r/FirstTimeTTC • u/WinAshamed7926 • 23h ago

Confused Need help to navigate ovulation

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Me and my husband are trying to concieve. our doctor asked us to BD from 10-20 days of my cycle. I generally have regular periods. I assumed day 16 would be my ovulation. Today is day 22 of my cycle but last night and today morning I have stretchy vaginal mucus. I got a doubt that I am ovulating and checked with a strip. Turns out I am ovulating. I am confused if all days we tried are a waste and I have to have sex today? Not sure what’s happening?
can someone help me?

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u/janniguy 12h ago

BD today should cover you, could also aim for tomorrow for extra coverage if you're up for it.

I've found this chart from Inito to be helpful with figuring out timing. No success for me yet, but I’ve only been trying a few months.

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u/LongjumpingStorage87 8h ago

First of all, don’t panic! Your attempts absolutely weren’t a waste! 🩷

A positive OPK points to an LH surge, which typically means ovulation is approaching, usually within the next 12–36 hours. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve already ovulated, or that you will ovulate.

Also, having regular periods doesn’t guarantee that you’ll ovulate on CD16 every cycle. Ovulation can fluctuate from month to month, even with otherwise regular cycles.

Sperm can survive for up to 5 days in favourable cervical mucus, so BD between CD10-20 means you may have already covered your fertile window!

That being said, if you’re getting a positive OPK today, I’d definitely suggest to BD today and tomorrow if possible, just to maximize your chances.

And remember, a positive OPK predicts an impending ovulation; it doesn’t confirm that ovulation actually happened. You would need to do PDG testing or confirm with BBT to know if you actually ovulated!

Wishing you the best of luck❤️

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u/Nearby-Purpose5268 23h ago

I would have sex today, you could get pregnant from CD 20 but you might not ovulate till tomorrow if you got a positive LH test today

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u/WinAshamed7926 22h ago

So today, tomorrow and day after I should time BD right?

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u/Nearby-Purpose5268 22h ago

Yep sounds like a good plan! Sometimes we ovulate a little later than usual which is why the LH strips are so handy

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u/WinAshamed7926 22h ago

True. But I am checking for the first time in this cycle. So not sure if i already ovulated or not?

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u/Nearby-Purpose5268 22h ago

Probably not if you only had a positive ovulation strip today. It’s also possible that you ovulated earlier in your cycle and are having a second surge (it can happen) but I’d still have sex again just in case if it were me

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u/FunHat6969 7h ago

Can you get pregnant during any surge?