Has anyone....

AndyLovesLife · #1 March 12th, 2009, 05:41 PM

Have any of you ever gotten pregnant without charting or using OPKs and not really did that much BDing? DH and I only BDed like 4 times this cycle... I am hoping that they were placed well enough to get an "oopsie" baby this month!

mlyster · #2 March 12th, 2009, 06:13 PM

Our first pregnancy was without charting or using OPKs. In fact I didn't (and still don't) know my cycle enough to know exactly what days are the best. We BD when we feel like it. I feel like it takes the pressure off and lets us enjoy ourselves even more. Here hoping an "oopsie" comes your way!

Soape · #3 March 12th, 2009, 07:05 PM

pregnancy without charting? what's that???? Just kidding, it happens all the time to the lucky ones. I'm hoping that you are one of the lucky ones

L-SBB · #4 March 12th, 2009, 07:07 PM

I did! First pregnancy we didn't chart (heck i didn't even know what charting was

) and *barely* tried...only BD'd three times over a 10 day period...OB's dating would later indicate that we conceived the very first time we BD'd

Of course that luck vanished post m/c and now i'm on 3rd cycle TTC...but it's definitely possible to get pregnant even with very little trying! Hope this is your lucky cycle!!!

klt · #5 March 12th, 2009, 07:15 PM

It is absolutely possible to conceive without opks, charting, etc... My DH and I were very lucky. Our first three boys were the result of trying 4 cycles (we were sick one month). And my 4th PG was a big ol' oopsie. I had never charted or used an opk before joining JM....hmmmmmmmmm. But, for me it was actually great to learn more about my cycle before we TTC again after the m/c. And, it gave me something to dwell on while waiting to O and then the 2ww! If you don't feel you need to do all of that stuff...it's not necessary. If, after trying a while, you start thinking it's something you want to do, then try it. G/L! I hope your little planned oopsie is on its way!!! KUP

klt · #6 March 12th, 2009, 07:15 PM

It is absolutely possible to conceive without opks, charting, etc... My DH and I were very lucky. Our first three boys were the result of trying 4 cycles (we were sick one month). And my 4th PG was a big ol' oopsie. I had never charted or used an opk before joining JM....hmmmmmmmmm. But, for me it was actually great to learn more about my cycle before we TTC again after the m/c. And, it gave me something to dwell on while waiting to O and then the 2ww! If you don't feel you need to do all of that stuff...it's not necessary. If, after trying a while, you start thinking it's something you want to do, then try it. G/L! I hope your little planned oopsie is on its way!!! KUP

madmum_sarah · #7 March 13th, 2009, 02:06 AM

haha yep
i have 5 children already. NONE were planned so no charting. when i did actually chart and ttc nothing happened. with 3 of them i only bd once or twice THE WHOLE MONTH and it still happened

this time was a lot harder. i charted, used opks, prayed, bd every other day blah blah blah. finally we got pregnant and lost it, then another twice. i gave up and just bd whenever i felt like it (a lot in this case

) and now im 22 weeks pregnant. sometimes just not thinking about it too much is the key but i do know how hard that is
xx

Trish36 · #8 March 13th, 2009, 05:11 AM

With my first I didn't do anything, we had just gotten married and I figured let's just not prevent anything. We got pregnant on the first try, didn't really expect it at all. With my second, I really wanted a boy, so I kind of guessed when I was O'ing, based on the pains I always get. It took us 2 months and bingo. With my 3rd I used the same method - just BD a couple of times around my O pains and got pregnant again after 2 tries. With my 4th I used the OPK and got preggers right away, but lost that one. So it is def. possible not to do anything (well besides BD LOL) and get preggers. Good luck!!!

