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When is the best time to have sex to conceive?
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I've been using the OPK kits to track my ovulation and have been having sex on the days the OPK shows positive (usually for 2 days). However after 7 cycles no BFP in sight. I have also tried having sex a day or 2 before my ovulation date but no luck there either. Any suggestions? Thanks
I've been using the OPK kits to track my ovulation and have been having sex on the days the OPK shows positive (usually for 2 days). However after 7 cycles no BFP in sight. I have also tried having sex a day or 2 before my ovulation date but no luck there either. Any suggestions? Thanks
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Thank you ladies for all the advice. I am just frustrated that I got pregnant without trying at all, but sadly lost my boy at 19 weeks and presumed after that that I would get pregnant within 8 cycles. I am awaiting further investigations into my fertility, (my dp has medical issues too), but the appointment keeps getting cancelled which is so annoying and I've been waiting since Jan to get to see my consultant who I now hope to see at the end of July!
I am 40 very soon and never felt my age until now and I'm worried that I have missed my chance. So I guess for the time being meantime we'll just have to keep bd-ing (don't think my dp will have a problem with that :D), not get too worried about the opk's and see what happens! Many congrats on your BFP MissingLink and thanks again.
I am 40 very soon and never felt my age until now and I'm worried that I have missed my chance. So I guess for the time being meantime we'll just have to keep bd-ing (don't think my dp will have a problem with that :D), not get too worried about the opk's and see what happens! Many congrats on your BFP MissingLink and thanks again.
The night before the 1st positive OPK was the right one for me for my pregnancy, I know for sure that's when my baby was conceived.
Although OPKs are a good guideline to base ovulation, they may not always be accurate. I suggest having sex a day or two after your period ends. Have it every other day for a couple weeks...I know that sounds like alot, and who the heck has the energy....but you will cover the time frame for the month, and hopefully you'll get lucky!
OPK's only predict the POSSIBILITY that you are going to ovulate. The most effective way of pin pointing ovulation is by charting your BBT. Or by using both BBT and OPK's.
With that said. The average healthy couple only has a 25% chance of conceiving on any given month if they time intercourse around ovulation. Couples who are TTC can take up to 1-2 years of actively trying before conceiving.
With that said. The average healthy couple only has a 25% chance of conceiving on any given month if they time intercourse around ovulation. Couples who are TTC can take up to 1-2 years of actively trying before conceiving.
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you know, those swimmers can live for up to five days, and your ovum for about 24 hours. Our fertility Dr told us to do the BD as often as we were up to it for the 5 days leading up to and two days after ovulation. so we started from about day 9 of the cycle, and tried cram as many of those little buggers in as we could.
It might be difficult even for newlyweds to keep this regime up for long, but making more attempts in a cycle took the pressure off "that one time to get it right".
We ended up needing IVF to overcome a fertilisation issue (BFP yesterday!), but the logic made sense to me!