Does your SO prefer you NOT tell them when you are ovulating?

RyRy

Does your SO prefer it if you do NOT tell them when you are ovulating / in your fertile window / etc?

My husband and I have struggled with infertility for 7 years. We have been blessed with 1 daughter from a successful round of IUI. But we have not been able to conceive since then, and even attempted 5 more rounds of IUI’s and Clomid. We stopped fertility treatments 3 years ago and decided to “see what would happen”, which I already knew would be nothing.

We turned 30 in 2024. So at that point I accepted our family was done. However a few months ago my husband asked if we could try again but without fertility treatments for now. He wants us to try some supplements and just cycle track more.

We don’t ever make intimacy a chore. We have a pretty active sex life (3-4x a week) even without the intentions / hope of conceiving.

But if I am ever in my fertile window and ask for intimacy, and if I mention it would “be really good timing” or something to that extent, he is no longer in the mood. He says it ruins it for him.

I get frustrated and embarrassed with that response. I’m not telling him we have too bc I’m fertile. I ask if he’s in the mood and then from excitement mention it’s a good time to try. I would think if he’s really wanting to try again, he’d be more eager to be intimate during the most important times. If I was approaching it like a chore I would understand the mood killer. But I’m not.

I’m just wondering if other spouses respond the same?

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