A survey: The "Every Other Day" theory

[KickingUpQuestions]

Hey guys,

Congrats on your pregnancies. I've popped over from the "conception" threads with a purpose!

If you would care to answer some questions for me:

1. Did you go for OV or EOD theory? (by this I mean did you ONLY DTD during OV time or did you concentrate on DTD EOD while being aware of OV?)
2. Which do you think worked?
3. How long did you try for before you conceived?

Just trying to find a pattern :)

Thanks!

Did eod....for 22 months, with month after month of BFN.
I even have ov pains.....did deed then...still 22 loooong months later nothing.
I dont rate that theory.

what worked.... we thought "fuck it" & booked a holiday...month 23..bfp.

Ok so being relaxed just worked? That point where you just thought - "fuck it"?

Hello, the month which I conceived we had sex on days 8,10,12,15 and 17. I actually didn't think that was enough as my cycles were around 33-34 days so would have liked to have included days 19 and 21 too. As it happens, it was enough! This was in the second month of trying

We didn't want our whole sex life to become about that, we were more the 'stop preventing' type- but probably did every other day-ish throughout the month without really thinking about exactly when ovulation would be (although I did know exactly when I was ovulating).
By the way, I know some people trying to conceive get very concerned about late ovulation because the egg will be too old or something. That's bollocks- I have a really long cycle (between 37 and 45 days every month, no health or reproductive problems) and in Jan 2012 when I conceived, I ovulated on day 31 and did a positive preg test on day 47 (may have been positive a day or two before that- I didn't test before then). Dating scan confirmed this to be true too.
Good luck- and relax if you can.

We did every other day coupled with every day around ovulation time.
Got pregnant on cycle 2, had a MC, stopped trying really for a while we just didn't prevent, then decided I HAD to get pregnant before my next bday so went back to sex every day/other day and got pregnant again cycle 6. Having sex a LOT is very helpful to getting pregnant

We went for it every other day over about a 2 week period. I have very irregular and often long cycles and so had no idea when I was ovulating - hence going for it over 2 weeks or so. I got pregnant on both occasions we adopted this approach. First time must have been about day 28 of a long cycle and second time was about day 14 if the hospital calculated due dates accurately.

OV theory, once I knew my dates properly and we decided to do that I got pregnant straight away smack bang on 14th day (and that was only in 2nd month of trying) Not smug though, just v, v lucky :)

Usually every other day for the middle 2 weeks of my cycle. To be absolutely honest though, we did that for 2 years trying to conceive DC1 with no luck, until the month I got totally fed up and religiously shoved a pillow under my bum and bam - got pregnant that month.
Trying for DC2 we got impatient after 3 months, so out the pillow came again and again I fell pregnant straight away.

I honestly used to think it was an old wives' tale, but it certainly worked for us!

Good luck!

We DTD every other or at least every 3 days for most of the cycle.... Got pregnant in the 2nd month both times (mc first time and now 20w preg).

Good luck!!

In the second half of 2011 I studied my cycle carefully as I knew we would start TTC after Christmas. We then DTD every day around OV (and a few other times outside of that) and it happened straight away - first baby due 4th Oct!

Thanks for your responses, ladies!

Like the stories either way so carry on :)

Hi kicking We were on a conception thread together.

We started dtd every 2-3 days as soon as AF finished. Am a fan of pillow under the bum theory and think it's important that you orgasm too as this pulls the swimmers up and into the fallopian tubes!

I'm on my 5th pg, 2DD to date. 4 conceived 1st cycle, this one conceived 2nd cycle. Goodluck!!!

Helloooo country!!

Good to see you! Funny because I noticed that about orgasm together last night - almost no swimmers floated out. Normally I "finish" a bit earlier than he does but last night, I felt it.

And I am doing the pillow thing as well :D

Hoping your pregnancy is going well??!!

this time we were TTCing, EOD all month but knew OV dates so made sure to do it EOD around then, month 1

last pregnancy: roughly EOD but not on purpose, pregnant first careless month

both times they were probably my "naughtiest" months out of the whole year, I don't usually drink but got absolutely bladdered during both of those months, also ate loads of shellfish during those months and did extreme sports during those months. My theory - get drunk!

everyone I know who has been pregnant has paniced about the out of character and non pregnancy friendly activities they got up to in the month they concieved!

