CAROMOE
Sep 30, 2007, 07:24 AM
Hi I Just Want Some Tips On How To Get Pregnant. I Have Tried Everything
macksmom
Sep 30, 2007, 07:20 PM
It can take most healthy couples a least a year before becoming pregnant.
My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for some time now...
Here are some tips that may help...
It's good idea to start tracking your cycle, count how many days your cycle is and from there you can start to determine when you should ovulate and be most fertile. Here is a site they may further help you know when you should ovulate.
American Pregnancy Association : Getting Pregnant: Ovulation Calendar (http://www.americanpregnancy.org/gettingpregnant/ovulationcalendar.html?menstrual=07%2F28%2F2007&cycle=)
You could use ovulation predictor kits, if you aren't already. They help you determine when you should ovulate as well.
You could also start tracking your BBT (you can Google this to get all the info). But basically when you do in fact ovulate, you body releases progesterone which is a heat-emitting hormone. This hormone causes your normal "waking" temp to rise. By charting, you will know that you certainly ovulated (as ovulation predictor kits only PREDICT that you SHOULD ovulate, they can not tell you that you actually did).
I also highly recommed you getting the book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. It is a great book! It tells you all kinds of tips of how to tell, by your own body signs, when you are most fertile, among other things. I have it, and honestly it is the best book I have read on fertility. It is a great resource!
I would visit your doctor and let them know you are trying to get pregnant. Most will do some bloodwork to make sure all your hormones are at the right levels to achieve pregnancy.
If after about a year you still haven't managed to get pregnant, your doctor should be ready to step in and help. But all your tracking/charting will be great tools for you doctor to look at. By charting my BBT and using ovulation kits, my husband and I discovered that I wasn't ovulating every month. So my OBGYN ran a test on my husband which came back fine, and next will be sending me for a test to make sure my fallopian tubes aren't blocked. If that test comes back fine (which she is expecting it will) she is starting me on Clomid, a hormone that makes you ovulate.
I know it is very frustrating when you want to get pregnant but can't, but honestly getting pregnant is a detailed science, a lot of factors have to be just right, so hopefully some of these tips will help you.
Good luck!