Planning a Baby  Discussion Forum

Hi All,

Greetings to every one of you. I am new to this site. I was told that this site is quite useful and informative. I have been trying to conceive for quite some time and the good news is yet to arrive. I browsed through the net and have been reading about the ovulation stuff and the ways to track the hormonal changes. I am going to start them from now on. If anybody has started with this tracking part already, let me know any suggestion you might have for me.

Thanks everybody.
KBhavana replied. Thanks a lot Asha. Your reply was very informative. My age is 26 and regarding my cycle-length, I am quite not sure. Ofcourse, my periods are regular. It is 25 days, I mean the difference between the first day of my previous cycle and the first day of the next cycle is approximately 25 days. But this time it was almost 3 days early. So I at times get confused with my cycle. But this rarely happens, very rarely.

Also this time when I had my periods which was 3 days early, the flow was a bit less than normal and initially it was just the brown discharge. I was hoping it to be the implantation bleeding. But later it became heavy and fresh blood and I realized that it was my normal periods. I had heavy cramps this time. So the heavy cramps, less blood and early periods confused me. Do you have any idea about this?

Let me know if you need more information from me and also write to me any suggestions you might have for me so that I can have a positive outcome. asha replied. Hi Bhavna,

First of all welcome to the group ! Its good that you have already gathered some info about conception, ovulation & other stuff.

On the basis of my experience, I would say- Try to analyse every change that occurs in your body. It helps a lot later. As you might be knowing, for most women, ovulation happens approximately 14 days before the next menstrual period(assuming your cycle is regular- 28 days). Just before Ovulation, LH increases dramatically- known as LH surge. This LH surge triggers ovulation, which means an egg is released from woman's ovary(LH surge usually occurs 24-36 hours before the ovulation). If fertilization occurs around this time, your chances of becoming pregnant are pretty good. Most Ovulation kits available in the market detect this LH surge which proceeds Ovulation and tells you of your 2 most fertile days.

I used this kit recently & detected the LH surge last week.The instructions in the booklet are usually very clear. If the surge line is similar to or darker than the refrence line, you have detected the LH surge and now you should have intercourse for the next 3-4 days. This is for the first time we are trying for a baby :-).

Other than this ovulation thing, you can check your cervical mucus. The CM usually resembles to egg white around the time of ovulation. This CM helps sperms move through the uterus, into the fallopian tubes and to your eggs.

Then there is a BBT method- The basal body temperature generally rises after the lady has ovulated. Therefore a woman is most fertile 2 to 3 days before her temperature rises. You can chart your temperature each morning for a few months and understand the pattern of your body.

Since you are also ttc, I would say-start taking Folic acid pills( 400 mcg, 1 per day). Eat healthy , do not stress yourself. Relax , enjoy & be cool.

PS-By the way, you didn't mention your age, cycle-length and other details ?

Good luck. Sowmya replied. Hai,
First of all congratulations.I'm also pregnant crossing 5th week.I'm taking a balanced diet taking plenty of water,juices.Taking food in proper time is enough and u should take the folic acid too frequently which is available in complain/bournivitta which i'm using complain for my sweet growing baby.
I hope it is best to take the quantity not exceeding 1500 calories a day so that we can be in a normal weight for the first 3 months.
bye
sowmi.