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1st Trimester
The month you got pregnant....
Did you have sex every day around your fertile time or every other day? Was there anything different you did that month that you hadn't done in previous months? Thanks
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Re: The month you got pregnant....
We had sex for 10 days in a row and, thankfully, it worked! Here's my chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/22dd94
big brothers 12.2009 and 02.2012
I had been charting my cycles for about a year to see what my average length for cycle was (mycycle.com). Ist day of my period was April 1st and I knew my average cycle was 28 days. So on the 13, 14, 15th I used an ovulation stick first and second were negative and I had a + on the 15th. They say after you get a +, you generally ovulate 24-36h after. So We had sex for the next 3 days......2 weeks later......BFP!!!!
Don't know if you can tell.....I'm a planner! LOL
We generally tried to have sex every other day during the fertile period. The month we got pregnant, we were just having a LOT of sex. We'd actually gotten to the point where we were sick of the stress of "trying" -- calculating, planning sex, etc. -- so in March we finally relaxed and just enjoyed each other. I still was obviously aware of the day I was ovulating and kept it in the back of our minds that we *could* make a baby on those days, but we stopped stressing and just had fun.
You can see what we did if you click on my BFP chart. We charted and used OPKs and ended up having sex the two nights in a row before my O date.
The main difference between this cycle and previous ones was that I finally had EWCM for the first time since my loss... I think it helped.
BFP Chart is in my siggy. For me the key to getting pregnant was having sex at MIL's.
Seriously, everytime I ovulated and resulted in some sort of BFP we were at her house, don't ask me how that happened.
it's called a kilt, he's scottish
You can check my BFP chart as well. We tried every day, skipped one and then had a little afternoon delight the day after, which I think was the trick.
PP - 2-3 times a day! Oh to be young again!
We tried for over a year. I was very irregular because I had stopped taking birth control (after 11 straight years of taking it). I never knew when I ovulated, or if I even was for sure. And I definitely wasn't the type of person to chart and take my temperature. So, we did it the old fashioned way and just had sex whenever we felt like it.
We have had a few stressful months, so we stopped "trying." In fact, we didn't actually have sex for a few months. Then one day a few weeks ago we did! And here I am almost 6 weeks pregnant. I guess it was just our time.
Susan & Mark ... Married June 14, 2008 ... Chicago Area
James Tomasz born 1-5-10
Grace Dorothy born 7-13-11
PROJECT BALANCING ACT: BIO and BLOG- yeah... needs to be updated.
Haha 2-3 times per day was actually normal for us... he actually decided to leave me so now I've been sexless for a month. :-(
We weren't actively "trying", we just didn't use BC when on vacation last month.
We had sex most days, so hit the fertile period a couple of times at least (though I wasn't feeling great right during ovulation, so we ended up skipping my most fertile 2 days).
We had sex nearly every day of my very long fertile period. I also took Vitex all cycle, drank green tea until ovulation, ate fresh pineapple and pineapple core for a week post ovulation.
I honestly believe that the Vitex helped a little and the timed sex helped a lot.
Gabriel Ross - August 24, 2009 * Vivienne Rose - May 1, 2012
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wow! You guys have a great sex life for an unplanned baby! :-)
Ethan Michael - 12/21/09
Norah Jewel - 2/26/14
TTC#2=July 2011: Surprise BFP: Chemical Pregnancy