https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:15:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1648492 Wed, 21 May 2014 07:20:44 +0000 Happygal 1648492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: agree! If using preseed, giving up caffeine, etc. helps you to feel positive and like you're doing something to get pregnant, then go for it. But there isn't a magical sex position, supplement, diet that is going to get your pregnant.</p> <p>For me, I got my first BFP my first medicated cycle (injectables + IUI) after my laparoscopy.</p> <p>ETA: I used to feel like it was frustrating that I was limited in what I could do to get pregnant. But then I decided to see it as liberating b/c past timing things right (or getting medical help), it was out of my control! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1648323 Wed, 21 May 2014 00:52:35 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1648323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@whenoceansrise: I also used a Circle &amp; Bloom program. It was fantastic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647707 Tue, 20 May 2014 16:37:01 +0000 charmed 1647707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's what was different for me:<br /> -HSG on CD7<br /> -on vacation for the week before O<br /> -took progesterone for a short luteal phase starting at 1DPO </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647675 Tue, 20 May 2014 16:28:08 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1647675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably doesn't count for me, but I had IUI with menopur. I wish I had a better secret that didn't include fertility drugs!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647165 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:39:12 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1647165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For both BFPs I gave up caffeine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647123 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:31:41 +0000 littlebug 1647123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Quit drinking and took Fertile CM pills. Also, we DTD on O-4, O-3, O-1, O, and O+1. Probably O+3 or 4, as well. We were feeling extra frisky that month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647108 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:28:00 +0000 swurlygurl 1647108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For #1 it was not using lube AND lifting my butt in the air afterwards - I did both those that month after trying for ~ 9 months, and finally got pregnant! Coincidence, actually helping, I don't know. I think the lube made the biggest difference though, I had no idea lube had spermicide in it. FAIL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647093 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:23:13 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1647093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As long as you're timing sex close enough to O (confirming with OPKs or charting), I think everything else is a crap shoot. </p> <p>Of the 3 times I've been pregnant, the first time was when I was seeing an acupuncturist (m/c), the second was seeing a naturopath (m/c), and finally what worked was getting on Lovenox. But I have issues that most people don't! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647092 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:22:45 +0000 septca 1647092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This first time, I got pregnant after surgery that enabled my doctor to unblock one of my tubes so that was really the main thing. Things I also did that cycle:<br /> O'ed while on vacation<br /> Had great timing - O-4, O-2, O-1, O, and O+1<br /> preseed<br /> soft cups<br /> OPKs and charting CM<br /> royal jelly (me and DH)</p> <p>For my second BFP (CP):<br /> had okay timing - O-3 and O-1<br /> preseed<br /> soft cups<br /> OPKs and charting CM </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647061 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:17:54 +0000 Tidybee 1647061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>#1 - Clomid, mucinex for more CM plus vacation and lots of wine during O time.<br /> #2 - absolutely nothing. We were NTNP and just "having fun". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647049 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:15:24 +0000 sorrycharlie 1647049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>literally nothing differently, aside from not using condoms. I used an OPK to verify what day I "should" ovulate (I have predictable cycles) but that was it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1647029 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:12:18 +0000 MrsKRB 1647029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping this thread to see if anyone else can contribute :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1476365 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:47:37 +0000 Bao 1476365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used OPK's both times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1476115 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:18:14 +0000 Torchwood 1476115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: Ha ha, yeah it's actually a fun one! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1476109 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:17:49 +0000 mrsjyw 1476109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>used a clear blue easy fert mon and bd errrday. DOY </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1476106 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:17:26 +0000 mfa_lady 1476106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: Ooooh, this is so interesting to me! This is a tactic I can support. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1476059 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:12:48 +0000 Torchwood 1476059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@whenoceansrise: Yes, I just do it myself. It's easiest if we finish in missionary so I'm already on my back and don't have to worry about anything, ya know, falling out. I keep a towel under my butt (sometimes elevated a bit with a pillow as well). I'm lucky though and it's really quick for me (if I'm doing it myself), so it was no big deal to add to the routine. If it had been a lot of trouble, I might have gone for it just on O day or the day before, or something like that. Also, probably obvious, a vibrator can really help. DH doesn't like them much, so I don't bother, but they're definitely effective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1476010 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:07:54 +0000 whenoceansrise 1476010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: I have heard this and am very intrigued! question: how do you orgasm after? do you do it yourself? it takes a heck of a lot of work/time for me so i was just wondering! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1475384 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:30:32 +0000 mrs. 64 1475384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't try anything new. Mentally, it was the month I gave up and was ready to start with iui. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1475383 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:30:26 +0000 Tidybee 1475383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For DD, nothing different other than completely giving up and becoming resigned. We did go on vacation and BD every day because we really reconnected and fell in love again, so it was actually enjoyable instead of feeling like a business arrangement.<br /> For BFP #2 (m/c) we were NTNP and were super relaxed about the whole thing. I don't even know when I O'ed or conceived. After a year of impeccable timing and not getting pregnant the first time around, I was shocked to see a BFP on one of the first cycles of NTNP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1475371 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:27:46 +0000 Torchwood 1475371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no way of knowing for sure, but I honestly believe the reason that we've managed to get pregnant so quickly every time (we're 3 for 4 on months trying, though first two ended in m/c) is because I ALWAYS made sure to orgasm after he finished. It's the one thing I don't see mentioned on here often, and when it does come up it looks like most people aren't doing it. So it makes some sense that it could have made a difference since it's the only thing we did differently from everyone else.</p> <p>I saw a science show that explained it. Basically the orgasm pulls the sperm up into the uterus. They actually showed the effect on a woman. They injected her with something that would show up on a scan (in a way that mimics a man orgasming inside her), then showed on a scan where it was. They then had her orgasm (awkward much?) and did another scan. It had moved MUCH further up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1475315 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:15:07 +0000 pui 1475315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really, REALLY don't want to perpetuate the "relax and you'll get pregnant" myth, but the cycle I got my BFP I didn't chart, use OPKs, anything. I was just waiting for the next month, when I would have started my first medicated cycle.</p> <p>Also, I started a low carb diet about a month before I conceived. 2 weeks after I started I got AF on my own after only a 60 day cycle (pretty good for me, with PCOS) and 2 weeks after that I conceived. Got my BFP 3 weeks later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1475312 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:14:32 +0000 Weagle 1475312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cut caffeine and upped water and green tea intake. I don't think it made a difference. I think it was just the right cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1475303 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:12:46 +0000 LBee 1475303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BD ED from end of period to 2 days after ovulation, took Mucinex. Honestly though, it's just luck. After watching "The Great Sperm Race" recently, I've become completely convinced of this. I don't believe anything I particularly did led to my BFP, it was just with every month trying my odds statistically increase. </p> <p>ETA: Just read this and wanted to add that I'm sorry if I'm a downer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1475293 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:10:39 +0000 MrsKRB 1475293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would like to know this as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-differently-the-cycle-you-got-your-bfp#post-1475190 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:49:53 +0000 whenoceansrise 1475190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you BD EOD, start OPK's, or something really weird?<br /> haha, If I don't get my BFP this cycle I am going to need some suggestions! </p>