ok thats it!!!!

[antonia]

after my body playing tricks on me every month and even my gp thinking i am pg, hubby and i are are fed up of all the dissapointment so have decided to give everything a go in order to conceive, we were just going to let nature take its course but sod it ,

so i am off to the high street as i have just finished (what was meant to be my af) and tested and got yet another bfn, so i am off to buy anything that could aid me getting pg!

so could all you lovely ladies please hit me with a list of things that i could buy/try and i shall be a guinea pig for a month!

thanks in advance

Tone

 

[EllieBelle]

I bought Ovulation Prediction sticks from ebay (buy a load of them and use regularly).

I also bought evening primrose capsules, green tea, preseed, and a basal thermometre so I could start charting (never got around to using any of these as got my BFP the month I bought them).

However I would recommend using some sort of Ovulation Prediction tool over anything else, I did and first month of using them - BFP....the window of opportunity is so small, that its all about getting the timing right!!!

Lots of luck and have a fun shopping trip!

 

[Lorna]

Also try taking a cough medicine with Guaifenesin in as the main ingrediant, this helps the little swimmers get through to the egg.

Don't use normal lubricants like KY as they can act as a barrier.

I've also heard drinking grapefruit juice and eating brazil nuts can help although have no idea how reliable that is.

Other than that BD lots and have fun

 

[antonia]

thanks for the replies ladies, have just bought green tea extract capsules, cough medicine with guaifenesin, evening primrose oil capsules an opks.

boots had no thermometers and holland and barret had never heard of preseed, can anyone tell me where i could find it please?

also when is the best time to start taking all of these?

 

[mrs_metal]

Make sure that the Guaifenesin is the only active ingredient as other active ingredients can counteract the effect of it and there's another active ingredient in some medicines that can cause birth defects so be carefull.

As well as Guaifenesin to increases your cervical mucus a tablespoon on honey a day is supposed to do the same, for both of these take daily from af but stop at ovulation.

a bit tmi but if you come after him then your body kind of sucks in the sperm he's deposited

Saliva kills sperm so avoid oral when you're ovulating.

And I agree with the others to find some way of pinpointing your ovulation, either with ovulation predictors or charting using a basel thermometer. If you want to get ovulation sticks then ebay is the best place (and I found them more sensitive than boots own).

Don't bd everyday as the sperm doesn't have time to mature, it takes 2 - 3 days to be mature enough to fertilise the egg.

Good luck, hope you catch that egg soon

ps I think pre-seed is only available through ebay, they also sell bb thermometers for charting on ebay cheaper than in boots

 

[antonia]

wow thanks alot for that info, really helpfull

checked with the parmacist that guaifenesin was the only ingredient.

had no idea about the honey , will give it a go.

coming second will not be a problem with my dh , pmsl

as for the oral, he should be so bloody lucky, i know we are safe on that score

unfortunately cannot order anything on ebay as i had to close my account due to fraud but will keep my eyes open.

thanks again for the advice

 

[MrsBrightside]

Best advice I can give you is to relax... the very month that I pretty much did nothing but BD, I didnt know when I was OVing or anything I got my BFP and I swear it was cause I was more relaxed... good luck hun xx

 

[*CLAIREBEAR*]

hi i used preseed and got a clearblue fertility monitor,got my BFP the first month of using them both!

 

[antonia]

oooooooooooooooh i am currently waiting for my clearblue monitor to come, realy want some preseed but had to close my ebay account, can you suggest anywhere else i could buy some please?

 

[BountyBoo]

Good Luck Hun!

I'll be joining you with all these ideas next month I think!

 

[antonia]

YAY, my clearblue monitor has arrived this morning, bit miffed as i am on cd6 so do not think i can start using it until next month but at least i have it , and all my vitamins just need a thermometer now (just to double check) and i will be all set.

so looks like time will tell ladies, have tried the (not trying approach) so lets see if this little lot does the trick hey, if not then back to basics at least i would have given it a go!

fingers crossed for me ladies

 

[rusks]

good luck hope you get your bfp very soon x

 

[moorethorne]

oooooooooooooooh i am currently waiting for my clearblue monitor to come, realy want some preseed but had to close my ebay account, can you suggest anywhere else i could buy some please?

I did a google search for it and got smefertility.com. Quite pricy!

Sarah

 

[clucky77]

might be a stupid question here... does preseed actually help, or just not hurt the sperm?

thanks

 

[*CLAIREBEAR*]

might be a stupid question here... does preseed actually help, or just not hurt the sperm?

thanks

hi clucky!
its meant to help as it is similar sort of substance to sperm/ewcm,so is supposed to help the swimmers get where they need to go!

 

[clucky77]

I bought some. It's going to be an expensive excercise for me as my cycles have varied form 47- 116 days and I don't really know when I ovulate.

 

[ejjie]

I've decided to test the cough syrup this month too, does anybody know how often you have to take it and when? Thanks x

 

[mrs_metal]

You start taking the cough medicine during af then stop at ov