What do I do now!?

[Boymom287]

Ok so hubby and I have just been getting along so much better now that he’s been home for a few weeks in a row and can’t really keep our hands off of each other..so the e4d rule has just been tossed out the window! We’ve been dtd about every other day. I’m due for O in 3 days and we dtd 5 days ago, and the last two nights around 1am. Should I have him abstain until O? Or abstain altogether and call it good? I’m on clomid now also so hoping that will help my girl sway a little considering how terrible I am at the diet and following the correct sex frequencies! Please, any help or words of encouragement would be so so appreciated! TIA!!


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[ksmom]

Your DH must be a very happy man.

Even if you're due to O in 3 days it doesn't mean that it will for sure happen then. The BD from five days ago doesn't really even count as an attempt even today because odds of conception are so low. Say you do ovulate in three days, that would mean without any more attempts you'd have an O-5 and O-4 attempts so not great odds. I think in that case BD on O day (so sticking with E4D, meaning DTD in three days) would be the way to go. Even if you don't O on that day, it's still E4D and puts you in with a viable attempt.

[atomic sagebrush]

5 days ago is not going to give you chance of conception and you need to be in with a viable attempt since you've taken Clomid.

You realize you can just use protection, right?

The abstain part and the e4d for hubby really don't matter, the important thing is the one attempt. The e4d is just an easy way to have that one attempt. So as long as you're having one attempt, it is really not a big deal if you have protected attempts before that time.

I do like you guys to eventually start doing e4d unprotected after a few months on one attempt, so if you're trying for better chance of conception, then do keep going with e4d after when you think you've ovulated. YOu very likely will not ovulate on the same day on Clomid as you do when you haven't taken it, so be aware of that possibility!

[Boymom287]

Thank you guys so so much. That all makes so much sense. This is my 4th month in a row on clomid! I’m going insane so I’ve been a little more lax with all the rules but trying to keep hope. I will start taking OPKs and abstain until my positive opk. Doc said he will give me one more round after that and then wants me to see a specialist. I’ve had 3 mcs in a row so I’m also taking baby aspirin and folic acid


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[ksmom]

Have you considered taking folate instead of folic acid? Atomic often recommends using folate for those that have had miscarriages.

[Boymom287]

I’ve never thought about that. How many Mcgs?


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[atomic sagebrush]

Ah yes in that case I DEFINITELY want you doing e4d starting IMMEDIATELY (without protection) and then in addition I want you to have one more attempt at positive OPK or whenever you think you may be ovulating. So you'd keep doing e4d whenever that falls and then try ti get in one more unprotected attempt around ovulation time.

[atomic sagebrush]

I’ve never thought about that. How many Mcgs?


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Yes please switch from folic acid to folate now. Same amount as the folic acid you are presently taking.