My OPT's - updated - negative now, i think

[love being a mummy]

Is this a fade in ?

[carmella_marie]

it's hard to tell in the pic, if the test line is getting darker than yes.

[TTC5]

Yep it is getting darker :)

[love being a mummy]

u think it could be + tomorrow ?

[TTC5]

Yep it could do! Mine tend to look like yours and then bam I get a very dark +!! I can test like your last one dinner time and by 10pm that night it has gone +.

[love being a mummy]

They are all fmu

[TTC5]

Yep they are fading in :)

[love being a mummy]

YAY

[Cinss]

I'm so excited for you.

[love being a mummy]

Thanks :)

[amari]

Getting close! : )

[love being a mummy]

-opt today

[TTC5]

Keep testing!!!!

[love being a mummy]

It's lighter then yesterday.
Do you think yesterday was my +opt?

[Cinss]

No... +ve will be darker than the control line... you may be just fading in longer than some people. Don't worry, you will see a +ve very soon.

[love being a mummy]

Another -opt.
They are getting lighter.
I'm starting to think I got my + the other day.
but only a tiny bit of the line was as dark as the control line.
I've used alot of opt's over the years and I've never seen a + one. I always thought that maybe I was just using them at the wrong times.
Does everyone get a + ?
Maybe I didn't O this cycle?

[Plum3]

LH can fluctuate before it surges so you might not actually get a fade in. Not everyone gets it. Keep testing!

[atomic sagebrush]

I personally do not think that is necessarily a fade-in pattern (unless it continues to get darker). It MAY be, it may not be. Many people have that amount of natural variation in their OPKs from day to day. It COULD be a fade in, or it could be that you're going to go for another week before O, you just can't tell by 3 fairly light OPK, what is really happening.

Good luck, I hope it's fading in for you!

[love being a mummy]

-opt today

I do really feel that one on CD17 was a + but only a tiny bit of the line is the same as the control. Can't really tell on the photo.

[love being a mummy]

885

[TTC5]

Sounds like you may have just missed the surge, I know if I never tested late at night I would have missed mine too, in the past!!!!! Going by your CM etc it does sound like you have O'd already.

[love being a mummy]

Yeah I think I missed it.
I stopped doing afternoon / night ones cause the 2nd line was so faint.
I was getting that fade in pattern using FMU.
The last pic I posted is the darkest one I got.

[TTC5]

Ah yeah you prob missed it!

[atomic sagebrush]

It is possible you missed it but I would not call the pic a pos OPK in any way. You are there and can see it firsthand so use your judgement and not mine, but to me that is not pos.

[rainbowflower]

TBH a lot of my internet cheapie OPKs don't go much darker than that when used between midday and evening. I only get a proper positive on them using FMU.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks for letting me know that rainbow!!

But I am confused, because I thought you weren't supposed to use FMU?

[TTC5]

I only get +'s from 10pm onwards!

[love being a mummy]

Another -opt today, I am most certain I have already O'd and missed the surge.
CM is really drying up but I still have lower back pain and that usually goes away after O, I'll keep doing OPT's every day though just incase.

I read that you aren't supposed to use FMU cause you can get a fake + but I haven't been getting fake positives and when I was doing them not using FMU I was hardly getting a 2nd line at all. Maybe my LH surge just isn't strong enough but more likely I have missed the surge but I did do a test later on CD17 and the 2nd line was barely visible.

[TTC5]

Yes good idea just keep testing :)

[Cinss]

LBAM how long was your cycle last month? It's true you should not be using FMU. My opt's will be faint anytime of the month and then i get 2 days of +ve, so i really doubt you will miss it if you are at least doing 1 every 24 hours. I don't like to suggest anything negative but i'd say if you get a BFN this month it would be very likely that you didn't O at all. On the other hand if you get a BFP that means the OPT's you were using were not of a very good quality. I would continue to use them though just to be positve that it's not just delayed.

[amari]

Is there a good time of day or night to do opk's?

[love being a mummy]

My last 2 cycles have been 32 days and O on CD19

[TTC5]

Is there a good time of day or night to do opk's?

