Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make TTC not feel like a chore

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So hubs and I have been trying for 14 months and have been unsuccessful. I started out using opk then stopped and now for the past 3 months have started using again. For these last 6 months of trying its just not "fun" anymore. It feels as if it's more scheduled. Like ok well yesterday was the off day so let's go have sex today. I want to just get the intimacy back into having sex. Instead of ok today's the day we do it and tomorrow we are off. Any thoughts? Suggestions? Random comments?

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It's such a tough balance to find. I can't say that after 1.5 years that we've found a way to make it feel more natural. I am with you on this one. I guess we just try to laugh about it, and enjoy the extra intimacy around ovulation time with some hope that this one will do it! We're now going through IUI where there's no intimacy in baby-making because he has to 'abstain' so that he can produce the samples at the right time. It sucks.

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maybe try going out on a date first or planning romantic activities for beforehand... send naughty texts to each other throughout the day...

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I'm with you on this!! It is like a job...the first few times are fine... Then the 5th 6th time... Not so much. We just try to laugh as much as we can about it. ☺️

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Maybe stop doing it to a schedule, on and off like that. Try doing it when you want to. We go days having sex every day and then a few days without, some weeks on and off. There's no real order it's just as and when we want it

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make TTC not feel like a chore

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