I see that most people recommend to BD every other day. Is it more important to make sure you BD the day before ovulation, or the day of?

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My husband and I were BD every day during my fertile window during the first 3 cycles we were TTC. On the 4th cycle of trying, we decided to try BD every other day which happened to be 5 days before O, 3 days before O, 1 day before Ovulation, and then 1 day after O. We ended up not even BD on the day of O and I got pregnant. I believe the day before O is what did it for us. 
I knew the day I ovulated by OPKs and BBT

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The 2 days before ovulation are your prime days to get pregnant. Sperm can take 30 minutes to a few days to reach the egg and sperm can live up to 5 days. If you BD the 2 days before ovulation it allows the sperm to sit and wait on the egg rather than the day of and possibly missing the egg.

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We did the day before ovulation and the day of

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Weve een trying for 7 months with 1 miscarriage, doing it every other day, last month we only had sex 3 days before my positive opk and the day I got it and now I'm 5weeks now, so the less sex we had helped us xx

I see that most people recommend to BD every other day. Is it more important to make sure you BD the day before ovulation, or the day of?

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