When Jerome and I first decided that we wanted to create a mini-us, we thought it would be so easy. I mean, how hard can it be? If anyone knows me they know that I like to be prepared and well informed about everything I do, so I googled and read so many books about conceiving and I seriously had no idea how much prep work and timing there was involved! I downloaded apps that tracked ovulation and joined mum forums filled with mothers who were also trying to conceive. Reading some of their stories and struggles made me really realise that this might not be as easy as it seems. I never realised how low the chance of getting pregnant was and how many things could contribute to making it more difficult.
Jerome and I tried unsuccessfully for four months and even though I knew there had been couples trying for much, much longer, it didn’t make seeing a negative pregnancy test any easier. My life was pretty much revolving around an app telling me when the best time to ‘try’ during the month was and it got harder and harder to find the desire to want to try again knowing full well what it felt like to just get a negative anyway. Between the recommended time to conceive and the date in which you can actually test is known as the ‘two week wait’ or ‘two weeks of reading into false pregnancy symptoms and getting your hopes up’. I found myself over evaluating everything that was happening with my body and it was literally driving us crazy. After the fourth month of a disappointing pregnancy test I decided to do my research and that’s when I found Conceive Plus. I stalked their page on Facebook reading reviews and stories about how this product helped women get pregnant and I started getting hopeful. I remember Jerome coming home from work and me bombarding him with all this information about it and reading him all these stories about how it worked and he simply replied with ‘it’s worth a shot, what’s the worst that could happen?’ So the next day, I bought it.
By some miracle it was delivered the day before my app told me it was optimum time to try. I showed Jerome and we looked at the instructions together to make sure we weren’t going to use it incorrectly and then we tried it. I did the usual thing that google says to do and kept my hips elevated for 20 minutes after and then didn’t use the bathroom for a few hours – you know, anything to try help. Google could have said I had to do the Macarena and I would have. We continued this for the whole time leading up to ovulation and a few days after and then we had the dreaded two week wait.
This two week wait was probably the best by far because my best friend, soul mate and boyfriend got down on one knee and proposed! I was seriously on cloud nine and couldn’t wait to tell everyone. Our family was so excited and I was eagerly planning things like colour schemes, dresses and who my bridesmaids would be – I had no time to think about anything else because I was just that excited. I didn’t even think about the fact I was in the two week wait period. When it came to an end and there was no sign of aunt flow, I didn’t even want to consider taking a test because I didn’t want to ruin the good mood I was in. Curiosity got the better of me and I bought a three pack of those first response tests and swore I wouldn’t test until the morning (I researched that the morning is the best time to test because the hormone is stronger the longer you hold your pee). I told Jerome I had tests but he was like me, just so use to disappointment. Again, curiosity got the better of me and I snuck a test into the bathroom without Jerome seeing (he told me not to test because it will make me upset).
There it was. The night my life changed. Two lines. No mistaking it.
I came out of the bathroom holding my pee stick with tears running down my face and Jerome looked at me and he said I told you not to test. I shook my head completely speechless and passed him the test. He looked at it, threw it on the lounge chair and just hugged me and cried. Finally, in the fifth month it worked!
I didn’t know whether it was the Conceive Plus or just pure luck, but either way, IT WORKED! Nine months later I gave birth to Oliver Thomas Power, 3.9kg and 54cm long. The time came when Jerome and I decided we would try again for another baby and have them close together. So close in fact that Oliver’s birth date and our daughters due date are four days apart (we will have to wait and see how close their birthdays are when I give birth in 8 weeks). Anyway, I’m skipping ahead. I really wanted it and so did Jerome so I ordered Conceive Plus straight away knowing it worked last time. We used it the first time we tried and it worked straight away. Now I know for sure that it was this product that gave us the helping hand we needed to get pregnant easier. I have recommended it to all of my friends that are trying to conceive and now I am recommending it to you.
If you or someone you know is running out of hope, get them to try this product and hopefully it helps them just like it helped us.
Link to read and purchase Conceive Plus.
Good luck to everyone who is on their conception journey x