I have been trying to conceive for about a yr now and still no baby any ideas on what i can do please?

Answer 1

quit trying so hard and just let it happen. i got pregnant when i had finally given up, i thought something was wrong with me and accepted that i would never have a second baby. then about 2 months later i turn up pregnant!! good luck and have fun with it, quit stressing.

Answer 2

Agree with another answer, speak to your doctor after a year and make sure he does the few routine tests there are. Your husband may have a low sperm count.
Make sure he wears boxers, not briefs. Don't confine those special sperm makers(testicles).
http://www.babycenter.com/calculators/ovulation/
Go there and punch in your details, it'll tell you when you are most likely to conceive..your most fertile days. It worked for me.
Also, start taking prenatal vitamins, doctors recommend taking them three months before trying to conceive. They have folic acid which is proven to help prevent serious birth defects like spina bifida.
After ejaculation try propping a pillow under your bum for a half hour or so, help the swimmers along.
Also, this is true, but sometimes it's hard to time :) I know, I've done this! Try and wait for your orgasm to come right after he ejaculates. The cervix dips down during orgasm sort of like lips sucking the sperm up. This should help the sperm along too.
Other than these, the best advice I can give is to relax and not to stress over it all. Don't have sex to make a baby, have baby-making sex. You'll enjoy it so much more. Light some candles, have a romantic meal, etc, set the mood.

It seems I also heard recently that alcohol could play a factor if your husband has been drinking. While we were trying to conceive I wouldn't even let my husband touch a beer. And I abstained, of course. But I think alcohol plays a role on your husbands sperm too.

Sorry for writing a book, lol, hope you aren't too bored.
Good luck and remember to have fun. I'm sure you will be blessed with a precious baby soon enough.

Answer 3

It can take 18mths for a healthy couple to conceive so try not to worry. stress can also effect a womans chance of achieving pregnancy. Take folic acid and eat a healthy diet. ensure that your having sex at your most fertile time of the month. You can use an ovulation test or calender to help you with this. If you have irregular periods try taking agnus castus, this is a herbal remedy that can help balance a womans hormones and improve her cycle. Your partner should also be following a healthy diet and cutting out smoking and drinking if need be. He should also be taking zinc to help improve sperm quality and wearing losse boxers. If in 6mths you still havent had any luck then see your doctor for some basic fertility tests. good luck

Answer 4

If your periods are every 28 days then you are most fertile at 14 days after the first day of your period. So if you have lots of sex around this time. Also taking folic acid can help increase natural B vitimins needed. (this is given to pregnant women and in some cases women try to conceive)

Most of all go and see your doctor as they can test your blood for signs of ovulation and how good these are. You can also have further test as well as you parnters sperm count. They will do thses tests as you have been trying for a year.

Good Luck!

Answer 5

i agree with ladyluck!! I finally conceived after my hubby had his wicked way and was exhausted and went for a ciggy (typical man!!) - i was TOTALLY unsatisfied so i got my vibrator out (don't sit up!!!) and had one of my best orgasms ever alone. I have a very mild prolapse so my conclusion was that the sperm was having a difficult time reaching the egg, so the orgasm helped the sperm to head north (medical fact!!). I took one month to conceive with my son (without prolapse) it took about 6 months this time, but i'm convinced the orgasm did the trick!!

Just to add, i did the whole charting thing as well but i realised that i was hornier around my fertile time so it was easier to chart!!

Answer 6

Try to have sex the days you are fertile and if you can the same day of ovulation. Also use OPK and monitor thru chart, I don't recommend the use of basal termometer cause they predict in the same day not days before. Now you have to keep track of your period thru this great site www.mymonthlycycles.com is what I use and is very exact even if you have crazy period it tells you an average of when you are suppose to ovulate and it work for me.

NOw I'm waiting patiently for the news!!

Baby dust!!!!!

Answer 7

Many women do NOT have textbook cycles. Therefore, you may or may not ovulate around Day 14. Even if you have very regular cycles and/or cycles of textbook length, there's not guarantee that you either ovulate 14 days before your next peroid or on Day 14 (if you have a 28 day cycle).

Many factors influence conception and carrying a pregnancy. You need to know about YOUR cycle: when YOU ovulate, when you have your fertile cervical fluid (which is the only way for sperm to survive in the woman's body for more than 4 hours), and how long is your luteal phase (the time after ovulation and before the next period).

If you chart your fertility signs, you can know when YOU are actually fertile (when you have fertile cervical fluid) and when you ovulate. You can time your intercourse to better match up w/ your fertility patterns. Perhas you ovulate much earlier or later than the textbook standard. Perhaps you have several days of high quality fertile cervical fluid (giving you more leeway in timing and a better chance for sperm to survive) or maybe only half a day of so-so CF (which would make timing your intercourse w/ that CF so important). What if you are ovulating regularly but have NO fertile CF? What if everything else is fine but your luteal phase is too short to sustain a pregnancy though you are able to conceive? The easiest way to know is to chart.

Many issues which delay or prevent conception and the carrying of a pregnancy can be found by charting and MANY issues have an easy, natural solution. Poor quality or low quantitiy fertile CF can be boosted by improving hydration, drinking green tea and other ways. A short luteal phase can often be helped by taking B-complex vitamins or by using progesterone.

Doctors often want to jump right to invavsive testing and/or medication. All fertility medications carry a risk, not only of mulitple births but of increased cancer of your reproductive organs. Plus, even an often prescribed medication like clomid, can have disaterous effects on your cycle (it can dry up fertile CF to, w/o which you CANNOT conceive!).

I highly recommend charting your fertility signs. It's fairly easy to learn and very inexpensive (much more inexpenisve than fertility treatment and doctors visits). Charting can also let you know when it IS time to see a doc and can give that doc valuable information on what is really going on w/ your body.

I would try charting for a couple of cycles before having a fertility work up. I've heard of women who didn't conceive for years and considered themselves (or were told by docs) infertile only to discover by charting that timing was all wrong (they ovulated much earlier or later than "usual"), no CF was present, or the luteal phase was short. They went on to conceive naturally by charting and correcting these issues on their own.

Some good sources: Fertilityfriend.com (free software as well as a pay-for version and on-line charting turorial); ovusoft.com (discussion boards for many fertility related issues, much info on fertility after the pill, and a very good software for purchase). The books Taking Charge of Your Fertility (associated w/ the the ovusoft website and software) and Garden of Fertility.

Answer 8

This worked for us: After your husband ejaculates, have him manually stimulate you to acheive an orgasm. The contractions in the orgasm help move the sperm up to reach the egg.

Also make sure you are trying to conceive when you are ovulating. You will know you are ovulating when your vaginal secretions are clear and stretchy, with the consistency of egg whites.

Best wishes.

Answer 9

relax the more you worry and just have sex in the hope of conceiving the longer it will take.
Most couples do not get pregnant immediately most take between 1 and 3 years to conceive.
try going to see a doctor they may arrange for you both to have fertility tests.
in the mean time relax and stop trying so hard.

Answer 10

if you have been trying for a yr - speak to your gp who can refer you to a specialist / for tests.

It may be possible you are not trying on the days are ovulating (use ovulation tests to help predict the day you need to have intercourse)
You may have a health problem - polycysctic ovarian / anaemia etc.. which can all affect falling pregnant

there can be hundreds of reasons and you need to have investigations into it - you might find that once you relax, things will flow naturally