Wow lastboxoftampons - lovin that name by the way! Congrats to you and to you all.

Got all my fingers and toes crossed for you Spina!

Thanks again everyone, this has really kept me amused/on the rails/hopeful!

It probably had nothing to do with it, and you'll see from the other answers that people will all have conflicting advice...BUT since you asked...

DH had had an SA which indicated that although his count and mobility were fine, his morphology was on the low side. I put him on pycnogenol and Marilyn Glenville vitamins and figured we had no chance this month, as it takes nearly 3 months to see an improvement, if any, taking vits to help with morph. We kind of put TTC on hold, but made an effort to have sex more frequently - 2-3 times a week throughout the entire month instead of a frenzied marathon the week of ovulation.

Totally was not expecting it, but here I am at 37 weeks Good luck!

i'm another one who after a year of temping,opks and stressing about the lack of positive results, "gave up" and got a bfp!

If my suspicions are correct, I've also managed a bfp(i'll find out this weekend) by having sex on nights 8 and 9 and taking folic acid,calcium and magnesium since.

It's great to hear so many succcess stories, thanks so m uch for sharing them

DH and I had both given up alcohol. I'd read that sperm need about 100 days to renew themselves so that anything you do to try to improve the quality of sperm will take about three months to take effect. Sure enough, almost three months to the day after our final drink, I got pregnant!

We'd also been using Pre-Seed, which we found very helpful.

But I'd also had a very stressful time in the previous six months, redundancy, new job, exams, big commitments, busy social life. Over christmas and New Year, and in the first few weeks of Jan, we really got a chance to just chill out and relax and I think that made a huge difference.

the other big thing was that we went for our first infertility tests and I'd had a HyCoSy on day 9 of my cycle. I don't know if it kick-started my ovaries or cleaned out my tubes, but I would have conceived on or about day 14........

TMI WARNING!!

Had a funny feeling this time round straight after we shagged, I thought "good grief that was deep!!", and then when I went to the toilet, nothing came out. Same the following morning, nothing at all came out. Not a drop.

Now 12 weeks pg.

Good luck!

(PS: I told you it would be graphic )

Following 2 mc's and a year of obsession. I finally got pregnant the month I told myself to get a grip on myself and relax. I spent my time drinking, having FUN, had sex at other times of the month.
I now have a 9month old DS who is adorable, if I say so myself, who is the apple of his daddy and DS's eye.

So the moral of the story is to relax and think of something else.

Good luck.

Like many others here, I got pregnant the first month we stopped trying. After 11 months and one mc, I just thought "sod it, let's take a break".

Of course I couldn't help but notice EWCM and stuff (though wasn't checking obsessively). And I can say with some certainty that we didn't have sex on the days I had EWCM, and had lots of sex on all the "wrong" days. Stopped taking folic acid, didn't write anything in diary, didn't put legs in air or owt. Basically just forgot about it.

Lo and behold, I'm now 9 weeks pregnant.

Good luck!

I used clear blue OPK for the first time, the ones with the smiley face. I was ovulating much later than I thought. Got pg that month.

Wow can't believe how many replies I've had, thank you all so so much some really funny and sound advice from you all. Basically it seems it'll happen when it happens, i'll try and relax about it and maybe go to Alton Towers!

Sex every day for a week around ovulation - took this approach out of laziness as I've no real idea when I ovulate as CM can be hit and miss and can't be bothered with OPK's.

Sadly ended in miscarriage at 6 weeks but will take the same approach this month.

Strangely enough this article was published this week

We weren't trying but I was actually training for a 1/2 marathon and was at my physical peak- my personal trainer has since told me that lots of ppl he knows get preg when training loads- due to healthier life style - weight loss / gain

Shagged on days 13 and 15, after 6 months of shagging on day 14 (leaving a few days either side) as I came to the conclusion that day 14 obviously wasn't when I was ovulating...

the result of this highly scientific experiment are both lying on the playmat...

We did it once at the right sort of time (although I actually thought it was a bit early) me on top and didn't do anything particularly special to "aid conception" was amazed at the miracle that is making a baby. All the evidence was there that it is the simple but who would have thought that it actually is!?

I tried for 9 months with dd. We did it in the missionary position because most literature reccommends that for ttc. The one time we did it doggy style I concieved. My second pregnancy (resulted in m/c) was also doggy style, my third (ds1) one time in a month doggy style again and my suprise third (ds2) yes you've guessed it we did it once not using anyting (i was pissed) doggy style.

It worked for me.

