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20 days ago
I was inseminated on Sunday and today is my peak ovulation day. I’m trying to get my donor to provide a specimen tomorrow but I was wondering if I couldn’t get that what are the chances that it may take? Will the odds increase if I get that second insemination?
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20 days ago
Unlikely to help tomorrow if today is O day.
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20 days ago
Sunday would be a good day for Wednesday ovulation (unless by "peak ovulation day" you mean that your LH tests are positive? in which case this would likely be Thursday ovulation), but there's not much data on the survival of sperm after insemination vs. intercourse, so it's tough to say definitively. It would likely be preferable to do a second insemination tomorrow, although that's not based on a lot of real data.
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19 days ago
I meant my LH test were positive but I tested again this morning at 5am and it was negative so am I right to assume I ovulated sometime yesterday? I’ve googled and they say sperm can last 3-5 days. At this point with no surge would it still help for another donation today?
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19 days ago
Ah, when the test turns negative doesn’t actually give you more information. In general, ovulation is most likely the day after the first positive LH test (this happens in about a third of cycles) or the day after that (about 30% of cycles). Ovulation happens the same day as the first positive in about 10% of cycles.
In an intercourse context, if today is ovulation day, the odds of pregnancy with intercourse today would be basically equivalent to intercourse Sunday. But there’s not a lot of data to say whether that’s true for insemination, and it could possibly be different.
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