There is no scientific evidence as far as this goes, but from a common sense and emotional point of view I feel that one should cut down until you have an answer as to the result being positive or negative.

- Bi-Week 30 answers kindly provided by Dr. Stephan Volschenk -

There are no hard and fast rules regarding abstinence of intercourse during these time periods, and definitely not during intercourse or insemination cycles – in fact the more often in these cases the better. During IVF however, we prefer abstinence during the 2 weeks following the embryo transfer in order to theoretically give the attempt the best chance of success. There is however no scientific evidence that this makes any difference at all to the ultimate outcome and is possibly more psychological than scientific.

- Week 5 answers kindly provided by Dr. Stephan Volschenk -