Hi ladies, this month oh and I are trying the every other day method. I'm due to ovulate thurs/fri and dtd last night. A lot of it fell out when I moved and I'm most upset cos I do my best to stay in bed with legs in the air! Do you think enough of the little would have been left in?

i think so hun they say the majority of the swimmers get where they need to be in seconds. although you could try softcups??

Hi Toots3495

Firstly, we're about the same stage of our cycle, I too think I will ovulate tomorrow or Friday. How about we keep in touch to see how each other does this month?

Secondly, I am also planning the 'every other day' method and DTD last night!

Thirdly, I have the same question as you as after last night, I tried to stay still but ended up having to get up to pee about half an hour after, when of course loads fell out

I've always wondered how much this affects things.

Hello Ladies,

I have read that the sperm will take only 8.5 mins to reach where it needs to go, so please dont worry about it

Hey nat, let's buddy up and see if we can get that , maybe we'll bring each other some luck! I certainly need it, onto 19th cycle ttc. How about you? I always try to pee beforehand so I don't have to get up! Hopefully the ladies are right and they got where they needed to go before it came out.

Ok Toots, we're officially buddies

I did pee beforehand but ended up needing to again

We're on our 7th month actively ttc but we did have about a year of NTNP before that. I admit we have varied in our 'efforts' each month really but have tried to DTD at least one or twice in fertile time each month. I'm on my third month this month of using the CBFM. Last month I wasn't very hopeful anyway as both myself and OH had bad colds one after the other so didn't DTD enough. The month prior to that we did the 'every other day' method from about CD13 (my first 'high' on the monitor, Ov'd CD19). Ended up getting to 16dpo before AF showed (usually 14 day LP) and when she did arrive, was a bit different to usual and also had some different symptoms in the few days before and felt a bit different. So reckon I could have had a very early loss but I never tested so will never know.

I was planning a break from ttc this month but ovaries going mad signalling Ov around the corner (and 'high' on CBFM last few days) so finding it hard to ignore! Hopefully this is body's way of telling me to get to it as this could be the month

Have you had any tests at docs or anything yet?

Hi Toots.

I wouldnt worry hun, most sperms that 'fall out' will be dead anyway and the live ones that will be swimming towards that egg as we speak will have entered your cervix within minutes of ejaculation if you have suitably fertile CM.

Softcups are a good idea, Ive not used them yet but I've heard good things from other ladies about them.

Good luck!

Nat & Toots - I am due to ovulate tomorrow too! Lets keep each other posted on how things go. This is our 7th month also, and we did the deed last night too!

Best of luck.

I always wondered about this but thanks for clearing it up.

Good luck to all

Hi hun,

It never stayed in for me when i had my other 2! so i guess it does its job still even when things come out!

Fingers crossed for you

Julie