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Jeilene
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Here is what worked for me...
Jeilene
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Hello ladies, just wanted to drop in and say thank you for all your support in my journey. As you can see in my ticker, I finally got my BFP and thought I would come back and post what I did to get it, as I always wondered what other successful women did to get theirs! DH and I have been trying for a while since our m/c May 2010.
First off, I know we are all different, but I thought I'd share anyway. The first few months I was "guessing" my O date and clearly that did not work very well. Then I started using OPK's from early-pregnancy-tests.com, the first month aside from using those I also used the "Instead" cup, which didn't work for me, I have a girlfriend who used it after 8 months of TTC and swears that helped give her a BFP. But the second month of using OPK's success! This said, I had 8oz of the Minute Maid Pomegranate-Blueberry juice the whole week before and after O, while a the same time, I ate about 1/3 of a yam each day and a cup of pomegranate green tea. All mentioned are rich in antioxidants.
We BD'd the two days before I O'd, gave myself lots of rest that week after (NO exercise!) and got my BFP 14DPO, although the test was negative on 12DPO.
Another thing I have heard ladies wonder about is using OPK's as HTP's... OPK's can at times be cheaper but not very reliable in properly detecting HCG. I had no HTP's so I tested with a OPK and got a BFP, which made me jump in the car to buy a HTP and confirmed my good news.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL! I hope to see you in 1st Tri soon!
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Re: Here is what worked for me...
CONGRATS!
congrats on your BFP!
What's with the no exercise? I see a lot of women concerned with that. My doctor said just do what I am doing- just don't overexert (ie, make muscle gains or run harder or longer than normal..) She said I really need not change my exercise plan untill I am 3-4 months pregnant, to just listen to my body in terms of exertion levels.
By no means I am not saying you are wrong, everyone should do whatever they are comfortable doing. I'm just curious why so many people think exercise is going to affect anything.
Neat?
ETA: Yams are actually for trying for twins, so please be sure to update us if it worked *eyeroll*
I'm going to remember this if she really does come back with an update.
Congratulations! I took notes.
Congratulations!
Congrats!!!! That is incredible news!!!
Also, I totally understand about being paranoid, even though i "know" my m/c was not because of anything i did, I am still SO SUPER paranoid during the 2ww (and unfortunately i know i will be even after the bfp)
I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU : )
Congratulations.
Didn't I read that the MinuteMaid Pomegranate and Blueberry juice was basically no help at all since it wasn't pure POM?
"For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me the petition which I asked of him." 1 Samuel 1:27
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5
Together since 5/08 ~ Married 6/19/10 ~ TTC #1 since 8/10
BFP#1 3/26/11 ~ EDD 12/2/11 ~ Ectopic Twins left tube 7w3d
BFP#2 11/2/11 ~ EDD 7/14/12 ~ Robert Edgar born 7/18/12
BFP#3 9/28/13 ~ EDD 5/20/14 ~ Benjamin Clarence born 5/15/14
Congrats!!!!
IUI #1=BFN
IUI #2=BFP! Beta#1:87 Beta #2:1050
~It's a GIRL!~
"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."
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Trying for #1 since May 2010 l DX ~ Unexplained Infertility June 2011
IUI #1&2 = BFN; IUI #3 = BFP, m/c @ 6 weeks
November '11 ~ IVF#1 ~ ER 11/18 (29R, 17F) ~ 5dt of one beautiful blast on 11/23 = BFP!!
Beta #1 9dp5dt = 116, P4 = 28 ~ Beta #2 13dp5dt = 700 ~ Beta #3 20dp5dt = 9500, P4 = 26
1st u/s 12/27 - hb of 156!! EDD 8.10.12
**TEAM GREEN!**
Sweet baby boy born 8.18.12
Trying for #2
FET #1 - October '13 - c/p l FET #2 - December '13 - cancelled
l FET #2.2 - 1.30.14 - BFN
~ More testing - hysteroscopy, endometrial biopsy & more b/w - all normal / negative~
Surprise BFP while waiting on FET #3 ~ beta #1 500; beta #2 1600; first u/s 4/3 - measuring 5w5d, no hb yet!; 2nd u/s 4/10 - hb 132, measuring 6w6d - EDD 11.29.14
**TEAM GREEN!**
Beautiful baby girl born 11.24.14
Not to rain on your parade too much but unless you got those "yams" at an international grocery store you were eating sweet potatoes. A true yam is native to Africa and is brown or black in color with an off-white or purplish interior. Yams contain more starch and are not particularly sweet. The tribe that this practice is based on had a diet that was very heavy in these yams from early childhood, so 1/2 of one for a few days a month wouldn't do much for you.
Telling us what brand of toliet paper you used would have had the same amount of meaning as telling us you ate part of a sweet potato.
Congrats anyway.
BFP 3/17/10 Missed M/C Confirmed 4/12/10
MIF+Unexplained DX Feb 2012: Femara+Trigger+IUI=BFP