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- I stopped taking the pill in March (we used condoms until we were ready to start trying)
- I started charting my cycles the first cycle after I stopped taking birth control
- I stopped drinking coffee about a month before we started trying (we were on our honeymoon, and I figured it would be easier to quit then than while I was at work)
- I stopped drinking alcohol at about day 12 in my cycle, and didn't plan on starting again until I got my period (which, amazingly, never happened. still waiting for that hoppy beer.)
- I had been taking a prenatal vitamin for a year prior to TTC (my doctor recommended it).
- I had an annual exam the month prior to TTC

Charting was the thing that helped the most, I think. I had a delayed ovulation due to traveling for a wedding the month I got pregnant, and there is no way I would have known that if I wasn't charting.

We weren't really expecting to get so lucky on the first try, but it was a nice surprise. I was just doing all those things to prepare to TTC & happened to have good luck.
My best friend has done all those things as well, and she is on cycle five of trying. Doesn't seem fair at all.

We stopped charting out of laziness (not necessarily TTC) and voila! I guess our timing was good! I would recommend having fun with it for a few months, then actively TTCing. It's a nice, free feeling! (Oh and I did have 2 glasses of red wine the week of conception--I didn't expect a BFP!)

Preseed, sex 5-6 before before expected ovulation and 2-3 days after, we didn't skip a day. Butt up on a pillow...I didn't avoid anything and lived normally. I relaxed as much as possible.

i got my BFP my first month trying, June 20th had my implanon removed and the had a BFP on July 28, But miscarried on 8/9. Looking back now i wish i would have stop my BC months earlier to clear it out of my body.

Does this mean you're moving up your timeline??

I had been off of hormonal BC for over a year (for other reasons) and we just didn't use protection for a cycle (previously I would be careful during the middle of my cycles although I had taken some risks when I was pretty sure I wasn't ovulating...) I was still shocked that I got pregnant that quickly. I know the same happened for my mother (and DH's mother) so maybe there is something to that! Lol. Also I'm in my early 20s so I had that going for me.

I did nothing out of the ordinary. My first kid was a surprise kid we weren't even trying for, and the second was a first-month-we-tried baby. With both, we just had sex once, two weeks after my period. (It is totally weird to know the exact time your kid was conceived.) Of course, my husband claims it is all due to his amazing prowess and baby-making skills. And I just roll my eyes...

i was charting for 9 months beforehand so i knew what to look for in my cycle. we were using pre-seed and DTD every other day. i had a super long cycle though, so it was going on for a while.

I took my temp. But since it was the first month I really didn't have much info on what my body was doing....

started charting 2 months before trying. didn't really change anything else in my diet/routine otherwise. i was thinking that it would take several tries, but after the first month, we got pregnant.

Nope. I went off birth control in December and we weren't opposed to getting pregnant but we didn't time things right in December and January, and I knew it. Then we had to put things on hold because I found out we were getting short-term disability at work, that wouldn't kick in until April (and obviously you couldn't have your maternity leave covered if you were pregnant when you purchased the coverage, i.e. if you give birth within the first 9 months of the coverage). Since my maternity leave would have been unpaid, we thought it would be stupid to not just wait a couple of months for the benefit. So we BD'ed when I knew I wasn't ovulating.

The month I got my BFP, I consciously timed our BD for best results. Aside from that and temping and using preseed, I did nothing different. I chugged coffee like always, I even took a Benadryl at some point. I don't drink or smoke anyway, so it's not like I had to stop that stuff.

@jetsa: My cycles didn't normalize for a couple of months, so I can see the benefits of going off early if you are really eager to start in a specific month. But I think that most people who do this use condoms or some other method of barrier control, if they're not ready to get pregnant yet (or at least they should, right?!). I definitely wouldn't recommend charting to avoid right after going off BC either!

i started taking multivitamins a few months before and tracked my cycle a few times so i could estimate when ovulation might be. i cut way back on drinking during the TWW, but not before then.

I stopped drinking (at all) for 2 months prior to starting. I went off the pill about 4 months before hand. I started working out more--began the couch to 5k program 6 weeks before conception. I started taking a prenatal about a month before TTC. From CD 1 to estimated ovulation I drank green tea to help with CM and then after I drank pomegranate juice to help strengthen uterine lining. Who knows what helped and what did nothing, though.