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01-24-2013 at 9:50 PM
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TTC: Question

How many months were you TTC until you got PG?

Anything you tried different that month that you attribute to your BFP?
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01-24-2013 at 10:03 PM
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I just got my BFP yesterday.

I had been off the BCP since last February, however up until the first of this year we didn't really pay much attention, and frankly didn't have sex very often.

I just paid attention to my FW this month (paying attention to cervical mucus and to what I assume to be some O cramping).
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01-24-2013 at 10:22 PM
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It was our first month trying, and we got pregnant.  I tried everything right off the bat--checking for CM and position, pineapple core, drank lots of raspberry leaf tea (still do), green tea, meditated, etc.  I didn't think it was going to happen, either, because DH and I were really sick that month and hardly had sex (we were going to bd O-3, O-2, O-1 and O, but only managed once--the day I ovulated).
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01-24-2013 at 10:33 PM
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Month 7 here...Nothing overly different...I stopped using spit as lube...somehow I missed that memo
 
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01-24-2013 at 10:37 PM
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3 years. I monitored my cycle every month. We used Preseed but we used it several times before without getting pregnant.
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01-24-2013 at 10:37 PM
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I wasn't trying...

My first took 5 months though. GL!
 
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01-24-2013 at 10:41 PM
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we got pregnant our first month of "trying". i put that in quotes because we started no condoms on day 22 of my cycle, thinking i had already ovulated, and we would start qod sex plus opks after my period. we had sex 4 days in a row, we used saliva each time, i went to the bathroom right after each time. but my period never came. got my bfp on day 32! 
 
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01-24-2013 at 10:50 PM
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We tried for 34 months.
Tried many months of fertility drugs and one IUI.
We got really lucky and got pregnant this month on break from the fertility drugs and treatment.  

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Suprise BFP Jan 15 2013. Hope this one sticks!
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01-24-2013 at 11:01 PM
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We lucked out with a honeymoon baby :) I was charting for a few months before and knew exactly when I was supposed to ovulate. 
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01-24-2013 at 11:17 PM
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Bunnyfer:
Month 7 here...Nothing overly different...I stopped using spit as lube...somehow I missed that memo

I just LOL'd. Awesome!

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01-25-2013 at 12:11 AM
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2 1/2 years. IUI 2 during our 18th month of trying ended up being ectopic implanted in my left tube. We did IVF in December and are now 7 weeks along. Be patient. It's different for everyone. Good luck!
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01-25-2013 at 2:36 AM
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13 months... i don't think we did anything differently last month, but we were doing lots every month to make it happen (temping, cm/cp, menstrual cup, acupuncture, etc.; no meds, though).
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01-25-2013 at 2:57 AM
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It took 11 months.

I got pregnant the month I finally stopped trying to do OPKs and time things correctly and just had sex when I wanted to.

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01-25-2013 at 4:52 AM
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It took 16 months and 3 rounds of IUI here!
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01-25-2013 at 5:14 AM
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This time 5 months. Uhhhh MH missed his flight so he ended up coming home on ovulation day. This was the only month we had sex once.
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01-25-2013 at 5:36 AM
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15 months. I had an HSG test done to check for any blockages in Nov.  Apparently, that opened things up because we got pregnant a couple of days later. 
 
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01-25-2013 at 6:22 AM
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We got our BFP after 9 mos. It was my first month on metformin but I was also seeing a chiropractor. There are a lot of benefits from the chiropractor when TTC. 
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01-25-2013 at 6:37 AM
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We got pg on cycle 4. It was actually my 8th cycle, but I only O'd half the time. I was charting so I knew when I O'd and when I did not.

We didn't really do anything different this cycle. We did BIO as much as possible instead of EOD like we were doing previously. We BIO 2, 1, O.

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01-25-2013 at 6:47 AM
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We got pregnant on my 1st cycle off of BCPs. I temped and checked CM. I was really shocked that my cycle started right up after BCPs.

ETA: HIO -1 and +1, O'd CD18 and got my BFP on 11 dpo 
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01-25-2013 at 7:03 AM
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OP, thanks for asking this, and those who have responded, thank you! I've been struggling ever since we started trying last June with feeling like it's not going to happen for us. I really want to be more positive about it and feel like it is going to happen for us, and reading everyone's experiences has helped - so really, thank you!!
 
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01-25-2013 at 7:08 AM
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We were on cycle 3, two and a bit months. 

It was my first cycle temping. I really didn't think it was going to happen that cycle especially when my temps started to go down around 12DPO but I guess it was our lucky month, got a BFP on 15DPO. We didn't do anything else special and only hit O-2 and O-1  
 
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01-25-2013 at 7:24 AM
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8 months.  We got a BFP by going on vacation and enjoying ourselves.  I just happened to be ovulating during that time - total coincidence.  I think I just needed to relax and stop stressing over trying to get pregnant.
 
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01-25-2013 at 7:46 AM
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4 cycles - this cycle I drank pineapple core smoothies from CD1 - 4. No idea if that helped, but they tasted pretty good.
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01-25-2013 at 7:46 AM
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Months TTC: 2.5+ years

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01-25-2013 at 8:25 AM
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DH and I were trying for 3 months before we got our BFP! I don't think we did anything different, except I O'd around Christmas time so we had a lot more time to BD. ;)
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01-25-2013 at 8:29 AM
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For DD, it was 4 cycles.  For #2, I got pregnant on cycle #4 off BCP, lost that pregnancy.  Got pregnant again on my 5th cycle after the loss, lost that pregnancy too.  I didn't even get a period after that loss and I was pregnant with this one.  During the 9ish months I was TTC, I used OPKs and temping off and on, but I really just focused on having sex often.  With this pregnancy, it was a total fluke.
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01-25-2013 at 9:03 AM
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We were trying for over a year...

 

What I did different? I ovulated.

I hadn't ovulated since before meeting my DH (it wasn't a big deal to me not having a period when I wasn't with anyone). After a year of seeing DRs they finally started me on metformin in May '12 and in September they started me on Clomid. I finally O'ed on October 9th and I got my BFP on October 21 2012.
I was also charting the WHOLE time we were trying.

 

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01-25-2013 at 9:35 AM
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How many months were you TTC until you got PG?
Started August of 2012
BFP November 2012
So, Three months.

Anything you tried different that month that you attribute to your BFP?
I wasn't charting, and just tried to have sex as often as possible.

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01-25-2013 at 10:19 AM
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acupuncture..both times I got pregnant it was after acupuncture.  1st time we tried for 8 months and the second time one month!
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01-25-2013 at 11:33 AM
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Thank you everyone for responding. I am trying to find ways to relax. When everyone around is getting pregnant not trying or during their first cycle this has been a good reminder that everyone is different and for some it takes longer.
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