Right SMEP.. determined. Anyone else?

[Mich2020]

Hey all
I've been ttc for a long time, I had my lap and dye last week which removed all endo visible and unstuck my left ovary from my tube. My tubes are clear. The horrible bleeding that I had after is coming to an end. I'm very determined to try everything I can this month and the following months if I fail.
I have read about this SMEP and I've heard good things about it.
Today I am CD 5 so I am going to start dtd tonight instead of the recommendation of CD 8. I done an ovulation test today (just for fun) there's a second line but very much not positive so going to keep doing them twice a day until I get my surge. Also have some cb advance ones coming tomorrow.

My question is how many people have used this method and been successful on here? Would love to keep chatting to people through these next 6 months if possible as this is kind of the last hurdle before more fertility tests are taken for both me and my DP xx

@Bbdm1984 I find pinpointing ovulation really tricky. We’ve not really tracked ovulation this month just dtd alot to try and over all basis!
@Mich2020🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

Hi!! May I join?

This is cycle 15 of TTC and first month truly doing Smep. Currently CD 12 and usually ovulate CD 20/22 so I think I will be testing 16/17th Sept if AF hasn't arrived. Also using Two OPK brands this month to make sure I'm interpreting them right and Preseed.

Best of luck everyone

@Bbdm1984 sorry just seen this. Used it during my most fertile days as it's quite expensive

@Cocomelons thank you i will start using tonight as had my static smiley today although (tmi) not sure i will need it as feel very lubricated already down there

Another flashy face this morning..😐😐 don't know what is going on x

Hi @1940s hope this cycle brings you luck, i have also used preseed this time so hopefully that helps but who knows. Did you test again last night @Mich2020, i know from a few forums i have been on that some people got flashing faces for a week before getting there static, hopefully yours comes sooner. Are you testing a couple of times a day? I dont use fmu or even do a hold just test between 12 and 1 usually.

So after my static smiley yesterday we dtd last night and used preseed but wow ovulation pains were very very strong while doing it, ive never had this before ever i hope it is a good sign

We had been ttc for 6 months with no luck. I found the SMEP and was pregnant the following month. When ttc DC2 we started with SMEP and was pregnant after 2 months. So big thumbs up from me. Good luck

That's great to hear @Yellowcar2!
We didn't use preseed this month @Bbdm1984 but will give it a try next month if this month hasn't worked.
We did the plan spot on until yesterday! 🤦‍♀️ it was the very last day of the plan but hubby was working late and I was knackered but hoping that's just a 1 more for luck kind of BD 🤣
Can't wait to see how everyone gets on

Well done for following the plan spot on @Sleepyhead81 just so that i am getting it right can i check we were bd every other day and i got my static yesterday so we dtd last night will go again tonight and tomorrow and then one more for good luck on monday is that right?. Thankgod today is dp last shift and he is having a drink or i would never have managed to get him to do 4 days in a row other wise ha

Sorry @Yellowcar2 i forgot to say, that is brill news to hear i love success stories

That's brilliant @Yellowcar2
I've tested again with a cheap opk just now and it's very very negative, this is depressing. If I have missed my surge then we have dtd for the last 5 days in a row which my app predicted was my fertile window anyway. I will continue with opks to see what happens anyway. Feeling a bit deflated though 😧 x

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@Mich2020 i understand that it can be deflating but you have done all you can anyway with dtd for the last 5 days, surely there isnt anymore that you could have done is there?

My opks have gone back to blank circle now so i am hoping i have managed to catch although i still have to bd 3 more times

@Bbdm1984 no there isn't any more we could have done, just upsetting to not see a peak just hoping I did actually ovulate and my cycles haven't been messed up by my op 🤞🏻 do you think I should count today as 1dpo or just carry on testing hoping I'll see a peak on cb sticks soon?

Oh how are you feeling.. positive about this month I hope 🤞🏻 x

@Mich2020 sorry i didnt realise that you have had an op. I would say count today as 1dpo but i would maybe keep checking for the next week or so with ic as your body may have tried to ovulate but not done so and may try again to ovulate in a few days. There is every posibility that you have though as your tests were getting darker werent they, it is such a small gap to actually catch it with tests and it may be that your sample was too dilute to confirm your actual peak.

I have been trying for too long now to let myself get too excited, i know that i have /will have done everything i can this month though. Pains ended this morning with 2 sharp stabbing sensations so i am hoping dtd tonight is less painful.

How is everyone? I think I've got a peak on my OPK? Thoughts?

@Bbdm1984 do you think I should carry on with CB opks too? I've used a whole box already and not had a peak 🙈 yes had a lap and dye. Haven't been on contraception for nearly two years now, but actually been ttc about 18 months I think. I have endo, they have removed that and I had dye put through my tubes to make sure there were no blockages. Which there wasn't thankfully 😅 should be extra fertile after the procedure so was hoping so much for that peak.

Eeek keeping my fingers crossed for you, we should be around the same time then, we can keep ourselves going through this tww!!

@1940s yes I'd say that's positive 😊 good luck. What CD are you?x

@Mich2020 i have read that the first 4 months after you have had the dye you are super fertile so 🤞 you just missed your peak, in regards to opks, the cb are so expensive i would just use ic unless you see it getting darker but obviously you do what you want thats just what i would do in your situation, your opk yesterday was definitely darker and you have definitely covered yourself with all the bd you have been doing. Yes we are both the same time, i am super excited for you, i tend to get all sorts of pregnancy symptoms during the tww and convince myself that i am pregnant and then af arrives and i am gutted so will try not to symptom spot this month but who am i kidding i already know i will, ive even looked last night to see when my due date would be ha (ever the optimists)

@1940s that test line is the same colour as control on that pic so i would definitely say that is a peak

Morning, how is everyone doing today?

Good morning. Had my solid smiley face this morning on CB done a cheapie and it's not positive. I am wondering if my CB would have been positive last night because I had a bit of a achy pain in my stomach, I didn't test though. My cheapie still isn't quite positive so I will test with another one this evening. Dtd today anyway and will do it again tomorrow 🤞🏻

How are you @Muda @Bbdm1984

Hi @Mich2020, @Muda hope you are both well. Woohoo for your solid smiley @Mich2020 at least you know you have had a peak this month and all the bd you have been doing should definitely have you covered.

So with smep do you bd the day you get your peak, the 2 days after then the 5 day? Is that right? So if i got my peak thursday i bd thurs fri sat and monday? Sorry i keep asking just trying to follow exactly x

@Bbdm1984 I know i was so surprised when it came up this morning. Yes we've done it for 6 days now and will do it again tomorrow hopefully.
I don't actually know properly because I haven't followed it at all 🙈 but I think that's right lol x

That peak was CD13 for me and I'm very crampy today so I think ov today or tomorrow cd14/15

Think tomorrow will be my day too @1940s got my peak this morning but I am almost sure if I had tested last night it would have been peak too. Very weird cramps too, hoping for a bfp in a couple weeks 🤞🏻🤞🏻 xx

I'm also trying an odd thing this month. I'm trying not to DTD last thing at night just before bed. My first baby was conceived when we DTD in the afternoon... this TTC is making me crazy and I'm willing to try anything!