Do OPK lines HAVE to be dark? When is it actually positive?

[cosmosis]

Alright ladies, thank you so much for your input. It really helps to have a place to go to while experiencing all of this. DH just doesnt quite get it haha.

I ran out of tests This morning's OPK was negative. I took one at 1:30AM and at 5:30AM. The EWCM comes and goes, I'll get a glob and then creamy the next hour, but the most consistent is creamy. Cervix keeps moving also u_u, at least its always closed and firm. None of it is normal for me and has me rather confused lol.

I've been very consistent for many years, even when I had my IUD in last year. No anovulatory cycles, no extra long cycles. They have all been 29-32 days. They got longer when I started taking Bvits in late 2015. I did FAM for 8 years and started temping this year again to TTC.

I have a feeling I did O and caught the egg and am now slowly rising in temp after the initial rise and fallback. Every time I Ovulate, I get extremely grumpy, I get into it with DH and end up crying myself to sleep.every time. This past CD14 was the same thing (except I had to sort myself out to BD lol), so if I go based on my body awareness, it would be unmistakable, but, alas, nobody can really guess ovulation, so here's to waiting.

I feel so done taking tests lol, but I'll go stock up tonight again, gonna get HPT's while I'm at it. As if the 2WW wasn't long enough!

FWIW, in September I O'd CD 17, October I O'd CD 17 and November I O'd CD15

This is today's update both with FAM settings and Advanced settings:






We will know for sure tomorrow if I'm steadily rising.

[atomic sagebrush]

for me the mood change is real and unmistakeable BUT that having been said, still can't sign off on that chart!!

[cosmosis]

lol, I know. I'll be back with updates until we get something concrete. Stocked up on tests, but I'll just be doing 1 daily late in the evening from tomorrow on + EOD.

[cosmosis]

This is my updated chart for today:



My temps for the last 3 days go like this:

12/29
97.36 - 5:00AM Oral
97.63 - 5:00AM Vag

12/30
97.62 - 5:00AM Oral
97.83 - 5:00AM Vag

12/31
97.93 -5:00AM Oral
98.16 -5:00AM Vag

I've started taking Vaginal temps in addition to my oral temps so I don't have doubts about the pattern. It looks like O took place on CD14 or 16. Either way, progesterone is clearly taking over.

[atomic sagebrush]

still not sure yet - I'll hold off for a couple more days!

[Wantanother2017]

When should the temp drop again if we don't conceive this cycle?


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[Burakoam]

Via a part of me really thinks you are trying to ovulate now and haven't ovulated yet. The temp rising is good and if the EWCM keeps coming we will have to see what the next few days shows on your chart.

[atomic sagebrush]

When should the temp drop again if we don't conceive this cycle?


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12-14 days after ovulation occurs

[cosmosis]

Good morning! Here's a chart update:



I have never gone past 98.05F with BBT, so it appears I'm hanging out at my max temps so far. I stopped with OPK's. They all look the same and fertile signs are all gone. I did have EWCM on CD's 20&21 (assuming I O'd, 6&7dpo), but it was nothing like my fertile days. This was something else which should have its own category. Gonna start testing for hCG tomorrow .

We're still doing EOD, with the exception of the other night. He didn't wanna cooperate.

DH says he is the ovulation predictor and declares that I ovulated based on my behavior. He is 100% sure, but we'll see.

Edited to add:

So, just because I find data collection and graphs so fascinating (when it comes to the human body that is), I decided to discard the two wonky temps which threw everyone off lol.

Here's discard 1, the huge spike that we all look for to mark a thermal shift:


Here's discard 2, the massive dip which came out of nowhere:


The only thing FF changed was my cover line, but either way it keeps my O day as CD14.

But wait, there's more. LOL! I removed t he +OPK and the cross hairs remained solid.


If I add the EWCM I saw those two days, my cross hairs become dashed, but that's about it. Cool story eh? I didn't add them because I didn't see the EWCM when I checked first thing in the morning as I usually do. They were a couple of globs that appeared mid day. I kept them in my notes though.

I look forward to bedtime just so I can get up and take my temp. u_u

[dancingdiva88]

Good luck Cosmo!