*SamF* · #9 March 13th, 2009, 06:20 AM

In December I was not trying because I was scheduled to have surgery in January for uterine cysts. So no charting, no opk’s but we did BD (figured if I did get pregnant and it stuck, then who needs surgery- doc’s office was even ok with it). And I did get a BFP that month.

amandakay29 · #10 March 13th, 2009, 07:53 AM

I did w/ my first m/c. Totally accidental...just stopped taking b/c pills. But we lost that little bean.

tobynscarlett · #11 March 13th, 2009, 12:07 PM

My first two were planned 'accidents' we just decided to stop taking birthcontrol and let it happen. I didn't know anything about charting and my husband was working out of town so he was home on an irregular basis. With my first I got pregnant within 6 months of stopping the BC and I was nursing her when I got pregnant with my son (4 months after my first was born and 1 month after stopping BC that time)... So, there are lots of people who don't chart or plan- they just aren't on this board!!! LOL

Elijah'sMommy · #12 March 13th, 2009, 12:10 PM

I also got pg on the first shot (coming off honeymoon), but it resulted in m/c.

AndyLovesLife · #13 March 13th, 2009, 01:10 PM

OK, I am starting to lose hope... I tested today (Stupid idea) it was BFN, but since I didn't use OPKs I have no idea when I ovulated, so I don't know when I should test. AF should be due around the 18th though...

My last cycle that I got pregnant on, I got a + OPK on CD 18. which this month if I O'd on CD19 it would've been on sunday, the 8th. And we BDed on the 7th! Hopefully that is when it happened. But I am not sure since this is my first cycle after first AF since my D&E (If that makes sense) SO my cycle could be COMPLETELY different...

Sorry about the rambling, these things make more sense to me if I type them out and think about it!

mlyster · #14 March 13th, 2009, 02:31 PM

I don't have that much experience with BFP's (having only been pregnant once) but what I can tell you is don't lose hope until AF arrives. Take a few days and just wait and see. I find testing too early just stresses me out which is not healthy for you or for the bean you are hopefully growing.

KDD · #15 March 13th, 2009, 07:17 PM

I got pregnant by "guestimating" my O date - no charting, no Pre-Seed, no OPKs, no fertility monitor, no BD'ing everyday. Unfortunately I had a m/c. So it is possible.

Sorry about the BFN. It's probably just too early.

Kary♥RN · #16 March 13th, 2009, 08:46 PM

Both of my losses were by also guessing... I took the the first day of period (I was like clockwork 28 days)... counted 14 days and BD as much 5 before and 5 days after (at least every other day for that 10 period)

~~~Sara~~~ · #17 March 13th, 2009, 10:21 PM

First was a happy accident, we weren't trying, weren't preventing.
Second was almost the immaculate conception, I think we BD twice that month, but once I had the "correct " CM, not that I knew a lot about that, but I had been told my my Ob when your CM thins out, you are Oing. Unfortunatly, that pregnancy ended in m/c.

Third pregnancy, (I'm about 6 weeks) we just got lucky, we BD a lot, but I had NO IDEA when my cycle was, but when you are BDing every 3 days, you have got to hit an egg, right? Hoping this one sticks.

Good luck to you! Hope you get your BFP soon!

~~~Sara~~~ · #18 March 13th, 2009, 10:21 PM

First was a happy accident, we weren't trying, weren't preventing.
Second was almost the immaculate conception, I think we BD twice that month, but once I had the "correct " CM, not that I knew a lot about that, but I had been told my my Ob when your CM thins out, you are Oing. Unfortunatly, that pregnancy ended in m/c.

Third pregnancy, (I'm about 6 weeks) we just got lucky, we BD a lot, but I had NO IDEA when my cycle was, but when you are BDing every 3 days, you have got to hit an egg, right? Hoping this one sticks.

Good luck to you! Hope you get your BFP soon!

Sue46 · #19 March 14th, 2009, 08:53 AM

Yep! I charted and used OPK's the first month we TTC, the next month used preseed, the 3rd month I did nothing, didn't stress it, was sure I was out. We bd'd once around O time. That was the month I got my BFP! I really think stress makes it more difficult to get pregnant, when your relaxed its easier on your body.

Ryleeroo · #20 March 14th, 2009, 10:28 AM

I have never charted and to tell you the truth am lost with all the chart talk.

My first, when I was 18 ...just happend.

We started TTC in June of 08. Had a chemical preg.
Then got pregnant again in August of 08.

As soon as we get past 2 cycles... we will try again with no charting!