Should we go for it tonight?

[My Three Sons]

I am on CD12 and got a positive opk on cd 10. I usually o on cd 11 or 12, so I think it will be today if it hasn't already. My PH is still 4.5 - 5 even without using rephresh this cycle. DH can't do FR so frequency sway is out of the question. We dtd on cd 8 and 10, but I really am to the point I want us to catch the egg since we only have a few months to keep trying. What do you think? Should we dtd tonight? Last cycle we dtd on o-1 and the time before was o-1 and -3 and -4.

[hopingforsaskia]

I don't think it would hurt, since you've not done any frequency pattern at all. :)

[Smiley13]

So funny I'm having the same question! I'm on CD 16 and usually ovulate on CD17 (I have a short luteal phase) and still haven't gotten a + OPK. I'm having other symptoms of ovulation so I'm not sure what to do. We were abstaining so I don't want to mess that up:(

I'm with Hopingforsaskia, I think you should go for since you weren't factoring in timing to your attempt. Good luck!

[My Three Sons]

Well, we did! Wish me luck! I feel pretty good about it this time. I've been doing better with dieting, no breakfast and my PH still looks good despite no rephresh. We'll see!

[hplnvf32]

wishing you luck! I have the same question in my post. I can't decide either!

[hopingforsaskia]

Good luck!! :HH:

[Smiley13]

Good luck! We did too lol! Hoping we both have girl babies coming in September!!

[hplnvf32]

Smiley--what was your BD pattern? What other sway techniques are you doing?

[Smiley13]

We did abstaining for 10 days and dtd today. I have been on the diet for 8 weeks and was on the IG diet for 2 weeks prior before finding this site. I've been taking saw palmetto and vitex and folic acid supplements for about 6 weeks. I've also been using rephresh every 3 days for this cycle and used it 1/2 hour before we dtd. Since I never got a true +opk I'm going to keep testing and have my husband release on his own and then dtd for the next few days as a safety net. What about you? I'm so nervous that I'm not doing the right things:/

[hplnvf32]

See, I got a very positive OPK today but thought it was positive last night so we BD'ed last night after only a 5/6 day abstain. My sway is not very good this month because I had a chemical pregnancy 14 days ago and when I thought I was pregnant the weeks before it, I was eating a very nutrient diet and was taking prenatals. So I feel like my sway has not been good. I have been taking folic acid, baby aspirin, not eating breakfast, eating no red meat and just smaller meals. But I have had some chicken. I really want to get pregnant but I can't decide if a 0-2 cutoff is enough for me to get pregnant and not BD again. If I BD tonight, then the abstain method is out the window. I have more EWCM than I have had before too. It is so hard to know!

[hplnvf32]

But it sounds like you did a great sway and BD'ed on the right day!

[Smiley13]

See, I got a very positive OPK today but thought it was positive last night so we BD'ed last night after only a 5/6 day abstain. My sway is not very good this month because I had a chemical pregnancy 14 days ago and when I thought I was pregnant the weeks before it, I was eating a very nutrient diet and was taking prenatals. So I feel like my sway has not been good. I have been taking folic acid, baby aspirin, not eating breakfast, eating no red meat and just smaller meals. But I have had some chicken. I really want to get pregnant but I can't decide if a 0-2 cutoff is enough for me to get pregnant and not BD again. If I BD tonight, then the abstain method is out the window. I have more EWCM than I have had before too. It is so hard to know!

I feel ya! Its sooo hard to know the right thing to do! I had a chemical in February and it really sucks! I'm sorry you went through that:( I don't know if my sway was great but I know I did the best I could. This diet is so hard and very different from my normal diet. I haven't had meat in a long time and I miss it! I also never realized how much salt I used! I've drastically cut back on that and I'm trying to stay below 1,000mg per day. I think that if you've done the best you can do with the time and resources you have than you should be very happy with your chances. It seems like the common theme with those that have had girls is diet change and weight loss. Best of luck to you! I hope you get your girl this cycle:)

[hplnvf32]

So Smiley- you had the one time attempt the day of your positive OPK?

