Me again.....

Sorry I've just noticed I've written your username wrong twice maidentomother. Need to get glasses! :) x

I didn't even notice! I make typos all the time.

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Originally Posted by maidentomother

No. How long your OPK stays positive has little to do with when you O.

It IS normal to have creamy CM after O, but that does NOT mean CM can't and doesn't turn creamy before. Estrogen is what causes fertile CM (watery and egg white), and estrogen levels usually peak 1-3 days BEFORE O (and you will have the most fertile CM at this time). So depending on your estrogen level in a certain cycle, your CM can turn creamy sooner or later. Regarding LH surges, they are most often 1-2 days long and O most often happens 24-36 hours after you first start to surge. Next most common is O 2 days after, and it's also possible but less likely for it to occur the same day as your first positive OPK or 3+ days later. Without temps you can only guess, but OPKs are definitely more reliable than CM for determining O.

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Hi maiden - sorry to gatecrash but i wanted to ask you what you meant by, "when you first start to surge"? -

When you first start to surge = when OPK first turns positive, IF you've been testing regularly. If testing infrequently or at the wrong times, you may not catch the first positive. Mostly I just used the phrase for compositional variety.

You always have a chance of a girl. Please don't overthink this. Even under ideal circumstances we get about 20% opposites and you did a lot of pink friendly stuff.

Agree with everything maiden and essence have posted. They are 100% correct!!!