Frakkin' February 2WW

Hi cbroherd! I would switch to e4d (every four days) now which will give you one attempt in your fertile period. So if you last dtd three days ago then dtd again tomorrow then four days after etc - that's if your dh is home... just keep doing e4d until either he goes back to work, af arrives or you get a bfp :) are you using opks to narrow down your lh surge? E4d or one attempt at pos opk is the recommendation for swaying pink.

Diet and one attempt are the biggest factors for swaying pink so I would start the le diet asap. Cardio (at least 60 minutes for 5-7 days/wk) has had really good results too but if you cant commit to sticking to that then couch potato is better. The best results have been from 12+ weeks on the le diet but you may as well start now just in case it takes you a few cycles to conceive. There's a library of links for swaying pink in the 'natural gender swaying' 'ttc girl' section, just have a look through when you get a chance.

And you are right about Shettles - it has been completely debunked. There's also a thread explaining that too :)

Most of all, good luck, all the best and pink dust!! Must be very hard with your dh doing 24 on 24 off shifts especially with 3 kids!!

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So if we last dtd yesterday and before that every other day for about 3 days and I ovulate in 2 days would I wait to do it again in 4 days?
This is my first time using ovulation tests and they've all been one side lighter than the other for about 7 days now.
I've been consistently working out for almost 2 months now watching what I ate but now the le diet since I wasn't ttc until now and it's when my diet went a little weird because I kept hearing different things but now I'm not sure if my diet is right anymore! I still watch what I eat but I've been trying to keep my diet more acidic since that's one thing I heard.
Also I know most of the abbreviations but I've been tying really hard to figure out what after and etc mean!

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Not sure where your from and what day it is so I'll explain from my time zone. Today is Friday so if you dtd Wednesday you would bd again Sunday then Thursday and so forth. That's all I meant by after etc - and so on and so on. Alternatively you could wait for your pos opk and you should o between 12-36 hours after. Its not positive until test line is as dark or darker then the control line which I'm sure you already know :) it sounds like your lh hasn't peaked yet. I would make the decision whether to do e4d or one attempt at pos opk and stick with it so its not so stressful...

You can't do anything about how your diet was now so put it out of mind and start le asap, if that's what you want to do anyway. If you've been watching what you eat then you possibly were close to the le diet nutrition limits anyway but unless you were tracking it there's no way to know for sure.

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Thanks for the help it makes so much more sense now! Lol I thought etc meant something else!

One last question (I hope) 😁
So if I were to get pos opk I would bd as soon as that happens right? And I can only do one or the other e4d or as soon as I get pos opk?

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Yep that's where most people start :) but if you dtd last night and get a pos opk tomorrow I wouldn't dtd as that would mean two attempts in fertile window ... honestly being your first cycle I'd be more inclined to do one attempt at pos opk.... keep testing and if your unsure whether its pos or not post us a pic in here so we can help :) what opks are you using?

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Yep that's where most people start :) but if you dtd last night and get a pos opk tomorrow I wouldn't dtd as that would mean two attempts in fertile window ... honestly being your first cycle I'd be more inclined to do one attempt at pos opk.... keep testing and if your unsure whether its pos or not post us a pic in here so we can help :) what opks are you using?

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Thank you so much for your help. I've seen nothing but nice, helpful replies here unlike on other places.

I'm using some CVS store brand but I'm thinking about buying some better ones tomorrow morning.

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Thank you so much for your help. I've seen nothing but nice, helpful replies here unlike on other places.

I'm using some CVS store brand but I'm thinking about buying some better ones tomorrow morning.

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These are some of my tests the last one is from a few hours ago

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Yep you look like your getting closer... let us know how tomorrows looks! You can make a decision at pos opk whether you add an attempt or not if its pos tomorrow or the next day :) exciting isn't it! 😀

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I hate looking at opk lines..... What I usually do is use the cheapies for everyday (2-3x), and when I think I am 'close', i use the same urine on a Clearblue digital.

If I get a smilie I know it is a legit +OPK

I only end up using 1-3 digital sticks this way bc they are soooooo expensive, but worth it.