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I’ve read lots of questions on here asking why it takes so long for some women to conceive, like they’ve been trying for 5 years or so! That’s crazy! Is there something I can do now to prepare my body to "clear up" any potential problems pertaining to difficult conception for when I am ready to start trying for a baby in about 2 years time?
Well if you are over weight, try to lose some. If you are under a lot of stress, try to wind down a little. Eat healthy
Other than that, you just have to wait and see
You really won’t know until you try. What many people fail to realize is that it can take a healthy couple up to a year to conceive. Everyone expects to be successful on the first try and the truth is that it just doesn’t work that way for most people. After a year has passed, if you’re still not pregnant then you should go to the doctor and get a fertility workup.
Things you can do now: Try and lose excess weight if you’re very overweight, stop drinking, smoking and any other bad habits you may have. All of these things can make it more difficult to conceive. The same goes for your partner.
You can visit your OB and make sure you don’t have any STDs. They only way to really know it will take awhile is to start trying and see what happens.
The biggest obstacle outside about medical issues is stress. People get all nuts about tracking temperatures or using ovulation kits and stressing about when they’re supposed to do it that their bodies become hostile places for a baby to grow and it’s actually harder for them to get pregnant.
I think the key is just to take birth control methods of out the picture and to sit back and let it happen rather than making yourself crazy trying to find out the “right” day to get it on.
There is no way to know for sure in advance.
If you know you have certain physical issues (erratic/absent periods, extremely heavy/crampy periods, history of PID/STDs) that may suggest a problem, but if all appears to be well, all is probably well.
Most doctors will want to see you for evaluation treatment if you’ve been actively trying for over a year.
If you’re on the pill, get off it! Find a different means of birth control that doesn’t involve hormone therapy. Your body can take awhile to get back into its natural cycle after coming off the pill.
You can start eating foods that are conducive to good fertility. Try googling ‘fertility diet’ or ‘try to conceive diet’, something along those lines.
Talk to your OB/GYN. They can do any testing that needs to be done and advise on any other measures you need to take.
It took my husband and I a year to get pregnant after coming off the pill. My doctor had me on Clomid for fertility and Progesterone suppositories to regulate my cycles. But when all was said and done, it was the one month that we WEREN’T trying to get pregnant that my daughter was conceived.
No there is no way to no. Obviously stay healthy, although weather that would really help or not. Stress can cause you not to conceive so sorting out your life 1st may help. You could visit a doctor and just say your going to start to try what can you suggest. They may give you help. There are probably loads and loads of old wives tales about what to do but i think its just place right time. Good luck
My sister-in-law got pregnant the first month, which is amazing, although not a "miracle". Some people try for years. I have autoimmune thyroid disease and after not knowing that for a few yrs and wasting tons of precious time, I would highly recommend everyone get their thyroid tested. A good ttc TSH for women is 1.0-2.0 or a little under 1.0. The thyroid regulates A LOT and can affect fertility, even if it’s a tiny bit off.
Get tested for all STDs (make sure the doc checks a swab on a glass slide – that’s how he barely found Trich I had for years), any hostile environment will impair sperm. Either chart (which gets tiresome, but you can use TCOYF’s free online system) or use ovulation test sticks. You should ovulate about 2 wks post-period, give or take a few days. Sometimes though your temps may look OK but something is "off" with the ovulation. Are you getting egg white cervical mucous mid cycle? I checked out a lot of ttc books from the library – Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler is a good one. Make sure you are eating well, getting good sleep, taking a prenatal or good multivitamin. It’s very important to get enough folic acid each day, even well before ttc. My sister was told she wasn’t going to get pg she was so low in B vitamins. You can also get fertility testing done – a cycle day 21 Progesterone test, Ovarian Reserve Test, etc. I went to a Reproductive Endo after my regular OB/Gyn then a Reproductive Immunologist b/c my immune system seemed screwed up. She ran several blood tests and I have a few problems – she suggested a baby aspirin daily and Lovenox post-ovulation and if pg. I did get pg two months after I got my TSH at a good number but it was a Trisomy 15 pregnancy and now my thyroid has been goofy again. I also was on an Ovarian Reserve Test cycle (with Lupron, Clomid, Ovidril, and Lovenox) when I got pregnant, and that was the only cycle I was relaxed because I was thinking that was the cycle I’d be testing my ovaries and then I’d move on from there.
One of the first things docs try is giving you Clomid. There is also the Clomid Challenge test.
Hopefully you won’t have to go that far, although if you have the $ why not test EVERYTHING I say.
One of the first tests when you first go to a doc is the guy’s sperm count!
GL!!!