Did I ovulate?

[Mom25boys]

Question. New to POAS, why arent those opk's from day 22 and 23 positive? I thought that's a positive. Have I been doing this wrong?

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[shinay]

HDP: I was just a lurker but I just want to comment that first cycle trying is usually very stressful and it might affect our body in a crazy way. It happened to me back on April last year when I wanted to try our luck. My cycle is usually 34 days with ovulation around CD21-23. But that cycle, the pattern looks exactly what you have now. It became my longest cycle ever 74 days. My body kept trying to gear up but nothing happened. I know how you feel it sucks, frustrating and stressful, but try to take it easy. I would say try E4D as others suggested to hopefully catch that egg or skip a cycle. I ttc blue so we couldnt maintain EOD that long so I decided to quit that cycle. I hope you will get better luck and ovulate soon or have period soon so you could start fresh. Big hugs!

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[atomic sagebrush]

Chart does not look ovulatory to me yet. It's very likely you will still ovulate.

I know it's annoying when someone says "stress delays O" but it really can. It's not uncommon. Your body senses that something is amiss and it doesn't feel safe enough to ovulate. A lot of people have it happen when first TTC even when they are not swaying.

[atomic sagebrush]

That hasn't happened in the past several months I've been tracking. I have regular cycles! Sigh fx! Thanks for looking at it.

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Yeah but it can be a combo of having gotten more restrictive on diet knowing you are about to attempt and then just the stress of knowing that this is THE month! It happens to tons of people even when they aren't swaying (so just the stress of TTC alone can make it happen, independent of diet)

[atomic sagebrush]

Question. New to POAS, why arent those opk's from day 22 and 23 positive? I thought that's a positive. Have I been doing this wrong?

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Her chart indicates that she hadn't ovulated so I barely glanced at the OPK.

[Mom25boys]

Her chart indicates that she hadn't ovulated so I barely glanced at the OPK.

Do you have somewhere that I can understand how you know someone ovulated. Lol. Like a website. So when she got any of those double lines, even light, those dont mean you should BD that night if doing one attempt?

OP I hope things settle down in your cycle and you get a clearer pic of what's happening.

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[ksmom]

Do you have somewhere that I can understand how you know someone ovulated. Lol. Like a website. So when she got any of those double lines, even light, those dont mean you should BD that night if doing one attempt?

OP I hope things settle down in your cycle and you get a clearer pic of what's happening.

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An OPK is positive when the test line is as dark as or darker than the control line. A positive opk does not mean ovulation will happen but it is a good indication. Charting bbt will help confirm ovulation.

[Mom25boys]

Oh.... wow. But once it is confirmed, it's too late to BD. And what a higher temp from one day to the next, is that enough to prove O

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[atomic sagebrush]

Do you have somewhere that I can understand how you know someone ovulated. Lol. Like a website. So when she got any of those double lines, even light, those dont mean you should BD that night if doing one attempt?

OP I hope things settle down in your cycle and you get a clearer pic of what's happening.

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Well, the most famous site for learning about it all is here: https://www.tcoyf.com Taking Charge of Your Fertility. I got started doing all this before the Internet was such a thing and I have the book version of TCOYF and then I've been on the boards so long I've looked at a kajillion charts by now. After a while you just get the feel for it.

The real way to know if someone ovulated is that their temp goes up (temps in the early part of cycle are low, later part of cycle after ovulation are high) and stay up for 3 days.

OPK are helpful but aren't the end all, be all. You can have false positive OR false negative OPK. When I am presented with a chart and someone is asking "did I ovulate" then OPK I put more stock into the chart. But OPK are handy for timing one attempt because it's really the only way to know (if your cycle is not super regular, which few are when swaying) when ovulation is near before it's too late.

As for OPK lines, unless the test line is as dark or darker than the control, it's a negative test. But even IF it's a test that is positive, it can be a false positive. I'd still have people attempt, but if they are temping and the temps do not show ovulation, I don't think they ovulated at that point in time and will have them keep testing with OPK and prepare to have another attempt in 4 days' time.

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh.... wow. But once it is confirmed, it's too late to BD. And what a higher temp from one day to the next, is that enough to prove O

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Yes, that's why we use the OPK. To be in with attempt before ovulation.

No you need 3 days of high temps above the coverline (that is an imaginary line drawn above your highest high temp in the early days of your cycle). So basically u need your temps to go up above the highest temp in your follicular phase prior to ovulation, and stay that high for 3 days (and then generally it will stay up the rest of the time after that). You won't really know you've ovulated for sure till 3 days after ovulation.