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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Is it best to have sex just at time of ovulation or lots around that time?

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Conundrumish · 16/09/2009 21:33

Does anyone know what the current thinking on this is? With our last attempt at conception we tried to 'save' the sperm until ovulation was here, but is it best to just have sex a lot of the time around then?

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Conundrumish · 16/09/2009 21:56

Great - thanks, just what I needed to know. Now where is DH?

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JohnnyTwoHats · 16/09/2009 21:44

Sperm 'goes off' if its stored too so its best to have sex every other day to keep it fresh, but not every day because it needs time to recover sperm count.

Also, if you are indulging in other stuff at the same time, eg blow jobs etc, make sure the first ejaculation is the one that goes inside you, as the subsequent ones will be lower in sperm.

JohnnyTwoHats · 16/09/2009 21:40

Well I have heard one of our consultant gynaecologists 'sex talks' enough while working in clinic.
He maintains that you should have sex every other day, throughout your cycle.
He also says that although you may ovulate on average 14 days before your period, that's just it, it is an average and it might be on day 6 one month, day 20 another.

Most ob gyn that i know also laugh like drains when women ask them about those ovulation test strips.

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