How hard are you trying?

How aggressive are you ttc? OPK's, temping, others..

We will start officially ttc next month for #2 and I'm not sure if I should just see what happens for a few months or pull out the big guns right away. I did use opk's this month because I was really curious about my cycle and when I ovulate.

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We aren't being to aggressive yet, just counting days. I have no idea how long my cycle is tho, lol. By next month I will prolly use OPK's to figure out my cycle.

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the first 2 cycles, we just winged it (no opk's, temping, etc...). had no idea what we were doing lol. but the 3rd cycle i decided to use an opk just to get a handle on my cycle and that is when we got out BFP.

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this is our first month trying for #2 - we are just BDing every other day durign the fertitlity period - day 8 till day 30 or so - i tend to have long cycles but want to cover my basis

next month i will use opks if needed - i am only giving my self 4 months to tryy for a 2nd so we'll see

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the first month we just winged it this month im using everything...LOL

temping, opks, and ever other day until i got the + opk then for 3 days straight

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Ive been counting days, but thats about it. I bought a pack of OPKs and haven't used them yet-- af just arrived today, so I think I'm going to try them out this month. We're going to start REALLY trying in January and I'm sure I'll have an full on arsenal of baby-making stuff by then!

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not hard enough! first month off the pill. BD a few times but no temping, OPKs, etc. Still waiting for AF...

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I am seeing an RE and doing back to back IUIs. I'm using injections every night this week and a combo of like 8 different pills. I'd say I'm trying REALLY hard!

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First month , we winged it

This month going to use Digital O tests, and musinex and lots of , so I def stepped it up !

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This was my first month.

ALL I did was OPK.

For me, unless I cant get PG in like 3-4 months I'm just gonna OPK and when I get the smiley.

I'm NOT putting pressure on either me or DH. If it happens great.

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This is our 5th month. The first 4 we counted and I was temping too. This month we used CBD OPK and we're hoping this is the one for us.

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This is my 1st month going for #2. I am debating using OPK's because I don't want a repeat of the crazy I got with my first. I use my my monthly cycles, but I don't want to rely on that alone. So I will probably use OPKs

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We arent TTC till the the New Year but as of right now this is my game plan (FYI, I'm 33)...

Jan-March: Count days, OPK & Preseed

April-June: All above, Temp & Musinex

July-Sept: All above & Deanna's Plan

Oct: All the above and make a Dr's appt.

Hopefully I will get it right the 1st time.

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July we just winged it
August and sept counted days
October we went back to winging it
And this month winging it

After the holidays we will get a little more serious, the holidays are stressful enough

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I've been off the pill since August, but only got my period once by being prescribed provera. This is our first month using OPK's and I'm on CD25 with no smiley yet. I plan to use preseed when I do get my smiley since we used it the month that we conceived our son 3 years ago.

Depending on how this cycle goes, I might try the raspberry leaf tea next cycle to help regulate me.

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I wasnt TTC in August but i did OPK to just get the hang of it and see when i was likely to O...

September - did OPK's got and subsequently got BFP... that was ectopic so i have to wait till January to start trying again... I will do OPKs again since i still have some from September and i have a BBThermometer so I think i will try my hand at temping also...

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We were trying for #2 (our first DC I was never on the pill and got pregnant without even trying and just one time). This time I was on the pill almost 2 years and we just winged it the first 2 months off of it since my cycles were a little off. The 3rd month we used the regular OPKs with the lines and it was too confusing. The 4th month we used the digital OPK and good thing because I was calculating my O to be days later than it really was and then we got our BFP.

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7 months and 1 mc in we r trying everything ...opks,temping,rasberyy tea,pillow under but, u name in we have tried it...

hoping something pays off soon