https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:54:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-153014 Wed, 09 May 2012 14:15:25 +0000 joyjoy 153014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only tried for a few months, but I think DH was feeling pressured. The month we got the BFP I didn't tell him it was BD time and just let things go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152937 Wed, 09 May 2012 13:05:23 +0000 birdofafeather 152937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we were TTA before and this was our first cycle TTC, but we went full force, i guess you could say. i was charting CM and temping, we used pre-seed and DTD every other day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152927 Wed, 09 May 2012 12:54:56 +0000 lemondrop 152927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Decided to take the month off from trying and went on vacation. Lost 5 pounds and stopped trying all of those rumored things that will help fertility. Drank a whole bunch of tropical drinks, ate a ton of sushi, and rode horses during our cruise. Had a great time, which we hadn't really been having for most of the previous year, also my great but intense boss quit and was replaced by one that was much more relaxed.</p> <p>I think the combination of losing a little weight, relaxing on vacation and at work, and just lucky timing was what did it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152888 Wed, 09 May 2012 12:33:03 +0000 hellobeeboston 152888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the month we got pg was the month I wasn't even thinking about it....</p> <p>I was interviewing for a new job across the country, didn't chart, had 1 OPK that I tried and it didn't work so I gave up on it for the month, just BD'ed whenever, and I didn't even think about it until my period was approaching, and we got our BFP.</p> <p>All of the other months, I was thinking/stressing about it - OPK-ing, charting (some months), making sure we were BDing when we were supposed to... and nothing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152800 Wed, 09 May 2012 10:18:48 +0000 mediagirl 152800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing position wise. I did buy a new thermometer that month which threw my temps all out of whack. Because of that, we had sex every single day for a week since I wasn't sure when I was ovulating. He loved it. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152798 Wed, 09 May 2012 10:17:11 +0000 DillonLion 152798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We DTD on O day and 2 days after, instead of doing it before O day which is usually suggested. I was sick, so wasn't feeling up to it beforehand.</p> <p>DH had also cut way down on his drinking, which can impede sperm count/motility. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152797 Wed, 09 May 2012 10:15:57 +0000 shoemama 152797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>stopped thinking about it for the first time in 6 months and it worked! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152672 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:47:57 +0000 looch 152672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you mean versus other months when we weren't TTC or when we were TTC? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152612 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:09:36 +0000 Lozza 152612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyneswith: I am now totally curious about said position. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152605 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:02:22 +0000 mrsjyw 152605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were more diligent about our BD schedule... the prior two months it was 3-5x around when I thought was O month. The BFP cycle we used the CBEFM and BD every day for almost 2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152535 Tue, 08 May 2012 23:59:10 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 152535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, nothing different. I had just gotten off the pill and got pregnant the very first week I noticed any sort of CM (which was absent on the pill).<br /> Oh, and we conceived on vacation. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152483 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:08:51 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 152483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First time around, I was in the process of losing weight. I think that helped. The second time around... I think I realized I was just fertile. ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152434 Tue, 08 May 2012 19:59:34 +0000 cyneswith 152434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stopped trying. Took stuff when I was hurt instead of toughing it out, and allowed myself a bottle of strawberry Arbor Mist instead of 2 glasses of red wine during the TWW. (Also, we tried a position so weird that I hurt myself enough to need pain-killers.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152409 Tue, 08 May 2012 19:28:11 +0000 Andrea 152409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe we had sex closer to ovulation? Not sure! We weren't trying to do anything differently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152408 Tue, 08 May 2012 19:27:40 +0000 MsLipGloss 152408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PetuniasandPearls: I did the same thing . . . got frustrated and stopped taking my prenatals the month we got pregnant. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152406 Tue, 08 May 2012 19:25:55 +0000 MsLipGloss 152406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. We used the CBE Fertility Monitor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152389 Tue, 08 May 2012 19:13:37 +0000 chopsuey 152389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't do anything differently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152334 Tue, 08 May 2012 18:11:51 +0000 heffalump 152334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't do anything differently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152272 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:20:33 +0000 MaisyMay 152272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Minnie_Girl: yeah, that can be a great way to deal with stress! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152270 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:19:45 +0000 petuniasandpearls 152270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got angry and decided to stop taking my prenatal vitamins (we had been trying for a few months and I was feeling a little depressed). 9 days later--BAM! Pregnant! and I had to go out and buy another bottle :)</p> <p>Then I freaked out for about 2 weeks until I saw the doctor who convinced me that since I eat a bowl of Total every single day (including during our 9 day wait), baby should be fine---Total has a LOT of the vitamins that the prenatals have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152266 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:17:36 +0000 Minnie_Girl 152266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our pregnancy was a surprise. We did nothing differently (we've used FAM for years without any problems). I think the stress of my mom separating from my mentally ill dad knocked back ovulation and kept me distracted! DH and I know of a great way to beat stress...</p> <p>Oh, and DH didn't do his usual please-no-baby prayer one night. Instead, he prayed that if I did become pregnant, that I and the baby would be healthy. Some kind of divine intervention must have been involved in this, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152258 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:13:25 +0000 oliviaoblivia 152258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I quit coffee and we "finished things" in a different position. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently#post-152255 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:11:50 +0000 MaisyMay 152255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you do anything differently on the month that you conceived versus other months?</p> <p>We used expectorant to create more CM and did the deed every other day, but other than that, it was all the same as any other month. </p>