Use full applicator of Rephresh morning of attempt??

[prayforprincess]

I am sorry if this was asked somewhere else...I could not find the thread.
Is it ok to use a full app. of Rephresh the morning of your evening attempt (roughly 12 hours before you dtd)? Or is that too much and one should aim for 1/2 app. 12 hours before they dtd?

And what if you time it wrong...like I am dtd on +opk night and o night. So I will try to time using rephresh every 3 days, one of those days being the day I think I will get my +opk; but what if it turns out that I used a whole applicator the morning before my +opk...should I just use a fingertip rephresh when I get my +opk?

[zanacal]

I think if I'd used it either that morning or the morning before then I would leave it at that but if I had used it 2 days before I would add 1/2 applicator after I got my +OPK (which I'm guessing you take in the afternoon?). I wouldn't try and second guess what day I might get my +OPK, just assess the situation when it happens and don't worry about it.

[prayforprincess]

I think if I'd used it either that morning or the morning before then I would leave it at that but if I had used it 2 days before I would add 1/2 applicator after I got my +OPK (which I'm guessing you take in the afternoon?). I wouldn't try and second guess what day I might get my +OPK, just assess the situation when it happens and don't worry about it.

ok thanks. I will take my opk's w/ fmu, noon, 4pm and late evening before I go to bed. I usually o on day 16 or 17 so I know not to start taking them til cd12 earliest.

[rainbowflower]

I find it very hard to ONLY get half of it in... it's hard to measure it because it's not a massive amount in a full dose anyway

I used a full applicator the morning of my first attempt then BDed twice the day after

[indigoviolet]

I used half an appl the morning before an evening attempt, didn't want to have it too close as still wanted chance to get pg. Would be more useful if I knew what gender I have to be able to give you advice! Good luck with your attempt.

[zanacal]

I agree, it's near impossible to be accurate with 1/2 an applicator - just give it a quick squeeze rather than a full squeeze and don't sweat it :D

[prayforprincess]

I find it very hard to ONLY get half of it in... it's hard to measure it because it's not a massive amount in a full dose anyway

I used a full applicator the morning of my first attempt then BDed twice the day after

You are fr-ing?? Did you have your dh release in between your 2 attempts on one day? Does that make sense?

[prayforprincess]

I used half an appl the morning before an evening attempt, didn't want to have it too close as still wanted chance to get pg. Would be more useful if I knew what gender I have to be able to give you advice! Good luck with your attempt.

Thanks - ya I was thinking about not stressing over it and just using full app every 3 days. Then on the days I am not using it but making attempts to use a large fingertip those morning before our evening attempt.

[rainbowflower]

You are fr-ing?? Did you have your dh release in between your 2 attempts on one day? Does that make sense?

yes, compressed FR. he released at noon at O-3, released again at noon at O-2... we DTD in the evening on O-2, then again in the early hours of O-1, and lastly in the evening at O-1. He didn't release in between any of those 3 attempts as I think the initial 2 releases would have lowered it enough

[atomic sagebrush]

There is no way to know for sure and all you can do is just go with what makes sense to you on a gut level.

I usually tell people to use a full or a 1/2 applicator, the night before the day of their attempt, but I have no data that says one is better than the other.

If you jsut used an applicator right before your attempt, then don't use anything else.

[prayforprincess]

So you are saying to use a full application 24 hours before 1st attempt (night before), but if I use a full app. the morning of my evening attempt then do not use Sylk when dtd that night?
Did I get this right?

AS- Could you also check out My Plan in the "review My Swaying Plan" section? Feedback from you would be great as I have completely revised it from my original plan.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes. At some point the more stuff you shoot up there, no sperm will survive to make it anywhere and you won't get pg.

I think you just need to pick an option and go with it because you're going to drive yourself crazy obsessing over these tiny details that probably make little to no difference anyway.

I'm confused because I checked your plan and it looks to me like I did comment on it?? I'll double check.

[rainbowflower]

little update, despite using a full applicator the morning of my first attempt (the day before my other two attempts as we DTD 3 times in 24hrs for our attempt) I still got a BFP!

[atomic sagebrush]

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Congrats! so excited!!! :)

[prayforprincess]

I'm confused because I checked your plan and it looks to me like I did comment on it?? I'll double check.

You did originally, but I completely changed it b/c we are doing multiple attempts now with fr.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, I realized that apparently the post does not get re-illuminated when it is edited. I was thinking, the post is not lit up and when I clicked it I could see that I had recently commented, so i was confused. Just added new comments.