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Go, Sperm, Go!

By Rachel Rabkin Pechman on Thursday, July 5, 6:00 am EDT

I THINK I surged yesterday. The pink line SEEMED to be darker both that morning when I used a stick and that night when I tried again. I even think it was pretty much the same shade of pink as the control line. And today, there was the telltale CM so I'm thinking that I'm ovulating as I write (day 19). Since we last had sex late at night on day 16, I'd say I gave myself a two to three day window between sex and ovulation — pretty much what I wanted.

It is a little frustrating though, to know that I'm probably ovulating right now and I'm purposely not having sex — hoping that a female sperm from three days ago is still waiting around to implant. Those little sperm could very well have thrown in the towel yesterday, having given up on ever seeing a real live egg.

So if it doesn't work this time, I'm done trying for a girl. I can't take this level of scheduling and testing anymore. Next month when I surge, we're going to have sex — no calculating for pre-ovulation sex. Boy or girl...I just want to get pregnant.


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You know that supposedly you
5/3/2008 at 9:10 pm
You know that supposedly you can effect the gender by what you eat around the time of conception too? I have read a few articles about this and it might be a way to get a girl without risking not getting pregnant. Also, I get the fertile cm a few days before ovulation. The sperm probably arent going to make it hanging out up there if you dont have the eggwhite CM... do you do your basal? Once I got into the habit it became SO helpful. I always get a temp dip the day before I ovulate and the ov test confirms it the next morning... and it is very clearly positive (I thought it was pretty vague until I got the positive which showed up darker right away than the control line). Taking Charge of Your Fertility Software a HUGE help for me and made my cycle and fertility mystery-free! We are in the annoying waiting period but pretty sure its negative. I got the continous elevated temp after ovulation and my period is late but my blood count was a low HCG so, just got that news today and was really bummed. Hope it happens next month! Good luck!!!


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