good morning ladies!
i itchy hand go and test yesterday (even tho' my menses is not due yet cos i got v obvious signs) and got a BFP! quickly went to see gynae last night but cannot see anything cos too early! my EDD should be may 09. [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]
this is my third cycle and i'd been lurking in this thread, popping in and out but hardly active. but i learnt some tricks from the gals here. below are the ones that i found to be v v useful and u gals should try them too!
1) oysters! i rem may making her hubby eat oysters and they struck that month (if i'm not wrong..). this cycle, i made my hubby eat too everytime before BDing. I found a good oyster omelette stall with big fat oysters near my place and i force him to eat, saying it's good for him. i noticed that after he ate oysters, the sperm volume increased quite a bit! about 50% more than usual? he was v pleased himself, even tho' he dun like the taste of oysters. and we struck this month!
2) grapefruit juice. someone (i can't rem who!) recommended grapefruit juice to increase EWCM and i started drinking since my 2nd cycle. i did notice that my CM were more than usual and when there's EWCM, it's more obvious. highly recommend you gals to drink. i usually drink in the morn so i can monitor the CM for the whole day before BDing at nite.
3) raising your legs up after BDing. i think a lot of you gals do this and i did it for all my three cycles too. but this cycle, after i put my legs up (for about 5-10mins, i got no patience) i lie on my right side for 10mins before lying on my left side. usually i lie on my left side cos that's the side i sleep on but this month, i tried to turn a bit so the troops can find their way to both tubes.
i used to count the CD but my cycle is v long (34 days) and it started going haywire after i started TTCing (as long as 39 days!). my friend who recently got pregnant taught me another method that is to look at the EWCM. once you see EWCM, you should try stretching it. if it can be stretched to more than 3cm (i made sure mine stretched to 5cm), it's a good time to BD. i did that this cycle and i realised that i o-ed before the supposed date if i calculated. so do check out ur EWCM!
and i must add that it all boils down to fate. if it's meant to come, it will come. like last cycle, we BD-ed like siao, alt days for 1.5 weeks but nothing. and this cycle, we took it easy, only BD-ed when we feel like it and during the EWCM and struck. and it's v qiao that my EDD in may, same month as my hubby's birthday and our wedding anniversary. and since my hubby is a teacher, it's just nice that hols would be round the corner and he can stay at home with me during confinement. so what will come will come.
*baby dust to you all!*