Any tips on concieving? Been trying for over a year!

AshlanHack · October 2014

Been trying to concieve for over a year. I need any tips! Positive feedback please?

gscoville · October 2014

Get an account with Fertility Friend, do its free tutorials, buy a BBT thermometer and start temping and charting your cycles on the FF app. You could also add in cheapie OPKs. The key to TTC is knowing when you ovulate, if you're not temping/charting you could be completely missing your fertile window each cycle.

[Deleted User] · October 2014

Welcome! I recommend reading the newbie blog. It has great information. Also use the Fertility Friend app or website and get yourself a BBT. Using OPKs and observing CM can also help pinpoint your fertile window.

Since you've been officially trying for over a year, it may be time to make an appointment with your doctor to rule out any other concerns.

Good luck!

AshlanHack · October 2014

I use a calender or well an app on my phone. How do i get my basal body temp? And im taking prenantal vitamins. I already have a 2 year old so i figured it might be easier this time around.

[Deleted User] · October 2014

Also is your SN a shortened version of your real name? If so, you should maybe change it to something a little less identifiable. Internet safety.

ramaholic · October 2014

AshlanHack said:

I use a calender or well an app on my phone. How do i get my basal body temp? And im taking prenantal vitamins. I already have a 2 year old so i figured it might be easier this time around.

Calendars, whether they be phone apps or not, are not a good indicator of when you should be having sex. To get your basal body temperature (BBT), buy a basal thermometer and start taking your temperature first thing when you wake up, before getting out of bed. FertilityFriend explains this process in its FAQs and charting lessons very well.

[Deleted User] · October 2014

AshlanHack said:

I use a calender or well an app on my phone. How do i get my basal body temp? And im taking prenantal vitamins. I already have a 2 year old so i figured it might be easier this time around.

I recommend Fertility Friend specifically, as most of these gals here will too. Many of the other apps try and predict ovulation, but FF will confirm it for you through temps. You can get a BBT at Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, etc. in the family planning area near pregnancy tests, condoms, etc. Unfortunately, having a previous pregnancy doesn't necessarily mean TFAS will be just as "easy." Bodies are finnicky. Each cycle acts on its own.

AshlanHack · October 2014

Thanks everyone. It really helps. I have an app that charts me period and tells me when im fertile and when im ovulating.. ive been going by it for like 6 months....

gscoville · October 2014

AshlanHack said:

I use a calender or well an app on my phone. How do i get my basal body temp? And im taking prenantal vitamins. I already have a 2 year old so i figured it might be easier this time around.

Calendars and other phone apps do not analyze your specific cycles to pinpoint when you might be ovulating. Get an account with Fertility Friend and do the free tutorials there, they will teach you all you need to know about basal body temping. Just because you have a child already does not make TTC easier, your cycles could very well be different this time around and you're just not hitting your fertile window. The calendar and apps you might be using are based on average, and very few women are 'average' when it comes to how their bodies work. FF allows you to put in all the information you can give it and will analyze that info to give you specific details about YOUR cycle. Again, do the tutorials, they explain everything.

ramaholic · October 2014

AshlanHack said:

Thanks everyone. It really helps. I have an app that charts me period and tells me when im fertile and when im ovulating.. ive been going by it for like 6 months....

Do not believe your app. Do not believe any app. These apps can GUESS at best. Charting is an active process, you cannot take predictions as fact. Ever.

AshlanHack · October 2014

modice11 said:
Also is your SN a shortened version of your real name? If so, you should maybe change it to something a little less identifiable. Internet safety.

Thank you. I just downloaded this app so lets see if i can figure it out!

[Deleted User] · October 2014

AshlanHack said:

Thanks everyone. It really helps. I have an app that charts me period and tells me when im fertile and when im ovulating.. ive been going by it for like 6 months....

I really do sympathize that it seems like these apps offer you so much data, so therefore it must have answers. I had another ovulation app, period app, etc. before I joined here and learned about FF. Without temping, your current app cannot possibly be telling you when you're ovulating. It's taking an educated guess, but it can't confirm for you. FF with temping will confirm it, and you'll be much better suited to hit that fertile window and increase your chances for BFPs.

SnatchMonkey · October 2014

AshlanHack said:

Thanks everyone. It really helps. I have an app that charts me period and tells me when im fertile and when im ovulating.. ive been going by it for like 6 months....

No, it doesn't. Delete it. It's worthless.

southernredandwhite85 · October 2014

Unfortunately an app can't tell you when you're ovulating. I concur with everyone else who suggested taking your BBT and keeping track of it via Fertility Friend. You'll be able to confirm that your timing around ovulation was good and understand how your body works since we're all different.

gscoville · October 2014

AshlanHack said:

Thanks everyone. It really helps. I have an app that charts me period and tells me when im fertile and when im ovulating.. ive been going by it for like 6 months....

Based on averages only, this app canont predict YOUR specific ovulation time just because it knows when your periods are. Only temping along with Fertility Friend can pinpoint ovulation with any accuracy. The other apps base ovulation on cycle day (CD) 14 being the average for when women ovulate. But two women with the exact same cycle lengths can have very different ovulation days - two women with 28 day cycles could ovulate as much as a week apart in their cycles (one on CD12, the other on CD18) and that would be completely normal for either of them. The app you're using is guessing based on when your period starts, nothing more.

Please just go and get an FF account, the tutorials there will truly explain all of this better than we can!

AshlanHack · October 2014

Also my PH balanace is totally of wack.can that interfere?

jgrace82 · October 2014

I agree. Apps are crapp. I love FF. I thought(based on an app) that I knew when I was ovulating. I was wayyyyy off. Knowledge is power.

divinemsbee · October 2014

I agree with PPs about using something like Fertility Friend that you input your basal body temp into to calculate O, and/or using ovulation predictor kits (you can find them at any drugstore/Target/Walmart). If you've only been using your app to time sex, it's worth it to try to pinpoint your ovulation. However, if you've been having sex 2-3 times a week in general and you've been trying for a year, making an appointment with a reproductive endocrinologist would not be out of line. That's only if you want to seek medical testing/intervention. If you're looking for a more scientific way to try on your own, fertility friend is great and they have wonderful tutorials on their website.