TTC April/May 2021 - Sperm meets Egg Plan "SMEP"

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Hi ladies Has anyone tried the sperm meets egg plan? I downloaded the free ebook earlier on amazon & Im going to give it a go this coming month! Anyone want to join? 💁🏻‍♀️ I'm month 4 ttc.

@charja100 how you feeling? Any symptoms?

@Poppet2021 I don't know I can't really tell if I have any symptoms. Mu boobs hurt but that's normal AF. I am continually hungry atm and keeping needing a wee bit I don't really feel too much different to normal tbh!

Hi ladies... I’m currently CD4 of my second cycle since a MC at 7 weeks in March. I’m a pretty late ovulater I think although I never quite manage to get that peak on OPKs to confirm for sure! pretty sure I Normally around CD16/17 my cycles are usually around 26-29 days. This cycle 24 days - bit of a weird one I was getting high fertility from CD9- CD12 on the clearblue advance OPKs (ran out before I got my solid smiley!) so I think this cycle is messed up following my MC. Anyway hoping to start properly trying this month and may try SMEP and need some support ☺️X

Hi @Brightspark12 welcome! I'm so sorry to hear about your MC 💔💔 Hope you are alright. Hopefully your cycle gets back to normal this cycle & you are pregnant in no time🤞🤞 If you can't find your peak, looking at your opk strips I would say....test later in the day... mid-late afternoon as the opk strips respond better. The premom app told me to do that, and it says it in the SPEM book aswell 👌 something about LH production peaking in the afternoon.

I'm CD10 today 4th cycle TTC. No peak yet but following the SMEP so far 🤞

@charja100 the TWW is so brutal isn't it!! It's so frustrating that early pregnancy symptoms are the same as AF symptoms 🙈 it's so cruel!! I have everything crossed for you 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

@spttc thank you, I’m getting there ❤️ Definitely going to try that, hopefully can keep a better track of it this month.. exciting! I’m hoping this is your month xx

Hi ladies, hope you don't mind me joining! We're attempting SMEP this month, have been TTC for this first time, for the last 14 months 😔 awaiting a first appointment with the fertility clinic and thought why not try something different before that! I have quite a short cycle, and am using the Clear Blue OPKs. Got a peak yesterday so planning to just try and DTD every day now, or at least the 3 days one day break! Sounds tiring 😂 fingers crossed it works though!

Should have said, BD started cycle day 5, and on cycle day 7 as have short cycles and need to get right to it after AF (which is only 3/4 days) 😂 only on cycle day 8 with ovulation predicted around day 12. I am doing BBT again this month too so fingers crossed 🤞🏻

Yes @HJen22 welcome! Absolutely if it's not working you gotta switch it up for sure. I'm only on cycle 4, every cycle I have a new strategy lol. I think the SMEP is clever though as I'm definitely guilty of not starting soon enough, ending too soon after ovulation etc. So fingers crossed we get a positive test or 2 in this group this month 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

We have an app with fertility clinic too. Looking forward to it but also dreading it . Testing on the 6th of this month, consult on the 20th. We are only on month 4 ttc. But I'm 35 and I just want to be proactive I guess 😬😂

Hey ladies
How is everyone today.
cd10 but dtd yesterday so resting today lol
It’s bizarre having to plan it all!!

It’s so nice to have someone to talk going through the same thing as each other. Some of us on sand cycle day too!

@charja100 - have you caved in with testing?

@HJen22 - hi. Good luck!!
@Brightspark12 - sorry for you loss. Good luck and lots of love for this month x

@Poppet2021 I caved this morning and BFN 😂😫🤦🏼‍♀️

@spttc thank you! Great to have other ladies to talk to! Haha same, I've started with the vitamin D and grapefruit juice this month! As I have quite a short cycle my predicted ovulation can quiet often be earlier than I expected so I've basically just got to start right away after AF! But we are also the same, sometimes probably stop too early on! I read your above post, about high and peak. So flashing smiley I should wait until peak do you think? Or start every day from now? I'd already prepared my bf for as much as possible basically 😂 I just know that sometimes with OPKs it's brought it forward and I'd hate to miss any opportunity! As us DTD every second day of fertile week hasn't worked 😞

I'm 33, I've had bloods with the GP and first video call with the clinic 1st June so wasn't too long a wait. I've a feeling it will be a "just keep trying". Definitely proactive is a good thing!

