How did you get pregnant?

MrsDL · May 2014

With DS, I had a preconception appointment and bought the clear blue easy fertility monitor right away - I was 35 and planned on it taking a while. The second month trying, I didn't have a peak but had EWCM (I remember it was about 11:30 pm and I was up, I went to our room and told DH I thought I was ovulating and he said "I'm not on-demand and have to be in DC for 6 am meeting - LOL. I told him to get right home from work the next day - LOL). We got pregnant that cycle. I actually got a peak on the monitor when I was pregnant, had been waiting all month for the peak and was so clueless that I thought my very regular cycle was messed-up and I was O'ing late. I remember waiting for DH to get home from running errands and googling and saw you can get a positive on OPKs when pregnant, so I took a pregnancy test. Had I relied to much on that thing we probably would not have had DS.

With baby #2, used the monitor first month trying and got a peak, we got a BFP that month but had a MMC at 8 weeks. I took cytotec and it took about 6 weeks to get AF, then the doc recommended to wait one cycle. Got pregnant again second month being able to try with the help of the CBEFM. We're pretty lucky that it happened right away for us given my age - 35, 38 and now 39.

kjmommy1214 · May 2014

With DD, I stopped my BC and got pregnant my first cycle. With this LO, same thing happened just ob the third cycle. We never "tried." We got lucky. Plus, it doesn't hurt that we have very active sex lives.

Edited: mobile bump can be really dumb sometimes

lisaren · May 2014

My H and I have a very active sex life I had my tr September 16 and was pregnant by October. Our tr Dr was like yay, way to go!

lincoln79 · May 2014

nicnac817 said:

lincoln79 said:

Miracles of modern science and incredible generosity of a woman and her family.

We had 3 IUIs, 4 surgeries, 3 IVFs, 3 pregnancies, 3 losses, 3.5 years of non-stop medical treatments, then lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists and finally one successful frozen embryo transfer into our gestational carrier.

Last night someone heard our abbreviated story and asked how much all this cost (how rude!).
I just said, "Priceless and worth every penny"

@Lincoln79 I am so interested in hearing more of your story. I hope that isn't intrusive or rude.

Not at all. We don't mind sharing our story, it was just the money thing that I thought was rude (and I would think most would agree...). What more would you like to know?

moroccojade · May 2014

My daughter? Nothing special for the first 3 months... the last 2 months? I temped, charted cervical fluid, drank green tea, took guaifenesin, used OPKs, took baby aspirin, ate pineapple core.... Got pregnant on cycle 5.

This baby? Had sex once on a rainy Sunday night. I never expected to get pregnant on the first try doing nothing special at age 38.

MollMoll4 · May 2014

I went off BC in August 2012 and we started "trying" actively in September 2012. I didn't chart or anything, we just tried to have sex as often as possible during what we thought was my FW. Turns out, we went on vacation during my FW in September 2013 and that finally "did the trick"! Unfortunately we lost that baby in November. Once we were given the all-clear to try again we decided on the EOD (or ED) schedule... It worked!

KatheTravis · May 2014

We started trying in December 2012. Had my yearly OB appt in October 2013 and talked to my doctor and he suggested doing some blood work and starting clomid after my next cycle for 3 cycles. Started taking it in November and got BFP on our last and final cycle

crystaldh · May 2014

This is my first pregnancy at 38. I haven't been on bc since 29, but have only been really trying since 35. I starting to go to an RE at 36 and did a few medicated cycles, 3 IUIs and 1 IVF, all which failed. I had to stop going because frankly I couldn't afford it anymore (I was--in fact I still am--paying for it out of pocket). This was devastating.

I then decided to do these abdominal massages I read about on the Internet with castor oil packs (hey I was game for anything). I read it could help endometriosis. After three months of that, plus opks, nothing happened so I just stopped everything (except sex, but I wasn't even paying close attention to the calendar any more). Of course, it was the first month that I wasn't trying, that I finally I got pregnant.

