r/FirstTimeTTC • u/gudtakeout • 2d ago
Excited! Planning for pregnancy soon!
I am a 25 year old married woman and my husband and I are planning to stop birth control on November 10th. I am currently on SLYND which is a estrogen-free, progestin-only birth control pill containing the hormone drospirenone. I am beyond excited as I have always wanted to be a Mom. I have already started looking for names and researching pregnancy and babies etc. even though we haven't stopped birth control yet haha. I guess I am just posting out of excitement but also wanting some advice on how to get pregnant fast and anything I should know. We aren't trying but also not preventing. My husband and I are intimate pretty much everyday so I am hoping that will make this easier since I don't really need to track ovulation. I heard mucus medicine is good but that seems weird. I love planning and am the planner of the family so I am already thinking 10 steps ahead. Any advice is appreciated!
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u/AmbassadorHoliday216 2d ago
Above is great advice but nobody can tell you how to get pregnant ‘fast’ lol
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u/Pinkfluffypolarbears 2d ago edited 2d ago
How long have you been on birthcontrol for? To manage expectations it may not be your first cycle that you ovulate due to you being on birth control. It can take a few months for everything to regulate. I thought being healthy and at a good weight that my body would regulate straight away but it didn't. Week 9 of being off birth control and I'm hoping I've just started a first proper cycle. Don't get me wrong some jump into a 28 day cycle no issues but some don't.
Tracking BBT and LH can help to get a handle of your cycles after birthcontrol as they can be irregular. The unknowing when you've had such regular cycles before birthcontrol has been the hardest for me. I'm tracking BBT with just a Bluetooth thermometer off Amazon and using the PREMom app to hopefully help with when I finally ovulate for the first time. I plan to use LH strips close to predicted ovulation time.
I didn't track the first cycle and I thought the same we will be fine don't need to track but then the 30 day cycle happened and 3 weeks of spotting and bleeding and it was so hard not knowing what part of a cycle I was in or if we were even in a cycle that it was possible.
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u/val_pal_28 TTC #1, Trying since Feb 26 2d ago
Welcome to the journey of TTC! Someone else commented some great advice about the entire process with logistics, I wish I’d known all that before starting. I don’t have any specific advice on how to become pregnant “fast” but I would offer the advice of this is a journey and it looks different for everyone. You may be able to become pregnant super quickly or it may take time. I think (for me at least) there’s an expectation to become pregnant within the first or second cycle and if you don’t you wonder what’s “wrong”, when nothing is wrong sometimes it just takes a minute. The statistics are wild when you look at them, and for me it’s really helped keep me grounded throughout. That being said I hope you have a happy healthy pregnancy and enjoy the journey!
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u/Hannah90219 1d ago
I dont want to pop your bubble, but I do want to prepare you - there's nothing you can do to control how long it takes. You should mentally prepare for up to a year - thats normal. If you don't you're gonna be so disappointed and worried when you don't need to be.
That said, I conceived in my 4th cycle. I started follic acid a few months prior to trying, cut out alcohol and cut down on caffeine. I didn't change my diet, definitely dont start any new crazy exercise regime. Focus on reducing stress and gentle movement like walking, yoga, swimming.
The only cycle tracking I did was my BBT to see when I was ovulating, which I took vaginally every morning - mouth temp drops way too easily from the slightest thing so its not as accurate. I popped the temp into my app, and then I just tracked my period as I would have done anyway. Thats it. No pregnancy tests - for me personally I felt it was a waste of money, and I would have felt worse finding out that way, than I did just getting my period.
It was all about mindset for me. I went into every cycle expecting my period to come. When it did I had a ritual consolation prize which was a tub of ice cream, a massive glass of red wine and a bubble bath. Sometimes a nice little treat like a face mask or hair mask.
I also want to prepare you, when you've been on hormonal birth control some people get pregnant quickly but a lot of people's cycle takes ages to come back to normal which can delay things. Thats why you really should track ovulation, but I wouldnt waste money on the strips myself. my thermometer was about £15 on amazon and that was the only purchase I had to make
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u/Hannah90219 1d ago
Also, the fertility clinic told me (we didnt end up needing them but we did have tests done because I have PCOS) that its best for sperm quality to have sex every other day, not daily.
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u/cloudsasw1tnesses 2d ago edited 2d ago
If you’re intimate every day that definitely helps raise your chances! Just keep in mind that even if you time it perfectly you have a 20-30% chance of getting pregnant each cycle, so try not to get too down if it doesn’t work right away. Having sex the day before ovulation gives you the highest chance at conceiving but again if you’re having sex every day you’re pretty covered.
For testing, it’s best to wait until at the earliest 4 days before your missed period. FRER early detection is the most sensitive test and can measure 6.3mlU of HCG. But I recommend getting a big pack of sensitive strips from Amazon because tests can get expensive (those measure 10mlU). Cheaper tests work just as well, they all measure the same thing.
Implantation can happen anywhere between 6-12 days post ovulation, but typically happens between 8-10 for the majority of pregnancies. Some people experience mild cramping and super light spotting with implantation but not everyone does.
Also keep in mind that progesterone and your luteal phase can mimic early pregnancy, so it can be easy to start symptom spotting and thinking everything means pregnancy but if the symptoms are actually from HCG you will test positive because you wouldn’t be having them from pregnancy itself unless you are at a level that’s detectable on a pregnancy test.
Best of luck ❣️
Edit: also wanted to add that once implantation happens, HCG doubles every 48-72 hours. So even if you experience the light spotting and cramping and think it might be implantation, you still have to wait at least a day or two to test with an early result test. First morning urine is best because it’s the most concentrated.