I got a +OPK...but unsure

[JustKim]

Ok, I got my 1st this morning. When I took the stick out, the line wasn't as dark as the control line. It was a lot darker than compared to last night, so I know we're headed in the right direction. In Dr. Shettles' book, he says to only test one time if you get a +. I'm just not convinced with this one though. Should I go by whatever I get tonight?? I'm confused.

[ELP]

Do you have ewcm??

[JustKim]

No, not much, but I never have much really. I am cramping on my right side and I felt bloated this morning.

[JustKim]

Here are my two tests....I'll test again this evening...

[JustKim]

Negative tonight....I'm confused...

[3Pink1Blue]

Was this morning's test fmu? You can get a false + with fmu.

[JustKim]

Was this morning's test fmu? You can get a false + with fmu.

No, I always wait a couple of hours minimum after waking up. This was actually 3 hours after waking up. I took a test this evening earlier than normal because I really needed to pee. It came up.negative, but I think it was a false negative because it looked overly saturated if that makes sense. Just retested and it is slightly darker than this morning. Are we risking girl territory if we dtd tonight??

[LolaInLove]

Kim, I used to have the worst time with opks until I got on a pretty good schedule with them. I'd take one at noon and then 8pm every day, all the way through until they were solidly negative again. Then, I could see how many days of + I would get. You know how people can O anytime from 12-48 hours after the first +? Well, I think when I had 2 days of +tests, that I would O around 24 hours after, but sometimes I would get 4 days of +tests, so I think it was more towards 36 or more hours after the first +. That may be confusing, but I think it helps to chart for a few months and pinpoint when you get those pains and the bloating also. There are some great essays by Atomic about opks and o pain also.

And about the oversaturation, I worried about that one month as I was at a music festival and drinking a ton of water in the sun all day. I Oed late because I had started the supps and swaying, but I didn't know that was going to happen yet, of course. I kept taking the opks (in the port o johns, no less) and all negative, even on day 14. I thought well, maybe I'm drinking so much water that they are diluted. Then, on day 16, even though still drinking lots of water, I got a +, so goes to show that you WILL get a + even if you think you are drinking so much that it is diluting. Just don't take them with FMU like 3PNB said, because you can get a false positive with too much in the concentrated urine.

If I were you, and you are not old like me (35) and not in a huge rush to conceive....this swaying thing is a bit more important to you to get it right here, I would maybe skip dtd this month and keep taking opks and see what is happening with your body. How long have you been on the supps and swaying? Of course, that is just my advice, so you may be determined to give it a shot this month and you should if so! To answer your question, though, I would not dtd IF your cm is creamy, or if you think you O'ed more than 12 hours ago....if you have a sense of pinpointing that other than the opks.

[JustKim]

We did dtd late last night (almost midnight). I have hardly any cm at all, which is normal for me. We are planning on dtd again tonight. If we conceive, and it's a girl, I'm ok with that. What's meant to be will be right?

[Freya]

My OPK's looked like that all the time, they never went stronger than the control and I still got smilies. I usually O'ed the morning after. Very good timing, shame about the EWCM, but I think there's a good possibility there could still be enough inside the cervix .