I've been married to my wonderful husband for six years and we have a great house and great jobs. Life is great! There's only one thing missing - we've been trying to have a baby for the past two years.
Trying to get pregnant has almost become an obsession for me. It's taken the fun out of sex. People give us all sorts of advice, from practical (recommending positions) to silly (place a rabbit figurine facing east in the bedroom).
I hate to admit it, but I'm starting to get desperate. My gyno says things seem to be in working order. We're saving up for invasive fertility treatments. I WANT A BABY! Why is it so hard??
You know, I've had many obsessions in my life, and one of the most surprising ones to me was when I got obsessed with having a baby.
All my life I had no interest in breeding. As a kid, I remember shuddering with horror just thinking about childbirth. I saw my mom get ripped apart over and over - she was pregnant at least seven times, and the last birth, they yanked her bladder out with my baby sister. She's had incontinence issues ever since.
Nevertheless, I fell in love with some guy and got hit by a maternal urge over pancakes, so we got married and decided to have a kid. We had been in a traditional vanilla monogramous relationship for over five years at that point.
I was shocked to discover that pregnancy was an elusive goal. I mean, what's easier than throwing birth control out the window and fucking a lot? It took us two years and two rounds of Clomid, a fertility drug, to finally conceive our daughter. It got to the point where we dreaded sex and he resented me for pestering him for sperm deposits.
Since then, I've learned a lot, and here is my crazy recommendation for people who want to make a baby. This idea is based on several biology books I've read.
Humans are not naturally monogamous. You might be in love, but your bodies are tired of each other. Your husband is producing bored sperm, and your eggs are not particularly inclined to present themselves for fertilization.
So here's what you do:
My recommendation: Figure out your peak ovulation. I use this Ovulation Calendar to track my fertility cycle. For instance if I started my period on Jan 3, I should be fertile between Jan 15-18, and will get my period again around Jan 31.
If I was in a regular monogamous relationship, I would invite a nice, handsome male friend who is happy to volunteer his virility and sex appeal to the cause over for a sexy dinner. It would be on Jan 15 or 16. So it's you, your husband, and this guy you've had a crush on for ages.
Light some candles, put on some sexy music, cook something together - seafood pasta, spicy Mexican. Drink some beers. Share a bottle of wine. Eat something chocolatey with whip cream for dessert.
After dinner, retire to the living room, where you seduce the handsome male volunteer. The point is for your husband to see you with the other man, and for you to get turned on. So dance together, or play a makeout game, or if you're really nice, blow him. Just make sure his sperm gets nowhere near your vagina.
This will cause you to drop an egg meant for the newcomer. Your body will be ALL ABOUT IT.
Meanwhile, your husband will be super turned on and competitively aroused. He'll start creating the right sperm for conception - FIGHTER SPERM. His cock will be drooling and champing at the bit to be inside you.
After you've had your fun with the male extra, send him on his way.
Then FUCK THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR HUSBAND. Roleplay and orgasm are in order - pretend you are fucking that guy, or pretend your husband caught you being unfaithful and now he's reclaiming you. Pretend like you're having a threesome and two men are having their way with you repeatedly.
The next day, replay last night to each other, talk about how hot it was when you did the strip tease for that guy as your husband stroked his straining cock... Then get carried away and fuck again with abandon.
This exercise will take you out of the McMansion in the suburbs and back on the plains of the Savannah. Clan of the Cave Bear, baby. Into the Wild.
Talk about this with your partner - does it sound fun, exciting, different? Is it too much? Then tailor it to suit your comfort level - go out dancing instead. Flirt at a party. If you must, skip the part where the other guy comes over and go right to the roleplaying. SHAKE THINGS UP. Your bodies both want something different, so trick your bodies. Have your husband wear different cologne. If he's always sweet and attentive, pretend he's a gruff intruder.
Use your imagination. Give your bodies something to get excited about. My husband was always vanilla and nice to me, but the night I conceived he was a mean jerk about it, which kindof freaked me out, but hey, it worked.
Two other times I conceived in my life were also non-monogamous related - I was sleeping with three different men and had dates with all three of them in one week. I have no idea who the father was. The other time I was having a sexy sleepover with a girlfriend of mine and my boyfriend. I got so turned on watching them mess around, he got so charged up, we had sex the next day and voila - instant oops.
