Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Hi everyone! Well, the first attempt at becoming pregnant didn't work :-( But, as my husband pointed out, we'll keep trying! I did go to see my OB today to do a prenatal consultation since I'm concerned about how I've been spotting before my period starts. She wants me to have bloodwork done tomorrow and have a sonogram done on Monday to see if she can figure out what is going on. She also told me that she recommends couples have sex on day 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 of their cycle - has anyone else heard of this? And does that mean that day 8 is the 8th day after the first day of your period? I always thought it was best to have sex on the most fertile days right before you ovulated...I'm so confused now! Tracey VBG 03/11/03 245/146 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Day 1 of your period is considered DAY 1 of your cycle (first full day of bleeding- spotting doesn't count). My fertility specialist told us we could have sex EVERY day of my cycles from days 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, & 16 b/c my hubby is a " stallion " (450 million sperm count per teaspoon!) *blush* if your hubby doesn't know what his count is, or if its normal, most suggest having sex every other day. HTH, Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 " traceynshep " wrote: " I always thought it was best to have sex on the most fertile days right before you ovulated...I'm so confused now! " =====>>> since she probably doesn't know when exactly you ovulate, she is covering a broad range of days to be certain to catch the right day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Unless you are using ovulation predictors you will not know when you are fertile. By having sex in increments it helps you to be close to the day of ovulation but if you have sex every day at what you think is your fertile time it can decrease the sperm count. You can get pregnant by having sex a day or two before you ovulate and a day or two after you ovulate because the sperm can live that long inside of you. That was the first approach of my doc before we started trying the fertility treatments. Good Luck it takes most people several months of trying before they concieve. - Diane > Hi everyone! Well, the first attempt at becoming pregnant didn't > work :-( But, as my husband pointed out, we'll keep trying! I did > go to see my OB today to do a prenatal consultation since I'm > concerned about how I've been spotting before my period starts. She > wants me to have bloodwork done tomorrow and have a sonogram done on > Monday to see if she can figure out what is going on. She also told > me that she recommends couples have sex on day 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 > and 20 of their cycle - has anyone else heard of this? And does that > mean that day 8 is the 8th day after the first day of your period? I > always thought it was best to have sex on the most fertile days right > before you ovulated...I'm so confused now! > > Tracey > VBG 03/11/03 > 245/146 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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