Momma&babies · May 2014

With DD we didn't do anything special just sex whenever we felt like it. This LO I tried ovulation kits with the intention on charting in the future but I got pregnant pretty quickly.

DoubleUp8 · May 2014

We were very fortunate and it happened the first cycle. Everyone told us it could take awhile (the whole 12-24 hour window and 1:5 chance if you hit the window seems like low odds). I went of BC the end of December, and had one cycle where we were NTNP.

The second cycle we made sure to have sex EOD cd11-cd23 as my OB had suggested. I learned about temping from the TTGP ladies, but I thought it would stress me out so I decided to go the low tech route for the first few months (attacking DH for sex eod).

The BFP came out so dark I thought it was the control line. After the 2nd line appeared, my first thought was "I must have taken the test wrong."

its2hard2explain · May 2014

The first time, last summer, I had gone off the pill and we decided to stop trying to not have a baby as our first step to actually having a baby. Ended in a mmc/bo involving multiple rounds of cytotec to try and avoid the d&c I was dreading and ended up having anyways. Three months after the d&c, af still hadn't returned and my ob brought me in for all sorts of bloodwork that all came back normal, and weeks later put me on progesterone to jump start af. It did, and I had the af from hell with as much bleeding and almost as much pain as my drug-induced mc involved.
I decided to start temping and using the cheap ovulation strips from china. Just to figure our when things tended to happen for me, and not with the intention of trying, but weeks went by with me temping and doing multiple strips a day, and since none of them ever said + or pointed to me ovulation, I was like, "whatever, we clearly don't need to use condoms if I'm never going to ovulate again". A few days later I woke up feeling sick and grumpy, and I knew I was pregnant. Multiple different tests and brands later I realized I wasn't crazy for waking up and being sure I was pregnant.

acholb · May 2014

Off the pill for 3 years, but only got really serious with temping in the past year. It took 10 cycles temping. Then we tried pre seed and it worked first try. I still can't believe it.

montella1064 · May 2014

I went off the pill and attempted to chart and use opks but my cycle was whack from my birth control. 6 weeks later I got a positive test. Huge surprise because I didn't even think I was ovulating.

LongIslandMama1114 · May 2014

I've been on BC for as long as I can remember. I was also diagnosed with endometriosis and PCOS years ago. Over the past 2 years, I developed 2 blood clots and was diagnosed with Factor V Leiden. Once the second clot developed, I was immediately taken off BC and that was December 2013. Having endo and PCOS as well as trying to a year with my ex-husband to no avail, I figured I wasn't destined to be a mother and was not very careful.

March 10th...BFP.

lisalynnmama · May 2014

Tried unsuccessfully on our own to get pregnant for almost 1.5 years. Finally saw a fertility doc in November who started testing in December. DH had a sperm count/motility test and I had a uterine ultrasound with saline infusion. We tried that month to get pregnant on our own by timing intercourse because the doc said that sometimes after women have their uterus "flushed" with the saline that they get pregnant right away. Started Letrozole in January and timed intercourse. No luck. Second Letrozole round in February with timed intercourse and BAM. BFP. I feel very fortunate that it only took two rounds with very little intervention to get pregnant.

2ndGeneration · May 2014

Well, in my younger days pregnancies, I think all we had to do was be in the same room lol.

This time around (I'm 43) , I tossed the diaphgram in Jan 2013-used the smiley face OPK's and was preg by March. Unfortunately m/c at 10 weeks. Pregnant again on 2nd cycle, used opk's, but sadly had another m/c in Nov. Pregnant once again 2nd cycle, yes opk's, and am due Nov 4th!

