https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:04:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern/page/2#post-221859 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:14:36 +0000 lilteacherbee 221859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started the cycles doing every other day just on the off chance I'd ovulate earlier (I ovulated on CD35, CD39, and the cycle I got the BFP on CD33). I was using OPKs and tracking CM, so I knew when O was getting close, so we would start doing it more then. When I got pregnant, we ended up doing a 2 days on, 1 day off pattern. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern/page/2#post-221853 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:02:30 +0000 pinkb 221853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The cylce we got pregnant we tried the every other day thing and we were over it by day 5 or 6. I was going by if my cycle would be about the same as the month before but it wasnt so our week of every other day was worthless. Turns out over a week later I had bad ovulation pain to a digital OPK and it was positive so we BD that night and that was all it took :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern/page/2#post-221765 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:22:23 +0000 lomom 221765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been reading TCOYF, the egg-white cervical fluid is really the most important time to BD :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern/page/2#post-220582 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:03:07 +0000 Mrs. Blue 220582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: bahahaha! So, it has nothing to do with the quality of my eggs, just my "I'm 30 and I can't keep up with 20 year olds" syndrome! I would be legitimately interested in a study looking into the question of if it takes older people longer to conceive in part because they don't BD as often. Obviously that wouldn't be universally true, but it actially makes sense sort of! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern/page/2#post-220221 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:28:45 +0000 Alivoo01 220221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: Girl, I am the same way!! I get all worked up if we skip a day because WHAT IF..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern/page/2#post-219219 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:33:00 +0000 Penny Lane 219219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did every other day, sometimes it ended up being more like 2 days off and 1 day on, and it only took a couple of cycles of charting... DH was worried about his "little guys" running out if we tried every day :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-219087 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:50:07 +0000 MrsMccarthy 219087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a low AMH and I was 34 years old but somehow i got pregnant by one time without the goalie. we were gonna try the following month because we thought trying in Thailand on our honeymoon would be too stressful and we wouldnt be able to drink and party. Well hahah we got pregnant the day prior to ovulation or on the day, i can;t remember but i was charting and i didnt use a sponge after hubby said to hell with it. I think we both expected a longer road ahead. It may have been fluke luck, it may have been because i had recently had an HSG or because i had quit the pill 5 months prior. Whatever the reason we are so grateful. It can happen and it never hurts to do what you can even if it's just one time. Worth a shot. Good luck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-219042 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:34:08 +0000 sslm 219042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always feel bad if we don't BD when I think I'm ovulating... like we did yesterday, but we're probably not going to today. Then I worry, what if I am ovulating today and we miss an extra opportunity? Haha. I'm nuts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-219022 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:26:40 +0000 mrs. bird 219022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hahaha, maybe this is why it seems like young people seems to get KU so easily, they have energy to BD everyday! =D me, not so much. although, i'm not pregnant yet, so i guess i'm not an example of what to do! we need to work less &amp; BD more!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218988 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:06:24 +0000 photojane 218988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would say we did only because there wasn't really a pattern. we just got it on the day before and the day after i thought i was ovulating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218978 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:00:03 +0000 chrispygal 218978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our first two cycles we were either every day or every other day during our fertile window. The month we conceived we BD'd once at the very beginning of our fertile window so I figured there would be no way we'd get pregnant that cycle. Imagine our surprise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218847 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:34:51 +0000 Bao 218847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We BD 8 days in a row the month I got pregnant, but that was our first real month trying so it worked for us...but wow was it exhausting! DH could barely keep up ;) I think every other day is good too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218803 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:47:18 +0000 LemonLong 218803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only had sex six times after my period during our first month TTC. There were about 3 days in between each time. I was only charting my period and since I had never charted before, So I really didn't know how long they were. We weren't trying very hard, since it was the first month and were going to move to an every other day pattern the next month. We went on vacation and boom! I was preggo. My husband was disappointed as promises of more frequent sex vanished when that second line appeared! