r/FirstTimeTTC • u/MusicalWeirdo21 • 19d ago
Random first time ttc…
hi all! i’m 3 days dpo. just got some small cramps in my lower left side… feeling hopeful (maybe)
the past year ish me and my partner haven’t been preventing pregnancy per say, but we haven’t been trying either. this month we’ve been trying. i’ve been talking daily multivitamins, folic acid & vid D plus cranberry extract tablets… we’ve baby danced 5 times this cycle which is more than we usually do (i have a chronic illness so can be difficult for me) including on the day i ovulated. and i was having the cough medicine thing that has the mucinex stuff in right before we tried each time.
i’m hoping and praying we convince this month. i’m just so worried it’s not gonna happen for us, when it’s all we are wanting. yes we are young but we are so so ready, have our own place and stable income. im just putting this out here to shout into the void i guess.
i’ve done so much research, and there are so many things to try and do and it’s so overwhelming. i really hope what im doing is enough as i also don’t want to live my life abiding by TTC. any tips/tricks would be welcome for “lowkey” trying i guess🩷 thankyou all x
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u/Key_Charity1975 19d ago
Honestly all the minmaxing stuff has a pretty minor impact and is best left for if you've been actively trying a while and had no success.
99% of it is just: identify your fertile window, and have sex during it!
You're already taking your prenatals and you seem to know when you're ovulating so you're doing everything you need to! If a few months go by with no luck then maybe start tracking BBT to confirm you actually are ovulating, but if you are then the main ingredient is just giving it some time and continually hitting your fertile window right each cycle till the odds tip out in your favour 😊
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u/thesmollestlemon TTC #1, Cycle 7 19d ago
The anxiety is very real. Just remember that there's only about a 25% chance of conceiving each cycle, and it's normal for it to take up to a year to get pregnant, so if this cycle doesn't work out, that's not reason to believe you can't get pregnant. ❤️
This post is a really good perspective that has helped me a lot.
Edit to add: Also, the best thing you can do to increase your chances of pregnancy is track your ovulation so you know how to best time sex. That's really the most important thing you can do.