Okay, my husband and I are trying to have number 3. I am 36 years old. We have been trying for a few months, but not with any real dedication. What I would like are your old family secrets, recommendations, dietary suggestions for getting pregnant. For example, we had been trying for 11 months to get pregnant with number 2 when I heard a woman at work tell another woman that she should take Geritol if she wanted to get pregnant. I thought, "why not?", so I decided to try it, too. I was pregnant in less than two months. Coincidence? Probably. But I just thought it would be fun to try different things to see what happens. Thank you in advance!
A friend told me to drink a cup of hot raspberry tea at night before I went to bed. I did this for 2 weeks and found out 4 weeks later that I was pregnant! I asked my dr. and he said it was the antioxidants that helped!
Here's a website on best ways to conceive:
http://www.essortment.com/all/bestwaysconcei_rnlo.htm
We tried to conceive for 7 months with our first. A guy friend of mine suggested that my husband start wearing boxer shorts (not boxer briefs) and within a month I was pregnant. He never stopped wearing them and when we decided to have our second child, it took no time at all for me to get pregnant. My friend and his wife had tried for 7 years to get pregnant when he decided to try the boxer shorts because someone recommended it to him. His wife was pregnant within a month. It's a cheap and easy way to help the process along and I believe that it is what really helped in our situation. It lowers the temperature in the groin area so his little swimmers are more active and mobile from what I understand. It's worth a shot! Good luck!
i second the book recommendation! it teaches you alot about your body. and as for trying random things, how would you know they are safe or work? it's not like you are 26 and have years left to experiment. facts are facts, sorry if that bothers you.
I also recommend taking charge of your fertility you will be amazed at all the things you never knew you never knew.
Puritans Pride Vitamins MEGA VITA MIN for WOMEN Time Release is what my sister credits for fixing her cycle irregularity and in turn pregnancy achievement.
I was told eating carrots increases your cervical mucus.
I use the creighton method of Natural Family Planning www.creightonmodel.com. It's not an old wive's tale. If you check your cervical mucus everyday and have sex when you have long, clear mucus (only a few days a month) you will conceive.
It is not an old wives tale but look for eggwhite-looking vaginal discharge. This is your body's way of preparing for ovulation. Good luck :)
not a wives tale but I used www.fertilityfriend.com when I was trying to get pregnant and was pregnant by month 2. Recommended this site to a friend and she had same results!! Good luck.
I have a tilted uterus and had always been told by doctors that I would probably have a hard time conceiving. When we started trying to get pregnant, someone told me to put a pillow under my butt right after sex (I know - TMI). I did it, and got pregnant with each of my children on the 2nd try. Don't know if this helped or not, but we felt VERY lucky to have it happen so fast each time.
Good luck!
If you seriously want to get pregnant, go get the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility and take mucinex starting 2 days after your period until the day you ovulate.
