How often do you SWI during fertile time?

I think TTC kind of takes the fun and spontaneity out of DTD, so yes pressure probably does play a factor in it. My husband also broke his back last year which makes it more difficult. We've found ways to make it work but it's not so easy.

3 a day!!!Jeez Louise! I think I'd be walking like John Wayne! We're normally dtd a few times a week, for the past week it's been every day& I have to admit that by last night I felt like I'd taken a bit of a battering down there!last night tonight&then swapping to every other.it's been fun but I couldn't keep it up every day all month without 1) becoming sore 2) becoming bored. Think the expression 'too much of a good thing' would apply. That said,hats off to you! That takes a certain level of dedication&fitness!

In response to the OP: Not enough.

We currently aim for every day from day 12 til I get a positive OPK, then for a couple of days after that. But is it just me or does anyone else get quite painful after a few days, like its a bit bruised in there?

I am in awe of the person who said three times a day. Blimey.

We aim for EOD/every day from the end of my period until a day or so after I am sure we have oved. And then just whenever we fancy it through the second part of the cycle (probably about twice a week).

I just leapt from one bar yesterday on the Shag Dictator and thinking of gearing up to SWI, to three bars this morning. We skipped two bars altogether! Mad panic stations this morning. So romantic.

Reminds me of that Monty Python scene in The Holy Grail - "Winter decided to give Spring a miss and went straight to Summer."

Eod from about day 10 then every day for 3 days when I see a positive on opk

Every other day is fine. You do need to leave some time for the man to recover the sperm to get back to a higher count/better quality.
Have you tried to look at any vaginal discharge to give you an idea of when you are ovulating? Black knickers come to mind to avoid missing something.

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3 times a DAY?! Good grief, you're a better woman than I! I think I've got cystitis from swi-ing almost every day for the last week or so!

Good luck everyone. x

Three times per day! Wow!

We have been doing it every second day or every day during the fertile time. Last cycle we did it every second day from about a week before ovulation, then every day O-2, O-1 and O itself. Still recovering

I should add that I am charting and temping and mucus-hunting so we can pinpoint it properly - I don't ovulate until day 23-25 so doing it around day 14 would not be of any assistance! I personally think charting is invaluable, especially if you don't have textbook 28 day cycles.

Hmm. Getting a bit more hopeful now, DP has been away since the beginning of the week and I'm supposed to ov this weekend. so you never know.

I only ever got pregnant on cycles when DH was away so we only had sex once, close to ovulation (which does make me wonder whether we had slight male factor issues). All the cycles of EOD, nothing.

Three times a day? Fuck me! I would be knackered and my hips would probably be out of joint!

It does become a bit of a chore during that week-10 days of doing it everyday but when you've been relaxed about it and tried to enjoy it all and not timed things and you're still not PG after a year, for me, it's time to get more focused and determined!

Every other day or a minimum of 3 times a week is a good, relaxed way to go but very few of us, after month after unsuccesful month can stay relaxed and not look into it a bit more.

Every day is so much pressure to put yourself under though. I like sex as much as the next person but if i felt I had to do it every day it would quickly become quite joyless (not to mention Ariels point about the cystitis!)

It is true what you say though about stopping at cd18 only being average. But why stop at all just because you think the fertile window is closed? Just get in the habit of having sex 3 times a week. If you do it when you are probably not fertile, it does actually make it easier to get enough in during the fertile window.

Stopping at CD18 is no good if you don't OV till day CD20 or later. If you want to time the SWI it's important to know when is the right time for you not what is the average day of OV for other women because we're not all average and the actual day of OV can vary from cycle. It's also important not to only go by what a cycle tracking website or app says as they only work on the average dates from previous cycles and, obviously, can't see what's happening inside your body so you could be timing it all wrong. Your CM and tempature is the most accurate way of knowing when you are OVing.

TCOYF says, if there are no issues with low sperm count, to SWI every day you see EWCM or if not EW then at least wet or lubricative CM. Every other day throughout the rest of your cycle.

I would have galloping cystitis!

Three times a day?! Good Lord! I admire your (and DH's stamina!)

I think our attempts at every other day have startled DH, three times a day and one or other of us might do ourselves a mischief...