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I treated the process of getting pregnant as a premester. I was visiting an acupuncturist to get off some steriods for a lung infection and after a few months, we looked at ways to make my ovulation stronger and more regular. I used some herbs and I also charted and used OPKS. I was pregnant with a sticky baby on the first month.

We were taking the month off from TTC (after our 5th cycle/6 months) and just planned to enjoy each other and the holidays (it was December).

this sounds horrible, but I'd decided that we'd stop trying and wait awhile before trying to get pregnant again! baby had her own plans, apparently

@buttermilk: you might hate to hear this answer. But the month we got a BFP IS the month I relaxed and just accepted it will happen when it does. GL!

I went on vacation, although I'm also a lucky one who got pregnant on the first month. we joke saying we need to just make a trip out of out TTC since it worked so well the first time!

I charted and took temps religiously. It was our first month officially charting (the prior month we took the goalie out of the net and were NTNP). I really pinpointed ovulation and made sure we BD'd. Other than that, everything else was the same: diet, lots of exercise, etc. I did cut out caffeine cold turkey during the two week wait and since have not had any.

I used Pre-Seed!! I also tried visualizing getting pregnant and meditated on it every day.

I relaxed. Honestly, I was so worked up about not conceiving for three months. I relaxed and used the Softcup.

@LindsayInNY: My cycles were really regular, so I didn't need to use OPKs, but definitely not wasting the applicators is a good idea. Also, you don't need to use NEARLY as much as they suggest - I think I used like half of the suggested amount. Good luck!!!

Didn't use birth control!

we got pregnant on our third cycle, first time using the clearblue easy fert monitor and ended up DTD for 12 days straight! ... i wouldn't have kept up with it but i was following the monitor which gave me high fert days for 10 days til my 2 peak days showed up!

@buttermilk: he stayed on top when we DTD...and then I did the butt in the air thing like pp mentioned

The first time, we only even managed to BD once in the right week and I have no idea how we got pregnant.

This time I charted and used opk's for the first time. We BDed EOD during the correct week, and made sure to throw in a couple extra when the opk's turned up positive. DH was on top for those last couple. I made sure to orgasm after him (I really feel like this was the most important thing I did), and stayed laying down/butt raised for at least 20 minutes. I also cut back on caffeine, and have been taking prenatals, fish oil, b-complex, magnesium, and juice plus. Don't know if this will be a sticky one, but it worked so far!

Stopped drinking and started taking Fertile CM.

We used preseed and only managed to have sex once, two days before O. I have no clue why it worked that time and not any of the other perfectly-timed cycle the year prior.

@TORCHWOOD I've never heard about the orgasming after him one... how does that affect TTC?

@LaughLines: There are some studies which suggest a woman's cervix opens up more and even sucks in sperm during an orgasm.

@LaughLines: One thing I saw showed that orgasm actually pulls the sperm up into you via a sort of vacuum effect. They used a liquid dye that showed up on something (xray? mri?) and had the woman orgasm after it was inserted, and then showed how much further it went with the help of the orgasm. There haven't been any definitive studies on whether it helps, but it sure seems like it would, considering.