I was having intercourse every other day during ovulation when I was trying to get pregnant naturally. I read that if you have intercourse everyday, there is not a sufficient amount of quality sperm . I would have have intercourse on the day of the surge.

My doctor told me to try every other day, on days 10-20 of my cycle. My cycle is 28 days. I believe sperm can live inside of you for 48 hours, so even if you get it on 2 days prior to ovulation, the sperm will still be viable. If your DH has sperm issues, it is not recommended to try every day b/c it may impact his sperm count negatively.
For us, it's every other day. Statistically it gives you about the same chances.

good luck :)

We did it every day, but then DH doesn't have a sperm count issue. I know that every other day is just fine, but we didn't want to take a chance, we really wanted it to work the first month. (Actually it was the second time on Clomid the first time we did every other day and it didn't work, but then I had other issues going on then too and didn't know it)Every day worked for us the second time around.

I'm on my third cycle of clomid and have attempted both ways, every other day and every day each without success. I had the same question myself, which was best? I guess I would suggest speaking with your physician who will know your specific history. I work nights and for me we again tried every day due to my work schedule, dh has no sperm issues so I'm just crossing fingers at this point.

I track my BBT every month....so hubby & I start on day 12 or 13 and continue every other day until my temp has been up for about 3-4 days (which means that I have ovulated). My doc said that this was fine and should work. I am on clomid and have been for 4 months. I usually ovulate anywhere from day 17 - day 21. I find that odd - b/c I think most ovulate around day 14. If no preg. this month - then onto IUI.

I asked my doctor this same question because I too heard of so many different time frames. She recommended every other day around 36 hours. So this would mean in the morning on one day...skip a day...then the evening the next time. But who knows...I think that is a little too technical. My husband and I were sticking with every other day for a while. I got pregnant once I relaxed and began having sex when the mood striked, instead of worrying about when to have sex. So I conceived doing it every few days.

I think the most important part of all of this is to just enjoy each other. At one point I felt like we were scheduling our sex times and I began to not enjoy it so much. It was when I stopped stressing about it and relaxed that we got pregnant.

Good Luck to everyone!

My doctors have always done the IUIs the morning after I had my LH surge, so that's when I try to have intercourse when we are trying to conceive on our own. My doctor also recommends every other day.

For the first 2 cycles of Femara we did it everyday for days 10-20. Then, on the 3rd cycle we did it every other day and got PG :o) I agree with the ladies above that everyday will deplete your Dh sperm. Best of luck!

My acupuncturist said as much as possible (even twice a day) it the best way. He also said that this is what is recommended by the top fertility doctor in my city? So I am confused????

The last month I got PG by doing it the day after surge and did it more than once that day. RE actually advised to me when I got surge to do it the next day as many times as we wanted. I think had a post coital the day after that and they were still swimming away inside.

I think the number of times and how often depends on the DH's sperm count.

We always did it on the day of surge and never got PG until doing it the day after surge.

Good luck!