SMEP Thread

I am trying the SMEP as it's been 5 cycles since my MC and I've not had a BFP yet.

Anyone else going to try the SMEP plan ?
Maybe we can update on our attempts here, and help each other with motivation and advice.

Here is a step by step I found online

1) Buy 10 OPK tests PRIOR to cycle day 10
2) Starting on cycle day 10, do one OPK test EVERY DAY
3) Babydance (BD) EVERY OTHER DAY starting on cycle day 10 (Elevate those hips for 10 - 30 minutes after each BD session)
4) When you get a positive OPK, babydance that day and the next 2 days in a row (so 3 days in a row total)
5) Skip one night and babydance once more the next day (Just when you thought it was over!)
6) Take a home pregnancy test (HPT) 15 days after the day you ovulated

Sounds good Mrs. Sparkles, good luck!

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Hi mrssparkles! I plan on doing a looser version of smep initially (e3d then attempt day of pos opk plus the following if possible). I'll move onto the proper smep the following cycle :) good luck and cant wait to see how you go!! When are you expecting af for next cycle to begin?

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Looks like af is on her way as I'm spotting today gaaaahhhhh!

Will be joining u doing smep this month! This will be our 7th month!

Barely swaying now, just want to get pregnant x

Hi Pbn3 & JennyPenny,

I'm expecting AF on Tuesday (could be Wed or Thurs though, as I was late last month)
Really hope it works for us all !

Great ideaa!!

Good luck Jennypenny!

What cd range do you ladies o on? I'm usually between cd13-15.

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I usually ovulate cd14_16 but this month it was cd18.

Gonna bulk buy in opks haha! ��

I'm usually Day 17.
Good idea JennyPenny, I will have to do the same

I'm doing SMEP this cycle again. I did it last cycle but wasn't successful. It's my 2nd cycle since my miscarriage and 18th cycle ttc dc5. I have no idea when I'm going to ovulate. Normally it's cd18-20 but last cycle it was cd14! I'm cd4 today and will probably start testing with opks on cd9 (my earliest ovulation was cd11). I'm going to give it my best effort to stick to SMEP exactly as last cycle we had an extra attempt and ended up with 5 attempts in my fertile window. I'm wondering if it lowered dh's sperm count or something. Tomorrow I'll be calling my RE's office to let him know I had another failed cycle to see what he has to say. Good luck everyone!

Wow momamia! And agree, 5 attempts could have definately depleted dh's swimmers too much. Will be here cheering you on until I start myself 😀 (hopefully af will be here Friday/Saturday)

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Originally Posted by momamia4

I'm doing SMEP this cycle again. I did it last cycle but wasn't successful. It's my 2nd cycle since my miscarriage and 18th cycle ttc dc5. I have no idea when I'm going to ovulate. Normally it's cd18-20 but last cycle it was cd14! I'm cd4 today and will probably start testing with opks on cd9 (my earliest ovulation was cd11). I'm going to give it my best effort to stick to SMEP exactly as last cycle we had an extra attempt and ended up with 5 attempts in my fertile window. I'm wondering if it lowered dh's sperm count or something. Tomorrow I'll be calling my RE's office to let him know I had another failed cycle to see what he has to say. Good luck everyone!

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I thought the same, but think I may have had a very faint positive.
This is after feeling pain last night that made me faint ! It was the same as when my corpus luteum burst last time.
So I imagine that faint line if it there at all will fade the next week.
Still going to do the SMEP plan, but not sure when I will ovulate now :(

Answered in oct 2ww thread xxoo

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Are we allowed to put links on here?
There's a seller on ebay (UK) selling the clear blue ovulation sticks a lot cheaper than Boots

I did a version of SMEP this month. & intended to do it properly but was so ill the week we should've been doing every other day, that we only ended up DTD o-3, o-2, o-1. So three attempts in the fertile window. I guess this means if I am pregnant it will almost certainly be a boy, but after 9 months TTC, I just want to be pregnant now! Currently 7dpo.
Good luck everyone ��

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Originally Posted by honeybee37

I did a version of SMEP this month. & intended to do it properly but was so ill the week we should've been doing every other day, that we only ended up DTD o-3, o-2, o-1. So three attempts in the fertile window. I guess this means if I am pregnant it will almost certainly be a boy, but after 9 months TTC, I just want to be pregnant now! Currently 7dpo.
Good luck everyone ��

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Fingers crossed !
Looks like you're in with a really good chance of BFP this month

Mrs sparkles maybe you can write the shop name or description if a URL can't be pasted? Thanks!

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FX for you honeybee! :)

Good luck honeybee!! I've read lots of people say they did multiple attempts when they conceived their dd. I actually have seen a trend among my long term ttc/fertility issues/miscarriage buddies on here - so far one has had a girl, two have confirmed they are having a girl. There's still a few of us left to conceive..... will be interesting to see if we do what we end up having 😀 were you swaying at all? Diet etc?
When will you be testing???

