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Trying for Baby #2
Asked by A.M. from Minneapolis
on September 7, 2009
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I need any advice I can get. We are trying for a second baby and after 4 months no pregnancy yet. I realize I need to be patient but we had such an easy time with #1....
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- I recommend getting the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility". It is full of useful information every women should know. I found it very helpful when I was trying t...
- hi A., the best book i have ever read to NOT get pregnant and then to get pregnant was "Your Fertility Signals". it really explains how to watch for ovulation. ...
- Hi A. - I am such a true believer in natural family planning. I'm always surprised what a "reputation" it has. I went through difficulties as well and it turns out, ...
Emotions Running Too High
Asked by D.S. from Fayetteville
on February 18, 2008
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i seem having a hard time dealing with everyone around me getting pregnant , and i have to fight so hard to try not to get upset when ppl ask me wheres my baby at. i j...
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- I think you have normal feelings..it took me a long time to get pregnant (after having an ectopic pregnancy) I didn't think I was physically able to! I used to be ver...
- Hang in there! i was in my mid 30's when i started trying to have a baby. I had 3 miscarriages (the last one twins). i was told that i wouldn't be able to carry a ba...
- As one mom said, don't give up. You are still very young and it could be that your body just isn't ready yet. I married at 19 and was never on any type of birth cont...
Need Advice About How to Proceed with Infertility
Asked by R.B. from Austin
on August 25, 2009
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My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for a year and a half with no luck. It's frustrating but I know others have tried much longer so we're staying hopef...
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- Hello R., I borrowed some of this response from another post I had responded to before about a woman interested in fertility drugs. I had long cycles and was diagno...
- Hi there. Just to throw this out there--I have a friend who tried for a year to get pregnant and was finally successful the month she saw a chiropractor. I've since ...
- I am a firm believer of accupuncture. It helped me with a lot of issues, including ovary problems that formal medicine couldn't help me with. I am sure that it can...
Question About Getting Pregnant
Asked by S.R. from Grand Rapids
on February 9, 2009
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Hi Moms,
I am hoping to get pregnant again soon but also want to nurse for 6 more months. I hope this doesn't sound like a silly question but I'm wondering how man...
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- I became pregnant twice while I was nursing, both times I hadn't started my period yet. One of my daughters weaned herself at 10 months after I became pregnant. She wo...
- I did but my daughter was 18m when I got pregnant so I wasn't nursing very often 2 times a day maybe 3 for 10m or less at a time.
- Hi Sherry, Your question isn't silly at all. I became pregnant (planned) while nursing my little one. That really isn't a problem. Check out your local La Leche Lea...
Need Advice...please help...so Confused!!!!
Asked by T.J. from Chicago
on August 19, 2009
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My husband and I started trying a month ago for #2. I was on birth control for the past few years and officially stopped taking my birth control in July. My last perio...
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- T., I think your OB/GYN would probably advise you to wait a few months after getting off the pill to try getting pregnant. Your body needs to "readjust" so to speak,...
- hi, good luck with number 2 and i hope you get things figured out. i never took the pill so i really don't have any helpful advice for you.....but it did take me almo...
- I also agree with everything M R said. Great advice. I just wanted to add, based on your update, that it's not unusual for your cycle to be different now than it was...
Cramping Prior to Expected Period
Asked by C.S. from New York
on July 8, 2009
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My husband and I are trying to conceive. I've been having bad cramps (similar to menstrual cramps) since MOnday (one week before my expected period). I remember having...
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- It could be that you just ovulated. http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/painful-ovulation.html
- I did with both my pregnancies and with my second the cramping was more severe (although that could be because I was more aware). But there were other signs that point...
- It's not too early to take a test. EPT has one that is pretty accurate. Check the label first. I don't want to mislead you. Then again, you can wait out the week a...
I Need Help
Asked by D.I. from Asheville
on January 15, 2007
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I am asking for help I am trying to get preg with my secound child and seem to be haveing trouble. any tips Should I be trying right before my periond or after is to m...
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- I agree with a few other women on the board, ovulation calendar is the best way. :) With my 3rd, I tried a few months without, and than started charting. I think per...
- As others have said, you ovulate during the middle of your cycle. Read "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" for tons of great info.
- To add to what one of the ladies said about proping your butt up on the head board (I swear that is how I got pregnant with my daughter too!!) I also read when I was ...
PCOS And Fertility
Asked by S.W. from Kansas City
on March 30, 2009
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I was wondering if anyone has tried The Insulite PCOS System www.pcos.insulitelabs.com? I was diagnosed with PCOS 8/06 and I was put on Metformin. I conceived two mo...
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- I was diagnosed with PCOS, and it took us over a year to conceive our second child. I am 14 weeks pregnant today. I went to Dr. Michael Magee in Shawnee Mission, whi...
- my doctor has helped several women get pregnant through nutritional work. One lady 28 year old couldn't get pregnant and had tried everything only one month on this do...
- The book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler is VERY GOOD. There is a section in there regarding PCOS. While I did not have PCOS it took us over 2 years...
Need Advice About My Mother-In-Law and Her New "Girlfriend".
Asked by S.L. from Elmira
on May 14, 2008
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Hello Girls,
I will be married one year this July. Around Christmastime last year I found out my Mother-in-law was seeing a woman behind her husbands back. This isn...
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- All you can do is be supportive. I don't understand what your daughter will get confused about "by watching them". If them is your mother in law and her girlfriend, ...
- Dear S., It seems to me like you've got three situations in one. First, you've got this crazy soap opera of a blended family -- your MIL from your husband's sid...
- Hi S., My heart goes out to you. But you do have to deal with it, so you have to get yourself right. You are trying to focus on adding a new baby to the family. Do...
Trying to Conceive
Asked by A.R. from Dallas
on November 7, 2006
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I have a three year old from an ex, but my husband and i are trying to have another child. After 16 months now, still nothing. I feel like love making is a chore becau...
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- Hi A., I asked my husband straight out to get checked. He kept putting it off, I know he was scared but wouldn't admit it. I told him that I was going to ask my doc...
- HI A., Far too many women are going through the same situation you are. The sperem and egg need to "communicate." Glyconutrients have helped MANY women get preg...
- to bring back the spark in your love life try doing new thinks like dressing up a a french maid, roll play, talk dirty, new positions ect. To tell a man that he needs ...
