So many questions about my pink sway...

[atomic sagebrush]

That is how most people are doing it. BD on the 4th day. I think it is also ok to BD on the 5th day but it will lower chances of conception.

I do not think you should wait till you have fertility signs to start the BD. It is best mentally to get settled into the pattern beforehand and also in case you O without having many/any fertility signs that month.

I have a funny feeling you may want to try one month wiht one attempt just to see if it can work for you. You don't HAVE to, but just from your posts I feel like you may have a lot of worry about going to e4d if you don't at least try one attempt at pos OPK. It is entirely up to you, it is just the vibe I get from reading your posts. I got my daughter with every 4-5 days (just accidentally, we did not know that was something that could work then)

Yes, you can hold off to test with the opk but be aware it is possible to ovulate without having any fertility signs.

I haven't seen a pattern per se, it is just that the results with exercise have dropped after having stayed consistent and this lines up with the point in time people started doing the 4-5 days (and some of them did even less exercise, even though I did not want them to, so that may have some effect). 70% is still very, very good chances and I do not think it wise for you to exercise any more than 4 days a week anyway.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, it's every 4th day. I know it's confusing but it's the only way to end up with attempts O-3 and O Day.

I simply can't say which is best between the two. I can't recommend one over the other because I see evidence pointing both ways and it may depend on other things (like how much of a control freak a person is, or things having to do with DH) and I just can't say and really honestly can't even recommend one over the other for you. As a general rule I like people to start with one attempt. But I got my daughter with e4d or so.

No matter what if you do one attempt I do want you do start doing e4d AFTER that point. what happens many times is that people will think they have ovulated and do one attempt and stop having sex, but their ovulation was actually delayed. By doing e4d after that one attempt you are at least covered in case that happens.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, Sunday and Wednesday. Every 4th day.

Do not stop when you get creamy CM and cervix is closed. The reason is because you can have O symptoms that go away, but you don't ovulate then. And in a few days or weeks, you'll have symptoms again, EWCM returns, cervix opens again, and then you will really O and if you are not having attempts then, you have no chance of conceiving.

[Inhope]

Finally I get it!! Thanks for making it clear!

[onelastsway]

Yes, Sunday and Wednesday. Every 4th day.

Do not stop when you get creamy CM and cervix is closed. The reason is because you can have O symptoms that go away, but you don't ovulate then. And in a few days or weeks, you'll have symptoms again, EWCM returns, cervix opens again, and then you will really O and if you are not having attempts then, you have no chance of conceiving.

Oh, I was doing it Sunday and Thursday etc!

[lovepink13]

Oh, I was doing it Sunday and Thursday etc!

Me too!! Well when I was doing E4D, now I just do it when Hubby is home..

[Imama]

Re e4d method. I was also confused but for me is better look at cd, for example bd on 10cd and then 14 cd, 18 cd and so on. Am I right?

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh, I was doing it Sunday and Thursday etc!

It doesn't matter. There is no magic to the pattern, it just lowers odds of conception a little to do it that way.

For better odds of conception squeeze it together by a day.

[atomic sagebrush]

Re e4d method. I was also confused but for me is better look at cd, for example bd on 10cd and then 14 cd, 18 cd and so on. Am I right?

It is fine to do it that way, but most people would do every 4th day, CD 10 and then 13 (counting 1,2,3,4) but it is fine either way.

The whole point is to end up with attempts on O-3 and O Day at the worst.

[atomic sagebrush]

No, you can't do that, because you are completely defeating the purpose of the e4d both for boosting odds of conception (because if you stop and then start and then stop you may miss O) and also being laid back and relaxing about it. It makes NO SENSE to stop doing e4d.

Yes it is normal to have O pains several days before O. I always do.

There is no point getting nervous for things that have already happened. If there wasn't enough semen/sperm to get you pregnant, it's not going to magically appear in there now just because you worried about it. Please try to let things like this go for the sake of your sway. I cannot tell you from here if there was enough or if you just didn't notice it or whatever. It makes no difference either way since it is a done deal now and I would not even bother asking him about it. Just keep going with the e4d.