Trying to Get Pregnant

If you could tell a newbie anything...

Once upon a time there was this great newbie blog post that was filled with awesome TTGP information. It was a one stop shop for all the FAQs.

To the regs on this board, thank you for all your patience and kindness to answer the same questions over and over. I don't know how you do it, but I as another poster mentioned on another thread I really admire your willing to continue to share knowledge without getting annoyed by all the repeat questions.

That being said, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to post "if you could tell a newbie anything..." messages here on this thread?

For instance; answers to questions your tired of answering (or tired of seeing being asked), links to FF tutorials, recommendations, general info (like why we prefer pink dye tests, etc.), advice on how to fit into the culture here, etc.

If this is an idea y'all like, I volunteer to compile everything into one post and ask the admins to sticky it.
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Re: If you could tell a newbie anything...

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  • Everything what pp's said and also aF late and negative tests, The 60 day advice.
  • IB, and spotting mid cycle
  • terime said:

    Don't use "baby dust" here

    Who used it?
  • terimeterime member
    edited April 2015
    In general on the boards people use it all the time. So if people read this future sticky I'd suggest that people not use it on the boards.

    Maybe I missed the point of this thread :)

  • I love the acronym guide! Also, a "start here for help with fertility" with things like links to Fertility Friend (or other common resources that I don't know about yet), an explanation of what happens during your cycle (aka, why it's impossible to "feel" pregnancy symptoms at 1dpo, aka trying to avoid symptoms spotting) and a tip on how to use the search feature.

    Thank you for this thread!
  • Just thought of any piece of info:

    I know it was mention that if you did everything you needed to do to conceive you still have a 20% chance of it happening.

    What I think was missing (and if I was wrong oops) is with that it can take up to a whole year for a HEALTHY couple to conceive. So if it's been 3 months and you feel like something is wrong, there might not be anything wrong. Once that year is up (6 month if you are 35 or older) is when you need to go seek opinions from a doctor such ad an Reproductive Endocrinologist

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    Age 24 DH 24 TTC#1!
    NTNP since June '14
    TTC since February '15
    Anniversary

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  • I'm a newbie, but I thought I'd share that I am familiarizing myself with Fertility Friend (thank you for that suggestion, by the way!!) and I took a charting quiz. Got 30%. Oh boy. Told you guys I fell asleep in health class. Prepare to see my chart in about 20 days because it appears I haven't the foggiest idea how to interpret it myself! (God bless the developers of that app for doing the interpretation for you!)
  • DandT2point0DandT2point0 member
    edited April 2015
    Your second piece of advise was beautiful,
    @BHEAT14.
  • I'm a newbie, but I thought I'd share that I am familiarizing myself with Fertility Friend (thank you for that suggestion, by the way!!) and I took a charting quiz. Got 30%. Oh boy. Told you guys I fell asleep in health class. Prepare to see my chart in about 20 days because it appears I haven't the foggiest idea how to interpret it myself! (God bless the developers of that app for doing the interpretation for you!)

    Keep taking the quiz. You will start noticing trends. And they have a chart interpretation tutorial that will help. The game gets addicting!
  • cards10 said:

    Bumping this back to page 1, there's a lot of people that could use this right now...

    Amen!
  • cards10 said:

    Bumping this back to page 1, there's a lot of people that could use this right now...

    When is there not? Haha
    Me: 28, DH: 28
    Diagnosed with PCOS: Summer 2007
    Married: July 2013
    Began TTC: June 2015

    http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/58d258

  • And the am I pregnant threads continue... Oy vey

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    Me (29) + DH (30) | Dating 2003 | Married 2008
    DS - 02/21/2016

  • I can't even with the pregnancy threads right now...
    Me: 28, DH: 28
    Diagnosed with PCOS: Summer 2007
    Married: July 2013
    Began TTC: June 2015

    http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/58d258

  • @BHEAT14 I never thought I would be happy to see AF, but I totally agree with you.
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    Married 10/19/13

    TTC #2!





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    My Ovulation Chart
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