What are some natural ways to increase our chances this month??

Well AF came today
I tried not to get my hopes up too much this past month, but it doesn't matter; it is still so upsetting that another month has gone by and we still haven't been able to get pregnant.
Now onto month 4...sigh...
It's too early to get help from the doctor; what can we do to help get our BFP??
Any tricks?

Re: What are some natural ways to increase our chances this month??

first of all it took me 4 cycles to get PG with DS.

for one thing, we always used KY and i never realized that was bad for sperm! so we stopped using that for the 4th cycle.

i also used robitussin during O time to this out my CM and make it more "sperm friendly." i ordered and used pre-seed as well (that made BDing more fun actually)

that month i started using OPKs and wouldn't you know, i was totally missing my O date! so that helped too.

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Thanks
I did use opk's this month, as well as temping, so I think I did everything right and at the right time. ugh!! so frustrating!
Never tried preseed... maybe I will give it a try!!

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sorry to hijack, but when i got pregnant with my Ds i drank grapefruit juice once a day til i O'd as well as had a cup of green tea (decaf) as both increases CM

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oh yes, green tea and grapefruit juice! I forgot about those! Thanks

SO. I have green tea. Maybe I will pickup some grapefruit juice. I just ordered 15 opk tests and the 6pack of pre-seed.
(yes, I am going to be POAS like an animal! !)

I am so ready for this cycle it is not even funny!!!!!!

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I posted what we did a week or so agao but this is what helped us....I haev a 35-40 days cycle so we bd every night days 15-23 and every other 24-30. I drand grapefruit juice from day 15-23 and ate pinapple days 30 to BFP on May 10th. I relaxed and we did not use any form of lubrication except(TMI alert) DH's spit Gross I know sorry, but it obviously didn't hurt us. I think mor ethen anything I stayed relaxed and in good spirits. I also elevated my legs for 15min after and did not pee after. I held it until I awoke in the morning. However, I am not prone to UTI's so I wasn't worried. HTH and Good Luck!!!

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Posted by medic6809
I relaxed and we did not use any form of lubrication except(TMI alert) DH's spit Gross I know sorry, but it obviously didn't hurt us. ![/QUOTE


no you didn't just say that. Lol!!! I am LMMFAO right now. That is hilarious not that we haven't all used a little spit, but ya threw mw for a loop there. Hysterical. I love it.

I hope the grapefruit juice helps bc I have been drinking it everyday since day 2 or 3 and I HATE grapefruit of any kind. I also plan on eating pineapple everyday starting a few days after my trigger shot. Hope it works.

And most of all I plan to RELAX this time around. No worries. To boot DH and myself and DS are going to PA for the weekend. We are staying over night with my parents 1 night and with friends the next...both nights are close quarters and we HAVE TO bd both days bc I trigger tomo. Should be fun. Good thing there are a lot of dirt roads in PA and a lot of people around to watch DS for a bit. We will bd once before we leave early sat am too....wish us luck. And if you live in PA beware of a ford escape parked on a dirt road.

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Posted by medic6809

I posted what we did a week or so agao but this is what helped us....I haev a 35-40 days cycle so we bd every night days 15-23 and every other 24-30. I drand grapefruit juice from day 15-23 and ate pinapple days 30 to BFP on May 10th. I relaxed and we did not use any form of lubrication except(TMI alert) DH's spit Gross I know sorry, but it obviously didn't hurt us. I think mor ethen anything I stayed relaxed and in good spirits. I also elevated my legs for 15min after and did not pee after. I held it until I awoke in the morning. However, I am not prone to UTI's so I wasn't worried. HTH and Good Luck!!!

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Posted by BayB614

LOL the spit thing IS kind of funny!!!! I am so happy that you got your BFP! (And I do remember your post!) but I have heard that saliva can be bad for sperm... so I don't want to take any chances!
I am also not too big on grapefruit or grapefruit juice, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I'm a little confused though; are you supposed to drink the grapefruit juice for the whole beginning part of your cycle, or just at O time? And then after I know that I have O'ed I start with the pineapple until BFP or AF, right??
Ugh, grapefruit and pineapple... pretty much the only 2 fruits that I don't like! LOL but I will do it!!
Wow, I am so SERIOUS this month; I have so many tricks lined up this month it is ridiculous!!

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DH and I had been trying for 8 cycles, I finally got PG in January (when I had a cold and was taking Dayquil), but I had a miscarriage in February. Went a month without trying then I heard about using Musinex during O time, so I tried it in April, it worked!

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Well I can't really give any great advice since we are now on month 10 of trying but, I think most of the girls reccomend Robitussin (the one with the Gufenasin sp? - expectorant only) and/or Mucinex with the same active ingredient. It is supposed to increase CM and I will be trying the Mucinex this month. In addition, grapefruit juice is supposed to be helpful but I can't drink that since I may have an ulcer.

Elevating your pelvis after BD for 20 mins is also supposed to help "gravity" pull the swimmers in that direction.