Are you planning to/did you use an Instead Cup for your sway?

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh right, so 2 days before? Bugger I thought that was in the girl zone too.....I think I've read too many different things!
Hmm now I don't know what to do, I thought day of O and the next day would cover me in the boy zone but if I missed that i'd still have a chance at getting pregnant even if it's with a girl?
So maybe I should do it the day before, day of and day after???

Thanks Flava

Very very few pregnancies take place the day after O. It's pretty much worthless and I hate to see you waste your effort, plus it's considered "girl timing" although it hasn't been studied too much.

I think we talked about this before ages ago but if timing is super important to you, if at all possible, I would try for night before O-morning of O-night of O (but I rem. your donor was not down with this schedule.) Otherwise I would go for 2 DBO, 1DBO, as early in the day of O as possible.

I would not waste any time/effort on the day after O. The egg will either have been fertilized or be dead by that point.

[atomic sagebrush]

Ok that sounds good, I'm not sure on the time of day I'll be doing it cos it depends on my donors schedule....It may not be night so I can just go to sleep. If it's day then I will limit my drinks during the day and lay there as long as possible before i get up. Then yeah put the IC in and leave it for a few hours.
It is hard to predict 2 to 3 days before O, unless you're like clock work every single month. So DTD O day and the following day seems like the best thing to do.

The absolute longest an egg can live is 24 hours and that is under optimum conditions. Studies have even been done and the vast, vast majority of pregnancies (BOTH boys and girls) are from sperm present in the reproductive tract prior to O.

[Kris217]

Very very few pregnancies take place the day after O. It's pretty much worthless and I hate to see you waste your effort, plus it's considered "girl timing" although it hasn't been studied too much.

I think we talked about this before ages ago but if timing is super important to you, if at all possible, I would try for night before O-morning of O-night of O (but I rem. your donor was not down with this schedule.) Otherwise I would go for 2 DBO, 1DBO, as early in the day of O as possible.

I would not waste any time/effort on the day after O. The egg will either have been fertilized or be dead by that point.

Thanks so much Atomic, well I'm no longer using that donor....he was so much trouble! I have found a new guy who is great and might be willing to do the day before, morning of and night of O. I will ask him, i just thought i'd do the day after in case i was one of those women who ovulate 2 days after a +opk. But yeah i will ask my donor and hopefully he'll agree to the plan

[TTC5]

Even if you do O 2 days after, for a boy sway you are better to dtd a day or two earlier anyway aren't you as the sperm can stay alive in the cervical crypts?

[Kris217]

Even if you do O 2 days after, for a boy sway you are better to dtd a day or two earlier anyway aren't you as the sperm can stay alive in the cervical crypts?

Oh yeah that's true, well FX he'll go along with the new plan!

[TTC5]

I hope he does! You and your partner are a beautiful couple and so deserve a baby - EACH

[Kris217]

I hope he does! You and your partner are a beautiful couple and so deserve a baby - EACH

Thanks so much!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Even if you do O 2 days after, for a boy sway you are better to dtd a day or two earlier anyway aren't you as the sperm can stay alive in the cervical crypts?

Exactly. That is how most of us actually get pg - millions of sperm stay alive in the cervical crypts waiting and then the second the egg pops out, they "hear" or "smell" it and start after it. The whole female reproductive tract is designed around keeping the maximum amount of sperm alive as long as possible because your body wants to get pregnant.

[atomic sagebrush]

I hope he does! You and your partner are a beautiful couple and so deserve a baby - EACH

I totally agree!!

[Kris217]

Thanks Atomic