Confused about Clomid and pink sway tactics

[nyc0404]

One attempt at positive OPK is NOT TIMING. Timing is a long cutoff or O+12. That's what I was trying to explain above but I obviously could have done better LOL. Timing is claiming that a certain day has some sort of magic sway power and it doesn't work and also really cuts odds of conception.

So yes, when you start off, you can give it a month at one attempt at first positive OPK. This is one attempt (not timing) and the first positive OPK is just a handy way of having one attempt at a day of the cycle that is decent odds of conception. It doesn't matter the day of the cycle for your sway, the one attempt is what is actually swaying. We only have the attempt that day because otherwise we would be blindly guessing about when to have sex.

Clomid only gives false positives for 3-4 days after you stop taking it, max. And 99.9% of people will not ovulate till 5 days after your last dose anyway. So what I have people do is start OPK on the 4th or 5th day after your last dose of Clomid. You can have an attempt that day if you want to, but you don't have to (of course, if your OPK is positive you WOULD have attempt) and then continue taking OPK. You'll probably start off with negatives at first that then go to positive, but do have attempt even if the first one is positive.

AFter that attempt you can either decide to keep testing and see if you get another positive in a few days/week (and have another attempt then, as long as it's been 4 or more days) or simply start doing every 4 days in case of delayed ovulation, or just hold with that one attempt. Whatever option is right for you.

I plan to track my cycles for a few months before I actually TTC just to get a sense of any trends etc..however if I'm taking clomid in the month I'm TTC should I assume all previous cycle trends be if ignored. Could taking clomid alter the patterns I'm normally use to seeing ie. I could possibly ovulate sooner or later? I guess I wonder is if there is any point in me tracking prior to TTC

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[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, you need to assume everything will be different on the Clomid. There is no point in tracking in advance because 95% of people see huge differences on Clomid.

[MrsEnglish]

Hi! I have thin PCOS, but when I would ovulate on my own it would be CD 20 - 23, consistently. On my first attempt of Clomid (when I got my daughter), I O'd on CD 17, so definitely expect changes.

[nyc0404]

Hi! I have thin PCOS, but when I would ovulate on my own it would be CD 20 - 23, consistently. On my first attempt of Clomid (when I got my daughter), I O'd on CD 17, so definitely expect changes.

Thank you! And did you have one attempt on that day?

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[atomic sagebrush]

based on what she wrote in her other thread I believe that she did.

[MrsEnglish]

Thank you! And did you have one attempt on that day?

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Hi! ****I**** had only had one attempt that week, and it was just a few hours before or a few hours after ovulation based on the early dating ultrasound we had. This is why I'm anonymous, but I know DH sometimes masturbates, it's not something I would ever ask him about, and I don't know whether he did it or not in the days before I conceived.

[atomic sagebrush]

It is number of unprotected attempts that matters. The amount DH releases prior to attempt has not seemed to make any difference, for whatever reason, one attempt has.