Ok so I spoke to my RE about my temps

indigoskies · March 2015

I spoke to my RE about my temps and she thinks that I ovulated cd14... well we didn't bd that day or night because I was sick instead I stayed up all night long until about 5am and then temped at 6:30 am... well she said that even though i may have ovulated on cd14 I still have a chance at getting pregnant since we bd on cd 15 and cd16.. I had no idea this was possible... Has anyone heard of this? she also said based on my temps that she doesn't feel the need to do a progesterone check on 7dpo so I will wait til April 10th to see if this miracle did occur...

mrsgillham14 · March 2015

I suggest you pick up the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility. It has a lot of information such as this that will make your TTC journey a lot less confusing. Good luck to you.

27alex · March 2015

She's giving you room for error since there's no way to be 100% sure you ovulated in Cd 14.

You need to have sex BEFORE ovulation for the best chance of conception.

27alex · March 2015

Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works

indigoskies · March 2015

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works

I agree! I thought I had plenty of knowledge but obviously there is so much more that I need to learn.

indigoskies · March 2015

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works

Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?

mrsgillham14 · March 2015

indigoskies said:

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works
Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?

I believe it is 12 hr to 3-4 days depending on CM quality. I'm looking through TCOYF for confirmation.

missteacherlady16 · March 2015

indigoskies said:

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works
Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?

I believe this largely depends on your quality of CM but I think in general, most agree that they can survive up to 5 days.

27alex · March 2015

indigoskies said:

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works
Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?

5 days. You ideally want to have sex in the 4 days before ovulation, on the day of, and the day after for the possibility of error.

indigoskies · March 2015

27alex said:

indigoskies said:

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works
Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?
5 days. You ideally want to have sex in the 4 days before ovulation, on the day of, and the day after for the possibility of error.

well we bd cd11, cd 15, cd16... so I am praying!

indigoskies · March 2015

mrsgillham14 said:

indigoskies said:

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works
Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?
I believe it is 12 hr to 3-4 days depending on CM quality. I'm looking through TCOYF for confirmation.

ok, thanks please let me know what it says..

TheBorg7of9 · March 2015

Like Alex said, o+1 is only included in the fertile period because calculations of ovulation day might be off by one. The egg only lives 12-24 hours. It's not technically possible to get pregnant from sex the day after ovulation.
But o-3 is possible. Just not the best. My first pregnancy was from o-3. You can see it on my July 2009 chart.

indigoskies · March 2015

TheBorg7of9 said:
Like Alex said, o+1 is only included in the fertile period because calculations of ovulation day might be off by one. The egg only lives 12-24 hours. It's not technically possible to get pregnant from sex the day after ovulation.
But o-3 is possible. Just not the best. My first pregnancy was from o-3. You can see it on my July 2009 chart.

well i guess i have cd11 going for me and cd15 if there was a miscalculation... fx

mrsgillham14 · March 2015

indigoskies said:

mrsgillham14 said:

indigoskies said:

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works
Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?
I believe it is 12 hr to 3-4 days depending on CM quality. I'm looking through TCOYF for confirmation.
ok, thanks please let me know what it says..

@27alex is right. It is 5 days, but it does depend on the type of CM you have. You need fertile CM in order for the sperm to survive anywhere close to 5 days.

indigoskies · March 2015

mrsgillham14 said:

indigoskies said:

mrsgillham14 said:

indigoskies said:

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works
Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?
I believe it is 12 hr to 3-4 days depending on CM quality. I'm looking through TCOYF for confirmation.
ok, thanks please let me know what it says..
@27alex is right. It is 5 days, but it does depend on the type of CM you have. You need fertile CM in order for the sperm to survive anywhere close to 5 days.

ok, thanks for that. So in other words who really knows? I mean how do you know if your cm is fertile... so complicated

TheBorg7of9 · March 2015

indigoskies said:

mrsgillham14 said:

indigoskies said:

mrsgillham14 said:

indigoskies said:

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works
Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?
I believe it is 12 hr to 3-4 days depending on CM quality. I'm looking through TCOYF for confirmation.
ok, thanks please let me know what it says..
@27alex is right. It is 5 days, but it does depend on the type of CM you have. You need fertile CM in order for the sperm to survive anywhere close to 5 days.
ok, thanks for that. So in other words who really knows? I mean how do you know if your cm is fertile... so complicated

