Trying For a Baby II

Nicki

Ruth.77 wrote: »

It was a bit of a shock for DH as he ended up delivering DD as midwife didn't get there in time.

I'm not surprised! Unless she was in your living room when your established labour started, she wouldn't have had much chance :rotfl:

GracieP

lizziebell*80 wrote: »

I checked supermarkets for it with no luck as it has to be from the leaves of the raspberry bush rather than just raspberry flavour- I did a search online and got some Heath and Herbal or something similar, 20 tea bags for about 1.65ish but you can get them on ebay too and seems to be the same type (although more expensive than where I got them) if anyone wants the actual website, let me know and I can dig out the details from Hotmail.

This is going to be long when I post it!

You can get a thing called Fertilitea on line. http://www.fertilitea.com/

AnnieM_3

shelly wrote: »

Hi Annie.

I wanted to thank you for this info. I read this last night and it immediately worried me as some months I take Ibuprofen quite often. I take it alongside paracetamol for period pains, back pains and migraines.

I dug out our fertility consultants e-mail address and dropped him an e-mail. The following is taken from the reply I got.......

**Regarding the Ibuprofen, it is absolutely fine to take it for period pains, as there is no chance of being pregnant then. It should not be taken regularly around mid-cycle, as in some women it may inhibit ovulation. In practice this is usually only an isue in women who are taking it pretty much everyday.**


Hope thats helpful to you and others. I had no idea! :eek:

No problem. Is good to share info - thanks for letting us know what the consultant said!

AnnieM x

GracieP

AnnieM wrote: »

No problem. Is good to share info - thanks for letting us know what the consultant said!

AnnieM x

I found it really helpful too. I'll be avoiding it from now on. Do you know if aspirin should be avoided too? I know that you have to avoid it once pregnant but what about in the initial cycle stages?

AnnieM_3

GracieP wrote: »

I found it really helpful too. I'll be avoiding it from now on. Do you know if aspirin should be avoided too? I know that you have to avoid it once pregnant but what about in the initial cycle stages?

Absolutely no idea about aspirin, I'm afraid! Try NHS Direct?

I'm sitting here with a glass of apple juice, a spoon and some sweets, eyeing the benylin non-drowsy bottle with trepidation. I must be crazy, but I'm wholeheartedly doing the SMEP! Down the hatch! Bottoms up! :rotfl:

AnnieM x

becs

Hi everyone,

After the recent discussions of ibuprofen etc I thought I would share a more natural remedy for headaches I have found. It's called tigerbalm and I bought it from my local chemist. It smells like vicks and you basically just massage it into your temples. I suffer quite frequently with a variety of different headaches from mild tension sort to severe stabbing ones and I have found this helps significantly with alot of them. Not all but a fair proportion and even in those it doesn't get rid of it does seem to ease them. May be worth a try for some of you out there.

Becs

shelly

becs wrote: »

Hi everyone,

After the recent discussions of ibuprofen etc I thought I would share a more natural remedy for headaches I have found. It's called tigerbalm and I bought it from my local chemist. It smells like vicks and you basically just massage it into your temples. I suffer quite frequently with a variety of different headaches from mild tension sort to severe stabbing ones and I have found this helps significantly with alot of them. Not all but a fair proportion and even in those it doesn't get rid of it does seem to ease them. May be worth a try for some of you out there.

Becs

Thanks for the info becs. I will try and get some at the weekend as I am quite a headachey person. I had no idea how many pills I drop down my throat until I had to start a "medication diary" as part of my Clearblue trial. Since seeing the shocking proof I have tried to ride out a headache if at all possible.



As for taking aspirin whilst TTC I found this site....

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/isitsafeto/aspirinexpert/
which says this **A few studies show that taking aspirin around the time of conception and in early pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of miscarriage**

And this site was particularly helpful as it mentions both Ibuprofen and Aspirin http://www.cks.library.nhs.uk/patient_information_leaflet/infertility#

**Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) - long-term use, or a high dosage of NSAIDs, like ibuprofen or aspirin, can make it more difficult to conceive.**



Oh and I'm glad my info was of help to some of you

Leopardlady

Tigerbalm is a chinese remedy and i grew up using it, it is fantastic for head aches, blocked tubes (head and chest) and bruises. I think it smells lovely and lasts a long time, so well wort getting some.

Good luck to all and baby dust with sticky stuff

lizziebell*80

GracieP wrote: »

You can get a thing called Fertilitea on line. http://www.fertilitea.com/

Cheers Gracie, am looking at it now

Ooh, is from America- seems like ebay is the only way to get it over here, will check that too....

ginvzt

Leopardlady wrote: »

Tigerbalm is a chinese remedy and i grew up using it, it is fantastic for head aches, blocked tubes (head and chest) and bruises. I think it smells lovely and lasts a long time, so well wort getting some.

Good luck to all and baby dust with sticky stuff

I got a stick from Boots called "4head", some blurb from the website:

Unlike most headache treatments, 4head Stick is specially designed to be applied directly to the forehead. It contains 100% pure levomenthol (a type of peppermint) in a convenient retractable stick dispenser.

Smells like Vaporub, or similar, and you just rub it on your forehead. It does help me a bit.

And I stopped taking ibuprofen now as well - I thought as it is not to be used while pregnant, I will avoid it while TTC. I get a lot of pain during AF usually and general killing headaches, but now I just suffer and try to ride them out without any medicines if I can. I will take aspirin if it is really bad, but not that it helps with the pain really, jsut makes you feel easier that you ctually took something and must be helpng with pain. Just psychological, I think.