TTC - sex every day / other day

[Elizabeth5585]

Hi!
Just wanted to see if other people think DTD every other day rather than every day is better?
I’ve been doing every day around my fertile days for months but now wondering if I should try every other day?

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I think it can depend on sperm quality. The nhs recommend ever other day. The cycle i conceived we followed the smep which is kind of a combination of both! Sadly ended in ruptured ectopic so I'm back to smep!

The cycle I conceived, we did it every day and sometimes twice a day for the four days before ovulation and 2 days after. My husbands speak quality is good though. It depends on that.

We did every other day for the duration of the month (more or less). It worked when TTC #1 so we did it again for #2 and it worked just as quickly then also. Good luck!

Thanks for your feedback, I just wondered maybe this month I should try every other as I’ve tried every day during the fertile window since March with no luck.

It’s worth a shot I’d say!

I read every other day was better as gave time for the number and quality of sperm to increase. We tried for 6 months trying every other day in fertile period. Month 7 we only tried twice in fertile period and i'm pregnant!

Yes it’s worth a shot I’ll try anything 😂🙈
I’ve just looked up SMEP and I’m going to give that a try this month too.

Currently I’m using Clearblue ovulation sticks, taking proceive max and preseed lube

I conceived quickly twice doing it every other day or every couple of days, throughout the month. The theory then is no matter when you ovulate, there should always be some swimmers waiting!

Yes Maureen that sounds like good advice

I’m currently 13 weeks pregnant and conceived in cycle 5 (had a CP cycle 3) but in cycle 5 we DTD everyday 5 days in a row over my ovulation window (I confirmed ovulation by temping) and was also the only month we used preseed! Good luck xx

I used opks and DTD on the day I reached peak and the day after and I'm currently 5w4d good luck, I think it's all just timing x

Thanks ladies, I’ve been using CB ovulation tests and I’m definitely getting my smily face peaks on around day 14 so been dtd before on and after this but nothing. Last month I had two faint lines on different tests which ended up being nothing. It’s so disheartening

I would do it every other day over a longer period rather than every day on a very focussed window. The latter can mean you accidentally miss time it. Good luck.

Thanks Ellen 😘

I read an article saying that it's beneficial to do it twice in one hour! So we're going to try twice in 1 day when I get my peak this month.

DH could never manage twice in an hour. Twice in 24 he finds hard 😂

Haha wow I’d be surprised if there was anything left 😂
Let me know if it works

Have you been tracking your BBT? Thats a great way of tracking symptoms and seeing exactly when you ovulate. A OPK just tells you you are about to ovulate, it doesn't confirm you did or when you did.

I've done both with no success. I conceived when I dtd three times in 20 hours.

I don’t know how to use the BBT but I’ve bought one online and going to try this cycle. I have no idea what I’m doing but maybe that will help me find out if I am actually ovulating? It’s crazy how I got pregnant with DS in the first month and now I can’t

Yes it will show you if you are ovulating. I used the app fertility friend to input my temperatures.

I've attached my graph for the month I got pregnant. You will see the red vertical line which is the day I ovulated. FF works this out when you have temperatures consistency rising over 3 days. So you'll notice my temperatures are higher for the second half of my cycle.

Make sure you are tracking your cervical mucus too. As soon as you see egg-white you need to get baby-dancing!!

That’s brilliant thank you!
I’m on cycle day 5 now do you think it’s too late to start it this month? So if my temp goes up around ovulation I’ve definitely ovulated? Xx

Hi!

I need some advice really and see if anyone else is in the same boat as me.
I stoped taking the pill at the very end of September..... had all the very early symptoms but then came on my period.
We have had sex every day since the end of my period in October apart from the day before ovulation.... I’m currently 7DPO and hopeful again, how long did it take everyone to conceive after stopping the pill?
TIA! X

@Elizabeth5585 no you can start now. Do it as close to the same time every morning before you get out of bed. Don't have a drink, talk, do anything before it as it will affect your temperature.

Yes if your temperature goes up, fertility friend will report you have ovulated. Track your cervical mucus and intercourse as well so you can refer back to it if you need to.

I’ll start that then. My CM is so minimal it’s so hard to tell that’s why I thought preseed will work for that x