Between 11am and 2pm and then again in the evening is good.

[rainbowflower]

11am-evening, the hormone is said to peak in your body between 12 and 2pm, so then you'd have to wait for it to make it's way into the pee too, but as said before - I find FMU works better for me for some strange reason, but if you had a short LH surge it might not be that way

[amari]

Thanks, ladies! One more question, since I pee a lot, especially since drinking all this tea and cl, do you have to hold your pee first for any amount of time?

[love being a mummy]

I've read it's best to not drink or eat at all for at least 2 hours before testing, so you would probably hold during those 2 hours aswell.



-OPT today for me

[TTC5]

I'd hold urine and stop drinks for an hour :)

[amari]

Thanks, a lot of things to remember to do throughout the day on top of two kids!

[TTC5]

Some people find that once the opk is + it doesn't matter what they drink/when.

[atomic sagebrush]

Is there a good time of day or night to do opk's?

Yes, you are supposed to do them after lunch. Not in the morning.

[love being a mummy]

Just got a +opt 5DPO

[Cinss]

Just got a +opt 5DPO

I had a feeling that was going to happen to you

[TTC5]

Oh you could be O'ing now!!!!! Get to it!!!

[love being a mummy]

A few people were getting + after O.
What day was your one ttc5?

DH hasn't been taking supps and we haven't been releasing every 2nd day.
I am not confident enough to DTD now?
CM is very dry.
It's ok if I am going to O now, just means it wasn't meant to be, I'll have to wait until NYE for my next attempt.

[love being a mummy]

But I am getting nausea, so it could be pre-O nausea, but no O pains and no CM

[love being a mummy]

Last DTD was the 29th Nov and today is the 5th Dec, is there definitely no sperm waiting in there now ?

Maybe +opt after O means you will get a BFN

[love being a mummy]

899

[Cinss]

Yep definatly a +ve, i guess the only way to know when you did O is to count the days until AF. Your LP should be very close to 14 days. What that means is if you did O on CD18 your AF will show 14 days later, but if you O now AF will be 14 days from now.

[love being a mummy]

Last cycle O was CD19, AF was CD32. Well technically it's classed as CD1 but you get what I mean.

[TTC5]

A few people were getting + after O.
What day was your one ttc5?

DH hasn't been taking supps and we haven't been releasing every 2nd day.
I am not confident enough to DTD now?
CM is very dry.
It's ok if I am going to O now, just means it wasn't meant to be, I'll have to wait until NYE for my next attempt.

I did yep however I also had a def + around O too. I think they went positive again a few days after O.

[TTC5]

A few people were getting + after O.
What day was your one ttc5?

DH hasn't been taking supps and we haven't been releasing every 2nd day.
I am not confident enough to DTD now?
CM is very dry.
It's ok if I am going to O now, just means it wasn't meant to be, I'll have to wait until NYE for my next attempt.

Oh bummer sorry this cycle has back whacky for you :( When did you last DTD?

[TTC5]

Last DTD was the 29th Nov and today is the 5th Dec, is there definitely no sperm waiting in there now ?

Maybe +opt after O means you will get a BFN

Chances would be low, but possible..

[love being a mummy]

Chances would be low, but possible..

:( I was hoping none would be waiting there, I don't want a long cut off thats how I got my other girls.

[love being a mummy]

Maybe I didn't O before.
Getting some EWCM again, cloudy like last time. Looks mixed EW and cloudy.

[TTC5]

I'm guessing you didn't and are now..

[amari]

what do you mean by + opk 5dpo? Do you still test past ovulation? is this a second o? i am confused.

[love being a mummy]

what do you mean by + opk 5dpo? Do you still test past ovulation? is this a second o? i am confused.

I only kept testing because the +opt I got wasn't fully + the 2nd line was darker then the control line but it was only very thin. So I kept testing to see if I would get a + and now that I have I am thinking that I didn't actually O before.

