How often did you ladies do it?

mandy12345 · July 2011

We're in our 2nd month ttc our second. How often did you get it on? ED or EOD? TIA!!

speckledfrog · July 2011

We tried for 12 months, with a variety of timings. The month I got my BFP we only did it once. The entire month. It's all about luck.

wychets · July 2011

We never planned it. Just whenever we were in the mood:)

Stephchern · July 2011

We did it EOD during the fertile days. I got pregnant the 2nd cycle.

Good Luck!

salt78 · July 2011

Neither. The 2 cycles that I got pregnant, we had what you would probably consider crap timing. (O-2 and we only did it once each time.) All the previous well timed cycles were busts.

The point is, you have a roughly 20% chance of getting knocked up every cycle if you have sex during your fertile window. That's if you have sex once or 300 times.

Shawnee11507 · July 2011

The month we got pregnant, I think we did it two or three times. We just had lucky timing.

The months before when I used ovulation predictors, etc., we didn't get pregnant, even though I "knew" the timing was right.

jmckeag · July 2011

I remember trying to do it every day for the first few months. Then one time I mentioned that to my doctor and she insisted that we only did every other day because sperm count is significantly lower when you do it every day. The month we conceived this time we had sex 3 days before ovulation, IUI (day before ovulation), and sex day after IUI. When we got pregnant in October we only had sex once the entire month. Presumably it was on ovulation day, but I wasn't tracking very well then. Unfortunately it ended up being a blighted ovum. Good luck!

Bella61811 · July 2011

The month I got pregnant, we had sex O-1, O, and O+1. It really doesn't matter though because as Salt said above, you only have a 20% chance no matter how many times you are able to have sex.

MamaVantobe · July 2011

It only took one time after using an ovulation test strip.

WildcatPrincess · July 2011

2-3 in a row, 1 off - starting around 11 DPO and keeping up until ovulation. I'm an obsessive charter (ie: control freak)

greengirl0909 · July 2011

We did it ED for the week that I was getting EWCM and got a + OPK. We got pregnant our first month trying both times. Perhaps we're unusually fertile?!

sweetea929 · July 2011

We tried back in February and did it EOD between AF ending and ovulation. Then we decided to hold off on trying again until after a planned vacay in May. I started charting in June, we did it ED leading up to ovulation and we got pregnant.

adriennen27 · July 2011

Only once, O-2. I honestly think O-2 and O-1 have much better odds than O day, as it takes a while for the sperm to get to the egg. And I've seen a lot of people have success on just O-2 or O-1.

TLizzy · July 2011

We only had sex once the month I got my BFP. Surprise

DH was traveling a lot and I was crazy busy with work too. The day we did was my ovulation day though (according to fertility friend)... so that might have helped!

doodahsgurl · July 2011

We tried for 11 months this time. The month of bfp we did 3 nights in a row prior to O because hubby would be gone on O day and after. It worked!

mjmonkeylove · July 2011

we went for the try with out trying I know not all can do this but we stoped preventing and i got my BFP the first month both time we did it this way so we would not get stressed out about TTC and it has worked great for us sending sticky baby dust to all

blindvictory · July 2011

On our BFP cycle, we did EOD and got O-2 and O. The cycles that we got ED timing didn't result in a +. EOD is less tiring and worked for us. Smile

KimT517 · July 2011

once every day during my fertile days... sometimes twice a day. Worked on the 1st try. Good luck to you :-)

egyptluvsgummybears · July 2011

Um like twice, and I had been on the pill then took some meds that could poss cancel it out, and well apparently they did because suprise!

Keep on trying!!!!!!!

Melanie.Brown · July 2011

The month I got pregnant, only a couple of times. I had been charting since January and after 4 months discovered I was only ovulating every other cycle. The cycle I got pregnant was supposed to be a "non-ovulating" cycle so I took a break from charting that cycle. Low and behold my next period never came!

lstewa00 · July 2011

Okay say I was supposed to ovulate on July 7, I did it: 6/30, 7/2, 7/4, 7/6, 7/7, 7/8, 7/10

This was the 3rd month TTC but the only month that we actually had sex A LOT and it worked!

KRISTA555 · July 2011

Whenever we felt like it.... usually about every 1-3 days, depending on life. We had just moved cross country and were living in my parents' basement until we got our house.. but that didn't stop us.

hillbillysunshine · July 2011

Once; on Mother's Day.

moccamom2be · July 2011

After I noticed fertile cervical mucus, every other day for a week.

Cholzmei · July 2011

I did it a lot. ED during my fertile window plus a few days earlier in that week. But I had exactly the same amount of sex the other 5 cycles that we tried, and I didn't get pregnant any of those months.

TheBeeCharmer · July 2011

Once, only on O day. I thought our timing was bad this cycle!

pinksweetpea2 · July 2011

We charted and tried a variety of methods for 8 months. We decided to stop trying and live our lives happily as a family of 3 and a month later I was pregnant.

With my daughter it took 5 cycles and 6 months- 4 of them charting.

PinkPeony6210 · July 2011

With DD, we had sex two days in a row (DH had poison ivy) on cycle days 14 & 15. I O'd on CD 14. It was our second month TTC.

With this pregnancy, we had sex three days in a row, on cycle days 13, 14, & 15. Again, I O'd on CD 14. This time around, it was our first month TTC.

ErikaFleury · July 2011

I was using an ovulation predictor kit, so on the day I would get a +, we would try that day, the next day, and the next day.

so.....ED for 3 days.

firefIy · July 2011

ED at about the same time for a week. We started a few days before my +OPK and then continued a few days after. We were extremely lucky to get a bfp the first cycle. Have you read Taking Control of Your Fertility? I learned a LOT from reading that book charting my temps and looking at CM.

ndebello · July 2011

EOD during the fertile week. Worked our first month of TTC.

jfischer1115 · July 2011

First, I'd like to ask... WTF are ED and EOD? They're not in the glossary. Excited dry-humping and ecstasy on demand? So confused...

Anyway, we decided to start trying in April, so I started charting. I wasn't showing any signs of ovulation and my temps were all over the place. In May I became a lot more lackadaisical about temping and just kind of went with the flow. We were really busy and on opposite schedules so we were getting busy about once or twice a week (it would be EOD by my definition). Apparently I ovulated without any change in cervical mucous around May 28th, because I got pregnant while still waiting to ovulate.

balihaigirl · July 2011

ED + 2x the day of O.

We'd tried EOD unsuccessfully for 2 cycles before we switched to ED around the fertile window.

GL!

salt78 · July 2011

jfischer1115:
First, I'd like to ask... WTF are ED and EOD? They're not in the glossary. Excited dry-humping and ecstasy on demand? So confused...

ED = Every Day

EOD = Every Other Day

Jenny323 · July 2011

We went with EOD, relaxed, and had fun with it during 1st cycle. Ours resulted in a BFP this month

Best wishes to you!

ghdst1 · July 2011

When TTC we tried to do it every 2-3 days through out my cycle and then EOD in my fertile window.

BigIsland07 · July 2011

We had sex for 10 days in a row around my fertile window.

mommybrynn · July 2011

We did the did every day during the week-ish time that I thought I was ovulating, I didn't chart or temp or anything. I feel incredibly blessed to say that we got pregnant both times on the first round, I know that many are not so fortunate and do not take this blessing lightly!