CBFM Confusion

[BilliG]

Hi All! I could really do with some help here..

This month is my dummy run trying to pinpoint ovulation and it is also the first month I've used the CBFM. I wanted to use it in conjunction with the cheapie opks. The night before I got a peak on the CBFM i did an opk and it was it appeared negative but had a faint line..I think with the amount of liquids I'm drinking it has been difficult to leave enough of a gap for the opks to accurate.

The day of the first peak I experienced cramping pain on the lower right side of my abdomin which I've never experienced before and I'm pretty sure it was O pains as I cant think of anything else it could be.. I've never really paid enough attention before to know if I've had O pains before or not but this was pretty bad!

The next morning opk the lh line on opk was more faint than the other line but still very much there and CBFM shows a peak still.

Would that suggest that I have not yet ovulated ? Or is it normal for CBFM to show a second peak day regardless?

Any thoughts are welcomed!!
BilliG

[Boompink]

Hi,
Cbfm shows 2 days of peak regardless, x

[atomic sagebrush]

Boompink already answered your main q (thanks Boompink) But I wanted to let you know, if the line on OPK is not as dark as the other line, then it's a neg. test. That doesn't mean that you didn't ovulate, it just means that you either missed the surge or else like you guessed, that your urine was too diluted.

Many people get faint lines on OPK at varying times of the month and I just didn't want you to count on faint lines to necessarily mean anything - only when the line is as dark or darker than the control does it "count." Our bodies release little surges of hormones at other times of the month and can give us faint lines on OPK.

For more info about O pains, you might want to read this: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion/1678-ovulation-pain-spotting-depth.html

[BilliG]

Thank you both for your responses.. They helped a lot :)

[BilliG]

Ok I'm back with further CBFM confusion!!!

This morning I got a peak on it after 3days of high. I also did a cheapie opk at the same time but this didn't even show a faint line (maybe v v v faint) but without a doubt was negative.

The cbfm stick looked smudged and I'm wondering if the monitor could have read it wrong.

On the plus side... Plenty of ewcm to indicate ovulation is near..

I'm thinking of going out and get digital opks soon but just wanted some thoughts on if the monitor is def wrong if the opk is showing negative :s!!!

[BilliG]

Digital clear blue opk says O (no smiley) so def think I it was a false peak... :(

[atomic sagebrush]

Man, I wish I was more of a CBFM expert!! If you don't get any more responses, start a new thread with a new title, maybe in the Gender Swaying discussion forum so you get more hits (some of the pink swayers use CBFM and don't read this forum as much.)

My gut instinct is that it's more likely to get a neg. OPK when ovulating, but at the same time the smudged stick seems weird too. Def. start a new thread so the CBFM experts can chime in.

[BilliG]

Thanks atomic! I have reposted this :)

[Boompink]

Hi!
The cbfm works in a different way to opk. The opk work best in the afternoon so if you did it in the morning that might be why it was negative. I think you can trust the cbfm so if it says peak I would assume you wil ovulate in the next two days! Xx

[Princess of Pink]

I have discovered that I get a false peak every month. The opk looks almost + and I get EWCM and all that...then about 3-4 days latter I get a real + that I was missing by thinking the first one must of been + and then stop testing. I usually even have a temp dip and then rise for 3 or so days....it even fooled FF last month. Now I actually get smiley tests!! Good luck!!

[BilliG]

Hi!
The cbfm works in a different way to opk. The opk work best in the afternoon so if you did it in the morning that might be why it was negative. I think you can trust the cbfm so if it says peak I would assume you wil ovulate in the next two days! Xx

I held my pee for 4 hrs and used a digital blear blue opk which came out negative. Same story this morning too cbfm shows peak and opk negative. I think cbfm always shows two peak days though. estrogen line looking lighter though which is a good thing I believe...maybe I will get a smiley later today... Cd17.

[Boompink]

Yes it does automatically show 2 peak days. Hopefully you'll get a pos today, I hate it when things are confusing! Gl! Xxx

[BilliG]

I was right to ignore that peak.. Got :) on OPK this morning!! am soo happy!!.. I thought I'd missed this month's attempt!

Thnaks for your responses!

[Boompink]

That's great that you didn't miss your chance. How many days after the peak did you get the positive? I usually do both but will always do both now!! Gl! X

[BilliG]

Got first Peak on Friday and positive OPK today..3 days out!

Thank you! GL to you too! xx