@Poppet2021 thank you and good luck to you too!

@charja100 that’s ok!! If AF isn’t here your not out!!! How many days DPO are you again?

Everything is crossed for you xx

@HJen22 I agree, I'm honestly of the opinion the more the better at this stage! 😂😂 Month 1-3 I did a mixture of every other day and every day but never for a long enough period of time. I was way too focused on just right around ovulation. I know some say every other day is better than every day but that really only applies if there's a sperm count issue I think! 🤷🏻‍♀️ I usually ovulate day 17. So this month ...I did day 8 as per SMEP and I'm doing day 10 (today), then day 11&12 are out as he has to give his semen sample on day 12 🙄 So we are doing day 13 morning to make up for day 12 evening on plan 😂😬, then day 14 evening as per plan. Then I usually get positive opk on day 16....so I kinda plan to do as many days in a row as we can from day 16 😂😂😂 i might even do day 15 who knows! I think u should go tonight if u feel it. Why the hell not!

Fingers crossed for you @charja100 🤞🤞

@spttc yeah it's easily done isn't it, as it can get tiring! We try as soon as we can after AF and over fertile week and then don't bother as much. Partners SA has come back fine so hopefully he can manage as much as possible 😂 I know it's a lot of pressure but I've said the plan that I'd like to try this month so he's aware haha! I'm sure you'll be fine with a wee break days 11 and 12 if you are due to ovulate day 16! Same, I reckon we'll just go for it, as sometimes I've done OPKs and it's been 4 days with high OPK and others it's went low-high-peak really quickly! But yeah, we will just try as much as possible over the next week 🤞🏻

Haha @Poppet2021 I love it!
Might try that move during my peak 😂

So many new joiners welcome @Brightspark12 and @HJen22 🤓

Oh no so sorry about the MC @Brightspark12 heard it
messes with your cycles but also makes you more fertile?

@HJen22 Good luck on your 3 day run 😂🥵 Im on the grapefruit juice too I love it 😀

@spttc are you going private for your appointment? I kind of want do the checks too just in case 👀👀

@charja100 sorry about your BFN but you still have time! Id convinced myself you were pregnant might still be though!

Nothing to report from me today! On day 8 so DTD today 😅
Have my acupuncture appointment tomorrow at lunch so will report back on that

@Elsbeth1 thank you and hello! Haha thanks! Tried to change it up and DTD yesterday morning then will tonight and tomorrow, hoping for more than 3 days in a row if we can manage 😂 it's actually quite nice, hoping it helps. Do you have it every day?

So sorry for your MC @Brightspark12 I can't even imagine for hard that is, wishing you all the luck for this month, and everyone else too!

@HJen22 oh god no! Every other day is more than enough thank you not a teenager anymore 😂😂

We did start on cycle day 6 instead of 8 as per SMEP though just because I got a OPK "high" on day 6 so we thought why not!

@Elsbeth1 😂 i think @HJen22 was asking if u drink grapefruit juice everyday 😂😂😂 not dtd! I read it that way too at first and was like 😦🤣

@Elsbeth1 yes I'm going privately for my appointment. My health insurance covers some of it. Was still a wait for the appointment. We booked it in feb. literally as soon as we decided to start trying. Just in case. Glad we did now!

Praying all is ok but if it's not I want to know ASAP

😂😂😂😂 @spttc jebus I was like who has the stamina for that 😂😂😂😂

But in answer to your actual question yes I do drink it everyday 😂🤣

@spttc ooo that's good health insurance covers some of it! Would it cover IVF and stuff like that too? (not that you'll need it!)

My work only lets you opt in for health insurance once a year since so many people were abusing it 😂 and I was like nah I don't need it this year 🥲🥲 regrets 😬

You'll be totally fine!!

My friend recently did hers too and she was trying for 3/4 months and everything came back a ok!

Nothing like peace of mind!

@Elsbeth1 it actually covers a fair bit. It covered half of the cost for the testing. Then it covers a portion or iui/ivf etc. Not all obv. I need to look at it more. It even covers some fertility acupuncture so I'm definitely doing that now! 🤩🤩🤩