Did you give something up to try for a baby?

[Sally81]

Hello all....

I'm a feature writer for a national newspaper and am looking for three ladies to be featured in a spread I'm writing.

We'd like to do a positive, uplifting piece about, for instance, a woman who gave up a stressful city job in order to try to conceive, someone who abandoned a strict diet/exercise regime to put on weight and get pregnant and someone who gave up their party lifestyle to have a baby.

I'm also open to other suggestions about what was 'given up' if you, or someone you know has a slightly different story?

The ladies must have given up their 'thing' to GET pregnant - not BECAUSE they were pregnant.

It would be a very straight forward, nice re-telling of the person's story and involve about 30 mins interview time. You/they would also get professional shots done of mum and baby/kids.

Can pay expenses though there isn't likely to be any - in most cases I can do a phone interview and the photographer will be sent to the home address.

Really hope there are some doting mums with fun, uplifting tales to tell of their quest to get pregnant, who will get in touch!

Pm me if so.

Many thanks.

Penny.

[Sally81]

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[jumpinjackflash]

yes, contraception

[ryedalema]

Ummmm - not always. I hadn't given up contraception with our first. Seems the pill really is only 99.99% effective. :-$

[ClaireinSE22]

Giving up trying to get pregnant is a good one

[Smiler]

Giving up reading stuff about getting pregnant!

[EDmummy]

My sanity...

[missse22]

The best thing i found that helped me get pregnant was giving up alcohol 3 months prior to falling pregnant, i was on a 12 week training programme for the 'Run to the beat' half marathon!! I found out i was pregnant a week before the half marathon, but still ran it, me and my embryo (i was 6 weeks pregnant) completed the half marathon in 2 hours 12 mins...such an amazing buzz!! :))

Simone

[Gubodge]

The only things I gave up to get pregnant were contraception and sobriety.

[sb]

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[littleEDfamily]

My old boss tried for many years to get pregnant, through natural and assisted means. Finally, she packed in her job to give it her full attention, and lo and behold at around 45, she managed it. I will try and see if I can get in touch with her.

[number 2]

i saw an acupuncturist to get pregnant who had a bit of a holistic view of trying to conceive so the list was endless - booze (of course), pork, any processed food, any spicy food, citrus fruit, seafood, the list was endless! and i was only allowed to eat organic. worked though.....

[ubwlondon]

Yep, same here - gave up wheat, alcohol, processed foods to get pregnant on advice of acupunturist. Got slim and fit, but unfortunately not pregnant. That happened on a boozy weekend in Spain with lots of unhealthy but delicious food!

[iaineasy]

giving up trying usually seems to do the trick :)) .

[Yak]

Hmm, how long do you have to give up giving up for?

[SteveT]

I gave up promiscuity, and did it with the wife.