What to do if O is delayed?

Hi all. We are ttc this cycle. I have been testing my O with digital Opks from day 10. My AF comes in 28 days usually. Positive opk on cd16 with the 28 day cycle.This month it came a day before.

We aren't doing anything different this month except for me taking Mucinex and drinking plenty of water. And I haven't had a good night sleep a few nights last week due to dd being sick.

My question is that today is cd17 morning and my opk is still showing flashing smiley and the other one is blank circle which is consistent but is it ok to still try 3 attempts when I get solid smiley?
I mean with Oting late. Can this sway opposite?
Today is the 5th morning of abstaining for dh.
Is that too long even if I get my smiley anytime today.

Please help!



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Oing isn't "late" until after CD22 (which mine did at CD24 for some reason this month), though I get this is a delay for you. Lack of sleep could definitely delay it though. There was one study done in the 90s that noticed shorter follicular stages seemed to lead to more boys, but it's been disproven like so many other grasps at gender straws lol

I'm concerned about the abstaining-- that's not the recommended advice on here (the spreadsheet isn't updated). I'll defer to atomic's advice on both.

Have DH release right away. You don't want to have him go any longer than 5 days. Better to have two releases back to back than more than 5 days. Personally I'd do it inside but that's up to you.

Yes, it's still ok to BD when you have solid smiley.

Sometimes just thinking "when am I gonna O!!" can delay it. It will happen, try to just stay calm. :)

Thankyou Throwaway_panther and Atomic for giving me my much awaited replies. [emoji4]
I was afraid to update the post yesterday since didn't want it to get bumped. I got my solid smiley in the afternoon yesterday so we dtd late last night and this morning and hoping to do at night. Now the only thing is that it was end of 5th day. Hope that won't cause a problem.
What about the BD after tonight??
Thankyou once again. Can't say it enough.


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Oh yay, one more attempt and you're definitely getting nice and blue friendly. Then bring on the 2ww.

Thankyou Miamelb. Just what I wanted to hear. [emoji4] what after tonight though?


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I'd go to every other day in case of delayed O

Atomic, can you please advise me. We couldn't do the 3rd attempt last night. Is that really bad for boy sway? What should I do now? Please i m so worried about it.



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We did the midnight of solid smiley since it came in the noon and next morning but couldn't do the night.


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BD as soon as you can, and then every other day from here on