What are you doing to TTC?

So I picked up some Mucinex and decided to try it this cycle. I am *hoping* to O sometime within the next few days so I just took my first pill today.

I am looking around on the internet at all the different things that women do to try and help their chances while TTC. Baby aspirin, Mucinex, green or raspberry teas, evening primrose oil, vitex, acupuncture, fertility diets, etc. Of course there is all of this in addition to tons of , prenatals, doctors, meds, temping, OPKs, and all the other stuff

So, what are you doing? Some of it, all of it or winging it?

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i am not ttc till end of summer but for the first couple of months just my prenatals and

if i dont get pregnant than i will think of other stuff to do

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To answer my own question, I am taking a prenatal vitamin, an Omega complex pill, just started Mucinex. I am drinking pomegranate juice and grapefruit juice, and green tea. I am temping and using OPKs. I am drinking soda,wine, and coffee rarely and started exercising regularly. And we about 3 times a week until fertile week and then every day until temp rise.

I have decide it's going to work out this cycle so that I will be able to tell DH on our one year anniversary

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Prenatals, using OPKs and temping.

The reason I started temping was to give me something to do after my miscarriage and then while waiting to O.

Hopefully, this will be all I need!

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I am taking prenantal vitamins & an omega complex. I have cut down on my caffeine intake & will start using an OPK this month.

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Pre-natal Vitamins
Pre-Seed
Just ordered some Ras Tea Leaf ( I Enjoy Tea so why not)
Totally cut out Caffeine not for TTC but it stains my teeth also so why not.
I exercise regularly
I Temp (Chart)
I use OPK

I own a CBEFM but I havent used it yet.

Maybe I'll try Musinex.

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Currently taking Pre-Natals, Finished Clomid 2 weeks ago, reduced coffee to 1/2 a cup a day, easting more veggies (not to thrilled about this, hate veggies). every other day, so I am a bit tired but good thing is I lost 2lbs this month. Not sure if it is because of this, but hey why not?

How does Mucinex help? Never heard of.

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Its a medicine to loosen up mucus and it is supposed to help loosen and increase your cervical mucus.

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Prenatals since Jan 1
eating healthy healthy
water
OPK
Having tons of
Watching CM and paying attention to O cramps

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Ok I am a major freak but here goes. We are not TTCing till August, but I want to so bad... So to up my chances of it happening in the August/Sept/Oct timeframe, here is my plan
1) I started prenatals in April
2) I started temping and tracking CM in May
3) I added OPKs this month
4) In July I'm adding baby aspirin every day and drinking more grapefruit juice
5) In August I'm adding Mucinex, and I bought preseed.

Also, I'm trying to add more water and green tea every day.

Currently we are abstaining during my fertile days, but when we aren't I'm hoping all this will help. Yes, it may seem crazy and not spontaneous, but DH only knows about the temping so he doesn't think I'm too insane. This is what I do, I plan, I plan vacations to the minute. I fully understand that you don't have control over TTCing, I was on BCP for 12 years I have no idea if I can even conceive, so planning a month by month plan like this helps me feel some control over the situation.


After I wrote this I'm actually that I'm doing all this and not even TTCing yet. I'm a freak.

Message edited 6/10/2010 3:45:08 PM.

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Feeling like a TTC slacker over here

I am cutting down on caffeine, taking pre-natals, taking vitamin shots 3X per week due to other health issues, I have started to cut artifical sweeteners and other chemicals out of my life and eat organic (I wanted to do this anyway, this gave me a great excuse) and lots of

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I am taking prenatal s, drinking a cup of red raspberry leaf tea daily and using preseed.
All of that other stuff sounds interesting I'm going to look it up.

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i have prenatals but have been having a hard time taking them every day. i'm going to get the gummies that way i'll stay committed to taking them.
i am temping and keeping and eye on CM .
thats it for now

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I have been TTC since November. I have tried EVERYTHING and nothing seems to increase my EWCM. I tried Mucinex, but it didn't seem to affect me much. Same with the Evening Primrose Oil...I have been on that since January and nothing has changed. I drink 8-10 glasses of water a day. I have tried grapefruit juice and green tea, too. I am taking one baby aspirin a day (just started this last month). Taking prenatals. Temping. Using an OPK which has positive results so I know I'm O'ing.

Obviously, timing is a key factor in TTC, but I honestly think the ONLY other thing that will help you with TTC is to RELAX and completely eliminate all of these things from your diet. The more you think about it, the more stress you put on yourself. I am on month 7 of TTC and hoping for a BFP next week!!! If not, I'm going to eliminate everything (except prenatals) and just try it the old fashioned way.

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BD more around O time

I've been tracking my cycles on mymonthlycycles.com.

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We just started so I'm just taking prenatals and using OPKs.

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CBEFM
Pre Natals (been on them since early Dec)


oh and a lot of this too....

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I am going to order pre-seed over the weekend from drugstore.com. Where do you guys get it from? Let me know if you know a better place.

Also, making sure I take a multivitamin and only have one cup of coffee per day!!

I may start using OPK's next month but we cant always BD when its a good baby making time due to DH's injury we cant always BD on a schedule so it may be a waste of $ and I will be upset if I get a smiley and cant do anything about it. (vent over)

Good luck everyone!!!!!

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I tried pre-seed, mucinex, baby aspirin, green tea, and grapefruit juice.

I also take pre-natals and stopped drinking soda completley, I was drinking like almost a 2 liter of diet coke a day

Unfortunately with my and DH's issues, PCOS and low morphology, we are now doing IVF. Hopefully it works!

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For right now just winging it

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~pre natal vitamins
~pre seed
~lots of
~lots of

I have always lived a somewhat healthy lifestyle, but I have incorporated more organic fruits, veggies, meats, and dairy into my diet. Its a personal choice, not just for TTC.

Next step is to go for acupuncture treatments I have an appt on 6/19. My cycle is irregular so I am hoping that this helps regulate it and gets my anxiety under control

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I am taking prenatals - going to a fertility specialist for acupuncture and drinking these DISGUSTING herbs she gives me. . my SIL went to her after a MC and got preg the first time she tried again and since I'm all about prevention I figured I'd do that first

also using OPK's and occassionally looking at the cervix - i just can't make myself do this a lot

oh and no caffeine (or very little)

lots of water and yoga!