[The Anchor]

Well, we did! Wish me luck! I feel pretty good about it this time. I've been doing better with dieting, no breakfast and my PH still looks good despite no rephresh. We'll see!

GOOD LUCK :fx:

[Smiley13]

So Smiley- you had the one time attempt the day of your positive OPK?

No I never got a positive opk but I thought I missed it since I was having other ovulation symptoms so we dtd last night after abstaining. Now I'm thinking the vitex delayed ovulation and that I haven't ovulated yet. Since I screwed up abstaining I'm going to have dh release on his own in the am and dtd in pm from now until ovulation so I don't miss it. I'm not sure if thats the best plan but I don't want to miss my fertile window.

[Pink10]

No I never got a positive opk but I thought I missed it since I was having other ovulation symptoms so we dtd last night after abstaining. Now I'm thinking the vitex delayed ovulation and that I haven't ovulated yet. Since I screwed up abstaining I'm going to have dh release on his own in the am and dtd in pm from now until ovulation so I don't miss it. I'm not sure if thats the best plan but I don't want to miss my fertile window.

Smiley - if anything has delayed O it will be SP - delayed mine by 10 days (40 day cycle - ouch!) so I stopped taking that and stuck to Vitex and Peppermint Tea (instead of SP). Try Antihistamine to dry up EWCM - especially if O hasnt happened yet.

[Pink10]

Well, we did! Wish me luck! I feel pretty good about it this time. I've been doing better with dieting, no breakfast and my PH still looks good despite no rephresh. We'll see!

Good luck!!! I am slightly obsessed with timing but getting more convinced that it really is the least important factor, as long as your sticking to the other factors, are you taking any supplements etc? Fingers crossed for you!!

[My Three Sons]

I have lost a few pounds, taking baby aspirin, folic acid, lowered caloric intake, no breakfast, cut back on meat but still eating some for dinner. I had to give up on the timing and frequency as I don't think timing does anything and FR was not an option for DH. Abstaining wasn't either as DH is 39. According to my temp this morning, I didn't O yesterday, so I am glad we dtd in case I O today. I usually O on cd 11 or 12, and today is 13 so I am not sure what happened there. Maybe my "positive" opk wasn't all the way positive after all? If I don't get pregnant this cycle I may go see my doc as I only have til May for our cut off....

[atomic sagebrush]

I know I'm too late to answer this but I'll just throw my 2c in:

Since you just gave up the RepHresh this month, my inclination would be for you to have just done one attempt the day before ovulation, and seen if you could get pg with that combo. But the attempts on O-3 and O-4 were far enough out so they prob. made very little difference anyway. :agree: you would prob not have gotten pg without that extra attempt.

[atomic sagebrush]

So funny I'm having the same question! I'm on CD 16 and usually ovulate on CD17 (I have a short luteal phase) and still haven't gotten a + OPK. I'm having other symptoms of ovulation so I'm not sure what to do. We were abstaining so I don't want to mess that up:(

I'm with Hopingforsaskia, I think you should go for since you weren't factoring in timing to your attempt. Good luck!

I'd wait for the pos OPK in this instance

[atomic sagebrush]

No I never got a positive opk but I thought I missed it since I was having other ovulation symptoms so we dtd last night after abstaining. Now I'm thinking the vitex delayed ovulation and that I haven't ovulated yet. Since I screwed up abstaining I'm going to have dh release on his own in the am and dtd in pm from now until ovulation so I don't miss it. I'm not sure if thats the best plan but I don't want to miss my fertile window.

Have you stopped the vitex? If not, do.

[atomic sagebrush]

Smiley - if anything has delayed O it will be SP - delayed mine by 10 days (40 day cycle - ouch!) so I stopped taking that and stuck to Vitex and Peppermint Tea (instead of SP). Try Antihistamine to dry up EWCM - especially if O hasnt happened yet.

Both vitex and SP can delay O and peppermint tea can also delay O.

[Smiley13]

Have you stopped the vitex? If not, do.

Yes I stopped 2 days ago. How long after stopping vitex does it take to ovulate or does it vary? I'm getting concerned that I still haven't gotten a positive opk:(

[atomic sagebrush]

It varies by quite a bit - has it happened yet???