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I've been reading a lot about getting pregnant fast and almost all of the literature says that it's a good idea to dtd every day during the fertile period. I know for boys we dtd three times after a positive opk but I was trying to alleviate stress this month by not using them. I was thinking of dtd on cd 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. I've O'd anywhere from cd 12-15 in the past. Last month it was the 15th.
Is it less complicated to use the opks? I've just noticed it raises my stress level.
I wouldn't DTD each day regardless of which way you're swaying. Are you TTC a girl? If you're finding opks stressful maybe DTD every 4 days would be better.
Addage: If you usually o between CD12 and 15 maybe poas daily from CD9 and should catch the egg!
If you just want to get pregnant fast, I would use the SMEP (google it), which is every other day after AF leaves town, then every day for 3 days after +OPK.
If you are swaying girl and OPKs stress you out, drop them and go for bd every 4 days.
She's swaying boy :)
No. It is not a good idea for either gender OR even for odds of conception. A lot of the "literature" operates under the assumption that everyone has these textbook 28 day cycles that never vary but that simply isn't the case and swaying changes cycles for people all the time.
What happens with that plan if your ovulation is delayed? Let's say you O on CD 18 instead (still totally within normal range) and now you've had 9 BD in a row, most of which were outside of fertile window and sperm from those are now dead. hubby will have nothing left (which will be LOWER odds of conception, not higher) and may also sway pink.
If you're concerned about it but do not want to do OPK, then do every 2-4 days when you're not fertile and then up that to every other day in the fertile window.