TTC Tips

So you have decided to have a baby and now your realizing it wont be as simple as just wishing a baby into existence. Here are some of the tips and tricks I have learned/heard while on my own journey.

*SMEP or Sperm Meets Egg Plan*= Have sex every other day starting with cycle day 8, buy 10 OPKs and begin using them on cycle day 10. Once you get a positive OPK you have sex that night and the next two nights for a total of 3 nights, then skip one day and then have sex one additional night.

*Pre-Seed*= Pre-Seed is a sperm friendly/fertility-friendly intimate moisturizer. Each box contains a 40 gm tube of the specially formulated Pre~Seed and 9 twist on applicators You choose the amount of product you want to use. Pre-Seed is applied internally just prior to intercourse (up to 15 minutes before) with a provided disposable applicator.

*Baking Soda Finger*=An hour before bd make sure your hands are clean and then you wet the tip of your finger (some say middle finger is easier) then dip it in baking soda. Then, sit down on the toilet and insert your finger with the baking soda and pull out. If tested right away your cm should go from low to high (4.5 to 7-8) and stay that way for up to four hours. You might be able to smell the baking soda, but it shouldn’t burn or hurt. Big thing to remember is to make sure not to actually touch your cervix. It has been said that it would burn pretty badly if you did.

*Pineapple Core*=Pineapple contains bromelain. Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme that breaks up proteins that inhibit embryo implantation. Consuming a whole pineapple (focusing on the core as it has the highest concentration of Bromelain) during a fertility cycle can be beneficial. For timed intercourse cycle: one pineapple core , divided into 5 portions - consume one portion each day, over five days, beginning on the day after ovulation.