What do you consider as trying to conceive

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Recently I was told I wasn't trying to get pregnant just because I wasn't preventing. I was told I must be doing BBT. I know some methods are obviously going to be more objective with data tracking, but I was kind of taken aback by the comment. 
So, please be honest. what do you think is the best or what do you think is considered truly TTC.
This comment was made by a person who is also having difficulty with conception.

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If youre having vaginal sex, youre trying to conceive

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I personally think if you are having unprotected sex you are trying for a baby. I’ve know a few people having unprotected sex and seem surprised when they fall pregnant 🤔

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I don’t think you necessarily have to be doing BBT, OPKs, or any of that to be considered TTC. I didn’t start doing anything beyond preventing until it was evident that it wasn’t working. I think your friend is just probably aggravated that she’s doing so much and she hasn’t conceived yet. I’ve been TTC for nearly 5 yrs btw. Never did BBT, did OPKs for a bit, and am doing an IUI in August. Your TTC journey is unique to you. Just do you boo boo. 😘

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How can someone think they have the right to tell you if you are ttc or not. So insensitive. Some people try really hard for ages and struggle so they decide to try and relax a bit more and not track ov, that doesn’t mean they are not trying or that they want a baby any less it just means they have had enough of their hopes being crushed every month after all of the obsession of opks and bbt and special diets or abstinence from fun! Anyone who tells me I’m not ttc because I’m not tracking can do one imo

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I got off birth control in September and my husband and I knew this summer we would start trying, but until now we have not used protection, and I didn't consider us TTC. If you are just aimlessly having sex, then you probably won't get pregnant anyways. Then in the late winter/ early spring I starting tacking my BBT  (still not TTC) because we were avoiding doing it on ovulation days/ just didn't even see one another around that time of month anyways, but I wanted to know my body for when we did start trying. Then in March I started taking prenatals and OPK's to once again know my body better, see how well Glow predicted things, and get ready. It's only been now that we are trying. It's an active effort to literally have sex around ovulation time, so unless you are making that effort or thought then I don't think its necessarily TTC.  Everyone is different. We haven't used protection since September but also weren't doing it around any peak days nor was I ready, so it's just all up to how you actually do it. Compared to my friends who say they are TTC but literally don't know anything about their ovulation or when to have sex and are just doing it randomly, I don't think they are TTC 100%. Maybe they arent preventing and seeing what happens, but when you truly want it, its work.

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