Which day would you BD

[Westcoaster85]

Hi All,

For various reasons we will prob only get chance to BD once next cycle so I realise chances are v limited. My question is, would you go for it on actual day of ovulation or 3 days before if you had to choose between these options?

thanks

On the day because the egg takes ages to come down - fingers crossed for you x

I used to think it just came out quickly but slowly over 24 hours so nice fresh sperm if possible xxx

Can you not just say have sex. ‘BD’ makes me want to vom 🤣🤣

Thank you :) That’s good to know but I thought it could also take a while for sperm to be in right place and right form to fertilise egg?

Sperm lives three days minimum

what does BD mean? I got the gist xxx

Baby dance 🤩

Ha ha!!!!

better than what I was thinking

Hahahahahahahahahahha. Took me a while to figure out too

Three days before.

Have been having fertility treatment for a number of years and Drs explained to me that once you ovulate and an egg is released, it is only viable for about 12 hours (not 24 as previously thought) and in IVF nearly all successful conceptions happen within the first six hours, so it is viable only a very short time.

Although sperm can travel to the egg within an hour they have to go through a process called Capacitation to become able to fertilise an egg, which takes about 8-12 hours. So if you were to have sex the same time as ovulating (very hard to predict of course just using home ovulation tests!), then likely it would be too late.

Sperm lasts on average 2-3 days, and some up to 5, so having it waiting by sex in advance is preferable.

good luck!

WOW so glad you’re sharing up to date info

was told differently when I was TTC and it’s so difficult to time it right

good luck to both xx

it’s so confusing isn’t it?! So many studies out there and ovulation trackers like clear blue use the data they want you to see!

I have seen in studies that the best is actually a day or two days before ovulation , but looks like OP didn’t have this option

https://www.acu4lifecenter.com/post/when-to-ttc-and-sperm-egg-quality

Thanks for all this guys. All very helpful!