My ob was rather impressed

I guess it's not typical for us 40+ ladies. I dont take it for granted, not after I see what some ladies have gone through.

mexinugget · May 2014

I just have to say, and call me naive, I didn't realize how many women on this board have struggled with infertility, losses and everything that comes with that. I've had one miscarriage before ds, it was devastating, however i can't even comprehend the feelings some of these women have had with their struggles. It makes me feel so lucky to have been able to conceive easily, and it makes me unbelievably happy for you ladies that are now expecting. However it's happening gestational carrier, especially after hearing how long many of you tried. Maybe it's the hormones haha, extra lovey/weepy today, but I'm so happy and excited for you all. For everyone here really, but def for those who've had a hard time. Ok gushing, sprinkles, rainbows over.

kbelle13 · May 2014

When we first got married, I was temping and charting for TTA. After several months, I decided my cycles were predictable enough that I could just look at a calendar, and if it was anywhere near my fertile window we would pull and pray. That worked for quite a while.

My mistake was that I told DH, that there was no need to pull out that one time as I thought I had already ovulated. Turns out I was not as far along that cycle as I thought. I looked at the calendar the next day and said, "Oh crap". Two weeks later, and a positive test proved that the calendar was pretty accurate (for me), but it only works if I pay attention to it!

We are still in shock, but let's be honest here, we were really pushing our luck...

Dimples0101 · May 2014

With DD, we tried for two years with a m/c about one year in. On the night we dtd, we weren't actually "trying" I was just d-r-u-n-k and wanted some. With this one we did ovulation tests for five months, but I was still nursing. We got pregnant the month after I stopped nursing with the help of the ovulation tests.

Edit- posted before done typing.

mb314 · May 2014

I was trying to temp, but it wasn't going well thanks to still breastfeeding and DS waking up in the middle of the night a lot and me not sleeping well. We got lucky (pun intended). DH had been out of town for several weeks taking care of his ailing mom, and I had had only one post-DS cycle, and I happened to get pregnant during the 6 day period he was in town. I've read somewhere that you are more fertile if you've been away from your partner and they return - that was certainly the case for us.

I've had one period since December 2011, thanks to pregnancy and breastfeeding and then pregnancy again. That kind of rocks (although I'm not a big fan of being pregnant).

shindylahoe · May 2014

We tried for our first 3 pregnancies and got pregnant with in 2 cycles.

This baby was a moment of passion baby. So we didn't prevent 1 time.

We have been very blessed. It makes me feel guilty.

venussapphire · May 2014

with dd i just used an app to find out when i was fertile. had more sex then. 2nd month was the charm.

with this lo it took forever(16months) to get my cycle back with breastfeeding. even when it came back it was long and different lengths. it took 5 months of opks to get pregnant. the last month was the only one i got a positive opk on and now we are pregnant again

RachelC79 · May 2014

It is so, so cool to read everyone's stories!

Mine is pretty run of the mill, I think... went off BC in late November and started temping and charting using an app called Glow (highly recommended). Tried to be sure to time sex during the fertility window. BFP by the end of March!

I'd thought it would take longer, since I'm 34 and I'd been on the pill nonstop for 17 years with not a single pregnancy scare, which is why I started temping and charting right away.

(edited because words be hard)

BiJiHaCa17 · May 2014

We waited two years after getting married to start trying. Got BFP with DD within 2 months of that. Decided if we wanted a second we were going to let nature take its course until I turned 35. MC in Nov13 at 4 weeks. Decided we were done and started making plans to turn our extra bedroom into a craft/music room for myself and DD. God had other plans it seems got BFP in March. I've never had regular periods so for us it was mostly by luck if I was fertile or not.

Kehlepop · May 2014

That morning, DH and I casually discussed starting to try. Had (pretty awesome!) sex that evening, I had briefly forgotten our conversation earlier and frantically tried to push everything out before DH reminded me. We're apparently extremely fertile and super lucky!

absolutelymaybe · May 2014

Ha. My DH wasn't even in the room when I got pregnant! (Note: Things I never thought I would say.)

After three years of unprotected sex, two years of charting/temping/scheduling/OPKing etc., an HSG (good), three SAs (all bad), two IUIs with clomid + injections we finally moved on to IVF.