Robitussin syrup for cm,taken twice a day around ovulation time.Also took red clover leaf tablets, also for cm, but those two things were because i am over 40. also had regular acupuncture and chinese herbs.

who knows if any of it helped, i was desperate and 40, so decided to do whatever i could. i like the sound of just getting pissed and shagging for fun!

Good luck.

Had been trying for a few months with my cycles getting longer and longer so was expecting it to take a while. That month I got drunk on champagne and ate whatever I liked. It was Christmas and and I conceived on New Year's Eve, so perhaps not being at work helped as well as a general eat, drink and be merry ethos.

Good luck!

I got a bikini and bum wax---DH couldn't resist me.

Chilling out and giving up after 18 months of ttc and a mmc at 7 weeks...went on hol, talked about benefits of childlessness, got drunk and shagged cos we wanted to not cos we had to....relaxation. But I know its impossible to do if you ARE trying...

Good luck!

Both times happened when I stopped counting days, drinking grapefruit juice, using OPKs, Preseed etc etc and generally obsessing about timing it just right.
This time happened on holiday after drinking lots of cocktails.
You'd think that I'd have learned from first time round. I think that obsessing is a given though!

Well, this may not be standard advise but here goes anyway...

approx 48 hours after 'doing the deed'...

for DD1 we went to Alton Towers
for DD2 it was Go Ape (A high ropes course)

I swear that both times the fertilised egg was forced to implant!

1st time was really drunk and counld'nt be bothered to get a condom. 2nd time took 18 months of monitoring ovulation and following all the "rules" got bfp after shagging for 11 nights on the trot, dh not altogther happy at being on demand, but bless him hes getting a rest now I am 29 weeks.

*Or even 'straight FROM bottle'

*Lies on floor of thread, smoking multiple fags simultaneously, swigging gin straight bottle and wearing knickers on head*

Am loving this ttc malarky....

Yes we stopped using KY jelly. Kills off the sperm apparently [muppet emoticon]

1st time we had a huge row so werent trying - ended in mc at 5.5 weeks

2nd time werent trying as just after mc

only thing i was aware of both times of when i ovulated (from cm) so knew it was possible

Both times:

lots of sex (not the alternate days the consultant advised)
lots of alcohol (esp.when ds2 was conceived)

Took 8 years to conceive ds1 - only did so when we stopped following all the advice on what to do, not do, eat, not eat, ditched the OPKs, stopped temping, etc
Ds2 1st month of trying (on holiday).

I did a thread about mine, its on here somewhere.
Heres what I did:
Gave up ttc
Only had sex once the entire month
And that sex was after a huge row, followed by make up curry and sex
Drank and smoked like a trooper
Went to a Killers concert got squashed and sweaty and jumped round for hours
Worked endless 12 hour shifts in stressful job

I'd spent months trying to do all the right things, eat the right foods, lay off the drink and fags .... load of bollocks IMHO all this temping, endless shagging malarky. When its gonna happen it will happen

All my pregnancies were the result of drunken nights out, ie DH and I were totally relaxed and screwed for fun.

Loads of people have told me crazy stories of what they did differently the month they got their BFP.

But the fact is that unless you have infertility/subfertility problems, it's just like trying to throw a 6 on a dice. It might take one throw or it might take 12 - it's pure chance and it'll happen when it happens.

If you have got fertility problems then obviously there's stuff you can do to help though.

No - nothing different either time.

Good luck.

I had regular reflexology which made my periods much more regular and after about 7 months, hey presto Am convinced that it helped

And temping/CB monitor to get right days for bd too

Homeopathy!

I was a total cynic about anything alternative but after 3 mcs in 8mths due to luteal phase defect (ovulating too late) one month of homeopathy put ovulation back to right day and got bfp the following cycle.

Apparently suitable for anyone struggling to conceive, history of PCOS or mc.

Called the Liz Lalor/vannier method - ask your local homeopath!

Got pregnant twice on holiday - relaxation and more sex than usual seems to work for us.

Not sure if this is sound medical advice , but we'd been 'trying' (I hate that word) for 18months and in the end went on holiday and drank lots of sangria. Now seven weeks pregnant. Actually I'm pretty certain that that is not sound medical advice, but I got bored of not drinking after a year of abstaining with no reward

zinc for him and agnus castus for me. Probably made no difference whatsoever mind you..

Hi, just wondering if anyone has any useful tips or things they tried apart from the obvious of just shagging loads. Did you use OPK's for 1st time, try different positions,tilt your bum after? Just curious as with DD I used OPK for 1st time and 'boom shake the womb'I got BFP that month. Struggling to get pregnant 2nd time round despite using OPK's again.
Thanks in advance x