need an intro to OPKs

[gizmo77]

for those of you who test multiple times a day (2x or more) do you drink less fluid on those days and hold pee for longer periods?

[Hobbermittens]

I do a 4 hour hold. I do drink a little less on those days, but not by much. Maybe I am not drinking enough anyway?

[Flava]

well i got a smiley (+OPK) yesterday at 1pm and didnt test again. that was cd16, and that night i felt the familiar O pressure/pain. ive never O'd on cd16 before (since charting from feb 2011). and same pressure felt today (cd17). when i tested cd15 with FMU, it was negative (and didnt test again till cd16 1pm). does this mean FMU just really doesnt detect lh surge and that i MAY have gotten +opk had i test later in the day of cd15?

I always test with FMU because I use the CB monitor .But also I test the smiley test on the same time and I get a + with both of them.

[Flava]

It's so hard to hold it with all this drinks I have to take ! I can't hold it for 4 hours no way! Max 3 but not always.
Anyway who said we need to hold it for 4???

[TTC5]

Well, that's why I use a bunch of them, I like to know exactly when I get the surge, give or take a few hours. I think you would have been fine to wait till the next day, though, as long as you dtd that night, or even waited till the next night, like Atomic was saying about the Shettles timing.

Yep that day I was testing like all day lol...

So say I get a smiley late at night again on our next attempt should we dtd a few hours later or do it the following evening (over 24hrs after the 1st + ) ??

[TTC5]

It's so hard to hold it with all this drinks I have to take ! I can't hold it for 4 hours no way! Max 3 but not always.
Anyway who said we need to hold it for 4???

Same lol I am lucky to hold it for 2 hrs lol!

[Flava]

Yep that day I was testing like all day lol...

So say I get a smiley late at night again on our next attempt should we dtd a few hours later or do it the following evening (over 24hrs after the 1st + ) ??

If you get a smiley all day the next day and night too I would do it that next night .
Actually that is what I do today lol .Only we try afternoon because Im lucky DH is home today. Well that if we can...if not have to wait till night.

[LolaInLove]

for those of you who test multiple times a day (2x or more) do you drink less fluid on those days and hold pee for longer periods?

Not really. I try not to pee for at least an hour or so, and don't drink any more than I normally do. I have taken opks when I thought my urine would be diluted and it still registers, so I don't think it's that big of a deal. As long as you are not say, carrying around a gallon jug of water and continuously drinking it, kwim?

[LolaInLove]

Yep that day I was testing like all day lol...

So say I get a smiley late at night again on our next attempt should we dtd a few hours later or do it the following evening (over 24hrs after the 1st + ) ??

Well, I would continue to dtd every 24-48 hours until you feel like your ovulation is over. I know this is very anti-old IG thinking, but really, many sperm studies are showing that it is good for sperm count to have constant turnover. You guys probably remember my doctor telling me to dtd every other day, that that is the best sperm count timing there is. So I guess it depends on your goal here, if it's to dtd a lot or just once, but I would dtd again even if the opk has gone negative. Remember, when it goes negative doesn't mean you are done ovulating, it means your surge is over. But the surge is just needed to jump start ovulation.

[TTC5]

Do you guys think it is ok to DTD more than once when trying for a boy?