Opk+

[mrs magoo]

Ok it seems like everyone is doing this. Can someone run me through the basics of this? Or is there a thread? My first ttc I temped and found easy. I've always avoided this opk stuff as it sounded really complex but I think with ttc girl it may be needed so you find out before not after O right?? Thanks!

[Cinss]

Yep you can grab a heap of cheap opks from ebay or amazon. They are pretty much the same as pregnancy tests in that you just dip them in urine and wait to see the result. You will want to start testing 2 or 3 days before you expect to ovulate. You will see 2 lines appear on the test one is the control line and the other is the result line. When you are about to ovulate the result line will be the same colour or darker than the control line. When you see this you know ovulation is between 12 - 36 hours away. A negative test will be one that the result line is lighter than the control line or you may even get no result line. It sounds complicated but it is really not.

[mrs magoo]

do you need to do at certain time or day? i seem to recall this in TTC forums in past

and also there was debate about not drinking too much or not enough or is that not really a factor?

[Cinss]

It is recommended that you do the test in the afternoon and not with fmu. You should try to do it at the same time each day. Also holding your pee for 2 hours before you do the test will give you a more accurate result. I think confusion sets in when people go overboard with the testing and take multipul tests in a day and at different times and use different brands. It does not have to be done that much but for some reason poas can become addictive.

[mrs magoo]

It is recommended that you do the test in the afternoon and not with fmu. You should try to do it at the same time each day. Also holding your pee for 2 hours before you do the test will give you a more accurate result. I think confusion sets in when people go overboard with the testing and take multipul tests in a day and at different times and use different brands. It does not have to be done that much but for some reason poas can become addictive.

hmmm yes this sounds complicated to me! and know way im gonna test at work! i guess i'll just do early evening then.

thanks for info!

[atomic sagebrush]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-general-discussion/1723-getting-started-opks.html

[mrs magoo]

Ok thought for sure I would get surge today on vitex and lots of ewcm and light ov pains. Im on cd 13.

I'm unsure if I'm suppose to take off the sticker bit? Did yesterday and the test didn't work at all! Confused!!! 8144

[Rainbow baby]

Looks negative the controls there!! The sticker bit is were the pee gets absorbed you don't remove it. Just dip up to the line on the arrows and lay flat and wait! :) HTH

[Butterfly Spirit]

I'm confused. I see a line where the designated preg indicator line should be.. isn't the sticker that white thing and the test part is the off white part?

[Cinss]

Your not supposed to remove sticker bit or any bit,you just dip the test into the sample up to that blue line for about 5 seconds then lie the test stick down and check the result after 10 mins.

[mrs magoo]

Thanks so much for reassurance on sticker girls!!!

[mrs magoo]

Ok is this a surge? Is it dark enough? 8172

[atomic sagebrush]

very close if not pos it will be soon.

[mrs magoo]

Ok today I think it's equal or darker so is today my surge or yesterday (as day before that was no line at all!)8188

[The Anchor]

Ok today I think it's equal or darker so is today my surge or yesterday (as day before that was no line at all!)8188

YUP! Looks like you're pretty close, better get to work :)

[babygirl]

i would say both days are positive, oh and read the instructions that come with them as some tests say to read results at 5 minutes

[mrs magoo]

I'm actually not ttc till march but trying to figure out opks in advance!

I'm doing one attempt at first pos opk so if this was a go mth would I go yesterday or today?

[Cinss]

Now you know what it looks like when it is definatly + (todays test) and you get a good warning the one you took yesterday was almost but not quite there yet.

[mrs magoo]

ok thanks for guidance!

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm actually not ttc till march but trying to figure out opks in advance!

I'm doing one attempt at first pos opk so if this was a go mth would I go yesterday or today?

It doesn't matter, it doesn't have to be spot on - both O-2 and O-1 have very good rates of pregnancy - what you want to avoid is BD AFTER the egg has popped, NOT because timing sways but because it lowers odds of conception quite a bit. When swaying pink our odds are already lowered and so BD too late can make it impossible for sperm to reach egg in time.