https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:48:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1825237 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:23:17 +0000 pui 1825237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do not think anything was really different the cycle we conceived.</p> <p>I think what does make the biggest difference is being aware of your cycles. Charting BBT, tracking CM, ect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1825224 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:19:52 +0000 autumnlove 1825224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A daycare mom told me to start eating full fat dairy products. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1825216 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:18:16 +0000 Bluemasonjar 1825216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm new to most of this and we don't plan to start TTC until next month. How are honey and Mucinex supposed to help? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1824047 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:09:30 +0000 lioneyes 1824047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>tracking my cycle using OPKs, and taking guafenisin (mucinex). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1821091 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:37:32 +0000 snowjewelz 1821091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only important thing that "did it" for us was to BD at the right time, so for me that meant using OPK! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1820969 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:48:32 +0000 alohaorchid 1820969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The two times I've had a positive test were the months when I did nothing. I didn't watch what I ate or drank, didn't do any special kind of exercise, no temping, no opk's, no timing sex. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1820355 Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:54:18 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1820355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IVF :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1820274 Sun, 17 Aug 2014 14:11:29 +0000 erinpye 1820274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charting and trying every day the week leading up to ovulation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1820264 Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:58:50 +0000 wonderstruck 1820264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OPKs and temping. Because really it's all about timing and luck. Obviously you can't control luck, but OPKs and temping give you as much information as possible about the timing of your cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1820260 Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:54:36 +0000 Vegmama 1820260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: Time. Also, I lost 10 pounds by eating better and walking every day. Lastly, I started charting my temp. It gave me a very clear view of my cycle, and when to time sex. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1820199 Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:47:16 +0000 sapphire 1820199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly don't believe that most of these things do anything except make women feel crazier!<br /> I charted with temp and OPKs but did not use lube, soft cups, mucinex, lay with my hips up, etc. it took us 9 months to conceive but we have a sperm morphology and thyroid issue. If you are otherwise healthy, I truly believe that good timing and patience are the keys to success! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1820058 Sun, 17 Aug 2014 09:05:23 +0000 shellio 1820058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>EXACT same things as @dc yoga bee except no pineapple core and no chiropractor. We tried it all over the course of 18 mos with temping, obvious ovulation and perfect timing with no BFP - then got lucky the month I was out of town for most of O week so I didn't temp, DTD only once which I think was probably O day or possibly even the day after. And now I have a beautiful DS. </p> <p>FWIW, I had totally given up on the alcohol and coffee sacrifices the month we got our BFP. We were planning to start looking into adoption. This is not to say that all of a sudden I relaxed about TTC - I was as anxious about it as ever, just didn't think restricting myself was helping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819838 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 21:45:25 +0000 808love 1819838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Adding on to my pp---By the big O, I don't mean ovulation... the other big O. Also, not having sex everyday but saving it up for the key day and then a few days later. Again...this is just what I think worked, not a general DIY for everyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819588 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:35:24 +0000 Anya 1819588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had sex two days on, one day off, pretty much every 36 hours. Ex: mon AM, tues PM, wed off, thurs AM. Sounds so planned and crazy but it worked for us and I got 2 BFPs this way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819534 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:28:44 +0000 travelgirl1 1819534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both times I conceived I was tracking ovulation. It was key for me because when I see egg white CM is not when I have my LH surge, and that's been confirmed via ultrasounds and blood tests. So if I'd been using that as a tracker I would not have timed it right. Also for me, acupuncture and herbs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819493 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 15:13:09 +0000 dc yoga bee 1819493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with the other posters. I've tried all the hocus pocus. Pineapple core, legs up, legs back, this position or that, paleo, whole milk-ice cream, green tea, peppermint tea, acupuncture, chiropractor, pap smear, no alcohol, no coffee, no soda, more water, more veggies, more fiber, more protein, vitamin b6, vitaminb100, yoga, exercise, no exercise, more sex, less sex annnnnd no BFP. Ever! I think it's purely luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819492 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 15:12:16 +0000 Kimberlybee 1819492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Thanks for the tip. I think I have to give up coffee next month. It's worth a try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819471 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 14:34:06 +0000 mrsrain 1819471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tracking my cycle and having sex the day before, of, and after ovulation. The only two cycles we conceived* that it what we did.</p> <p>*1 chemical pregnancy, 1 live birth </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819458 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 14:17:12 +0000 looch 1819458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Information is power. I knew the length of my cycles and that I was ovulating. Besides that, I didn't really do anything differently, because I do not believe that all of that other stuff is going to help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819457 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 14:17:10 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1819457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both times I had been working out consistently and eating pretty clean. The first time i had just lost 10 lbs and the second i had just lost 30. Not sure if those have anything to do with it, but in the back of my mind i like to think that me being my healthiest self helped a little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819451 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 14:12:47 +0000 littlek 1819451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, it's all luck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819448 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 14:10:33 +0000 Radish 1819448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the only thing that you can control in the process is timing and that is no guarantee. People get pregnant all the time under a wide variety of circumstances and the likelihood of one thing being key is slim. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819439 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 14:03:17 +0000 simplyfelicity 1819439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819432 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:52:41 +0000 catlady 1819432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I temped (used Fertility Friend) and used OPKs. If you are otherwise healthy, timing is the most important thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819425 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:43:07 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1819425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We relaxed. It's so cliche and totally not what I would have wanted to her about when I was TTC, but I honestly think it's what did it. That and maybe laying on my tummy after (since I found out I have an inverted uterus). </p> <p>I was also using Pre-Seed, having a spoonful of honey every day, and was temping. But it was the first time we just relaxed and the first time I relaxed on my stomach after (instead of elevating my hips, for example). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819417 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:34:31 +0000 Mrs tartan 1819417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The month we truly stopped trying (Xmas and new year, we were too busy with visitors and friends) we conceived on jan 7th. Before that we had 8 months of perfectly timed sex which didn't work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819399 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:13:11 +0000 knittylady 1819399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was drinking Green Tea to O to increase CM, and DH and I were both taking Royal Honey. Did that help? ::shrugs:: Took us 8 months and a loss to get to DS and then got KU while BFing 6 months pp. The universe of conceiving is wacky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819385 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:05:54 +0000 Adira 1819385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think pre-seed probably helped us because I don't have a lot of natural CM. Other than that, just timing it right and luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819382 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:04:19 +0000 Crystal 1819382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: I agree, I think it's all down to luck. </p> <p>I've tried all the approaches listed here, and it hasn't resulted in a sticky BFP yet. (Except for the ice cream, that may be my favorite new fertility tip yet!)</p> <p>Not to be a Debbie downer, just that there is no magic silver bullet. I wish there was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-made-the-difference#post-1819375 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:57:26 +0000 Mrs. Detour 1819375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FF, OPKs, Mucinex, and PreSeed. Of those, I think the PreSeed was most important. It enabled us to BD even when we just weren't feeling it when we had more than a few days of positive OPKs (and delayed O). </p>