https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 07:37:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive/page/2#post-1206114 Sat, 09 Nov 2013 17:07:14 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 1206114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>acupuncture really helped for me i think. i also added some more fats to my diet and went off gluten and soy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive/page/2#post-1206004 Sat, 09 Nov 2013 14:03:44 +0000 LindsayInNY 1206004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been TTC for 11 months now but only 8 cycles during that time. I had a chemical pregnancy on cycle #7 and that was the first cycle we used PreSeed (I've been temping and using OPKs throughout). So for some reason I'm convinced PreSeed is necessary going forth... When I went to the doctor for my annual exam, aside from some RXs, she recommended fertility-specific massages and acupuncture. I haven't tried that yet though.</p> <p>ETA: For me, it'll be next to impossible to eliminate stress. I work in a stress-centric (like that word?!) industry so it's just a part of life. DH thinks I put too much pressure on myself and getting pregnant. I don't think that's been making a difference in getting pregnant or not... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive/page/2#post-1205999 Sat, 09 Nov 2013 13:59:12 +0000 meganmp 1205999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was way relaxed when we went on our Paris vacation, and no baby came from that. For me, relaxing/drinking/whatever had nothing to do with it It took 2 years, 3 IUIs, 1 IVF and 1 FET with acupuncture for anything to take, much less stick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1205923 Sat, 09 Nov 2013 12:10:53 +0000 Trailmix 1205923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We needed intervention to get pregnant. Injectables plus IUI did the trick, in conjunction with acupuncture and my 5-month old twins are napping as we speak. Good luck, I also agree that after 2 years, I'd be pretty stressed about it. Perhaps it is time to talk to an RE? The process can take a while... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1205908 Sat, 09 Nov 2013 11:41:13 +0000 LalaYes 1205908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you every one for the responses! I really appreciate you taking your time to share your experiences and give encouragement. :happy: Thank you @MRBEE for the link! I enjoyed reading through that thread as well! @MRS.SOMEONE I am sending hugs your way, I wish you a sticky baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1205300 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:32:32 +0000 ShootingStar 1205300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I needed to see an RE in order to get pregnant. I have PCOS and didn't ovulate on my own. I did have one miscarriage/CP, but I blame that on the wrong dosage of medicine making the egg quality very bad. </p> <p>I agree with @mrsmate: that I would find it really surprising if stress was the only thing keeping you from sustaining a pregnancy. I highly encourage you to seek out an RE if you're just seeing an OB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1205296 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:30:03 +0000 cascademom 1205296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us, switching from lubrication to no lubrication brought a BFP. It was shortly after my annual OB checkup too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1205289 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:23:37 +0000 pui 1205289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had a BFP yet, and I don't ovulate on my own... so it will need medical intervention (hopefully just Clomid, monitoring and timed sex) in order to conceive. Relaxing is never going to fix my PCOS on it's own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1205170 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:18:09 +0000 mrbee 1205170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many posts in this thread are really thoughtful and careful... it's much appreciated!!</p> <p>Since this can be such a tricky topic, I thought maybe I'd post a link to an earlier thread with some thoughtful perspectives from some community members wrestling with IF:</p> <p><a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/posting-to-the-infertility-boards-how-to-be-sensitive" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/posting-to-the-infertility-boards-how-to-be-sensitive</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1205082 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:25:44 +0000 junebugmama 1205082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I'm sorry that you're going through all of what you are. I remember starting a thread on WB stating that if one more person told me to relax I was going to punch them in the throat. I think maybe you need to see that no one here is trying to hurt anyone or pass blame for loss or infertility. All we are doing is explaining what changed for us. Essentially relaxing and not trying is what got me my sticky baby </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1205021 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:57:47 +0000 mrsmate 1205021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I don't know what I said but I'm sorry you were offended. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1205007 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:51:43 +0000 tulip 1205007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>almost 2 years of ttc can be very stressful! i was (and still am) also very stressed and anxious. it hasn't gone away, even though i'm now pregnant. however, i would say that trying to find an answer to my infertility (i.e., going to a RE and getting tested, etc) at least made me feel like i was being productive. although i was ultimately labeled "unexplained infertility," it was still helpful to know that i was trying. hope that makes sense.<br /> as for what we did, the first pregnancy was a natural, after 2 cycles of ttc. i ended up having a d&amp;c. for this pregnancy, we did an IUI with letrozole and a trigger shot, and i'm now 11wks pregnant. I also started acupuncture and herbs in april 2013.</p> <p>hope that helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204975 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:29:51 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1204975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsmate: Please don't tag me with a response that I just asked people to be more gentle about delivering. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204972 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:28:24 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1204972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: I know you remember what its like, and you know the pain of m/c more than anyone else. But you can't honestly think that relaxing is what prevented loosing again? It hurts to see that because its almost saying that we caused our own losses with stress. I know you can't possibly mean that though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204951 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:22:23 +0000 mrsmate 1204951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LalaYes: Hang in there! DH and I are secondary unexplained IF veterans. Here's what we did to conceive:</p> <p>BFP #1: 9 cycles to conceive naturally. Conceived 1st cycle we didn't use lube. Our lube wasn't spermicidal, but it does inhibit the sperm's ability to swim. We just weren't thinking :sad: </p> <p>BFP #2: 1st cycle using Clomid (100mg, CD5-9). Ended in m/c at 7wks.</p> <p>BFP#3: 2nd IUI, Gonal-F w/HSG trigger. FWIW @Mrs.Someone: I spent the week after the IUI drinking and skiing. Big difference from IUI#1, after which I was a basket case!</p> <p>That said, @LalaYes: I'm not a doctor but I'd be floored if stress really was your main obstacle to conceiving. All the anecdotes about alcohol aside, women have babies in war zones and poverty. I think after 2yrs of TTC, an appt w/a good RE is long overdue! