what is SMEP?

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• ozz

  Dec 30, 2009 7:51AM

  Hi Hannah
  
  Copied from an old post...
  
  Sperm meets egg plan
  HERE'S THE PLAN
  
  Deanna's Plan
  
  Whether you are trying again after a miscarriage, or frustrated that you can't seem to get pregnant again after a successful pregnancy, this plan is for women who have gotten pregnant in the past, and therefore do not have significant infertility problems that need to be tested and treated. It is also a good plan to try for a first pregnancy if you want to do something serious to increase your chances before finally going in for a doctor visit about fertility.
  
  Even if you have had an easy time getting pregnant in the past, pregnancy tends to change your hormonal makeup, so sometimes timing is not the same as it was before. This plan will ensure that sperm gets to your egg. Whether or not a viable pregnancy results (the odds are about 1 in 4 even if you time it right), is up to nature.
  
  Be prepared for a month of serious loving!
  
  The Plan
  
  "Try" every other night starting Day 8
  Buy 10 ovulation predictor kit sticks
  Begin ovulation testing on Day 10
  When test is positive, "try" that night, plus two additional nights in a row
  Skip one night, then do one last "try"
  Take a home pregnancy test 15 days after your ovulation test was positive, if your period has not begun
  If your ovulation test never goes positive, continue "trying" every other night until Day 35, then do a pregnancy test if your period has not begun.
  Statistics coming in from the bulletin board show that about 40% of post-miscarriage women will get pregnant on the first try if they are faithful to the plan, about double the number of the normal population who are not on the plan. This assumes, of course, that you waited for a normal cycle to begin after your loss, and did not begin trying before having a period after a miscarriage. Many women do not ovulate in that first cycle.
  
  Come join us in the Jan SMEP thread!
  
  

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• Dotty_Jackie

  Dec 30, 2009 11:56AM

  Here's the link, it worked for me the first month I tried it, but the bean didn't stick. I'll be trying it again though!! Good luck xx
  
  http://www.pregnancyloss.info/sperm_meets_egg_plan.htm

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• mrsallen08

  Dec 30, 2009 2:41PM

  I shall be doing this in January after the AF - Sorry no PMA this month. Far too much stress at work and alcohol so going full steam ahead for Jan! lol!

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• Flora-Bee

  Dec 30, 2009 2:47PM

  I will try this in Jan...my month 4 is an SMEP month!
  
  Thanks!

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• Sparkling_DiamondButton

  Jan 3, 2010 6:07PM

  Bumped so I can remember how to follow the plan xx

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