It was very romantic. We spent many early mornings making the twilight drive to the IVF clinic two hours away to attend their 7 a.m. morning clinic, a 20-minute appointment, just to turn around and go home and work a full day. Every night DH would gently caress my stomach...and then stab me with a needle filled with various Super Ovulation hormones. Sometimes we did it dirty with me bent over the couch (damn progesterone intramascular shots).

Then, when my follicles were nice and juicy, DH went and jacked off into a cup and the the doctor stuck a big, long needle in my vadge and aspirated 30 eggs from my follicles. In a fancy lab (which I'm going to pretend had mood lighting and smooth jazz playing in the background), each individual sperm was injected into my eggs. Kind of like a blind date, we hoped they'd hit it off.

In the end, three embryos were in it for the long haul and were frozen. A couple months later, after a few weeks of injections to suppress my follicles, the lab thawed two embryos and we met our maybe futurebabies for the first time. I thought they looked like bubbles in a glass of 7up.

Then, I was back in the dimly-lit operating room with a ridiculously full bladder and my legs in holders while the doctor put these microscopic possible future humans in my uterus. All I could think was, "Ohmyfreakingod hurry the hell up! I really really have to pee!"

The embryos apparently dug their new hangout, because they both decided to stick around and here I am!

lincoln79 · May 2014

shindylahoe said:

We tried for our first 3 pregnancies and got pregnant with in 2 cycles. This baby was a moment of passion baby. So we didn't prevent 1 time. We have been very blessed. It makes me feel guilty.

no need to feel guilty, being sensitive to the fact (both on the bump and irl) that not everyone is so blessed is more than enough. (((hugs)))

jess123456 · May 2014

lincoln79 said:

shindylahoe said:

We tried for our first 3 pregnancies and got pregnant with in 2 cycles.

This baby was a moment of passion baby. So we didn't prevent 1 time.

We have been very blessed. It makes me feel guilty.

no need to feel guilty, being sensitive to the fact (both on the bump and irl) that not everyone is so blessed is more than enough. (((hugs)))

I was going to comment on this too. I agree with @lincoln79. Having been on this journey for a while I realize that everyone struggles in their own ways and I have also learned to appreciate and be grateful for what I do have.

highbornhunter · May 2014

I feel really lucky reading all of your stories! I went off the pill in November. I had been on the pill pretty much continuously for over 10 years, so like some PP I thought it might take awhile. I skipped my December period and got excited but had negative at home tests, got it in January, and then didn't get it in February. Based on my due date, I think we might have conceived on my birthday. I wasn't taking my temperature, etc, but I was keeping track of the days we did it with smileys on my calendar. :-)

FirstBabyDoyle · May 2014

I am very blessed. My husband and I had super wine drunken sex- it was really good from what I remember. He said, "do I need to pull out?" and I said "no."

tigerpawie · May 2014

#1 - clomid, BFP after the first clomid cycle. D&C at 8 weeks. Prior to clomid, we had been trying for almost 2 years? It was a while.. After this loss, I decided that I wasn't going to put myself and my ex through heartbreak and financial difficulties from trying again. I decided that this was it...

#2, surprise pregnancy within 3 months! The loss happened May '04, BFP August '04!! I was on birth control for years and years!! I like to say that the Clomid jump started my reproductive system if that makes sense? Doctors claim that BC doesn't affect fertility. I say BS!

#3, surprise pregnancy once again. We had decided to *try* again, tried for couple months, no such luck. I decided to stop trying and focus on my masters. I had decided that perhaps Ash was my miracle, a one time thing. So during the summer, I focused on my first classes, BFP in August '06. ::gasp::

I'd like to insert that I divorced in '09 and fell in love with my FI same year. He is the ONE. We were open to the idea of having one more child but there was a discussion that there may be a chance he's sterile. He had 18 partners... Unprotected and to date, he can guarantee that none of his previous partners were pregnant. There may be unknown abortions here and there. He doesn't know. He used to be a hardcore hippie. Rainbow festivals, dreadlocks, VW bus, guitar, hitchhiking, pot/acid/mushrooms. He has stories!!

