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11-14-2012 at 3:52 PM
priadean
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TTC, but I was hoping for an answer...

Hey girls... First of all congrats to you all!!!

 I just had a question... about timing of sex during ovulation... Do any of you know when it occured for you?

I can't decide when our timing is good... Hoping some of you who have had success could give some sort of idea.

 

 
11-14-2012 at 3:56 PM
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Honestly we just kept our sex life the same- and if we were going more than 2 days we made sure that we did it a bit more during day 12 to day 18 and we got pregnant the first month.  In my opinion and if you aren't having troubles...I'd just not worry about it too much and just have fun trying to make a baby :).  GL to you!


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11-14-2012 at 3:57 PM
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I wasn't charting so I'm guessing my O date is inaccurate, but we DTD -2 and -1 of what FF guessed my O date to be. Judging by my CM though I think it was -4 and -3.  

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11-14-2012 at 4:03 PM
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I'm not really sure if this is what you are looking for, but I went onto a site to figure out when I was ovulating.  This was based on the length of my cycle and the 1st date of my LMP.  I just made sure that we were having sex on that day and at least the day or two before and after.  This is all I did with my DD and this pregnancy and I was pregnant the 1st month after my 1st cycle off BC. 

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11-14-2012 at 4:16 PM
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We just got plain old lucky, and we had given up on TTC. :)

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11-14-2012 at 4:25 PM
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+opk on the 3rd and we had sex two days before and two days after...i honestly didnt think i was pregnant... totally gave up...then a month later for some reason i tested and got a bfp! GOOD LUCK!

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11-14-2012 at 4:41 PM
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Charting/temps and using OPK's... after a few months i learned roughly when i ovulated and we would start having sex every other day at least 5-6 days before my predicted ovulation day... once i got a +OPK we'd have sex everyday till i confirmed ovulation in my temp chart.... 

all 'ovulation calendars' said i would ovulate CD10-15... when in reality i was ovulation after CD18.... hope that helps....

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11-14-2012 at 4:47 PM
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kt012885:

Honestly we just kept our sex life the same- and if we were going more than 2 days we made sure that we did it a bit more during day 12 to day 18 and we got pregnant the first month.  In my opinion and if you aren't having troubles...I'd just not worry about it too much and just have fun trying to make a baby :).  GL to you!

This is what we did too. Granted it took several cycles but we didn't DTD all the time. lots going on i those months. This last time It just seemed like we only did it once of twice the whole month not timed or charted and we got very lucky! If you want to get it down to the day and not wait then the ladies that used OPKs and charting have had lots of success! Fertilityfriend.com is always what I was told. 


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11-14-2012 at 5:02 PM
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We BD'd 4 days before O and on my O day this past month...and it worked!

I owe it completely to learning how to chart and taking OPK's.  Took a few months once I started charting, but we got it!


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11-14-2012 at 5:14 PM
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If you aren't having success, I would highly recommend www.fertilityfriend.com. Just counting the days doesn't always work because not everyone ovulates 14 days before their cycle. In fact, I ovulate 11 days before AF, so I was off every month.

We did it every day. Also, and this is just my own thoughts, I have noticed that a lot of pregnant women had sex the day after ovulation, too.

Good luck! 

 
11-14-2012 at 5:14 PM
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We had sex two days before our positive OPK and the day after.

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11-14-2012 at 5:31 PM
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kt012885:

Honestly we just kept our sex life the same- and if we were going more than 2 days we made sure that we did it a bit more during day 12 to day 18 and we got pregnant the first month.  In my opinion and if you aren't having troubles...I'd just not worry about it too much and just have fun trying to make a baby :).  GL to you!

Same here - except we did not increase at all. We weren't 100% trying - just not preventing. I think there was a period around or right after I assume I o'd that we went 2 or so days without but otherwise we usually DTD every day to every other anyway. We got pregnant first cycle off BCP too. 


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11-14-2012 at 7:24 PM
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Most docs will recommend having sex 3 to 4 times per week while TTC. That's a super general suggestion; if you really want to increase your chances, start charting. If you can pinpoint ovulation, you can time sex much better. Fertilityfriend.com is a great resource and will help you get started.

I charted and we had sex two days before ovulation and the day of ovulation. No saying which one got me pregnant, as both are considered optimal for conception.



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11-14-2012 at 7:50 PM
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Using the first day of your period as Day 1, have sex starting on Day 8 through Day 16 or 18 but every other day! You'll hit it somewhere in there since most don't ovulate on the same day every month. I got pregnant 3 times using this method :

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11-14-2012 at 8:48 PM
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Thanks so much to all of you who responded...  I really appreciate it.  I guess our timing has been pretty good.  I was afraid we weren't doing it enough after I O'd.  But I guess it doesn't matter as much.  We hit O-2 and O this month so fingers crossed...  This is our 9th month trying...  I know it will happen soon though.

 Thanks again!!!

 
11-14-2012 at 9:25 PM
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We had no sex.

 



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11-14-2012 at 11:03 PM
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priadean:

Thanks so much to all of you who responded...  I really appreciate it.  I guess our timing has been pretty good.  I was afraid we weren't doing it enough after I O'd.  But I guess it doesn't matter as much.  We hit O-2 and O this month so fingers crossed...

Yeah, after O, the egg is generally only considered really fertile for about twelve hours. So it often doesn't help much to be sexing it up afterwards when it comes to conceiving. 

And fingers crossed :)


 


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11-15-2012 at 8:58 AM
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Sorry that I kind of rambled a bit... 

I charted cervical mucous and OPKs at fertilityfriend.com.  You can use the free version, though I bought the VIP when it was on sale (check facebook).  It's going to help you because many women do not have a "regular" 28 day cycle, so you could be having sex on the wrong days.

Anyway, OPKs don't guarantee that you're ovulating, only temping can do that (FF has tutorials to help you learn about your body and your cycle and how to use the site).  I am a horrible sleeper, so temping didn't work for me.  FF will remember past charts and cycles helping you to pinpoint your fertile window.

 Around my FW time, DH and I would have sex daily, and I would begin peeing on OPKs (buy Wandfo brand at amazon.com).  We'd have sex daily until I started getting negative OPKs. We tried very hard to hit the 3 days before ovulation, day of ovulation and the day after ovulation (due to not temping, all of these were technically guesses based on positive/negative OPK results).

This system worked very well for us.  I got pregnant on the second try in June, m/c'd in July.  Got pregnant on the second try in late September/early October and here we are!

 Good luck! 

 


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11-15-2012 at 9:20 AM
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I was charting on FF and also using OPKs.

We hit O-2, O-1, O, and O+1 and it worked :)


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11-15-2012 at 9:41 AM
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I've used NFP for over 7 years so I'm aware of my cycle (I use a Clearblue fertility monitor).  But - if you're not sure I would really recommend buying an ovulation predictor kit - yes, they're a bit pricey but you can find coupons online too.  Try to use one for 2-3 months, keep track & you'll see a pattern.  It will tell you exactly when you're ovulating - then go at it like crazy!!  If it doesn't work the first month, the next month start trying a few days before the same day you ovulated the previous month.  GL!
11-16-2012 at 4:03 PM
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We just made sure we had sex at least once every 2-3 days leading up to ovulation. However it was either the sex from 2 nights before, or the morning of ovulation. 

 Best of luck to you! 


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