Sperm Meets Egg Plan

[Pollyell]

Hi everyone!

Going into our second cycle TTC, stumbled across the SMEP and a lot of couples seem to have had success with it. Has anyone else heard of this/trying it this cycle? X

[HollowayL31]

Hello! Please can I join, I'm trying for our 4th and final baby. This will be our 4 month ttc and decided to try SMEP. Today I have hit my high OPK so will be BD for next 3 days break than one for luck 😂
Anyone ovulating the same time or starting the solid 3 days? X

[Memcf2]

Glad I started early on CD 7. Today is cd 12 and got my peak this morning. So far have BD CD 7,9 and 11. Now on my 3 days. Fingers crossed for this month for us all.

[jblue2018]

Hi @Memcf2 I am also TTC no. 2 - cycle no 3 but close to 5 months as my cycles are irregular and long 😫 how old is your little one? Mine is 19m and I feel this weird pressure to give her a sibling. I know any child is such a blessing though so I know we are lucky.

We Dtd yesterday on CD 9 so will go every other day from now on!

[Memcf2]

Hi @jblue2018 she is 2 1/2. I have waited longer than I had planned for a second and now so impatient. I count my blessings everyday that we have her but now would love another. She is obsessed with babies as well. This is the earliest I have had my peak wasn't expecting it for another few days so has caught me out. Now need to sweet talk the husband when he finishes work. Hope it's not an inaccurate reading as wasn't first morning urine as that didn't work for some reason.

[NamechangeTTC]

Fmu isn’t ideal for OPK anyway @Memcf2. Good luck.

[Memcf2]

Thank you @namechangeTTC. I'm honestly not sure I will last the run. No idea where I got the stamina in the early years. But with working and having a 2 year old my stamina has gone. Will try my best to see out smep this month. I'm so, so wanting this to be my month. How's everyone else doing? Hoping we all to have positive tests by the end of our cycles. X

[NamechangeTTC]

I’m crampy but it’s too early to mean anything.

[jblue2018]

@NamechangeTTC everything crossed for you. When will you be testing? X

[Memcf2]

@jblue2018 only on cycle day 12 so a long way off testing. Only got my peak on my opk today so no idea. Came eaier than expected hoping its not too early. I'm worried I won't manage the smep. 5 days out of 6 might kill me. Please help. Will kick myself if we miss a day tho. X

[Gamechanger2019]

We couldn’t do it for that many days 🙈 so we’ll see anyway. I used clear blue tests this month for the first time, and I find them helpful rather than just tracking cycle so will use them next month. I’m currently on 3 DPO! Good luck everyone x

[Pollyell]

@namechangettc you are furthest along in your cycle by the sounds of it, fingers crossed for you please keep us updated!!

@memcf2 I've seen other women on here say you can get more than one high LH during cycle? Wonder if thats the case for you if you think it's a bit early? Very confusing. You can totally do it and will be worth it in the end!

[Memcf2]

@Gamechanger2019 what days did you manage. We have so far managed cycle day 7, 9,11 and 12. According to smep we should do 13,14 and 16. Will try our best. Definitely won't manage 16 as I'm on a 13 hour dayshift and no matter how desperate I am. I definitely won't manage that. X

[Pollyell]

@gamechanger2019 just saw your most recent post. Good luck!!

[Pollyell]

We have done CD 6, 10, 11, 13 (CD 14 today)

[Memcf2]

Thank you @Gamechanger2019. Shall try our very best. Super excited for you. I have my fingers crossed for you. X

[Memcf2]

How's everyone getting on?

[HollowayL31]

Hey @Memcf2 I've had my peak yesterday so currently tonight is night 2. It's our anniversary tomorrow and a child free night Friday so I think it will be 4 days instead of 3 in a row but hey we might aswell 😂

How are you? X

[Memcf2]

Hi @HollowayL31 I got my peak yesterday too. We have managed to follow the plan so far. Will BD again tomorrow and then Friday should be the 'skip a day' then we should BD again Saturday which I doubt will happen as I'm on a 13 hour shift. Not sure how important that last day is. X

[HollowayL31]

@Memcf2 Aww so we are literally the same time! We have managed to follow good so far, I even used conception gel this month to just try everything, this will be our 4th month of trying so can't really complain. Have you been trying for long? X

[NamechangeTTC]

I’m 6 dpo. It breaks my heart every time seeing negatives so holding off. We’re having a break from dtd!

[mommyofone2019]

Hi ladies can I jump on this chat 👋🏻

I've followed smep this month, ttc baby no2 and this is month no2 of properly ttc!

I only read up on smep on cd10, so started straight away - gutted I missed starting on cd8.

We dtd on:
Cd10
Cd12
Cd14 - had positive OPK
Cd15
Cd16

Today is cd17 so this is the miss a day. Then will hopefully dtd again tomorrow on cd18 😅

So today is 2dpo for me!

[Memcf2]

@HollowayL31 we have been trying for about 5 months so not too long but I'm becoming impatient now. We haven't used any gel. We will probably be testing around the same time. Fingers crossed for us.

@namechangeTTC 7 dpo is still early to get a bfp try if you can to hold off. I know what you mean about seeing a bfn. How long have you been trying? Think your furthest along. We all have our fingers crossed for you.

@mommyofone2019 welcome. Sounds like you followed the plan to a tee. Now the dreaded wait. Fingers crossed. X

[NamechangeTTC]

I’ve not tested yet. Feeling the same as normal which doesn’t fill me with hope. Keep reading of all the symptoms folk have at this stage!

[Pollyell]

@memcf2 and @HollowayL31 sounds like you're both getting on well! I think the extra DTD after the 3 days in a row is just an extra one for luck, you could maybe do day after that instead if shifts work better?

@namechangettc agree with above, it is hard to resist (especially once you've bought pregnancy tests!) But hopefully you can be patient and wait. Is there anything you can do to relax and take your mind off it for the next week? I'm really into reading my book with nice candles at the moment. Something like that?

Welcome @mommyofone2019!

I am still waiting for a peak which could really be any time! I am only testing once a day at about 6pm, did/are you all just doing one a day too?
X

[NamechangeTTC]

I was texting lh about 3x a day towards peak @Pollyell. I peak and drop within about 3 hours some months so would miss it.