Fantasy Feb 2016 TTC

[Princess Mom]

Should I be testing OPK more than once a day? I saw in another forum that people do multiple times a day and I've never done more than once. I always figured I would get a positive still and that you have 24 hrs to be within the surge. Is that wrong?


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Yes I do! Best time is around 1-2pm then maybe try again around 7-8?
What type of opks do you use?

[Laurenk1424]

Yes I do! Best time is around 1-2pm then maybe try again around 7-8?
What type of opks do you use?

I use cheapies. I was doing digis but I switched back because we've been ttc so long.


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[maidentomother]

Lauren, Clomid keeps your temp up so many women see a drop in temp within a few days after their last dose. I did.

LH surges can be really short, sometimes just a few hours, so if you aren't testing at exactly the right time then you could potentially miss it. My surge was really brief this cycle and I did kinda miss it, in that I never got a positive OPK. I only had a few OPKs left so I couldn't test as often as I liked. I'd recommend testing 3x a day when you get close to when you expect to surge or your OPKs look close to turning positive, whichever occurs first. So at the latest CD12 for you, once a day in the early to mid afternoon should be okay up until then unless your OPKs look close to positive.

[Laurenk1424]

Okay. I'll snap a pic
Of both of today's shortly and see what ya think. I don't want to miss it. Although, every single previous cycle I have gotten dark dark positives for over a week at a time. It's very odd.


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[momamia4]

I have a very short surge, so I always test twice a day. I've always caught my surge at night before bed.

My FF Chart: 4bb174 Ovulation charts on FertilityFriend.com

[maidentomother]

Oh and what exact brand of cheapies? It can make a difference. Was it the cheapies you got a week of positives on?

[Quinn31]

Congrats gagirl! I missed so many posts, I just can't keep up. Momamia did the dr do a pregnancy test?

I went in for my progesterone test and it was much higher than last month. It was 16 in January and 32 today so I'm hoping that means I O'd both follicles and they were good. I did see a tiny but if red cm when I wiped so that made me nervous because I'm only 5dpo so I know it couldn't be ib.


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[essnce629]

Lauren, I opk test twice a day when it gets close to my normal O time. I usually O on CD13 or CD15 and start opk testing on CD10. If it's super negative then I'll only test once a day (CD10), but usually by CD11 it's getting darker so I switch to twice a day (~1-2pm) and again before bed (~10pm-midnight). I test till my opk goes negative, because that is usually the day I O (except for this cycle LOL)! I used to get 5+ days of +opks with the Wondfo brand because they seemed to be overly sensitive. I switched to the Babi brand of cheapies and now I get 2 days of +opks and on day 3 it goes negative. Much better!

[momamia4]

Quinn, no he didn't do a pregnancy test. :/ He said they'll wait until I'm 17dpo.

My FF Chart: 4bb174 Ovulation charts on FertilityFriend.com

[Laurenk1424]

These are today's OPK... I'll continue to do twice a day this cycle to see how it goes. These seem closer to O to me.


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