The other day I was talking to my stepmom & she was telling me about when she was ttc in the late 70's - 80's. It took her 3 years to conceive my sister. Here is some of the advice she tried to give me that is so outdated I just had to correct her on it. I thought you girls would have a laugh at the things our moms thought would get them pg.

1. She said back then when she temped they had bbt you used either in your mouth or in your butt...she said that was her least favorite part was sticking her bbt in there. Then she asked if that was my least favorite part, & I said well we don't do that anymore!

2. She said tell Dh to take a shower as hot as he can stand it right before bd that will pull all the sperm up to the surface lol. I said no, that will kill all of them!

3. She said bd when your temp goes up that means you're Oing. I said no, that means you've already O'd. You bd before the temp jump & then I had to explain it.

4. The hotter you keep the sperm the more likely to have a boy. She said if dh wants a boy to wear tight underwear & take hot showers. I again just laughed at this.

At the end of our conversation I said it's funny how back then they actually thought that stuff would work. Thinking that way it's amazing they ever got pg! lol. Just thought I'd share.

__________________

That is so funny. I love the advice you get from other people who conceived 20-30 years ago. They have not clue. I also notice that I lot of women I know who are pregnant had no clue how to conceive. They just got pregnant accidentally and here we are doing everything right and month after month we have the same result. Bummer.

__________________

I am so well rehearsed on the right way to things and when I tell people what I think, they look at me like what do you know, you don't have a kid!!! My own little sister with two kids of her own even says to me just get in the bed and do it, like it's that easy!

__________________
T
TTC since Oct 06'


IUI#1 Feb 25-26 08


IUI#2 April 29-30 08 NEW RE

m/c 5-21-08

Surprise Natural 7-29-08 EDD 4-10-09

I love when friends try to tell me how to get knocked up! One gf has no clue about her body....has literally had sex 1 time in a year and is pregnant. So she tells me that your body only produces P4 if you are pregnant...and she starts testing everyday from after the 1 night they had sex till she finally got her positive 12 days later!

__________________
Me, Chris - 30
DH, Kevin - 30
Anniversary - May 17th

3/07 - Angel baby
7/07 - Angel babies
9/07 - New goal is to lose weight and get healthy.
1/08 - Started seeing alternative doc.
6/08 - Down over 20 lbs...Keep on going!!!

One of my friends was diagnosed with a premature menopause when she was in college, so she knew from the get-go her only option of conception would be IVF with a donor egg. So she never learned anything about cycles or TTC because she knew she'd never be able to do it.

She informed me that she is shocked her SIL got pg because her BIL drinks Mountain Dew and that kills sperm.

She said bd'ing every three days is the only way to get pg and if you do it more often than that there aren't enough sperm. I had to inform her that in a man with a normal s/a, this is not a problem.

When I told her I was cramping the other day she said, "Oh that's implantation." Umm, no I've already gotten my so that means implantation has already occured. If the egg had not implanted, the beta hcg would not have been released and the HPT would not have come up positive.

After saying all that, she really believes she is a reproductive expert.

I love her, but sometimes she makes my head hurt.

__________________

OMG You all are killing me over here, I'm laughing so hard, my cat is starting to wonder about me...I love it....keep the stories coming!!

__________________