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For me it was a huge help to use opk strips. I would have missed my window if I was relying on traditional ovulation timeframes. I paid attention to cervical mucous and tried to do cervix position checks sometimes, but I just ended up finding those more confusing than helpful.

Every other day, Day 5-through day 20. That's the bulk of what you need to do. If that's not happening, not much else will swing things in your favor. I think a lot of ladies on here only pay attention to days 10-18 or so, and I think that's too narrow of a window, especially if you don't want to temp, etc.

Semen needs to get cleared out every 3-5 days or else quality goes down. If you don't believe me, you can google "semen analysis instructions" and "ejaculation frequency and sperm count", etc.

Other than that, we used temping, OPKs, sperm-friendly lube (Concieve Plus), and taking Mucinex/guaifenesin to increase quality of CM.

I agree with reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility - that book was a huge help to me when TTC my first. I'm not great at consistently temping so I mostly relied on OPKs when TTC my second (which may be why it took longer to conceive).

I use OPKs, but DH and I also try to DTD daily between days 9 and 14. The daily BD was actually recommended by my OB when we first started trying.

I would def recommend daily BDs. A friend tried for a year each for her first and second and then we started trying the same month when she was trying for her third. I told her what my dr said and we both got pregnant right away. Could’ve been coincidence, but who knows.

ETA: I’m 35 and we’ve conceived 4 times in the past two years, currently 11 weeks, but the three prior were all loses.