Well, you would know by checking your cm everyday...
Did you check it?
I think you should order TCOYF for one day delivery.

firebaby688 · March 2015

I really recommend TCOYF. I'm not very far in it yet, but it's super interesting to learn more about your body, even if you do get your BFP this time.

indigoskies · March 2015

TheBorg7of9 said:
Like Alex said, o+1 is only included in the fertile period because calculations of ovulation day might be off by one. The egg only lives 12-24 hours. It's not technically possible to get pregnant from sex the day after ovulation.
But o-3 is possible. Just not the best. My first pregnancy was from o-3. You can see it on my July 2009 chart.

I see that you had two + opk and you ovulated the day after the 2nd + opk... I had two + opks as well

indigoskies · March 2015

TheBorg7of9 said:

indigoskies said:

mrsgillham14 said:

indigoskies said:

mrsgillham14 said:

indigoskies said:

27alex said:
Also , I can't stress enough that even though you're working with an RE that you need to gain some basic knowledge on how your body works
Off topic question... I've heard so many different responses. But about how many days can sperm survive?
I believe it is 12 hr to 3-4 days depending on CM quality. I'm looking through TCOYF for confirmation.
ok, thanks please let me know what it says..
@27alex is right. It is 5 days, but it does depend on the type of CM you have. You need fertile CM in order for the sperm to survive anywhere close to 5 days.
ok, thanks for that. So in other words who really knows? I mean how do you know if your cm is fertile... so complicated
Well, you would know by checking your cm everyday...
Did you check it?
I think you should order TCOYF for one day delivery.

I was watery i believe... I don't get egg white for some reason...

TheBorg7of9 · March 2015

indigoskies said:

TheBorg7of9 said:
Like Alex said, o+1 is only included in the fertile period because calculations of ovulation day might be off by one. The egg only lives 12-24 hours. It's not technically possible to get pregnant from sex the day after ovulation.
But o-3 is possible. Just not the best. My first pregnancy was from o-3. You can see it on my July 2009 chart.
I see that you had two + opk and you ovulated the day after the 2nd + opk... I had two + opks as well

Yes, that's what my temp showed. Unfortunately, your temp does not show that. But like I said your temp could've wrong since you only slept an hour.

But also clomid may have messed up your opks. Clomid can cause false positives I think.

27alex · March 2015

indigoskies said:

TheBorg7of9 said:
Like Alex said, o+1 is only included in the fertile period because calculations of ovulation day might be off by one. The egg only lives 12-24 hours. It's not technically possible to get pregnant from sex the day after ovulation.
But o-3 is possible. Just not the best. My first pregnancy was from o-3. You can see it on my July 2009 chart.
I see that you had two + opk and you ovulated the day after the 2nd + opk... I had two + opks as well

This depends on the person. I'm posting my chart as well so you can see how OPKs can differ.

indigoskies · March 2015

firebaby688 said:

TheBorg7of9 said:

indigoskies said:

TheBorg7of9 said:
Like Alex said, o+1 is only included in the fertile period because calculations of ovulation day might be off by one. The egg only lives 12-24 hours. It's not technically possible to get pregnant from sex the day after ovulation.
But o-3 is possible. Just not the best. My first pregnancy was from o-3. You can see it on my July 2009 chart.
I see that you had two + opk and you ovulated the day after the 2nd + opk... I had two + opks as well
Yes, that's what my temp showed. Unfortunately, your temp does not show that. But like I said your temp could've wrong since you only slept an hour.
But also clomid may have messed up your opks. Clomid can cause false positives I think.

yeah ive read that they can cause false +

janeyintrouble · March 2015

You can also start reading through the charting course on Fertility Friend. While not as extensive of a knowledge base as TCOYF, it has good coverage of the basics.

PugsandKisses · March 2015

Did you check internally? I never get EWCM unless I check right at my cervix.

indigoskies · April 2015

PugsandKisses said:
Did you check internally? I never get EWCM unless I check right at my cervix.

Right now I'm 7dpo and I have a milky cervical cm

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