this may have been asked before but..

[gizmo77]

for you boy moms, if you remember, how often did you dtd to conceive your ds's?

daily (if so how many days in a row)
multiple times a day if so how many days and how many times?
one shot deal??

just trying to g et a "poll"

[TTC5]

Stalking ;)

[rainbowflower]

daily, 7 days in a row, and on two of those days we did it twice. My pH must have been sky high as I had a big O after each attempt too!

[NeedAGirl!]

For DS #1 it was frequent BD, at least one time per day from the end of AF to O, probably 2x per day in the last day or two prior to ovulation. For DS#2 we weren't really trying and we were camping so did not bd that much. I think 1x the night before O (within the same 24 hours - felt O pain in the morning).

[TTC5]

daily, 7 days in a row, and on two of those days we did it twice. My pH must have been sky high as I had a big O after each attempt too!

Do you think once every 24 hrs lowers sperm count or do you think it improves it? I have recently heard and read that every 24 hrs is better for sperm count/quality? We are waiting to O which would happen in 5-10ish days so have started getting DH to release every 24 hrs, today is the 3rd day and we noticed the amount of liquid he expelled sorry TMI lol, was not very much as he has when we doesn't dtd for a few days? Do you think this matters?
Atomic, what about you would love your expertise opinion ;)
We were going to try getting dh to release every 24 hrs and than few days before O get him to hold it for a few days till ovulation and then go.

[Hobbermittens]

My DS was conceived by BD many days in a row (probably 5 or 6). I really don't remember exactly, but I know I did opks, and we DTD before they turned positive as well as after, so we DTD all the way through O.

I wonder if I should have done that this time. We chose to DTD 3 times this time, so I don't know. I figured DH is older now, his sperm count might not be as good as it was, he drinks/smokes special cigarettes, so I thought we needed to build up a little between tries.

[love being a mummy]

Do you think once every 24 hrs lowers sperm count or do you think it improves it? I have recently heard and read that every 24 hrs is better for sperm count/quality?
I've been wondering the same thing.

[love being a mummy]

With my DS I can't really remember how often we done it leading up to conception but I am sure we conceived the night we done it 4-5 times in one night.

[applesoup]

DS 1: Every single day...or practically close to it. We were a little excited.:oops:
DS 2: 3 days in a row. I wasn't keeping track but ovulation happened shortly after.
DS 3: It was literally 5.5 days before ovulation. Before then, we'd been doing it about every 3-4 days.

Hope this helps!

[zanacal]

I don't remember exactly but I'm pretty sure I made sure we DTD every other day beginning on cd9 or 10 until just past cd14 when I knew I usually ovulated (I didn't track my cycles because I knew I had O pain around cd14). DH probably released himself most other days because apparently that's what he's always done!

I've also read that releasing every day is good for sperm quality (which is what we all want for a quick and healthy BFP!) but I think what you need to do for higher/lower sperm count is individual to us all. Because my DH was a frequent releaser anyway we had him release twice a day leading up to our attempt and 3 times within 24 hours before our attempt but others have had to drop the prolonged frequent release/BD (MORE than 7 days being prolonged in my mind) just to get pregnant so it was obviously hindering their chances of getting pregnant. I think if I were ttc a boy I would be happier with DTD every other day. The studies I've read which look at the effect on sperm count of very frequent release say that it took a long time for sperm count to return to previous levels. The amount of semen isn't a good indication of higher or lower sperm count but more semen would make your pH higher so I'd probably take that in to account to if ttc a boy.

[rainbowflower]

Do you think once every 24 hrs lowers sperm count or do you think it improves it? I have recently heard and read that every 24 hrs is better for sperm count/quality? We are waiting to O which would happen in 5-10ish days so have started getting DH to release every 24 hrs, today is the 3rd day and we noticed the amount of liquid he expelled sorry TMI lol, was not very much as he has when we doesn't dtd for a few days? Do you think this matters?
Atomic, what about you would love your expertise opinion ;)
We were going to try getting dh to release every 24 hrs and than few days before O get him to hold it for a few days till ovulation and then go.

my DH says his quantity released after 24hrs is pretty much the same as normal. It has to be less than that for him. When we were TTC with my son we were desperate to get pregnant so I researched things to up my chances (not knowing that swayed blue) and I learned that the optimum time to DTD was every 36hrs for the best sperm count.

[lena]

DS1 every 2nd day from cd7. DS2 just once 3 days before ovulation.

[Pangea]

With DS1: Every day for the 7 days before ovulation except the day before hand. And then on the day of ovulation too.
DS2: Every day for 3 days before ovulation plus the day of ovulation.

[atomic sagebrush]

Do you think once every 24 hrs lowers sperm count or do you think it improves it? I have recently heard and read that every 24 hrs is better for sperm count/quality? We are waiting to O which would happen in 5-10ish days so have started getting DH to release every 24 hrs, today is the 3rd day and we noticed the amount of liquid he expelled sorry TMI lol, was not very much as he has when we doesn't dtd for a few days? Do you think this matters?
Atomic, what about you would love your expertise opinion ;)
We were going to try getting dh to release every 24 hrs and than few days before O get him to hold it for a few days till ovulation and then go.

If you DTD every day for 7-10 days at least once and possibly even more, it lowers sperm count but may keep sperm quality high. DTD LESS than 7-10 days may raise sperm count - longer/more reduces sperm count more.

Personally, if I was swaying blue I would NOT ever ever ever have my DH release for more than 2 or 3 days in a row. 4-5 days is pushing your luck.

The people saying 24 hours for sperm count and quality are talking about having enough sperm on hand to fertilize an egg. And most guys DO have enough sperm to BD every 24 hours and still get a woman pregnant (and for sure, release every 24 hours is good for sperm quality, at least when compared to abstaining). But we are talking about wanting to have absolute max numbers of sperm if we can for TTC blue, KWIM? Just having enough sperm isn't enough - we need more than enough, haha.

RE: amount of semen. You can def. have high numbers of sperm in a small amount of semen and also low numbers in a high amount of semen. Of course, your best bet for maximizing numbers would be to aim for high numbers of sperm in a high amount of semen because all things being equal and the concentration of sperm staying the same between the two samples, more semen will have more sperm than less semen does, altho there is no guarantee that the concentration DOES stay the same. Just so everyone knows, there's no way to simply look at your husband's semen quantity and tell if your sway is working or not. There is always some natural variation in the amount of semen a guy produces and just because a guy produces a small amount (even all the time) you cannot tell whether or not he is producing a lot of sperm or not. Some guys produce mega-semen and have very little living sperm in it as well.

To answer the original q with all four of my boys we had regular BD but not every day for days on end. Like we'd do it maybe 2 days in a row, skip a day or two, do it again, skip a day or two, do it two more days in a row...overall our consistent pattern has been 3-5 events of intercourse a week, prob. perfectly timed for maximum sperm count :p. I can't O every day in a row and DH gets bored sometimes if I don't O, so it's every other day usually, sometimes two days in a row if we sneak in a quickie or BJ (sorry for TMI!) Some days we have even had twofers, then missed a couple days afterwards.

[atomic sagebrush]

DS1 every 2nd day from cd7. DS2 just once 3 days before ovulation.

I don't think I saw that you were preggo before, Lena! Congrats!!!!!

[lena]

Thanks atomic so hoping for my little girl. I am on the counting down to the date scan already LOL.

[atomic sagebrush]

After I posted that I remembered that you had posted your sway! DUHHH.... :p

Anyway, wishing you the very best of luck and H and H pregnancy!!