I hate to answer your question with a question but since you ask "what else" you can do, I have to ask: what are you doing now?
Most healthy couples will conceive within one year, and something on the order of 10 percent of healthy couples will take longer to conceive. If you have been trying unsuccessfully for a year, you should call your doctor and get a referral to see a specialist. You could also have your OB/GYN do some of the basic testing, but for anything beyond that I highly recommend a specialist -- among other things, OBs have a nasty tendency to throw the fertility drug Clomid at people without doing the monitoring that absolutely should be done when someone takes that (or any other fertility) drug. But some basic testing for you, and a semen analysis for your partner, should be done at that point for starters.
THAT said, depending on what you mean by TTC you may not be having sex when you're most fertile. Are you using an ovulation monitor or ovulation predictor kits/tests? Are you charting your own cycles (taking basal body temperature, checking cervical fluids, and checking cervical position)? If you're doing all this already you can skip over most of this answer -- I don't mean to be redundant or in any way condescending! -- but in case you're not, read on, because there's plenty you can do to maximize your chances of conception.
Go get a copy of the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility, by Toni Weschler, and visit the forums at http://www.tcoyf.com. Read about what's required for conception to occur and learn to read your own body's signs to determine when YOU are at your most fertile.
Chart your own cycles. Go out to your local drugstore and buy a basal body temperature thermometer -- these are more sensitive than your regular thermometers that you use to see if you're running a fever. You should take your temperature every morning, at the same time; it should be taken after at least three consecutive hours of sleep, and before you do ANYTHING. Don't get out of bed, reach for water, even open your mouth to speak before you temp. Your temperature fluctuates in response to hormonal shifts; those fluctuations are subtle and if you chart them, you will learn your own pattern of fertility. Typically, your temperature will rise after you ovulate, and in many women it will dip slightly before you ovulate.
Learn to check your cervical fluids (also called cervical mucous) and check it at least once daily. It's quantity and quality changes during your cycle, and typically takes on an egg-white like consistency before you ovulate.
Learn to check your cervical position, if you can reach it and are comfortable doing so. You will feel for whether it's high/low, open/closed, hard/soft. This will also give you clues about your fertility.
If you're not charting or using ovulation kits or monitors you may not be having sex when you're most fertile. The 28-day-cycle/ovulate-on-day-14 myth is just that. Sure there are women with 28 day cycles who ovulate on day 14 but that's a textbook case and MOST of us don't fit that description. If I had sex in accordance with that idea of fertility I'd still be trying to have kids.
Charting your cycles, and/or using ovulation kits, will not only maximize your chances of conception but, IF something is wrong, doing this will arm you with knowledge about your body so you can go to your doctor having already some sense of what may be a problem (for example, if you’re not ovulating, or if you are having irregular cycles, or if your luteal phase (the number of days between when you ovulate and when you start to bleed) is short….etc.)
Generally, a doctor would want to see you if you've been trying for one year with no success, or for six months if you're older than 35; since you've been trying for so long, even though it sounds like your timing could have been completely wrong, I'd get the ball rolling, get a referral, and try to schedule an appointment with a reproductive endocrinologist. That can all take a while, and in the meantime, chart your cycles and learn your body!
Best of luck to you!
2007-01-03 01:40:26
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answered by ljb 6
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2016-10-06 09:05:34
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answered by rotanelli 4
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I promise , you will get pregnant!!!
Use this (OVULEX) - You get pregnant in 1-2 months usually.
I had a very hard time getting pregnant, but after I read a lot of message boards and forums I decided to try Ovulex myself. I now have a 16 month old daughter, worked : ) LOL
http://www.yourfertilitychoice.com
* If you email me, I will tell you my pregnancy story using Ovulex (it only took 1 month)...it is really exciting : ) I know trying to conceive can be frustrating (been there), but wow it really is exciting when it happens right away!
Their website also has a ton of information regarding getting pregnant, free pregnancy (trying to conceive E-book) and lots of fertility facts. Even just the info helps you better understand!
2007-01-03 10:43:12
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answered by Fertility Nurse 1
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If it doesn't happen for you by the 12th cycle, call your doctor because there could be something wrong with you or your husband.
I am on my 22nd month of trying. We found out after one year that we have male factor infertility.
2007-01-02 18:39:38
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answered by KM 2
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I heard that it takes the average fertile couple 1 year to concieve. Hang in there...it'll happen!
Good luck!
2007-01-02 17:52:31
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answered by Anonymous
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Try this ~ http://www.fertilityfriend.com ~ I found it VERY helpful, and I was impressed... They email you each day (free) with fertility Q & A....... Its awesome ! Try http://www.ovulex.com
2007-01-02 19:51:35
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answered by Missy 4
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It will happen when the time is right.
2007-01-02 18:13:02
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answered by Angela R 2
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