Amazing August 2WW Thread

[kc15880]

perhaps a silly question for you ladies - but why do you test for positive OPK days after you get the positive? Once I get the positive OPK I stop testing (having said that I also get great signs physically as well).

[XXforhubby]

Yeah xxforhubby brilliant news was, I would have missed your input so much! What cycle day are you?

Decided attempt last night and now am thinking it may have been too late! Though I only got a flashing smilie this morning. I have had two temp increases in a row. I should have bd Friday am but no opportunity so had to opt for Friday pm but dh likes to draw the process out so it ended up as an attempt at 12:15 so technically Saturday am, do you think it will make a difference?

Thanks! I'm 6DPO today. I don't think it will make a difference having your attempt pm vs am. I don't think you're too late!

FX for you!!!




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[XXforhubby]

perhaps a silly question for you ladies - but why do you test for positive OPK days after you get the positive? Once I get the positive OPK I stop testing (having said that I also get great signs physically as well).

Some people never quite get a positive so they keep testing, or they have had false surges (false positives) before and want to make certain they catch the real surge. This often happens while taking Clomid.




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[jennypenny]

Finally have a positive opk! Cd16 so at least that's not too late. Plan to change my blood progesterone test so that it is 7dpo.



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[Burakoam]

perhaps a silly question for you ladies - but why do you test for positive OPK days after you get the positive? Once I get the positive OPK I stop testing (having said that I also get great signs physically as well).

Because i have a history of not ovulating or ovulating late thanks to PCOS I dont ever get great physical symptoms...if i hadnt kept testing, i would have missed my actual ovulation and i probably wouldnt be pregnant right now.

[Girlieplease]

Right, need more advice. I am doing e4d's, cd 16. I bd on Friday about 11:30pm. On Friday morning I got a high on clear blue fertility monitor but an empty circle on digital. Saturday morning I got a flashing smilie on digital. This morning for the first time in a good few months I got an ehh symbol on the clear blue fertility monitor, i thought I would never see other again. I got a static smilie on digital so am defo ovulating. My dilemma is I could o in the next 12 to 36 hours but obviously this process started at some point between yesterday morning and this morning so I could be well into this time frame already. Am not due to bd again until Tuesday pm, which but my limited knowledge will be too far out? If i move to e3d's that would be Monday pm, better but still think far out? So my only choice is to hope that the attempt on Friday was close enough? Or attempt tomorrow morning? If I had an empty circle on the digital on Friday am, technically could I say that was not in my fertile window? I had ewcm on Friday. Just looking for opinions, I realise it is ultimately my choice but would have sex on Friday at 11:30pm and Monday am put me very much into blue territory? Or anyone have any other suggestions about better timing? I have had two unsuccessful attempts June and July, despite timing been spot on. It made me question if I was o as I never got the egg symbol. Am concerned given my age I may not o every month and if I don't capitalise on this month it might be a few months more. I have been in the le diet and exercising 6 days per week since April, getting fed up with it and worry am going to slacker and slacker at it. Sorry for the long post, any advice greatly appreciated, x

[XXforhubby]

This is why I really dislike using opks with the E4D or E3D method- all it does is cause unnecessary panic that could be avoided otherwise.

To answer your question, no matter what you choose you are facing having 2 attempts in your fertile window. If you are ok with that, then have an attempt either tonight late or tomorrow morning- it is the same difference. If you are not ok having 2 attempts in your fertile window, then have your attempt either Tuesday in the morning or Tuesday night.

Honestly, just pick one and stick with it. This stress you put yourself under is likely to delay O or inhibit conception. In the future, stick with one thing only- attempt at FIRST positive opk, E3D, or E4D, and leave it at that. If you want to do anything extra you can chart your temp but just choose ONE pattern for BDing.

FX and GL to you.




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[3'sacharm]

Right, need more advice. I am doing e4d's, cd 16. I bd on Friday about 11:30pm. On Friday morning I got a high on clear blue fertility monitor but an empty circle on digital. Saturday morning I got a flashing smilie on digital. This morning for the first time in a good few months I got an ehh symbol on the clear blue fertility monitor, i thought I would never see other again. I got a static smilie on digital so am defo ovulating. My dilemma is I could o in the next 12 to 36 hours but obviously this process started at some point between yesterday morning and this morning so I could be well into this time frame already. Am not due to bd again until Tuesday pm, which but my limited knowledge will be too far out? If i move to e3d's that would be Monday pm, better but still think far out? So my only choice is to hope that the attempt on Friday was close enough? Or attempt tomorrow morning? If I had an empty circle on the digital on Friday am, technically could I say that was not in my fertile window? I had ewcm on Friday. Just looking for opinions, I realise it is ultimately my choice but would have sex on Friday at 11:30pm and Monday am put me very much into blue territory? Or anyone have any other suggestions about better timing? I have had two unsuccessful attempts June and July, despite timing been spot on. It made me question if I was o as I never got the egg symbol. Am concerned given my age I may not o every month and if I don't capitalise on this month it might be a few months more. I have been in the le diet and exercising 6 days per week since April, getting fed up with it and worry am going to slacker and slacker at it. Sorry for the long post, any advice greatly appreciated, x

The month I got my bfp, I had been trying to do e4d but sometimes going longer. We dtd on CD12 and CD16, I don't do opks but based on ov signs, I *think* I ov on either CD15 or CD16, so I really didn't think it was going to happen but 2 weeks later I got my BFP! So, it can happen, and I do like the idea of doing e4d to ensure you get an attempt in without risking too many!x

[XXforhubby]

Even E3D often ends up with one viable attempt. For instance, this month I had an O-3 and an O attempt. Technically 2 attempts but only one being realistically viable since not many attempts on O day end up with a BFP.




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My Ovulation Chart

[Girlieplease]

Thanks ladies, am really not sure but tempted to stick with every three days. I think both e3d's @ e4d's would be too late as at the very latest I will o tomorrow night and highly likely before then. So bding tomorrow pm would fit with e3d's but still an ineffective an attempts as will be too late. Realistically I think I would need to BD tonight but that would only be 48 hours between attempts and at one my third month trying it is too much blue terrority. I just seem to have opted for the wrong method each month, the past two months I went with at positive OPK but due to no egg symbol on the clear blue fertility monitor I then moved to e4d's, with hindsight June and July I would have been better opting for e4d's from the start but this month I went for e4d's from the start and would have been better to have waited for positive OPK this month. Suppose turns the brakes! How long do average sperm hang around? I know they can survive for something like 5 days but what is usual life span? I think I read it was only one or two days at most? Any chance from an attempt on early hours of Saturday morning with possible ovulation Monday? I just have a feeling my dh swimmers don't hang around!