E4 Days Question

[Wantanother2017]

Pardon me if this is obvious, next month will be my 3rd month TTC. I really, really want to get pregnant next month due to it being my dream due date for several reasons.
I'm considering trying E4 days for this month only. How is this achieved, as in what day do you start the E4 days? And for how long does this pattern continue?

[atomic sagebrush]

Start the e4d after AF ends and just keep going thru til when you're sure you have ovulated (even if this means going all the way thru till AF comes again!)

Most people will count like this: O-3 (attempt) O-2, O-1, O Day (attempt) Monday (attempt) T, W, Th (attempt)

OR, you can stretch this out a day and do O-4 (attempt) O-3, O-2, O-1, ODay (attempt) or Mon. (attempt) T, W, Th, F (attempt)

Please note I am just using those days as illustration, you can end up DTD on different days depending on when you start, just showing you how the pattern works.

If you are really in a hurry to get pregnant you may want to do e4d and then toss in another attempt at positive OPK

[Wantanother2017]

just to clarify, when you say "attempt on O day," do you mean the day you ovulate or the day you get positive opk? Because I've been having trouble deciding exactly when I ovulated. The temps have risen later then I thought they should and the EWCM wasn't adding up....

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm not telling you to attempt on O day. I am using that as an example to show how the days of attempts would work out. You would end up having attempt on a different day possiby, even likely, depending on when you start your attempts. doing e4d, you start your attempts after AF ends and then just do that pattern regardless of how it shakes out. We aren't trying to end up with having an attempt on a certain day with with e4d, we are just trying to be in with regular attempts and then end up having one attempt in fertile window just by chance.

It doesn't seem like this can improve odds of conception over one attempt at positive, but it does. This is because a lot of times people O sooner or later than they realize even with the pos OPK method (they are the best tech we have, but they ar e not terribly reliable anyway.) It's just an easier way of having one attempt in fertile window.

[CoralRoses]

The E4D method is what I did to conceive my girl good luck x

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[maximbella]

Atomic, is doing E3D and then additional attempt at positive OPK going into blue territory? Or does it need to be E4D for pink?

[atomic sagebrush]

Atomic, is doing E3D and then additional attempt at positive OPK going into blue territory? Or does it need to be E4D for pink?

It may be a little, but sometimes people have to decide "would I rather be in with lower chances of pink but better odds of conception??"

I rarely, rarely ever use e3d plus one for this reason. I prefer very, very few people ever do that as I think it sways blue and if people are that ready to sway blue in order to conceive, they may as well do SMEP. HOWEVER I have used it a handful of times with people who I thought might be better off doing that instead of SMEP. In your unique situation, I don't think it is a terrible idea, altho I'd personally prob. stick with e4d plus one instead.

[Mommy2apples]

So if your AF ended the 31st..
You would do the 4th,8th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 24th unless AF started by then, or am I completely confused?


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[XXforhubby]

You got it! You want 3 days in between your attempts, if you're doing E4D.

FX and GL to you!!



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[Mommy2apples]

Awesome! Thanks so much!


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