Ovulation timing question

Christine-MA · #1 March 11th, 2009, 07:43 AM

I guess I never really thought about this until this cycle because my timing got messed up.....but is there a "typical" time of the day ovulation occurs? I know OPKs recommend testing at 2pm because the LH surge comes in the afternoon, I wonder if ovulation is the same?

I ask because....I've tried to time BD as the day before and day of O....if I happened to ONLY BD on the day of O, since we typically BD at bedtime, if O had happened the morning of that day, our chances wouldn't be that great. (I know the egg lives for a while, but it would still be BD after O). I'm thinking if I could only BD one day around O time, it would probably be best to be the night before I got CH.

~*Jackie*~ · #2 March 11th, 2009, 08:09 AM

I have no idea... I've wondered the same thing, but I can almost bet that we all ovulate at different times of the day due to all kinds of factors..

Christine-MA · #3 March 11th, 2009, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by jcbaby

I have no idea... I've wondered the same thing, but I can almost bet that we all ovulate at different times of the day due to all kinds of factors..

Yeah I'm sure. It just got me thinking that timing BD on O night probably isn't the ideal.

~*Jackie*~ · #4 March 11th, 2009, 08:27 AM

Oh I hear ya- that's when we always BD as well (at least around O'ing).. The day before O would definitely be ideal... probably the 2 days prior to O would be the absolute best.

Christine-MA · #5 March 11th, 2009, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jcbaby

Oh I hear ya- that's when we always BD as well (at least around O'ing).. The day before O would definitely be ideal... probably the 2 days prior to O would be the absolute best.

I think you have it covered this cycle

snsgirl336 · #6 March 11th, 2009, 09:11 AM

I often wondered that myself, but the way I figure, people don't always O at the same time of day. I agree that ideally you'd want to BD 2 days before and the day before O to make sure there's swimmers there waiting, but I bet that there have been women who have BD'ed the night of O day and still gotten pregnant!

~*Jackie*~ · #7 March 11th, 2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Christine-MA

I think you have it covered this cycle

LOL Let's just say we weren't going to let any opportunity by this cycle.

Ash · #8 March 11th, 2009, 09:37 AM

LOL, I have to agree with Christine about you being totally covered, Jackie!

Christine, I think we all probably O at all different times. Who knows though. I always try to make sure we BD on the first peak day and the day after. This cycle though, I am wanting to start BDing every other night (starting tonight) until our peak and then everday of peak and the day after.

SavaAngel · #9 March 11th, 2009, 10:29 AM

If I went off my ovulation pains, I O anywhere between 10-noon in the morning and 2-10 in the afternoon/evening. This month I had REALLY heavy duty O pains around 11:30pm. I did figure out that if I took my clomid later in the day, my O pains came later in the day.

KDD · #10 March 11th, 2009, 04:33 PM

I'm sure I read something about this somewhere, but do you think I can remember where? Nope. I think I O overnight. I don't know why it's just a feeling.

Ads · #11 March 12th, 2009, 06:23 AM

My Doc told me ,once i get a positive OPK(which i never got untill i started clomid),to BD that night(the day of Positive OPK),next morning and again at night.
And we also BD'd the next morning too.so nite-morning-nite-morning to cover all posiible scenarios LOL

~Lynda~ · #12 March 12th, 2009, 01:13 PM

here is what i read, and i asked my OB cause it seemed wrong to me, but she confirmed it was true. it is necessary to BD before you O, and MOST viable pregnancies occur that way. It takes some absolutely unbelievably long time for sperm to get to where they need to go. when you O, your egg begins the process of disintegration right away. the longer it goes unfertilized, the weaker the egg becomes. so it's best to have sperm waiting so when the egg releases at it's fullest strength, the sperm will fertilize it immediatly. she told me alot of women can get pregnant BDing on the day of O, but it could be a weaker fertilization, and COULD result in a m/c. now there are women who defeat the odds, but odds are better if the sperm is waiting for the egg.

hope that helps.