Timing help?

[atomic sagebrush]

Sorry only just now seeing this. No matter waht you did this month, that was the right thing.

In future months if this situation arises, I would have you stick with that one attempt you'd had. If it had been a day earlier I'd have had you attempt again probably, but BD on that cycle day was still good odds of concepiton.

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm not 100% sure Hun but I have read that sperm can last up to 5 days inside the women. I would hold off going again but that's just me. Atomic would be the best one to advise you Hun. Good luck. If you do try again I think night time BD is the best way to go for girl swaying. Try to get a reply from Atomic though Hun.

VERY few people get pregnant from 5 days before though. Just because living sperm have been retrieved from that far out doesn't mean that they are cabaple of fertilizing the egg most of the time.

Don't worry about the time of day you BD. Just do it when convenient for you.

[atomic sagebrush]

I would leave it at the one attempt as well and if no BFP this time, then next time do your attempt when you get a positive OPK (that night maybe). When we conceived our daughter we BD 6, 3 and 1 day before O as well as the day of O and the day after O (all night time BDs and just the once). It frustrates me as I would love to repeat the pattern to get another girl, but that's too difficult and our pattern for getting our first boy is very similar, except that we BD two days in a row twice prior to O. There is definitely a LOT more to swaying than just the timing of BD. Good luck with this attempt and I hope you get a BFP.

Of course, I feel obligated to point out that you could repeat that exact pattern and get a boy doing so. It never ocmes down to one thing like that.

[atomic sagebrush]

Okay, I'm going crazy here (sorry).

I'm still getting positive OPKs, making me think that I still haven't ovulated.

Here are the exact times-

7:00 PM Tuesday night DTD
7:00 AM Wednesday Pos OPK
7:00 PM Wednesday Pos OPK
1:00 PM Thursday Pos OPK

Are sperm from Tuesday night really going to last that long? Should I try and have sex Thursday PM or Friday AM?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

I'd prob. attempt again just to cover your bases 4 days after last attempt.

You can have a positive test even after you've ovulated. All the tests tell us is how long it takes for the hormone to clear your body. But, that having been said you can also gear up to ovulate, have a detectable surge, and then your body changes its mind and is like "eh not yet" so then you'll have another surge and then O. So I like to see you guys have the one attempt at first positive, then another attempt 4 days later, just to cover in case of delayed O

[1moregirl]

I'd prob. attempt again just to cover your bases 4 days after last attempt.

You can have a positive test even after you've ovulated. All the tests tell us is how long it takes for the hormone to clear your body. But, that having been said you can also gear up to ovulate, have a detectable surge, and then your body changes its mind and is like "eh not yet" so then you'll have another surge and then O. So I like to see you guys have the one attempt at first positive, then another attempt 4 days later, just to cover in case of delayed O

Thanks Atomic. Is that something I should do as well? One attempt at positive OPK and another 4 days later (if I can convince DH to do more than one attempt)? I usually always get 2 days of positive OPKs (used the Clearblue Digital Ovulation test without dual hormone indicator) and when I used to do BBT fertility friend would tell me I Oed either sometime the second day of pos OPK or the day after the second positive. Also, isn't it better to BD at night for a girl sway?

[BunnyGirl19]

There's no point in BD'ing 4 days after positive OPK. The egg is only good up to 24 hours after O so it will be dead by then.

[purple]

There's no point in BD'ing 4 days after positive OPK. The egg is only good up to 24 hours after O so it will be dead by then.

I think the point was if you don't know for sure you have ovulated it is best to follow it up with another attempt as sometimes you can get a LH surge but ovulation gets delayed. If you are temping them and ovulation is confirmed then there is no point (unless you want to just for fun... )

[maidentomother]

What purple said. Plenty of women O 3+ days after their first positive OPK.

[1moregirl]

So it's not a good idea to BD more than once in yr fertile window if you're trying to conceive a girl? I just keep thinking what if I could same pattern from when we got our girl by BD 3 days before O, and BD thru O as well (day before O, day on O and day after O)? Is this just not a good idea and I could end up getting a boy if I followed that pattern?

[purple]

Looking at the current stats 1 attempts is best but 2 attempts is not far behind. It drops a fair bit for 3 attempts so I would avoid that!

No. of Attempts:
1
- Total sways 163
- Total success 112
- Success % 68.71%

2
- Total sways 74
- Total success 49
- Success % 66.22%

3
- Total sways 47
- Total success 26
- Success % 55.32%

This info is found here: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/tryi...nfo-links.html