Is ovulation day a big deal?

[LadyPug]

I've just downloaded an ovulation app and the one day we dtd this month is apparently my ovulation day. How likely am I to get pregnant on this day? I know it increases chances but because of urine infection we couldn't dtd all month so I'm staking everything on one day (which is ovulation day!) chances have got to be good, right?

About 20% chance if you did within 5 days before ov or a day after ov... that's the fertile window.

Oh wow, thought it would be much higher chance! Good to know though!

It's all pot luck... about 80% will conceive within a year. It is very average for it to take more than 6 months of regular dtd within the fertile window. For some people it will take much longer, even though there is nothing found to be medically wrong with either partner.

And unfortunately, conception doesn't always result in a baby. We don't discuss as a society how common (and heartbreaking) miscarriage and chemical pregnancy, in particular, are.

I've conceived twice in the last 18 months, never made it past 4w3d though....

Hopefully none of that will apply to you and you will blissfully conceive quickly and unaware of 'the other side' of ttc!! But in my (limited) experience, ttc is marathon, not a sprint.

Thank you Kate, you are so right. We've already had one child, took 3 months of not actively trying, just seeing what happened. We were surprised how quickly it happened but older now and not sure how long it will take. My best friend had a miscarriage 3 months ago, heartbreaking, it definitely needs to be talked about more xx