When did you ovulate on Clomid? Day 10, Almost + OPK?

[aidansmum]

Hi. I am in my first TTC month and took Clomid day 3-7 and am now on day 10 of my cycle. I used that Clomid calculator online to guess when I should expect to ovulate and it said from day 13 to 18. It is now day 10 and I had my first OPK show an almost positive, the line is slightly lighter so it is not yet a positive. It just made me a bit uneasy because everytime I get a slightly lighter line it's always darker the next day. Is it possible to ovulate this early on Clomid?? If I get a positive tomorrow, should I just disregard and wait? I was really aiming for 1 try only as it has higher success with TTC pink and I don't want to risk DTD twice and spoil my sway. Anyone been through this? What did you do? Thanks, girls.

[sugarNspice]

On one of my months of Clomid, I took it from cd 4-8 and ovulated on CD 10. All my other months of taking it, I ovulated on CD 13 (that is, 5 days after the last pill) or 14 (if I did clomid on cd 5-9). But that one time, randomly, I did have a very early ovulation.
I'd trust the opks if I were you. Clomid can do strange things to your cycle.

[aidansmum]

Thanks sugarNspice. It's all very confusing! I don't usually ovulate early by myself hence my skepticism about an early +OPK, but at the same time I don't want to miss the window this month.
I've read online that Clomid can cause false +OPK's and not to trust any result before day 12. Easier said than done!
I will test again tonight and if it's positive I guess I will have to trust it.

[sugarNspice]

When I was taking Clomid, I was seeing an RE, and on the cycles where I didn't have ultrasound checks of my follicles, he had me use OPKs to track ovulation, and they were always right.

While it's possible that you can have a false positive on an OPK (ie, it detects an LH surge but no egg is released) I don't think this is very common on Clomid, and I think it's probably more common in women with things like PCOS who have trouble ovulating even with Clomid. OPKs are generally pretty reliable when you're taking Clomid.

Clomid does cause follicles to grow extra large, and sometimes, in some women, they pop out early, I think because of their size.

[aidansmum]

Thanks again. I tested again in the evening and the line was much fainter, so it was either false or a very short surge. I decided not to DTD after that negative result. I hope I don't miss my chance. I am very good at knowing when I will ovulate as I cramp a few days before and during, and I feel nothing yet, so I will go with my gut instinct and hope O is still coming. I find it hard to believe I would ovulate only 4 days after the last pill. I am also temping and there was no temp drop or spike. I will continue to test today and see how it goes, if I get dark lines again, then I will definitely BD tonight.
Thanks for your insights

[aidansmum]

By the way, cervix is still quite firm. Hard to know what to look for when I never had clomid before

[coralsky]

Hi sorry, just seeing this now, or I would have replied earlier...

I am on my 3rd cycle of clomid, and I found that I would get lines on opk (but not dark enough to be positive) around 3-4days after last pill, and then they would get light again the next few days, and then I would get the positive after that. The first 2 cycles I got my true positive opk 7days after last pill, and this cycle 8days after last pill. This is obviously just my experience, but based on that, I would guess you are still going to get true +opk in a few days.

Hope that helps, and good luck with your sway

[aidansmum]

Thanks coralsky. I think that's exactly what's happening to me. I re-tested 3 times yesterday and they went from faint, to fainter...so I believe the real deal is still coming. Looking forward to finally start trying

[sugarNspice]

My positive opks always corresponded with ultrasound monitoring of my ovaries, but *almost* positive did not. If it's not a digital, or darker than the control line, it doesn't count. Just keep testing, and try to be consistent with how much you drink throughout the day (so that dehydration doesn't fool you into thinking you're close to positive when actually it's just really concentrated pee).
Good luck!

[Girlfriend]

Can someone please explain are u taking clomid to help conceive a girl or do u actually need it?
If its to help with conceiving a girl how does it work and how to take it. Also did u just get a script for it from your Gp.?
I know two girls who where taking clomid to help conceptions and both are having girls so it must work?!