reduced if it's too frequent. Now, obviously if your other half is particularly fertile, it wont matter but generally if you're actively 'trying' to conceive, it's advisable to aim for 2-4 times per week as that helps make sure there is a good number of good quality sperm available each time. That includes any 'alone time' your other half may have... Obviously if you enjoy 'fun time' more often than 4 times in a week, that's fine but just remember that when it comes to conception, sometimes less is more and there's no obligation to do it every day or on any specific day!

When you put all this together, you can figure out that the most important time for having regular 'fun' is really the middle 2 weeks of your cycle (so roughly 2 weeks starting from when your period finishes) but there's no set in stone rules! Just relax and enjoy yourself, and it should happen! In the UK, unless you have very irregular cycles or either of you have a specific medical problem, we wouldn't worry about doing tests until you'd been trying for at least a year as it's not unusual for it to take that long. If you have any other questions, feel free to message me. Sorry for the essay and good luck!

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