Um, we did every other day during the rest of the cycle and every day for two days running up to ov, and one day after. Seemed to work - the months where it didn't work were because we'd clearly missed ovulation, we could tell because I was charting (I got pregnant 3 times in 9 months - I miscarried the first two).

We mostly did a hybrid - EOD but only during part of my cycle - about 10 days before and 5 days after ovulation. My cycles were about 34 days long so I was fairly sure those 15 days were the only fertile bits.

We did try EOD during the whole cycle but it was exhausting! We also had some months where we dtd only a few times immediately around ovulation.

I got pg in one of the "10 days before and 5 days after" cycles.

Hi all, first post here!

We did 'it' pretty much every other day, sometimes every day, sometimes every third day. We weren't actively ttc, so didn't pay any attention to ovulation or anything, just did what we wanted when we wanted. My periods have always been irregular anyway.

Came off the Pill, after 6 years on it, in January and found out I was pregnant at the end of April. So probably 3 or 4 months of trying.

For DC1 we just had lots of sex mid-cycle.
For DCs2-4 I read Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. When I had signs ovulation was approaching we had as much sex as possible. With DC2 we tried to avoid the couple of days neatrest to ovulation to increase chances of a girl, and DC2 was a girl. With DC3 we were planning to do the same when the time was right and go for around ovulation time (supposed to increase chances of boy), but in the end just thought "fuck it" one month, didn't use contraception twice and lo and behold DC3 (girl) was conceived in one month . With DC4 we tried around ovulation time, again hoping for a boy, but the scan says another little girl . Each DC except number 3 took 3 months to conceive. However, we also had mcs before DCs 1&2, and again each pregnancy took 3 months to conceive.

Good luck whatever you decide to do .

Hi Kicking, I don't feel very comfortable saying what I did, since I very emphatically don't feel in any position to give advice. I feel incredibly lucky to have got a BFP after 5 months of trying... and still scared about whether it will stick, or whether I'll soon be back to wishing and hoping each month. I'm pretty sure that I didn't do anything to make it 'work' - just got lucky.

But I don't want to leave your post unanswered... so here goes.

Each month we DTD as much as possible around ovulation, and once or twice EOD before that. We found that if we upped the pressure too early, it was difficult to keep the momentum going until I was properly past ovulation, iyswim!

The month I got pregnant (gosh, it still feels strange to say that!) we DTD on Ovulation day (morning), O-1 (morning), O-2 (morning), and O-4 (evening). Also O-9 and O+5 for fun.

Stuff I did differently:

• The last couple of months, I'd been applying Pre-seed with the little tubes, as well as just using it as normal lube. BFP month, I didn't apply internally, just used as lube.
• After our usual post-sex cuddle, when DH went up to have a shower, I gave myself a second orgasm . All 3 mornings . It was in a good cause!
• Actually, another thing that might have been different is that usually during sex I orgasm first, then DH after. iirc, I think DH orgasmed just before me during the O-4 session.

Anyway, good luck with TTC Kicking, and everyone else on 'conception' threads too!

1. Did you go for OV or EOD theory?

we did OV, but by accident really. i happened to be ill just before and just after Ov. we had sex every day for 6 days iirc: from 2 days before ov, on ov, and 3 days after.

1. Which do you think worked?

well for us, targetted shagging certainly worked!

1. How long did you try for before you conceived?

first month trying (!)

We DTD most days and concived in first month! I would say that method worked!

I conceived three times within a year by doing the every day from CD8/10 to around CD 18. Ovulation usually was on CD14. Although two were miscarriages I am now 32 weeks pregnant and I can certainly say the every day for a week or more method worked for us! One time I temped but the other two times I just went on ovulation signs such as twinges. Good luck!

Hey,

I've just had my first ever BFP! We used the CBFM and DTD night before OV, OV+1 and OV+2 plus a couple of days before OV for fun. I also:

1. Used conceive plus for the first time
2. Used pillow under bum and didn't get up for at least an hour after
3. Ate brazil nuts every other day in 2ww

Just hope it sticks!

We had 2 weeks off together at Xmas and DTD every day, I knew OV was between Xmas and new year according to Internet calculator! We could do it at random times and I stayed in bed with pillow under bum for a while after. Baby due sept.

That was month 4 of trying, had a MC after 1st month.