I am ovulating right now - is it too late to get pg if we do the deed tonight?

[OvulationQuestion]

OK - am a regular, but have namechanged as I have a few RL friends on here to whom I have posed the same Q, and I don't want them to know my MN nickname.

Anyway... I have ovulation pain right now - and have had since mid-afternoon. I think I'm right in saying that an egg lives for about 12 hours, and that it takes 12 hours for sperm to reach the fallopian tubes. So my question is, if we have sex tonight, will it be too late? Does the ovulation pain mean that the egg has been released? Or is it about to be released?

go ahead

go for it. betcha it's a boy

I will be anyway but still want to know if I should be be getting my hopes up!

OQ, I saw the egg that made my DS1 on ultrasound scan - fertility treatment
got straight to it that evening
baby boy 8 and half months later

Go for it, but it will be a boy

We are trying for a boy, ovulation day is the perfect day to make a boy

Good luck

do it tonight and it will be a boy.

Have a ds already. Would v much like another boy!

go for it
(pls note I got a girl)

Would not be unimpressed with a girl either! In fact, would rather like twins!

So how long does an egg live for? Is it 12 hours?

And how long does it take the little swimmers to get there?

I think the egg live for 5 days but must be fertilised in the first 24 hrs for a successful pg to result.

I think the egg lives for 5 days but must be fertilised in the first 24 hrs for a successful pg to result.

Ovum patent for 24 hours, sperm for 5-7 days. Good luck!

Thanks all - my fingers are now as tightly crossed as my legs were last night after the sacred sperm had been deposited!

you've gotta come back here in two weeks then and tell us bfp/bfn
good luck

Will do. Watch this space!

BTW OvulationQuestion do you mind if I ask how you knew you were ovulating?

Good luck btw xxx

hackneybird - I knew I was ovulating because of the pain I was experiencing. Every month I get a dullish ache low down in either my left or right hand side. Years ago I wasn't sure what it was, but gradually came to understand that it is mittelschmerz.

For me, it usually lasts about 4 to 8 hours and I can feel whether the egg is being released from either the left or right ovary.

You should be OK. Eggs 'live' for 24 hours. Good luck! and hopefully you'll have some good news in 2 weeks time!

Well, it didn't work . AF came today. Thanks for all the good wishes though .

Sorry to hear that.

I've only just read this thread and you were probably half a day too late.

Once the egg is released the sperm needs to be there waiting to greet it which is why it's better to be having sex in the days leading up to OV rather than the day itself.

Better luck for next month.