TTC girl for 4 months should we switch from Abstain to Frequent and how Frequent!!

[barbados1]

Hi All

As the title says I have been TTC girl for 4 months using all the girl supps Atomic has recommended with my husband fully on board and he too has been using Licorice Root etc etc. We have been having one shot at positive OPK with no joy.

I am currently in the 2ww if no joy this month should we switch to frequent, and if so should he dtd himself everyday and we have one shot at positive OPK or we dtd the deed together everyday around O, your thoughts greatly appreciated

I have been dieting since Feb last year as had a lot of weight to lose have gone from 160lbs/73kg/11st 6 to 125lbs/56kg/8st 12.5 and I don't want to lose anymore
x

[HopefulMonster]

Aww huge congrats on all your weight loss that is amazing hun, well done!!

I think the stats are that on each cycle we have only a 15-25% chance of getting pregnant, and obviously when ttc a girl we are doing so much to limit our fertility that I'd assume this figure is lower. It's honestly up to you whether you continue to abstain or chance tactics, but with frequent release his sperm count should be equally low, so with a one shot it may not make any real difference, if that makes sense?

If I was doing frequent release I would make DH sort himself out at least once a day, preferably twice, then as soon as I got a positive opk I would do the deed at least 3x a day over ovulation.... which is why I'm going to be doing abstain I think

[barbados1]

Hopeful Monster thanks so much for coming back to me, truly appreciate it, still waiting to see if AF appears next week if not I will look to do what you suggest x

[atomic sagebrush]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...ff-o-12-a.html Here's a thread you may find helpful.

The unsatisfying answer is, I don't know what option is best for you. Those Crystal Ball repairmen are really slacking I'll lay out a few and then you can select the one that feels good to you in your gut.

The first things that I'd do are stop losing weight (and well done BTW) and give hubby a one month break from LR.

1)Switch to straight FR with one attempt - have DH release every day for 7-10 days and have one attempt at pos opk.

2)Switch to straight FR with more than one attempt - have DH release every day for 7-10 days and then have 3-5 attempts in fertile microwindow O-2, O-1 (day of pos OPK) and O day. (I believe this to be the "least pink" option but also will yield best odds of conception.

3)Have DH release every 2-4 days thru your cycle and then have one attempt at pos OPK

4)Have DH release every 2-4 days thru cycle and then do hurry up FR at pos OPK - have him release once, dump it, then DTD again as soon as he is able to and use only the second batch for insemination.