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Okay, so I finally got up the courage to go off the birth control pill, which I’d been on for about 7 years or so. My doctor put me on it for heavy periods, and I’d been on it ever since, until about a month ago. I went to a new doctor, who was very supportive about me going off the pill so that when I get married (possibly next year) I’ll be fertile. I’m trying to learn NFP from free sites on the internet, and I’ve got a few questions.
This month, I’m not charting, since I probably still have artificial hormones in my system. However, I’ve been observing fertility signs and I DEFINITELY can see the changes in my body. I had two days of textbook-definition fertile mucous. Now, does that mean that those two days were ovulation? And if so, does that mean the window for trying to get pregnant is really only two days? It seems awfully short to me!
What I understand from the websites I’ve read is that if we were trying to avoid pregnancy, we wouldn’t have relations for at least two days before my estimated ovulation date, and for at least two days after fertility signs end. Am I right, or should I be more conservative? That would only be six or seven days for me, if I’m reading my body right.
And conversely, if we’re trying to conceive, should we have relations every day during that window, or is once or twice better? (I’ve heard his little soldiers will be stronger if they don’t have to march every day, heh heh.
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Also, my doctor told me to start taking pre-natal vitamins now, even though it’s at least a year before we’ll get married. I can think of three reasons why he’d suggest this: (a) it’s better to prepare my body well in advance of trying for pregnancy, (b) he doesn’t believe me that I’m not sexually active and so he wants to make sure a theoretical surprise baby would be healthy, and (c) he’s the co-owner of the vitamin store next door to his practice
. Since two out of three reasons suggest that I don’t really need the pre-natal vitamins, I’m kind of planning not to take them. Have any of you been told to take pre-natals before you’re even married?
This month, I’m not charting, since I probably still have artificial hormones in my system. However, I’ve been observing fertility signs and I DEFINITELY can see the changes in my body. I had two days of textbook-definition fertile mucous. Now, does that mean that those two days were ovulation? And if so, does that mean the window for trying to get pregnant is really only two days? It seems awfully short to me!
What I understand from the websites I’ve read is that if we were trying to avoid pregnancy, we wouldn’t have relations for at least two days before my estimated ovulation date, and for at least two days after fertility signs end. Am I right, or should I be more conservative? That would only be six or seven days for me, if I’m reading my body right.
And conversely, if we’re trying to conceive, should we have relations every day during that window, or is once or twice better? (I’ve heard his little soldiers will be stronger if they don’t have to march every day, heh heh.
)Also, my doctor told me to start taking pre-natal vitamins now, even though it’s at least a year before we’ll get married. I can think of three reasons why he’d suggest this: (a) it’s better to prepare my body well in advance of trying for pregnancy, (b) he doesn’t believe me that I’m not sexually active and so he wants to make sure a theoretical surprise baby would be healthy, and (c) he’s the co-owner of the vitamin store next door to his practice
. Since two out of three reasons suggest that I don’t really need the pre-natal vitamins, I’m kind of planning not to take them. Have any of you been told to take pre-natals before you’re even married?
Of course I’d have my recommendation…
