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Hi amazieng - I would not have any more attempts until you're ready to have THE attempt. For reasons we don't know, having more than one attempt in the fertile window sways blue.
While you can get pregnant from attempt 3 days before O, timing doesn't sway and it would be better to at the least compromise and go to 2 days before O. It's much better odds of conception and still fits in Shettles' recommendation.
Hi atomic! Thank you for your response. I just want to clarify something:
My fertile week is from May 16-23, ovulation most probably falls on May 20.
Which date specifically should I DTD? If swaying for PINK.
FYI, today I have watery EWCM which I know O is coming.
It depends on what you're trying to achieve for your sway. If you are a big believer in timing (I have 4 timing opposites both pink and blue so I am not a believer LOL) then you would want to have your attempt 2 or 3 days before you expect to ovulate. I do not recommend trying 4 or 5 days or longer before you expect O, not only does it not work but your odds of conception will be slim to none. Do keep in mind that it is always possible to ovulate sooner or later than you expect to and this is why timing is all very unreliable (even if it worked, which it doesn't, it's a crapshoot)
If, on the other hand, you're trying to achieve a relatively quick time to conception to allow yourself to get pregnant easily with one attempt (since that has been an effective tactic for us) and do not believe in timing, then I would have that one attempt to fall on the day before ovulation OR 2 days before if you want to compromise. Both one and 2 days before O are a good chance of conception with one attempt.
I'm not pregnant...
This seems so strange as I have always gotten pregnant 1st go!
We didn't do shallow penetration and I waited around 7 minutes before I got up. We are definitely doing it on my most fertile day but I'm just wondering about our frequency. My hubby is 37 and I know you don't recommend it but the last 2 months we have abstained for 7 days before our 1 attempt. Frequent release won't work for us which is why I chose the 7 day abstain. Do you think I should maybe cut that back to 4 days to enaure healthier sperm? I want to keep the 1 attempt in fertile window no matter what...
All the pink sway tactics do cut odds of conception.
Abstain has been disappointing anyway, so I'd simply have you have DH "do what he does" or have him release on his own or with you, with a condom, every 2-4 days, while keeping the one attempt.