Not NTNP but "full on," get-me-pregnant-now kind of mindset.
With my son, we BD the day after a positive OPK and that was it. This time around we've had good timing with no luck. I am trying to decide between EOD CD 10-20 or a less intense SMEP (3 days ED after positive OPK, skip a day, then one more for good measure.)
Anyway, what's your strategy?
pear / 1728 posts
We aimed to BD every day during the FW and I think we ended up hitting O-3 to O+1 with DD (conceived on first cycle trying).
We are going to NTNP starting next cycle and full on try after a trip we're taking in Sept. (if I'm not already pregnant). I think we'll try the every day in FW strategy again since it was successful last time.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
Last time I used OPKs it turned out I got a positive later on a first response than on a wondfo, so we did pretty much every day through the fertile period and through that positive OPK and I think the next day too.
cantaloupe / 6086 posts
My goal is to not overdo it but aim for 3 sessions between o-3 and o+1. Unless we're not together we always hit opk+ day. Before that is harder to guess because I don't ovulate the same day each month but I usually try. If we try for every day we get burned out (and results for me have not been better with more bd).
pomelo / 5573 posts
We did every other day between CD 8 and CD 16. Mostly. We were TTC for five years so towards the end it was more like CD 9, 12, 14.
persimmon / 1101 posts
Tracking stresses me out so we just did every other day or every day all month. That way I knew I wasn't going to miss any fertile time!
grapefruit / 4361 posts
We do EOD CD 10-20 bc my ovulation is unpredictable and DH needs a break here and there.
persimmon / 1111 posts
My cycles are crazy. Like I gear up to ovulate 2-6 times before my body decides to release the egg. My LO was conceived on CD35. Our approach is to BD when I have EWCM. Typically that is 2 or 3 days in a row
persimmon / 1339 posts
@babypugs: respect 
I am on cycle 5 of trying with no luck but have been all over the place - this month was every day of the fertile period +1. fingers crossed!
pomegranate / 3375 posts
I generally knew when I was ovulating (after charting for 3 months), and we'd just BD a few times during that window. That was for LO1. It took us 6 months to conceive (including a loss).
For LO2, we were NTNP, and apparently being in the mood = peak ovulation. Sometimes I'm still in denial that I got pregnant so quickly after it took several months the first time.
I was never able to get a solid OPK with LO1, so I've skipped them since then.
pomegranate / 3895 posts
We did ED for eternity (okay from pretty much after period to 2 days after ovulation) with our son.
We did a super weird pattern with our daughter of doing 2 days on 1 day off and things worked out where we happened to fully cover O-3 to O (was coming off a 2 day on streak I think when I got a positive OPK). I'll say we were much better rested with this way and it was coming off a cycle where we did every day for like 15 days straight (I wasn't temping and had confusing OPKs) and we both knew that by day 10 we were struggling.
My goal was always to try to capture O-3 to O -- I think the days surrounding those are probably not that important. I think optimum conception times are O-2, O-1, and O?
nectarine / 2784 posts
One day off, two days on, basically every 36 hours. Sounds a little intense but it worked 3 times! Example:
S: PM
M: --
T: AM
W: PM
Th: --
F: AM
S: PM
persimmon / 1101 posts
@ScarletBegonia: Ha--the bad news is he expects us to keep it up now! 
apricot / 264 posts
For our first, we BD every other day for the two weeks in the middle of my cycle. With the other two, I just aimed to BD at least twice in the middle of the month. I never tracked or anything.
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