SOS... PLEASE HELP ME ...I DON'T FEEL INTELLIGENT RIGHT NOW.

[JolieCherie1]

I have a 24 days cycle. My LMP was on Tuesday December 29th 2009 (12/29/09).
I was told my High Fertility day was on Sunday January 3rd 2010 (01/03/10)
And my Ovulation Days are from Monday January, 4th 2010 to Sunday January, 10th 2010 (01/04/10 – 01/10/10).
We started having intercourse on my supposedly High Fertility day (01/03/10) and plan on doing such thru my ovulation days (01/04/10 – 01/10/10)

Will this increase our chance of getting pregnant? We have been trying to get pregnant for 6 months now and it not fun anymore.  

I am an only child, so is my husband. However I had an 8 years old from my previous marriage. My husband on the other end never married before and has no child.  He loves my child dearly but we long thought that having a child together will be a joyful and great experience. We both love children, we are desperate to have one together, we would like to break the “only child” myth that’s both in each of our family (my parents are only children so are his parents). My son is crying for a sibling and my in laws would love to have a grand child before they are no longer among us.

My first child came along with no difficulties, no calculations but this time it is nerves wrecking to have my second.  Please help me understand these confusing calculations about fertility and ovulation. Thank you.

[JolieCherie1]

Thank you all for the helpful advices. I’ll make sure to try the ovulation test and also will avoid the stress.

To hcoleman: I got the info on my ovulation, from some website which I don’t quiet remember the name.

I will keep you informed on my progress. Again thank you all.

[Pcogale]

According to what you have posted, then that would be the best time to have intercourse.  But if you are stressed over when and how to do it (sex), it can have the opposite effect and you won't fall pregnant.

You may need to be a little relaxed about it and have sex often when you feel like it, not when you should according to a calculation.

The PP's suggestion of an ovulation monitor is a good one.  You can get things like a Maybe Baby (http://www.maybebaby.com.au/index.php) which is resusable and you can use as little or often as possible.

Also the thing that you have to watch is that although you already have one child, you may have secondary infertility or your partner has issues.  I would suggest that if you haven't been successful within 6 months then you have some testing done.  Or seeing a naturopath can help if you have vitamin and mineral deficiencies that can make it hard to get pregnant.

[Kontessa]

Hi All,
wish u all the best in trying.
you can checlk yourdays.com web site it is very usefull for ovulation dates.
it worked for me pretty much.

[hcoleman]

You have a very similar cycle that I do...and I am also ttc....How did you get your information on your ovulation? I was doing it from a Moms Who Think website where I just entered in my last date, that told me something like you are speaking of..that I would ovulate almost right after my period ended...That didnt work for 4 months, so this month I went out and bought an ovulation monitor test..It had me calculate my average number of days in a cycle, mine was 25, so it asked me to start testing on January 6th...So it is thinking that I will ovulate around the 6th, but its not a guarantee, any woman can essentially ovulate at any point in their cycle...I would have you try one of the ovulation tests, just so you can be sure when you are actually ovulating and can know you are trying at the correct time...Keep me informed on your progress! :)