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Sperm Meets Egg Plan

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nk1605 · 18/11/2017 08:33

Hi 😊

So TTC #2 (dd is nearly 3). I've just recovered from hypothalamic amenorrhoea and regained my period 16th Oct. We TTC that cycle but no luck.

Although I got a positive OPK on CD18, I suspect either I didn't OV or my luteal phase was too short as I had a 28 day cycle.

Now I'm on CD6 of cycle #2. DP and I are going to try the sperm meets egg plan. Has anyone else tried this? Would love to hear any experiences whether or not it worked.

Thanks!

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OurNextAdventure · 18/11/2017 16:06

Hi ladies

What are everyone's thoughts about this (in context of the SMEP).....

My best friend is about to have a baby, she conceived using donor sperm at a London fertility clinic. She was told to use clear blue ovulation tests until she got the static smiley face (positive peak); then she went to the clinic to be inseminated (just with a turkey baster set up not IVF - sorry don't know the proper name for it)

So, the clinic must have been of the view that the BEST time to have sex is when you get the positive peak or when the SMEP says you should dbd for 3 days straight.

So my thoughts/question is.....is it really worth "trying" from day 8 of your cycle (every other day) or, medically, doesn't it seem to make more sense to really focus our "trying efforts" for those three days in a row instead of over an extended period.

I guess I'm just nervous of the pressure to "try" so often. Not that I don't love and fancy my husband to bits, but we have been together a very long time and we are not teenagers anymore lol!

Thanks for listening to my ramblings....I'm on the December bus so just trying to plan how we go about our first month of TTC next month.

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CoconutGal · 18/11/2017 15:14

We were unable to successfully do this plan because my shift patterns are so varied it meant that I wasn’t able to do my OPK testing at the same time each day so I wasn’t getting a correct reading. However, DH & I do see the logic in it & have decided to just DTD every other day instead.

AJ89 · 18/11/2017 13:46

@nik1605 good so far, hoping we can stick to it and hoping it will work for us, fingers crossed!

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nk1605 · 18/11/2017 11:04

@reallyorange yeah I think I really need to stop being so obsessive about it and just take each month as it comes. It just seemed so easy with dd that it's hard to understand it wouldn't happen so quickly again! Cycle #1 we dtd pretty much every other day. So I figured it was just my body being out of whack after not having a period for so long.

@AJ89 how are you getting on so far? I've got my OPKs ready to go and just waiting about for CD8!

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AJ89 · 18/11/2017 10:16

We are trialling it this cycle, I’m on day 15 currently and doing my opk every day and dtd every other day, reckon I’ll get my positive opk tomorrow as they have been getting darker. I’ve heard good reviews of it and it makes sense so we shall see!

reallyorange · 18/11/2017 08:38

It just tells you when to focus on DTD. Seems to make sense. Youre only on cycle 2 of ttc so good that you're reading about best approach but don't get stressed out this early!
We ended up needing ivf for male factor but it was good to know the problem want one of timing iyswim

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