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Missed ovulation day

MariaIsabella

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Hi ladies, had sex yesterday evening and day before. Got smiley face this morning but hubby is out of town and not back until tomorrow! I know sperm live for a couple of days but how much smaller are my chances this months? Any ideas? Xx
 
I'd say you're fine - as you say sperm can live for up to 7 days. I'd dtd when he's back and you're well covered. We just went with every other day when we caught with this one, didn't do ovulation sticks or anything.
 
My fertility doc says sperm lives 2-3 days normally. It's best to dtd in the days leading up to ovulation so the day before a positive should be fine. You will ovulate in the next couple of days and the sperm will already be there.
 
Also dtd tomorrow as you may have only just ovulated or be about to.
 
Thank ladies! How long after smiley face do you ovulate and how long does the egg survive ( thinking if we dtd tonight ). Also, for how long will i get a smiley face using sticks? Several days up until i actually ovulate?

Thanks :)
 
Thank ladies! How long after smiley face do you ovulate and how long does the egg survive ( thinking if we dtd tonight ). Also, for how long will i get a smiley face using sticks? Several days up until i actually ovulate?

Thanks :)

Hey Maria. Are you getting a flashing smiley face or a still smiley face? A flashing smiley face means you're highly fertile but have not reached peak ovulation yet. When you get a still smiley face that is not flashing that means you are ovulating.

Your egg will begin travelling downwards through your fallopian tube and once the egg has began it's journey, it will take 24 hours before the egg dies. If you had either no smiley face or a flashing smiley face the day before yesterday, and then today you got a still smiley face, then that would mean generally that your egg is beginning to travel downwards.

The box standard figure for sperm to live inside of you is 7 days, but statistics show realistically they live for between 2 and 3 days normally. If you dtd the day before your still smiley then you should be fine! Fingers crossed it all works out for you xx
 
The month I conceived was the month oh went away on a stag do for 2 nights right slap bang around ov time (didn't use opks but that was going off fertility app + checking ewcm). Anyway, we dtd in the days before and after and somehow it worked - after 15 frickin months of trying!!! So I'd say you're covered and if it's meant to be it will happen xx fingers crossed for you xx
 
Ok, so this is weird. I did actually get a flashing smiley the first time so after reading up ( forgot all these things ) i wasnt ovulating then. But then yesterday during the day i got a solid smiley and we dtd in the evening. Just before bed i took another test and an empty circle came up.. Then this morning i woke up with similar ovulation pain i had yesterday morning and took another test and got another smiley!!!

So confused now! It felt like i was about to ovulate yesterday and now the same feeling.. And i got the empty circle yesterday evening. Has this happened to anyone else and what can it mean? Xx
 
Ok, so this is weird. I did actually get a flashing smiley the first time so after reading up ( forgot all these things ) i wasnt ovulating then. But then yesterday during the day i got a solid smiley and we dtd in the evening. Just before bed i took another test and an empty circle came up.. Then this morning i woke up with similar ovulation pain i had yesterday morning and took another test and got another smiley!!!

So confused now! It felt like i was about to ovulate yesterday and now the same feeling.. And i got the empty circle yesterday evening. Has this happened to anyone else and what can it mean? Xx

Perhaps you got a blank circle because your urine was too dilute since you did it just before you went to bed in the evening and you'd been urinating throughout the day and drinking throughout the day too. If you got a solid in the morning, and then a solid the next morning then that's good. It shows you're still in the 24 hour stage of the egg travelling downwards.

It depends on the hormone levels in your body. When I was ovulating and getting a solid smiley, I did a test about 3 times on the first day I got my solid smiley, and then the following day I did 1 or 2 tests and got another solid smiley, and then the following day after that I got a blank circle because the egg had already been travelling for 24 hours and had either been fertilised or died.

You seem to be doing everything correctly and the fact you managed to dtd after you got your peak smiley is brilliant! Now for the 2 week wait hun... Fingers crossed for you xx
 

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