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Hi everyone! My doctor is monitoring me this month doing bloods every 1-2 days to try & pinpoint ovulation (she isnt convinced that the opk are accurate) & why I am having short luteal phases (9-10days). We have done E3d for the last 2 months so now it looks like smep is our plan too. I am so nervous! It just feels so "blue" friendly. Although having said that, We couldnt conceive DS1 until we stopped BD every day. I guess the other thing that is forcing our hand is that we have been told to BD for 3 days in a row once we finally get some + blood results.

FX for you kc15880

Hi kc and good luck this cycle! I am very interested for some more info if you're happy to share? I know about blood tests to confirm ovulation 'has' happened but what are they testing prior to o (I'm assuming lh?) and how do they know what 'bloodwork result level' is equivalent to a pos opk?? Have you ever charted?

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Pbn3 yes I have been swaying since last November. Diet was so strict at first and I then messed up my luteal phase so I had to relax a lot. Been vegetarian since then and exercising 5-6 days a week.
Can't believe I'm actually posting this but on Friday I got my bfp!!!! Obviously I'm obsessing now and did another today which was a lot darker... I'm pretty worried it's so early and might not stick but still pretty excited :) Need to catch up on this thread now xx

Oh wow honeybee 😀 huge congratulations!!!!!

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Thank you! I'm in shock and also a bit worried as it's still very very early, and I know how upset I'll be if it doesn't work out!

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Hi kc and good luck this cycle! I am very interested for some more info if you're happy to share? I know about blood tests to confirm ovulation 'has' happened but what are they testing prior to o (I'm assuming lh?) and how do they know what 'bloodwork result level' is equivalent to a pos opk?? Have you ever charted?

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At the moment I am CD10. (I normally O around CD17-21 - the day after +opk). I am having second daily blood tests at the moment tracking progesterone, LH & oestrogen. As my levels increase I will have daily bloods. The lab rings me each day with my results & they will tell me when to BD (they want me to BD 3 days in a row which is why we are doing smep this month). 7 days after I O they will do bloods again to measure my progesterone. I hope that makes sense.

Yep makes sense! And thanks for explaining! We should be oing very close to each other 😀! Cant wait for us all to be in the 2ww!

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Can't believe I'm actually posting this but on Friday I got my bfp!!!! Obviously I'm obsessing now and did another today which was a lot darker... I'm pretty worried it's so early and might not stick but still pretty excited :) Need to catch up on this thread now xx

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OMG honey- that is so exiting. So happy for you!!!

HUGE congrats Honeybee!



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Congratulations HoneyBee - hope you come join the June/July/Aug 2017 Due date thread

Thanks everyone... I might tentatively venture into the due June/July board... hope to see us all there very soon. X

Congrats Honeybee :)

Congrats honeybee!!

So I got a +opk yesterday afternoon at 2pm and already dtd earlier that morning at 10am. I screwed up the eod because I really wasn't feeling well the day before yesterday. We dtd really early this morning (5am) and now I'm considering dtd again tonight (~10pm) in addition to tomorrow morning (~7am). What do you think? Should I add the extra attempt tonight or just dtd tomorrow morning? I feel like I don't have enough attempts in my fertile window if I don't add the extra attempt. If I stick with traditional SMEP, my attempts would be: O-4, O-1, O, and O+1. If I add an extra attempt, it would be 2 attempts on O day (today). I'm not sure what is the better thing to do.

I would probably make the attempt tomorrow as you got one in this morning so that is good. The one tomorrow would cover you if O is delayed. It also depends on how your DH can handle it... mine wouldn't want that many attempts so close!

It looks like you are pretty well covered!! Good luck!

I've been secretly stalking this thread. Congratulations honeybee & MrsSparkles!

I guess I've been doing the SMEP and not knowing it. I'm on CD14. 1DPO and we've BD each day, just one more daily day. He's very happy, but I could use a break. 😒

I know what you mean, MeanVeggieGal. DH is more than happy to oblige my dtd schedule with as many attempts as I'd like. I'm only doing it so frequently to get the attempts in, lol. We'd dtd constantly if it were up to DH. Although, one cycle I said we had to dtd every day. That got old for both of us after about 7 days straight. HA HA!!! We didn't even want to be around each other let alone dtd at that point. :rofl:

I decided to go ahead with the additional attempt last night and then we didn't do the attempt this morning. I knew it wasn't likely that the morning attempt would happen. We're going to have another attempt tonight and then skip a day. I feel good about our attempts. I'm glad we had the extra one last night. It makes me feel like we covered all of our bases.

Momamia,

Glad you got that extra attempt in...it may be just what you needed! Sometimes it just makes you feel better that you gave it your all. 😊

I just can't help but wonder how DH is going to feel when I cut him off at the end of the week, not cut off completely, but not every day or other day. I need a break for a few days.

Fx crossed for us all!

MeanVeggieGal, your DH will get over it. Mine always does, lol. He knows that after I ovulate it's back to the same old routine. They get used to it. FX for you! :) What cycle day are you?

I'll try not to worry then. Thanks for your input. 😊 CD 14, 1DPO for me. What about you?