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218733 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:53:49 +0000 Mrs. Blue 218733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Great info! So I guess either approach yields fairly similar results. Duly noted for any future cycles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218715 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:40:11 +0000 Periwinkle 218715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also had a lot of trouble trying to figure out how we coud sustain an every day pattern! I know that sounds lame, but we were going for quality over quantity :) When we got pregnant in February, I had a feeling that I would O sometime between Tiesday and Saturday, so we chose Tuesday and Friday as our days that week. We will still never know exactly when I O'd (I was not charting or temping just tracking my cycle over many months), but my sense is that it "took" on the Tuesday. My OB had informed me that every day and a half to 2 days was best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218479 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:07:14 +0000 joyjoy 218479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did every other day for a couple months. The month we got our BFP I actually pulled the "I'm too sleepy" card for almost a week until I got the positive OPK. We BD the day of the positive OPK and that's all for that window. I suspected that the every other day sched was messing with DH's mind, so I wanted him to be raring to go when it was BD time! :-P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218466 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:47:44 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 218466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another excerpt:<br /> Frequency of Intercourse<br /> Couples who tried to get pregnant were previously told to have sex once every other day during their fertile days. But studies have shown you can improve your chances if you have sex once a day every day (as long as his sperm are OK) during the fertile 4-5 days prior to, and the day of, ovulation. In those rare circumstances when the man does not have enough sperm (oligospermia), the old rule of once every other day still holds true.<br /> In addition, researchers recommend that the average couple who is trying to conceive should make love regularly 2-3 times a week, every week because you don't know exactly when ovulation happens. </p> <p>Sex during fertile days % Pregnancy<br /> Sex every fertile day 37%<br /> Sex every other fertile day 33%<br /> Only once during fertile days 15% </p> <p>From: The New England Journal of Medicine (December 7, 1995 -- Vol. 333, No. 23). Allen J. Wilcox, Clarice R. Weinberg, Donna D. Baird </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218464 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:46:42 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 218464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, well at least the first article I read said there' s not much difference... but I thought you'd all appreciate all of the discussion of the evidence in this article, so here it is:</p> <p><a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52297" rel="nofollow">http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52297</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218461 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:46:21 +0000 SleepyMonkey 218461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got preggo on a "3 days before ovulation and that's it" schedule! Husband travels a lot for work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218459 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:43:29 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 218459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: The sperm are more well developed and of better quality by giving the next batch more time to mature, I believe... Now you are going to make me go find some papers to read about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218454 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:37:07 +0000 Mrs. Blue 218454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Interesting. Do you know why that is? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218443 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:29:26 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 218443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Every other day is what most OBs recommend because the quality of the sperm is better that way.</p> <p>Edited to add: Ok, so I'm wrong here, but I have heard this from OBs frequently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218397 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:06:08 +0000 Running Elley 218397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We BD every day and I honestly couldn’t tell you now how we did it!!! It was exhausting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218393 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:03:22 +0000 PrincessBaby 218393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried every variety of sex pattern there is, and we got preg w/this sticky baby as follows:</p> <p>Thurs: BD<br /> Fri: Off<br /> Sat: BD 2x<br /> Sun (O Day) Off </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218328 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:23:48 +0000 Andrea 218328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree that not doing it every day is probably better for the swimmers. We did it maybe 3x total the two times that I've gotten pregnant. It was every other day or I think there was even a two day gap one time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218327 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:22:34 +0000 Jumpingjacks 218327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Every other day for us. and we alternated PM with AM (So it was like a day and a half in between.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218322 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:19:50 +0000 holdonforonemoreday 218322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both times I got pregnant, we had done it twice in one week. But we weren't BD much before that. </p> <p>However, I have heard that not doing it everyday actually helps more, as the quality of his swimmers is better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218291 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:56:42 +0000 ladybee 218291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are on the 2 on, 1 off schedule. It worked in April (mc) and now we are waiting to O. When I O my sex drive spikes though so I'm more motivated ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218276 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:45:18 +0000 lovehoneybee 218276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ninja: Oh, same here! The second time we got pregnant we only had sex one day (2 days before O)! I was positive there was no way I could be pregnant!</p> <p>When we first started TTC we did it everyday, and yeah, I was tired of sex by the end. We started using OPKs and I started charting around 3 months, and we started doing it every other day...much more manageable, ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-got-pregnant-on-a-every-other-day-or-less-pattern#post-218250 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:30:10 +0000 ninja 218250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The month we got pregnant, we only had sex once, when I had egg white CM, and that's all it took that month. I thought for sure we were out, just because we hadn't done it enough, but I guess our timing was impeccable. (I wouldn't be able to do every day either!!!) </p>