#4...
Anyways. I had my IUD taken out after 1 year, I felt like it was affecting my health. We've been together for about 5 years and 4 years unprotected sex. We have a healthy sex life so there were many opportunities. Just few months ago... We decided to stop 'trying' and just focus on traveling etc. Bam. Pregnant. Total and utter shock!

I admit I was upset at first... I was ready to move on and I had plans (traveling etc) but like my 2nd and 3rd pregnancies... My body apparently likes to screw around with me. I've accepted the pregnancy and just had my 15weeks check up today. Heard the heartbeat. Awwww. FI is thrilled out of his mind. He has promised me that this fall, he'd get the big V. This is my last child. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy this LO is on the way and loving the little kicks and bumps but it was getting used to the idea that I'm going to have a LO again running around.

KMW08 · May 2014

Mines in my sig.
Stopped bcp oct 2011. Seriously started trying jan 2012. I used opks which I found by accident walking down the feminine Hygeine aisle & thought eh why not.

Got ku feb '12 - natural mc march '12. Got ku June '12 - MMC/blighted ovum, d&c august '12.

Was referred to a RE, had testing done nov-dec '12. Thought to be a small septum found but really thought it wasn't a factor. Again ku may '13 - MMC d&c June '13. My RE did my d&c and said my ute was a disaster & he still wasn't really sure wtf was going on LOL -- seriously my ute was a mystery bitch.

Had septum resection September '13. Cleared for ttc in November. Pregnant on my craziest cycle since 2012 and here I am today

grow lil human grow!!!

PennyLane26 · May 2014

IVF. The first time, the last time, this time, every time.

Nfranco973 · May 2014

We'll let me see, it went something like this: DH and I were working overtime for a few weeks ( without sex) a month went by & our hormones must of been raging because I jumped on him & he jumped on me... Turns out it was so good, he forgot to pull out. Next month in, I start feeling funny. I tell DH that I think I need a preg test and that my period is late a few days. He laughed it off like it was all in my mind. Next day, I take a preg test-BAM!
My suspicions were right!

mslynn2012 · May 2014

We were very lucky. Got pregnant with DS on our honeymoon (as planned). Then this one as soon as I stopped BFing (as planned).

Kristil2014 · May 2014

I went off the pill about 5 yrs ago and avoided sec during my fertile window that I tracked with a phone app. Got serious about trying in Feb 2014. Used the smiley face ovulation kits, got pregnant first cycle.

ssstephanie214 · May 2014

I was tracking my ovulation but only to avoid pregnancy....guess I got it wrong in February

AbbeyH · May 2014

lizgrace03 said:

Stopped taking BC, and for two cycles had sex on the fertile days. We were lucky/blessed.

I could have wriiten this post- this was us exactly.

jessa1228 · May 2014

I started charting as soon as I stopped taking my birth control pills to see what my cycles were like, all the while actively preventing. Then about 9 months later we decided to NT/NP. I got pregnant on the 2nd cycle, but that ended in a CP. Then we switched to actively trying and I got pregnant again on the 2nd cycle after the CP.

Jack&Jill86 · May 2014

We were lucky and got pregnant on our first try without any kind of tracking or anything, just carried on as usual but with no protection. It was funny because my husband kept trying to convince me to try earlier but I really didn't want to have a baby until November (due to work schedules) so I refused. He was convinced it would take us a while to conceive because I've been off birth control for 5 years and in the meantime we haven't really been all that careful, just thinking that if we got pregnant accidentally then no big deal, it was meant to be! Anyways somehow we managed to not get pregnant in those 5 years and then it happened immediately once we started trying, we were both surprised!

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