Peak day but burned out :(

We’ve been TTC for a while now. However this is only the second cycle that I am tracking LH/ovulation. A couple months ago I had a health issue which threw off my cycle a little bit. So I wasn’t certain if my LH would have a high peak this month. As you can see from my attached chart, my husband and I kept at it and had sex in the days leading up to CD14 which is when I thought I would ovulate, however here I am on CD18 with a dye stealer ovulation test (second photo attached), but with an incredibly burned out husband since we’ve had sex for 2 days in a row after only 1 day break following 4 more days of sex. But today is officially ovulation day and he is so tired the poor thing :( He is a free spirit and likes to keeps things spontaneous but has been such a team player with trying to time sex this cycle. It’s just come to a point where it feels cruel of me to ask him to do it again tonight. What would you do? Should we just count on the sperm from the last two days? Is there a point in having sex tomorrow in the hopes of catching the egg?

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The LH surge occurs just before ovulation as far as I am aware. The egg will be released 24 to 36 hours after this. So you'd be good to wait until tomorrow?

Having sex on peak day gives you your highest chances because you can guarantee that sperm will be waiting for the egg to be released. However, if you had sex yesterday that is fine! You're still in with a great chance.

Ovulation happens 12-36 hours after peak and since your peak is this morning ovulation is most likely to happen sometime tomorrow morning. If you were to have sex after ovulation has happened your chances of those sperm making a difference is slim.

Have tonight off if hubby doesn't feel like it. But still worth asking the question if he is up to it. But pressure free. Explain that you've covered your bases if he wants a night off ❤️❤️❤️ xxx

Thank you and for your helpful responses.

What I’m wondering is could I get another dye stealer tomorrow? In which case, we might want to wait with having sex until tomorrow morning to make sure the sperm is as fresh as possible for the egg.

So my larger question is in your experience is it common to have two or more days of positives/dye stealers indicating a long surge?

later in the cycle getting dye stealer ovulation result can be an early pregnancy symptom. you can go for one pregnancy test as well as it happened in my case .Wishing you al the very best

In my case my period date was 18th of december 2025 and we were trying on the days leading up to the ovulation which was upto 1st january max , i began noticing sudden dark ovulation test on january 4th , upon testing i got a clear positive as i was pregnant with mono mono twins . But again everyone is different so may be your ovulation is certainly delayed as you say . Cheers 👋

For most people the LH surge, peak, and drop back to base line happens within 12-24 hours. Then ovulation happens 12-36 hours after peak. So it's more likely you will ovulate tomorrow morning around the 24hrs mark after peak as this is most common.

The sperm doesn't need to be "fresh" it just needs to be alive and as long as it's less than 5 days old it will be alive. It also takes between 10 minutes and several hours for the sperm to arrive in the fallopian tubes so if ovulation already happens then the chance of catching the egg drops dramatically.

Honestly 2 days before ovulation is still great timing ❤️❤️❤️ xxx

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