Help! Intercourse Timing For Low Sperm Count and Clomid??

Hi everyone,

DH's sperm count and motility are on the low side and I'm about to start taking clomid.

My plan is to temp this cycle and opk from about day 10.

My questions are -

* Should we abstain for an amount of time (Days?) before ovulation and how long?
* When do we bd? When my temp first drops, when it peaks or just go for day 14?

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!!

We were in the same boat as you, (low sperm count/motility) and me on clomid and I'll give you the advice my FS gave us ... throw all the opk's and thermometers away and BD every second night from about CD10 to CD 21 ... you "should" (we did but I don't know if you will) get a progesterone test on CD21 to see if you have ovulated ... if you have you can sit back and wait out the TWW and if you haven't, rinse and repeat until you've ovulated ... then sit back and wait out the dreaded TWW ....

Hope that helps darl ... and I pray that you get everything your heart desires ....

Thanks Diva!

Nice to hear it worked for you!! Congratulations!!

Our FS said BD as much as possible!! Every day is perfectly fine, no need to wait for the count to build back up, because if it's low 24hrs or 48hrs isn't going to magically make it better IYKWIM.

As for when to start, when your temp has risen you have already ovulated so that would be too late, also with the temp dip it's not guaranteed, some months you get it & others you don't. And just to be extra difficult you can't guarantee that you don't ovulate before CD14 either!!

If you're looking at starting OPKs on CD10 then I'd start BDing then as well....

HTH

Hi Sarah, I was hoping you might pop in to give me some advice!

So should I bother with the opk's and temping?

I loved temping as it gave me a real sense of control & helped me to understand what was going on with my body. It also helps you to work out when you ovulate on a regular basis so you can time things a bit better as well. So for me it was fantastic, others find that it becomes too obsessive.

I did OPKs for maybe 2 months & hated them! I got 1 positive in the entire time even though I knew I was ovulating. Lots of people recommend doing them twice a day, one before lunch & one in the afternoon to be sure to catch the surge, but it was just far to expensive for me - roughly $18 for 7 OPKs so doing 2 a day would be costing around $5 per day.

I bought a second hand Maybe Baby & found that pretty good as you can use it several times a day every day with no added cost if you want. I never got the full ferns on it that indicate ovulation, but did get partials as I was coming close, so that was god enough for me.

Thanks again Sarah!

Hey, all the best for tomorrow!!!!! Will be thinking of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

Thanks :) And good luck to you too!

Hi There!
Our FS said to BD every second day starting when AF finished and finishing when AF started.
I temp but I get very obsessive about it!! ANd it really sends me loopy! BUt I can't seem to stop doing it.
Good Luck with everything.
SAM :)

Hi sammy,

Yep, I get too obsessive when I temp, so, much to DH's delight we are going to BD BD & BD!!

Thanks for wishing me luck!! All the best to you too!!

hi ella's mum

We fall pg on clomid and graphic instructions from our FS.... We didn't have any issues with DH though, they were with me (PCOS lack of AF for over 18 months). And the better news is it only took 2 cycles.

I did temp... felt that way i could have a tiny idea what my body was doing. And i found it help heaps, even just for peace of mind.

Our FS's graphic instructions were....
**BD every second day throught out the whole cycle (so you don't miss the O)
**Positions that are deep (sorry for TMI)
**Healthy diet and 30mins exercise daily
**BT on day 14 and 21 to check O
We walked out of his office feeling like 2 giggling teenagers who have just had the birds and the bees chat! And i mean he gave us illustrations as well, of positions, i nealry died!

Anyways darl...

All the best

Love Kirby
xoxo

Hi Kirby,

Thanks for your info and congrats and all the best for your little bundle!!