Pregancy

I have 3 great boys ages 5 almost 6, 3 will be 4 in a couple weeks and 2. With my first the whole 14th day thing worked like clock work but with my second at first we tried on that 14th day thing and it didn't work, so after 2 months we tried on day 10th, 12th, 14th and 16th day and that month we got our 2nd. With the 3rd it was while we were away and not thinkig if it was time or not just our little special suvineer (sp?) I guess. Good luck! and relax!

count 11 days from the first day of your last period and start doing the daily ovulation tests.... BEST WISHES!!!

Hi Barbara,
It sounds like you'd like to conceive again. I was always told that you can get pregnant from the 10th to 17th day after your period. If your period was July 22 then you should try to conceive starting August 1 to the 7th. I always went from the 7th to the 20th day in my calculations. It worked three times. I hope this has helped. Good luck.
D.

After your period check your mucus. (You can do this when you wipe in the bathroom). Use your thumb and fore finger to check its consistency. If it stretches between your fingers you are ovulating. If it is tacky and breaks easily you are not. You can also count back 14 days from your the first day of your period (if you're regular). I took an NFP class with my husband so I learned about temperature taking and cervical mucus.

Hi! It all depends on when you ovulate. it could be anywhere between 11-14 or 15 days after your period. To be sure you could get the ovulation predicter sticks and kits since everyone is different. Usually on a 28 day cycle it would be 14 days but sometimes it could be earlier or later. I think I used clear blue easy. There are many kinds, some simple some more elaborate where you would have to place the stick into a small "machine" after you urinate. This will monitar your ovulation. You might need to try a few months so themachine can get a better understanding of your cycle. Good luck!!!! I.

This is what I did for both kids. Go to www.babycenter.com
and then look for the ovulation calculator. You put in your information and it tells you the best days to "try" for another one. You may also want to watch your cervical fluid. I knew I was ovulating when mine got to the consistency of runny egg whites (when you wipe). If you start there it might help. If you can learn to predict when your gonna ovulate it helps. How hard was it for you to get pregnant with #1. Good luck.

http://www.babycenter.com/ovulation-calculator;jsessionid...

Here I entered in the information for you

August 30th til September 4th are your fertility days

based on a 28 day cycle, but if your period usually comes every 30days you can recalculate

M

of course everyone is a little different..but whenever i have sex 8 days after my period starts... voila! I'm pregnant.

On the same page as you... GOOD LUCK! My advice keep trying:)Takes a few months for the periods to get back on schedule... I got my period May 10(happy mothers' day to me!). I just started ovulation predictor kits to make sure i'm ovulating normal casue my period is every 40 + days... Hoping to get preggo with #2 really soon:)

Women ovulate 12-14 days after the start of their last period so I would start trying all 11-15 days after. Mark it on the calender.

Taking Charge of Your Fertility! This is a book by Toni Weschler that teaches all about charting your cycle (almost NO ONE actually has a 28 day cycle every month), keeping track of fertility signs, etc. I used this method and got pregnant on the very first try. Another woman wrote about watching your cervical fluid and she's right on the money-- if you want to try for this month without doing all the other tracking, just check every day (or even better in the morning and at night) and as the fluid becomes more wet and slippery and stretchy (egg white consistency is what you're ultimately looking for) you know you're in your fertile phase.

Barbara, when I had my kids - back in the dinosaur days of 1995 and 1999, when no one had really heard the term "cycle days" I simply went about it the old fashioned way. We continued to have sex frequently, and unprotected. I got pregnant 3 times on the 2nd month of trying just by having lots of unprotected sex. I didn't count days, I didn't look at mucous, track ovulation or any of those things. It is totally possible to simply get pregnant without any interventions. Good luck!

Perhaps your best plan would be to buy one of the new tests on the market to tell when you are ovulating. That is when you get pregnant. Good luck!!!!

All I can say is I can RELATE. I also have a 10 month old baby girl and am also thinking about number two. Got my cycle July 19th... LOL!

Best wishes to you. -N.

OH Barbara,

How exciting to want to go for #2. Did you figure out yet where/how number 1 came from? I'd repeat that process to get #2! Before you know it, #2 will be on the way! So, repeat, repeat, repeat.

I have four biologicals and still haven't figured out how that happened, but I think those late night visits with my hubby had something to do with it! :)

D.

Hi Barbara,
Congrats on your first baby and good luck on conceiving your second. You should be trying to get pregnant during the time that you ovulate, which is about a week after your period ends. This may sound gross, but it is when your vaginal secretions are very thick and most abundant. If you google "ovulation chart," you will find several helpful websites that will help you chart your most optimal time to get pregnant based on the dates of your last period. It is very easy to use. Also, you did not mention if you are breastfeeding your first baby. Breastfeeding can almost be a form a birth control and hinder you from getting pregnant. (Mother nature ensuring that you do not spread yourself too thin between 2 babies.) Best of luck! Have fun!
K. G.

try the book : Taking Charge of your Fertility. Very natural and straightforward... with both of our boys, I never even had a period once we started trying.

Sex on days 10 - 14.....Day 1 being the first day of your period.....Worked twice for me!!!
Good luck!

Sex works well. Just keep practicing. LOL

Hi Barbara, I wiil pray that you become pregnant. I also suggest you have dad make a deposit in the "baby bank" as often as possible. They say the fertile time is right between periods so that should be about now. Seriously, just relax and enjoy and it will happen in God's time which is the right time. Love your baby girl and soon you will have more to love. Best wishes, Grandma Mary

Hi Barbara. In my opinion, the greatest help you can get is about setting your mind free of what you want during love making, enjoying it for what it is...and relaxing into it.

I've worked with many so-called infertile women who, once they changed their mind state, found that they have re-arranged their brain activity...which has effected the outflow of the right hormones, and has given positive energy
to all parts of the reproductive system.

If you lament that you're not getting pregnant and feel tense or even "desperate" in your wanting, that is a sure way to adversely effect the natural process.

Relax...enjoy...and good luck.
R. Conte CCHT

I was lazy and couldn't be bothered with charts and checking my temperature. I used the Clear blue easy fertility monitor. My first was 11 months old. It told me I was ovulating, we had sex and 9 months later my second was born!

Begin having sex on the 11th day of your cycle. :)