Is this a fade in ?
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Is this a fade in ?
it's hard to tell in the pic, if the test line is getting darker than yes.
Yep it is getting darker :)
u think it could be + tomorrow ?
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 +.
They are all fmu
Yep they are fading in :)
YAY
I'm so excited for you.
Thanks :)
Getting close! : )
-opt today
Keep testing!!!!
It's lighter then yesterday.
Do you think yesterday was my +opt?
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.
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?
LH can fluctuate before it surges so you might not actually get a fade in. Not everyone gets it. Keep testing!
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!
-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.
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.
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.
Ah yeah you prob missed it!
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.
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.
Thanks for letting me know that rainbow!!
But I am confused, because I thought you weren't supposed to use FMU?
I only get +'s from 10pm onwards!
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.
Yes good idea just keep testing :)
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.
Is there a good time of day or night to do opk's?
My last 2 cycles have been 32 days and O on CD19
Between 11am and 2pm and then again in the evening is good.Quote:
Originally Posted by amari
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
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?
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
I'd hold urine and stop drinks for an hour :)
Thanks, a lot of things to remember to do throughout the day on top of two kids!
Some people find that once the opk is + it doesn't matter what they drink/when.
Yes, you are supposed to do them after lunch. Not in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by amari