I am now CD24 I don't think I've ever O'd this late before.
I am worried there might still being some sperm left there from DTD on CD18.
I don't really want to DTD tonight, we haven't been taking any supps, and I've been a bit slack on the diet.
Last DTD CD18,
release and big O on CD22,
EW / cloudy Cm and +opk on CD24.
I didn't test on CD23 so not sure if it would have been + then.

[love being a mummy]

+opt again today

[rainbowflower]

could you be pregnant already?
perhaps next cycle it would be less stressful to try temping and then know if you've OVed or not?

[love being a mummy]

could you be pregnant already?
perhaps next cycle it would be less stressful to try temping and then know if you've OVed or not?
Don't think I could be pregnant, if I did O CD18 I would only be 6dpo so probably still too early, implantation wouldn't have happened yet.

[atomic sagebrush]

899

Now THAT is a positive.

[atomic sagebrush]

Last DTD was the 29th Nov and today is the 5th Dec, is there definitely no sperm waiting in there now ?

Maybe +opt after O means you will get a BFN

No, no sperm waiting in there by now I wouldn't think. It is possible but unlikely.

A pos opk after O only means you will get a BFN if you didn't actually O in the first place. Which you didn't, and so you didn't BD at the right time to conceive. You are Oing now. annabel-lee just got a BFP after having several pos opk after she REALLY did O so we know for a fact that isn't the case.

[atomic sagebrush]

I did yep however I also had a def + around O too. I think they went positive again a few days after O.

Yes, TTC 5 had a truly pos OPK and her ovulation was also confirmed by temping.

It IS possible to get pos OPK after ovulation and be either pg or not pg. It is also possible to mistake a neg OPK for a positive and then later on get a pos OPK when you are actually ovulating.

[atomic sagebrush]

what do you mean by + opk 5dpo? Do you still test past ovulation? is this a second o? i am confused.

Her first test was not positive amari.

All OPK test for is the presence of a certain hormone in your urine. It is TOTALLY possible to have a little blurp of that hormone before or after ovulation that shows up in your urine and registers lightly (or even darkly) on an OPK. It is also possible to have a fake O where your body almost O's but doesn't and that can show up as a true pos.

[atomic sagebrush]

I only kept testing because the +opt I got wasn't fully + the 2nd line was darker then the control line but it was only very thin. So I kept testing to see if I would get a + and now that I have I am thinking that I didn't actually O before.

I am now CD24 I don't think I've ever O'd this late before.
I am worried there might still being some sperm left there from DTD on CD18.
I don't really want to DTD tonight, we haven't been taking any supps, and I've been a bit slack on the diet.
Last DTD CD18,
release and big O on CD22,
EW / cloudy Cm and +opk on CD24.
I didn't test on CD23 so not sure if it would have been + then.

I don't think you should attempt this month - onto next month and then you'll know what to expect!!

[atomic sagebrush]

+opt again today

That's actually good news because that means you'll have Oed even later past the BD and odds of pg are diminished that much more. Good luck!

[love being a mummy]

Here is todays opt It's a negative ?911

[Cinss]

yeah looks like its fading down now

[TTC5]

Looks like you O'd later after all :)

[love being a mummy]

Is O after 1st opt or last opt?

[TTC5]

Very hard to say as everyone is different but for me, I O after the first + :)

[rainbowflower]

if you have more than one pos OPK, OV is usually on the last day of positives

[TTC5]

Very hard to say as everyone is different but for me, I O after the first + :)

Should add I get 2 days of +'s.

[love being a mummy]

My EWCM dried up on the 2nd day so I am going to count O as CD24

[TTC5]

Alot of ladies actually O on the day their CM turns believe it or not, the EWCM usually happens just prior to O.

[love being a mummy]

oh ok, well I think I'll just have to wait and see if I get a BFP and then might have to get a dating a scan done.

[TTC5]

Don't worry too much, they usually go by LMP anyway :)

[love being a mummy]

Yeah the usually ask me LMP then ask me how long my cycle was so they can adjust the due date, should I still say 32days or adjust it the 5days for late O ?

[TTC5]

I would go with what you usually have :)