What do we do different when TTC

[mum2be?]

SO while TTC what have we all done to help the spermie meet the egg?

Here is mine:
* Legs in air
* Dirty cough medicine
* Deep Sex positions
* Not moving for at least 30mins after sex
* Not going to the toilet for at least 1 hour

 

[Becs]

Yep all of those plus, Pre-seed

 

[mrsT]

eeek I do none of them

..rushes off to get notepad..

 

[MissGobby]

me neither mrsT lol only thing i do is hold legs up in air, but not all the time

 

[xJodieLoux]

I do the legs in the air, tried cough medicine one month but havent bothered with it since. This month I have used OPK for the first time.

 

[Fingers crossed]

I do the legs in the air bit. I tried the cough medicine last month but it makes my foo smell horrible, like the medicine but burnt

 

[lainey]

I do lots of things,

Legs in Air after sex, crossed as well along with pelvis resting on a pillow
Magic medicine for 5 days leading up to fertile period
Lots and lots of sex as soon as AF leaves all the way up to my fertile period so there is plenty inside
BD every 2nd day after my fertile period
Excersize proven fact it helps blood flow and increases fertility chances
Lots of omega 3, folic acid, (been taken the sanatogen supplement)
Take my mind off trying to conceive by doing DIY or overtime at work
Plenty of me time, (hair appointments, getting nails done, massages, swimming with the girls in an evening)
Cut down on tea!!! only 1 cup a day
Piling my plate high with vegetables!!!
Cut out cakes etc as there is a type of fat that has proven to affect fertility
Drinks loads of water and look after myself alot more.
I have cut down to one day a month drinking alcohol!
Plenty of sleep or naps, so I am nice and rested.

Remember your body has to be in the right mode to get pregnant in the first place

 

[mrsT]

I have no clue how I got pregnant with my first!!
(apart form having sex obviously )
I pretty much lived off a diet of sherbert, alcohol and cigarettes (in between working and riding my horse of course!!)

 

[skairdykat]

If it's gonna happen it'll happen no matter what you do. I mean you only have to watch shows like Jeremy Kyle to see that.

 

[mrsT]

lol, very very true!

 

[Tiny Sue]

Er... what's the cough medicine thingy?

We don't do anything apart from plenty of bd and making sure we both have taken our supplements...eg folic acid for me and zinc for oh - zinc really is the biz, it increases the amount of spermies, as far as I can see, plus we - er - achieve wood for a longer period of time!

Sue

 

[mum2be?]

Zinc? My partner is not taking any of that?

How much does he need and where from?

 

[smurf]

Zinc is great they just need one a day. You can buy the tablet packs in the suplements section in any of the supermarkets. They also help with sex drive my poor DH found ttcing very off putting, he only need zinc for one month and I fell. We had lots and lots of fun that month

I also took baby asprin its mean to help prevent MC I had one back in May last year so was willing to try anything. OH and I took the magic meds 5 days before ov and stuck my legs in the air with a pillow under my derrier.

 

[Tiny Sue]

Yes - zinc - one a day, not sure about quantities but it's good for general male health, prostate, testes etc too. Another thing that's good is saw palmetto.

They say that a magnesium supplement can help with avoiding Pre-eclampsia - which I had very severely last year and Naomi was born a month early. I really want to avoid next time if I can.

Sue

 

[happy-chick]

How come ur not supposed to go to the toilet for 1 hour after 'the deed'?!

 

[MissGobby]

How come ur not supposed to go to the toilet for 1 hour after 'the deed'?!

maybe you might 'wee' the little men out of your system?

 

[happy-chick]

I always need a wee after sex thats all, I lay for 30min wi legs in air last night watching The Bill while DF went for a takeaway but was bursting for loo and had to go......

 

[nathanmum]

i turn into a sex mad mumma for about a week then a miserable cow for the other 3

 

[skairdykat]

Does that really make much difference? Your bladder and womb etc are gotten to by two different holes aren't they? After the obvious first one of course LOL.

 

[nathanmum]

the action of squatting on the loo probably empties them out a little then the wee washes them away????