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204929 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:15:41 +0000 junebugmama 1204929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I remember feeling the same you feel about similar posts. However, I think it's important to remember that the majority of us who are replying, went through very similar things. We are not replying with this information to be insensitive, but because it's what actually happened. I'm on my 7th pregnancy and have one baby walking around to show for it, and one who I'm praying sticks. Truly both of them were conceived when I wasn't trying, stressing, and honestly when I had drinks with the hubs. It's the truth and what the poster asked for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204893 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:08:27 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1204893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: @looch: I understand what you're saying, but I'm really just asking people to be more gentle in their responses since this is in the IF boards. Many of the responses are great, even though they end with vacation/relaxing. But there are several that are not and I wanted to point out that it can be hurtful (I don't want to name names though). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204879 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:04:16 +0000 Shutterbug 1204879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204842 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:51:56 +0000 looch 1204842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I respect what you are going through, but you must realize that the ladies on this thread that have answered are answering based on what they believe to be the case for them, they are not recommending that YOU should do any of this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204832 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:49:08 +0000 septca 1204832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I totally agree, but I think a lot of these answers have started with the interventions that occurred BEFORE the relaxation - *and* LaLaYes did specifically say that she thought stress was part of her problem.</p> <p>For example, yes, I got pregnant on vacation (which really *did* help relieve the stresss of TTC), but only after surgical intervention. No number of trips to the beach would have helped unblock my blocked tubes, and no amount of relaxation can get you knocked up if there is a brick wall between sperm and egg. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204594 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:36:25 +0000 KT326 1204594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I agree. We never would have gotten pregnant without interventions. Just relaxing wouldn't have/didn't do anything for my lack of cycles.</p> <p>It took us 2 IUI's and lots of shots (3 weeks each time) for us to get pregnant. </p> <p>@LalaYes: What tests have you had done? Are you seeing an RE? To me, two years is enough to warrant going to one to try and at least get answers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204496 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:09:18 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1204496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seriously ladies, I know you're just answering the question, but "we just relaxed and took a vacation" is kindof a slap in the face to those of us who are trying everything and getting nothing but heartache. Please try and remember how you felt when you were in the middle of it all too, and be sensitive with your answer... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204463 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:59:23 +0000 looch 1204463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had never actively tried, other than the month my husband and I began TTCing, so I don't really know if it was luck or science on our side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204459 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:57:46 +0000 septca 1204459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LalaYes: I know Tidybee got pregnant after a long time trying on vacation, too. So, yes, tell your husband you need to go lie on a beach somewhere! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204438 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:52:16 +0000 irene 1204438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am just describing the sequence of things that happened, totally non-scientific :</p> <p>I was infertile for 5 years since I stopped the pills. Had 2 operations to remove an endometrial polyp, and still nothing happened. I never had a miscarriage, I just was unable to conceive. At one point I adjusted my mindset to believe that pregnancy will never happen to me.</p> <p>So we remodeled our master bathroom and moved to the guest bedroom for a few months during construction. I remember back then I watched that J. Lo movie (totally forgot the name) that she held her legs/lower body high for 10(?) minutes after the doctor put sperms in her. I thought maybe I can try this after sex. I did. Next thing you know, I was pregnant. And that was after 5 years of infertility. My friend thinks Feng Shui may have played a part on it also (because we moved to the guest bedroom and I got pregnant there shortly after the remodeling was done). hahaha.</p> <p>Good luck to you !! I hope it happens for you soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204415 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:41:39 +0000 junebugmama 1204415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: +1 lol</p> <p>My answer is margaritas</p> <p>I had a few miscarriages, and then after 8 months of trying to conceive again I gave up. I had hit rock bottom. I went out for a friends birthday, had a couple (4) margaritas and had amazing, loving sex with the hubby, where instead of laying with my legs over my head for 20 minutes I just went to sleep. BAM! Sticky baby </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204410 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:39:38 +0000 merbaby14 1204410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry for your losses. When I was trying, it was hard bc my cycles were really long/all over the place after BC so it was really hard to predict ovulation and that situation is stressful in itself. I tried not to worry about it as much as possible, enjoyed my occasional wine/cocktail and what finally did it for us was literally having sex every other day! haha.. it sounds so ridiculous and maybe that's not for everyone but I swear it's the only thing I changed that made a difference.</p> <p>Good luck! I'm sure good things are coming your way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204192 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:16:32 +0000 Honeydew 1204192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We TTC for 23 months. It was only after we decided to concede to start the process of IVF "help", giving up caffeine, and going on vacation....it did the trick. LOL I did have a relatively careless boozy month tooo, We ended up conceiving on our own and due in January.</p> <p>Good luck to you on your journey! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204173 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:09:41 +0000 LalaYes 1204173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you everyone for the support and for sharing your experiences, </p> <p>@shopaholic I haven't had my progesterone tested, but I am thinking I should get some tests done to make sure all of my levels are normal. I haven't had a lot of tests done because my midwife doesn't like to run any tests until we've TTCed for a whole year with out any pregnancies. </p> <p>@sometimesshesings Thank you for the DVD recommendation, I want to buy that and give it a go. </p> <p>@bluestriped bee Sending good thoughts your way during your IUI cycle! Good luck!! </p> <p>I think I will tell my husband that I need a nice beach trip as well, it sounds like that's a key! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-helped-you-conceive#post-1204159 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:05:52 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 1204159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>iui with injectables and trigger shot, and trying real hard to focus on all the good in my life and not dwell on the current cycle. </p>