[sophia1987]

HI
I recently had a miscarriage on June 10th and me and my husband have been trying since July and we had no luck I was wondering if any of you had any trick to share or if you have the same situation and how long it took to get pragnant again cause I had a full physical and everything is normal with me...
Any suggestion and help would be nice
Thanks:(

[J_9]

Sophia, let me say I am sorry for your loss. The loss of a child, born or unborn is very hard.

Now, you must give yourself some time to grieve the loss of your child. Immediately replacing your child is not the way to go, and I am sure you know that.

As you may or may not know, it takes most healthy couples up to a year of actively trying before becoming pregnant.

If you are not taking a prenatal vitamin that includes folic acid now, I suggest you start. Reason being is that folic acid prevents neural tube defects that actually can occur before a woman even knows she is pregnant.

[macksmom]

First off... it can take most healthy couples up to a year to conceive. Since you have conceived once (so sorry about the loss)... you can assume you are your partner are fine. Sometimes it just takes awhile.

It is very good that you got checked out :) It wouldn't hurt to have your husband get tested too.

Start taking prenatal vitamins to ready your body for pregnancy.

Have you been tracking your cycle?
There are a few "at home" things you can do to help increase your chances of getting pregnant.
You could track your cycle to narrow down your window of ovulation, so you know when you best chances of concieving are.
You could try ovulation predictor tests.
You could also track your basal body temp.

5 months is not a really long time, and it's not unusal that you haven't fallen pregnant yet. I know it seems like forever! But just relax... stressing about getting pregnant can cause you not to get pregnant.

My husband and I have been trying for over a year. I have a daughter from a previous relationship, he has no biological children. We both got checked and were told everything was fine, but still couldn't get pregnant on our own. I am currently on my second round of hormones to help us conceive.

Again, it just takes time. Once you have been trying for a year and are still unsuccessful, your doctor should be willing to step in and help.

Let me know if you would like any references for things to do at home to better your chances :)

[sophia1987]

Yeah it would be nice if you could give me those references for thing to help conceive... thank for your help

Sophia

[macksmom]

Well I would highly suggest you getting the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. I got it on eBay for about $10. It is a EXCELLENT guide to learning about your own personal fertility. It educates you on signs your body gives to recongize your most fertile time during the month. This book gives many many suggestions to help boost your fertility and track your cycle to know when you should ovulate thus increasing your chances of getting pregnant. It is by far the best pre-pregnancy book :)

Here is a site that helps you track you ovulation window bases on your cycle. This will let you know when your most fertile time of the month is.
American Pregnancy Association : Getting Pregnant: Ovulation Calendar

You can also use ovulation predictor kits. They can be bought at almost any drug store. I get mine from Early Pregnancy Tests and Ovulation Predictor Kits for Home Use they are A LOT cheaper than the ones in the store and you get more of them. They also come in great combo packs with pregnancy tests. You take the tests about mid-cycle (the instructions will tell you, based on your period, when you should start testing). When you get a positive result, you should ovulate in the next 36 hours.

You can also Google charting your BBT (basal body temp). When you ovulate, your body releases a hormone called progesterone. This hormone is a heat-emitting hormone which causes your waking body temp to rise. Through charting your BBT you will know when you temp rises that you did in fact ovulate that month. This was very helpful to me, as it showed me I wasn't ovulating each month. I was able to take my charting into my OBGYN and we realized I wasn't ovulating, so she starting me on horomones to induce ovulation.

Here is the chart I use. It charts everything, so you can use all or only some of the areas. I used the "comment" field to put the results of my ovulation tests. You will start to see a pattern in you charting, so you will then be able to predict when ovulation is about to occur before it even does :)
http://epigee.org/f/pdf/bbtchart_f.pdf

I know it seems like a lot... you can do all, or just a few of the methods. But the result is so worth it :)

Good luck!

[J_9]

I will say that the BBT method can be a little tricky to master. Also, to do it correctly you need a special thermometer, and you need to take your temp while you are still in bed in the morning.

That is the MOST accurate way of using the BBT method, and again, it is only a tool and is not 100% accurate. There are factors which can alter the temp that would cause a false negative ovulation or a false positive ovulation.