What cycle days do you and your DH aim to do the BD a.k.a. Baby Dance?
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We started around 10 DPO and tried for every other day until the day after ovulation (and I used OPKs to confirm ovulation). I thought about doing the sperm meets egg plan, but it seemed like too much.
Good luck!
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I usually have 26-27 day cycles and ovulate around CD13-14, so this month we are BDing on CD7, CD9, CD11, CD13, CD15, and CD 17 (just in case). Next month maybe we'll switch to evens (if there is a next month!).
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We've been BDing every other day since CD 14 (I have longer cycles) until Tue when I got a +OPK (CD 23). Since then, we've done it every night, so three days in a row. We've been busy.
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Almost every day except CD 1 or 2? No alternatives to BD, though, from CD 8-16 (25 day cycles). The next time I'm legitimately trying, I'll see about doing it every other day (it'd be cycle 7 by then.)
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I try not to get caught up the actual days, and try to go for every other day through out the month (except for during AF of course)
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I don't think we have a strategy. I'm not sure what CD we usually BD on. My cycles are never the same length month to month. When CM gets creamy we start and do almost everyday. I guess that is a strategy after all.
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Whenever we feel like it!
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@chopsuey119: hahaha us too at this point!!
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This month, we did CD 15 and 16, and we'll be doing 18 and 19 as well (I usually O on CD 18. If it doesn't work, then next month I think we'll do every other day from CD 14 to CD 20.
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Last cycle we BD on CD4, CD 15, CD17, CD 19, CD 21 (I O on CD 20-22)... and no BFP... we'll try a mix of every other day + sperm meets egg this month
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We were told by our RE to try every other day starting at CD10 and going until after O. At CD25, with no O in sight, its starting to get a little trying...
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I was doing the sperm meets egg plan but we missed one day... And I think I'm going to get a BFN. I'll try the same next month, sigh! We usually do every other day but when I got my first BFP we did it every day for two days after a positive OPK.
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@kml636: @mrsjyw: @winniebee: What is the sperm meets egg plan?
So far we've only had one cycle of trying, and we pretty much BD'd every other day starting on CD10 until I O'd. Last cycle I O'd on CD 17, so I'm going to aim to do something similar this cycle. Maybe start the every-other a little later (like CD 13) since last month we kind of got tired of it after a week, haha. I may try to do every day when/if I see EWCM - I didn't see any last month though.
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@Adira: Google it! Basically, it's you BD every other day from day 8 until you get a positive OPK. Then you BD for three days straight, skip a day, then do one final BD. It seemed like a whole lot of BD for us so we stuck w/ the every other day plan and it worked.
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@winniebee: Oh yeah, that sounds intense! I'm not sure my hubby is really up for an everyday-a-thon, haha. But thanks for the clarification!
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the month I got my BFP, we only BD the night I got a positive OPK..we were winging it. it was kind of a "eh, if it happens it happens, if it doesn't.." we were going to wait to ttc again until may!
welp..only takes one sperm, i suppose!
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@winniebee: We pretty much did that this month. Every other day until + OPK, then 3 days in row. It was tiring, but I hope it works!
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Hubs is in the "we'll do it when we feel like it" camp. I'm more inclined to be in the "I ovulate in two days so lets do it now, tomorrow am, pm, day after that, again, again, again." manic BDing camp, but so far we're taking it easy, seeing what mother nature brings.
After a BFN this past cycle, I may amp up our BD schedule a bit. -
We're still working on the every other since CD7 (now CD13). I haven't O'ed yet, but am hoping I get a positive OPK today. I actually have cramping on my right side right now and have had increasing EWCM for the past few days. I hate to say it, but we are already a little worn out and I still have CD13, CD15, and CD17 on the schedule. Gotta keep going!
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@mrskc: hope it works for you. Fingers crossed!
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@GreenThumb: I think we're going to wait to start trying until at least CD10, and maybe even longer. Last cycle we got worn out after 5 days of BDing (so 9 days total since we did every-other), and luckily our last day of it happened to be O-day, so it worked out (well... or not, since AF showed up), but I think if we started any earlier, our chances would've been worse.
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@Adira: If we end up in the next cycle, I think we'll start a little later, too. I'm shooting for 6, um... tries, and we're only through 3 at this point. My poor husband had a terrible night's sleep last night (a non-BD night) for some reason, so it might take some convincing to get him on board tonight.
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No specific days. Whenever we feel like it, currently. Which is every 4-5 days. If that doesn't work after a few months, we'll amp it up more.
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