need an intro to OPKs

[LolaInLove]

Do you guys think it is ok to DTD more than once when trying for a boy?

I don't think it matters how much you dtd. But, you have a better chance of actually getting pg if you do it more than once, which is what I'm down for at this point. If you read the "How we got our boys" thread, you will see that barely any of them dtd once. K, if you have the time and patience, you could try it. The longer it takes you to get pg, the more weight you gain from doing the diet so long though.

[TTC5]

Yep true and the more stressed I will get. What will be will be!

[Hobbermittens]

Do you guys think it is ok to DTD more than once when trying for a boy?

From experience, the only two babies I had as a result of one BD are both girls. My son was a "do it all week that I'm fertile", so I am going to do more of that type of thing this time. I think we are going to do it about 3x.

[TTC5]

Cool!

[soontobesix]

Do you guys think it is ok to DTD more than once when trying for a boy?

I am wondering the exact same thing. I made DH abstain for 3-4 days before our first try last night. I feel weird trying again the very next night. BUT I think I maybe have ovulated a little later than I thought. Hmmmm.

[atomic sagebrush]

Quick question... Last attempt I tested late at night at like 9pm and was a clear neg using smiley opks and then I tested 2 hrs later at 11pm. We DTD at arounde 1/2am that same evening. IF I had not of tested at 11pm i would have missed my surge, is that right? Or would it have been better to have just waited till the following day to find a +smiley opk and DTD THAT night instead???

It depends on how long your surge usually lasts. I suspect that you would have simply had a pos. opk the next day and BD that next night, still perfectly in the boy timing window.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss!

[atomic sagebrush]

well i got a smiley (+OPK) yesterday at 1pm and didnt test again. that was cd16, and that night i felt the familiar O pressure/pain. ive never O'd on cd16 before (since charting from feb 2011). and same pressure felt today (cd17). when i tested cd15 with FMU, it was negative (and didnt test again till cd16 1pm). does this mean FMU just really doesnt detect lh surge and that i MAY have gotten +opk had i test later in the day of cd15?

You may have or the pressure/pain you feel may have just been your body getting ready to O.

A lot of times, I have O pain for days and days before O which then immediately disappears afterwards (followed by a 14 day LP, so that's how I know my pain was mostly all prior to O and not afterwards)

[atomic sagebrush]

It's so hard to hold it with all this drinks I have to take ! I can't hold it for 4 hours no way! Max 3 but not always.
Anyway who said we need to hold it for 4???

I think some of the companies that make the OPKs say that, but it's just like with pg tests, most of the time they come out fine without holding it.

[atomic sagebrush]

If you get a smiley all day the next day and night too I would do it that next night .
Actually that is what I do today lol .Only we try afternoon because Im lucky DH is home today. Well that if we can...if not have to wait till night.

I agree, I would prob. wait until the next day IF I was trying to do precise, strict boy timing. The next night is probably closer to true O.

Good luck flava!!!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Well, I would continue to dtd every 24-48 hours until you feel like your ovulation is over. I know this is very anti-old IG thinking, but really, many sperm studies are showing that it is good for sperm count to have constant turnover. You guys probably remember my doctor telling me to dtd every other day, that that is the best sperm count timing there is. So I guess it depends on your goal here, if it's to dtd a lot or just once, but I would dtd again even if the opk has gone negative. Remember, when it goes negative doesn't mean you are done ovulating, it means your surge is over. But the surge is just needed to jump start ovulation.

I completely agree with this sentiment and I would LOVE to see everyone who was trying for a boy DTD every other day through O starting with the earliest you suspect O. So 4 DBO, 2 DBO, and O, then if it turns out to be 3 DBO, 1 DBO and then again spot on O (or not if you were scared of DTD two days in a row).

Only my first son was a one shot deal, all the others I BD at least twice in my fertile window (even with a cutoff) and still got boys.

The idea that frequent BD might sway pink has merit obviously, but they have to DTD 7-10 times in a row, at least once a day and preferably more often, and I tell them not to skip any days at all. DTD 2,3,4, times in a row, even on subsequent days, is not going to diminish sperm numbers in an average guy plus the frequent BD might help keep pH high and provide a medium for maximum sperm survival rates.