Do you think it's a crazy concept? Have any readers experienced similar success getting pregnant? Let me know what you think!
isabella
I've never had a problem conceiving therefore I can't imagine the anguish. I definitely think you're on to something though, we forget our bodies respond in such a base manner......
eowyn
It took over a year to get pregnant with each of my kids. The first time I had taken a weekend 'off' worrying about conception and we went out and drank, had a good time, and generally relaxed. There was a strip club involved, so I guess that counts for your theory. The 2nd time was my birthday weekend. Once again, I had been drinking and ended up having my first bi experience. It was so hot, I came home and fucked my husband several times, then woke him up the next morning for more. So, that fits in your theory as well. However, I also think woman should pay attention to their bodies. We don't all ovulate when we should. In fact, I'm pretty sure I ovulate immediately after if not during my period sometimes. Good luck!
Swedishskier
I'm so glad TBK didn't give you the advice not to worry/think about it to much. Its like saying "Don't think about a green striped dildo." I like the image of the green striped dildo.
Anyway, I think her advice is good. Giving up the goal (fixation almost) is impossible, so making some plans for how to get there is constructive and hot. Good luck with conceiving.
Historygirl
TBK's strategy sounds at least like more fun. Best of luck and I hope some of the enjoyment comes back as it sounds like your and your husband are a great couple. This issue can be corrosive for many families. If it helps, my parents had 19 years of childless marriage, had "gotten on" with their lives and then had me at 39 once they'd totally given up and built a non-child friendly house. Best surprise ever, I like to think.
the velvet lilly
that's fantastic advice! I love it! And I so understand it....and yes.. it's happened to me too... so.. yeah... different and new are definitely the key!
anonymouse
However, I also think woman should pay attention to their bodies. We don't all ovulate when we should.
Definitely. I get so annoyed at all the 28-day-cycle, ovulate on day 14 stuff... I have a 32 day cycle and I ovulate around day 21-22. I only figured that out after doing fertility tracking for birth control, using the fertility charting methods. Waking basal body temp was the most consistent indicator.
Historygirl
Quick question TBK- in your theory, does accessing pornographic materials count as a different presence? Would that be a "safe" alternative for people without willing friends/situations?
The Beautiful Kind
I'm not sure. One evolutionary biologist in a book I read thinks so - he speculates that porn tricks our primitive brain into thinking the person in the porn is a willing mate.
Beast
It certainly tricks the brains of those "creepy" men who go to the porn conventions and think they have permission to touch the "stars" because they have watched all of their movies!!!
The Beautiful Kind
Yeah, they've seen all their flicks, so that must mean they are married. Grr that pisses me off when a man assumes that a porn star is a nympho open for business for anyone. Talk about duhumanizing.
Historygirl
Argh! That is disgusting. Why is anyone so dumb- hello, movies are a construct, actors are people!
sara
i like it. i like it a lot.
The Beautiful Kind
Wow! Thanks for checking this post, Sara. I'm so glad I didn't offend the crap out of you.
DNLee
found you by way of RFT Fave Bloggers. This is a great post. And you are so right - I give my endorsement of this advice as a Biologist and animal behavior scientist.
Congrats. Hope to meet you Friday.
The Beautiful Kind
Awesome! That means a lot to me! I hope to meet you tonight, as I'm very interested in animal behavior! My daughter and I just watched a great gorilla documentary last night.
Paula
WOW!!! My husband and I are trying to get pregnant right now, and I'm on my first round of clomid. I definitely think we may take your advice. After 7 years I think we need something new. I could go for inviting another girl over!
The Beautiful Kind
Excellent! You'll have an amazing, sexy, memorable night. And if you get pregnant, that's a huge bonus!!!
Fuzzy
Two of my pregnancies occurred right after I came back from a trip (without my husband) and I'm sure his competitive sperm came out. I firmly believe that the sex has to be good ie. the woman has to cum, in order for conception. No point in having crappy sex! You should have good memories of conception.
(I also think women who are doing it by sperm donation should lie down, place the sperm in and masturbate until orgasm. I really think it helps!)
Lionman
This is dangerous misinformation. Surely no physician, or anyone trained in fertility or human sexuality, would ever support these erroneous concepts.
The Beautiful Kind
Very good point about not having crappy sex, but keep in mind all the babies conceived via rape and drunk sex. I also think women should masturbate until orgasm ALL the time, not just when they are receiving a sperm donation, hee hee.