Questions about upcoming attempt!

Had to skip this month and move my attempt to next month. My periods and ovulation have been spot on for months. I am due to ovulate Feb 15 so what day should I do my one attempt? Feb 11 or 12?

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Are you doing OPKs? If so have an attempt whenever it's positive.

Are you including timing in your sway? If you are that's ok but the theory has been debunked and having an attempt 3/4 days before O does cut odds of conception without upping odds of a girl. I agree with going at +opk which is more likely Feb 13 or 14.

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Originally Posted by MiaMelb

Are you including timing in your sway? If you are that's ok but the theory has been debunked and having an attempt 3/4 days before O does cut odds of conception without upping odds of a girl. I agree with going at +opk which is more likely Feb 13 or 14.

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I'm doing the babydust method so 1 attempt 3 days before

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Originally Posted by strawberrybella89

I'm doing the babydust method so 1 attempt 3 days before

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Well, I don't recommend that method but personally I'd err on the side of caution and have the attempt on the 12th since going on the 11th may be really really low chances of conception.

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

Well, I don't recommend that method but personally I'd err on the side of caution and have the attempt on the 12th since going on the 11th may be really really low chances of conception.

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What kind of timing do you recommend?

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Originally Posted by strawberrybella89

What kind of timing do you recommend?

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Atomic will generally recommend as KS suggested above which is to have your one attempt at +opk, likely being O-1.

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Originally Posted by strawberrybella89

What kind of timing do you recommend?

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One attempt in the fertile window but without the cutoff. 3 days before ovulation is really slim chances of conception. You are much better off having that one attempt either on O-2 or O-1 because those two days of the cycle are by far and away better odds of conception than O-3. We have seen so few successful conceptions with O-3 that it seems to be all but a recipe for BFN.

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Originally Posted by MiaMelb

Atomic will generally recommend as KS suggested above which is to have your one attempt at +opk, likely being O-1.

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:agree: Positive OPK is just an easy peasy way of being in with one attempt somewhere in the neighborhood of O-2/O-1. That first positive OPK is on average 24-36 hours before ovulation occurs so by having attempt at pos OPK you guarantee your attempt falls on O-2/O-1 range. There's no magic to it, the magic is the one attempt...the positive OPK is just an easier way of having that one attempt at a point in time you actually have a good chance of conceiving from it. :)

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

One attempt in the fertile window but without the cutoff. 3 days before ovulation is really slim chances of conception. You are much better off having that one attempt either on O-2 or O-1 because those two days of the cycle are by far and away better odds of conception than O-3. We have seen so few successful conceptions with O-3 that it seems to be all but a recipe for BFN.

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Ooh I see! I got my boys with one attempt on ovulation day or o-1 so hopefully o-2 one attempt is better

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Originally Posted by strawberrybella89

Ooh I see! I got my boys with one attempt on ovulation day or o-1 so hopefully o-2 one attempt is better

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Scientists have shown that there are 50-50 boys and girls conceived every day of the cycle, so whatever the reason you got boys, it wasn't the day you had your attempt on! Even one attempt, while it is a good pink sway, still produces opposites 30% of the time even with an otherwise good pink sway. Sometimes you get boys not because of things you did but in spite of them. :)

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

Scientists have shown that there are 50-50 boys and girls conceived every day of the cycle, so whatever the reason you got boys, it wasn't the day you had your attempt on! Even one attempt, while it is a good pink sway, still produces opposites 30% of the time even with an otherwise good pink sway. Sometimes you get boys not because of things you did but in spite of them. :)

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I swayed to have boys so hopefully swaying opposite gives me the same results!

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Well, it depends. If you got boys not because of that one attempt, but in spite of it, you don't want to do the opposite on that!!

Let me illustrate what I'm talking about using hypothetical numbers.

Let's pretend that wearing a hat sways pink 60% of the time and wearing NO hat sways blue 60% of the time. So you could TTC wearing a hat and get a boy (because you get boys 40% of the time even with the hat!). The solution is not to then take off the hat, because you'd end up in that case 60% likely to get a boy. So let's say one attempt sways pink about 70% of the time, but you did one attempt and fell into that 30% of boy conceptions. 3 attempts sways blue about 60% of the time. You would not want to do the opposite and have lots of attempts because you'd end up even more likely to conceive a boy than you had been prior.

Doing the opposite only works when what you were doing in the first place was actually swaying. It is totally possible to end up worse off by doing the opposite. That's why I think it is best for you guys to do what has worked for most people most of the time instead of trying to do the opposite, because not only does it make you crazy (in that control freaky way that may sway blue) it often doesn't even work because the things you do the opposite on may not even be why you swayed.

I think I posted this for you already but in case I didn't here's the case against timing http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...le-timing.html

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

Well, it depends. If you got boys not because of that one attempt, but in spite of it, you don't want to do the opposite on that!!

Let me illustrate what I'm talking about using hypothetical numbers.

Let's pretend that wearing a hat sways pink 60% of the time and wearing NO hat sways blue 60% of the time. So you could TTC wearing a hat and get a boy (because you get boys 40% of the time even with the hat!). The solution is not to then take off the hat, because you'd end up in that case 60% likely to get a boy. So let's say one attempt sways pink about 70% of the time, but you did one attempt and fell into that 30% of boy conceptions. 3 attempts sways blue about 60% of the time. You would not want to do the opposite and have lots of attempts because you'd end up even more likely to conceive a boy than you had been prior.

Doing the opposite only works when what you were doing in the first place was actually swaying. It is totally possible to end up worse off by doing the opposite. That's why I think it is best for you guys to do what has worked for most people most of the time instead of trying to do the opposite, because not only does it make you crazy (in that control freaky way that may sway blue) it often doesn't even work because the things you do the opposite on may not even be why you swayed.

I think I posted this for you already but in case I didn't here's the case against timing http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...le-timing.html

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Oh no the one attempt was never part of the sway! I just only have one chance using a donor so it's just what I do lol. I changed my diet for boys and never worked out and this time I'm doing a way different low calorie diet plus a ton of working out.

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:agree: sounds great! Good luck and pink dust!

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

:agree: sounds great! Good luck and pink dust!

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Thank you!!

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