temps and OPK don't match up... ???

[dannikins]

GOOD LUCK! fingers crossed for you!
im not too sure about all the timing stuff, but if you had a + yesterday, - today and still no temp shift then you are probably ovulating today, and will get a temp rise tomorrow, so maybe dtd early in the morning?
that would be a O+12/24 depending on what time you ovulate, and who can really pinpoint that to the exact hour.....
anyway thats probably what i would do.

[dannikins]

Thanks Zivic! I will switch my testing to later in the day

And I hear ya... between the OPKs, RepHresh, supps, etc.... we're spending a small fortune to get our daughter

ps- I hope you get your boy!

i know exactly what you mean, i just spent a fortune getting all this stuff ready, but im not going to be able to use it....lol

[pinkdreams]

do you check your cervix? For me that is the easiest way to know when to DTD for O+12, when it gets firm instead of soft. I still haven't gotten any positive OPK's but my temp was very low this AM so I'm thinking today, probably will get a + today too, that's how it's been the last 2 cycles. I panicked a little about only having one attempt and my PH was really great yesterday so we DTD in the afternoon, super shallow with a J&D. DH released last night and this AM, going to release again this afternoon then hoping for a firm cervix this PM to have another attempt. Good luck to you all!!!

[squamgirl]

My temp still hasn't risen. I'm now on CD 25 and really don't know what's going on.

DH was still sick last night so there was no action at our house.

I don't check my cervix. No matter how clean my hands are (and I'm an OCD clean-freak!), checking always seems to irritate it

[squamgirl]

And the OPK was POSITIVE today!
Weird, weird, weird.

[atomic sagebrush]

ACK!!!!!

I just entered this morning's temp on Fertility Friend and because the temp has dropped a bit, it no longer shows that I've ovulated. This puzzle is too dang confusing!!!

Yes, that is the problem with temping, it's only helpful after the fact because it's the pattern that matters and the pattern is not always clear.

My way of thinking is that to get a truly accurate picture, you need both OPK and temps. OPK will warn you in advance of a potential O but you can miss your surge and/or get false positives if you have a fake O. Temping tells you after the fact whether or not you actually did O, but that doesn't help you know what to do before you O. They are both enough to drive a person insane and so that is why I don't blame anyone at all if you decide NOT to do OPK or temping and just DTD when you see EWCM...but with swaying, even that's not reliable if supps have dried you up!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

So I tested at 4 pm and it was POSITIVE!

Since the last time we DTD was on CD 19 and we're at day 22, should I leave well enough alone? Since it's been three days since we've DTD on account of DH being sick, I think the swimmers would have built up too much and we'd be swaying blue if we did it today.

Ah, I'm so nervous about all of this! I just need to calm down.

I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner, but I would prob. have DTD again and trust that DH's illness had reduced his count. It all depends on how big a hurry you are in to conceive though.

[atomic sagebrush]

And the OPK was POSITIVE today!
Weird, weird, weird.

First positive was a fake O which explains why your temps did not change.

[atomic sagebrush]

There wasn't a temp spike today, so I guess O hasn't happened yet. At this point I believe I'm at a 5-day cut-off, so I guess it isn't going to happen. I'm scared to DTD because we'd have too many swimmers. Maybe we could do a compressed frequent release and then DTD. Would it be enough to sway pink?

Although I kind of like the idea of waiting another month- more time to prep our house for another kid, more time to save $$ for a bigger car (our current cars won't fit an infant car seat and two boosters- we've tried), plus job changes that might happen for DH.

Compressed frequent is always an option - just dump the first batch and use the second!!

If he's sick though, his count may be down anyway.

[dannikins]

i didnt know being sick lowers hubbys count too!
that is great since we were both sick for this conception...