Why Chasing Your LH Surge is SABOTAGING Your Conception Dreams

October 04, 2025

Code to Conception

Daily micro-protocols for the 90-day miracle window

| October 4, 2025 |

🔬 Pre-Bump Biology  

Here’s the hidden trap: if you’re waiting for a positive LH strip to start sex, you’re already late. The surge test lights up at the end of your fertile window, when eggs are almost ready to release—but sperm needed to be there 1–2 days earlier. Worse, holding off too long damages sperm quality. 

🧬 Protocol Drop  

Today’s 1-Step Protocol: 

Have intercourse every 24–48 hours starting on cycle day 8 (or with the first sign of fertile cervical mucus) and continue through the LH-positive day and the day after. Keep male ejaculation intervals ≤48 hours—this keeps sperm DNA intact and motility high.  

👉 Read the full study summary

📚 Glossary Pop  

LH Surge: A rapid rise in luteinizing hormone released by the pituitary gland that triggers ovulation. In blood, it starts hours before ovulation, but urine LH tests detect it later—shrinking the practical window if you wait to act until you see that positive strip.  

Forward this to your partner and set a reminder: your fertile window starts before the LH line turns dark. Don’t miss your prime days.
P.S. Tomorrow Teaser
Your daily lather might be quietly wrecking your cycle. Many mainstream shampoos hide endocrine-disrupting chemicals (like parabens, phthalates, and synthetic fragrances) that mimic or block estrogen and progesterone signaling. Research links chronic exposure to disrupted ovulation, altered follicle development, and lower implantation odds—meaning that “clean hair” could be costing you a clean shot at conception.

Want to learn more?

Gibbons, T., Reavey, J., Georgiou, E. X., & Becker, C. M. (2023). Timed intercourse for couples trying to conceive. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(9), CD011345. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011345.pub3 

Lo Giudice, A., et al. (2024). Effects of long and short ejaculatory abstinence on sperm parameters: A meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1373426. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2024.1373426 

Raditya, M., et al. (2025). Impact of shorter abstinence periods on semen parameters: Systematic review and meta-analysis. World Journal of Men’s Health, 43(3), 563–579. https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.240035 

Usala, S. J., et al. (2024). Comparison of day-specific serum LH, estradiol, and progesterone with urinary LH, E3G, and PdG in ovulatory cycles. Medicine, 60(8), 1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicine60081207 

Maman, E., et al. (2023). Prediction of ovulation: New insight into an old challenge. Scientific Reports, 13, 21249. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47241-2 

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