Submitted by Amy in Washougal, WA (visit Amy’s blog to learn more: http://theatoztwins.blogspot.com)
I can’t give enough recommendations about that book Take Charge of Your Fertility!!! It completely changed my life. I was diagnosed w/ a blood clotting disorder and immedietly had to stop taking hormonal birth control. We were able to avoid pregnancy for 2 [...]
Submitted by Amy in Washougal, WA (visit Amy’s blog to learn more: http://theatoztwins.blogspot.com)
Before we became parents we REALLY wanted boys. But after a year of TTC we realized that we’d be thrilled with any baby, regardless of gender.
Once we found out we were expecting twins we looked back at my chart and based on Shettles [...]
Submitted by Erin in Sacramento, CA
Take your prenatals with food. My regular vitamins were really upsetting my stomach in the mornings. Now I take my prenatals *as i eat* breakfast (literally between bites) to be sure there is something in my stomach cushioning the vitamins, and I haven’t had any problems anymore.
My vitamin has a ton of folic [...]
Submitted by Reagan
Taking Charge of Your Fertility is an amazing book and I learned SO much about my cycle. I highly recommend it as it worked for us in the last couple months
There is also a way to track your temperature online at Ovusoft.com or .org that costs about $40 for a one time download [...]
Submitted by Rachel in Monroe, CT
About the pre-natal vitamins - try to find one that has the following:
4,000 and 5,000 IU (international units) of vitamin A
800 and 1,000 mcg (1 mg) of folic acid
400 IU of vitamin D
200 to 300 mg of calcium
70 mg of vitamin C
1.5 mg of thiamine
1.6 mg of riboflavin
2.6 mg of [...]
Submitted by Lynda in Australia
I have 2 boys and a girl. I confess,we did try for a girl using certain “tricks” (for the sake of decorum I’ll leave at that, after all we are only just meeting). I love both sexes! So different. But I do suggest a few things to get used before conception.
Practice [...]
Submitted by EJ in Ohio
I have 3 kids and didn’t take vitamins during any of my pregnancies. They all made me puke. I tried to eat healthy and not give in (too much!) to unhealthy food cravings (like bacon!) but all I can say is… take all this advice with a grain of salt. When [...]
Submitted by Lindsay in Erie, CO
The timing will never be ‘perfect’ and you will never have everything in your life so well-arranged that you’ll feel prepared for a baby. The thing is, a whole lot of people do actually have babies either accidentally, or without sufficient planning. And those kids turn out fine, if the [...]
Will I be a good mother? Am I ready for this? Is this really what I want? I can honestly say that my first baby was a surprise, and I didn’t have time to worry. Now newly pregnant with my second, I’m having the same fears you are, am I ready for another one?! BUT, [...]
Submitted by Terra in California
There is already a baby that God has picked out for us. I have had many people offer to tell me how to have a certain sex of baby…. and I have declined. I say throw caution to the wind and go for it! It’s more fun that way.
And I happened to [...]
