Best time for intercourse after the HCG trigger

[Anonymous]

I am getting my HCG trigger tomorrow morning. We are doing Bravelle with timed intercourse. I was wondering when the best time to have sex is and how often. Also, I know that they recommend abstaining for 48 hours to build up the sperm count, but if I have sex tomorrow night it will have been more like 72 hours. Does the extra 24 hours make that much difference in sperm quality? I'm worried that if we have sex tonight and then wait until Saturday night to have sex again, I might be missing the window.

Am I overthinking this? I've heard you can ovulate anywhere from 12 to 36 hours after the trigger shot. Am I off on those numbers? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I am your woman! I have analyzed this to death. I really think if you can have a lot of sex, just do it early and often (as soon as you start having ewcm). That said, we have to prioritize, to save dh from performance issues. So I try to have done it within 2-3 days of trigger. Then again the night of trigger and the following night. I've never ovulated less than 36 hours from trigger, usually more like 42-43 hours. But it takes the sperm about 12 hours to "convert" and travel to the right place, so you want them to be there waiting. In your case, since you're triggering in the morning, I'd do it that night and the following morning (or night if that's not possible), but definitely no more than 36 hours after trigger. And if you think you can do it tonight too, go for it!

[Anonymous]

i second PP's response -- tonight, tomorrow night, sat morning or night
that's a lot of action....g how many follicles do you have? ood luck!

[Anonymous]

OP here. I talked to the RE this morning and asked if he had a suggested schedule. He told me daily. Tonight, tomorrow night, Sunday night. I also asked if doing it too much would deplete the stores of sperm without giving him a chance to make more. The doctor said no, "When you get your hair cut, the rest of your hair doesn't fall out." I guess the answer is if your hubby does not have any issues, (mine does not) then he should have plenty of sperm to go around.

I called my husband and told him to take his vitamins for this weekend.

[Anonymous]

I say every other day so that sperm has time to rebuild itself. Every day is too much if there is a low sperm count. Every other day is ideal.

[Anonymous]

I really disagree with the every other day advice, if your dh has no sperm issues! That may be ok advice if you're just having sex days 8, 10, 12 etc and you don't know when you actually ovulate. But you've put a lot of work into this and know exactly when you're going to ovulate (within 12 hours or so). I think by Sunday night it is way too late to make a difference (and that concerns me that your RE doesn't know that!).

[Anonymous]

Op here. PP, my RE said we should do it daily. My husband has no issues with sperm count, motility etc. The only issue is that we are in our 40's and tired.