Flowerchild, last month I used opk's from cd9 (as following lap cycles had only been 25/26 days) and got lines straight away but not a def positive until cd15. I did another one on cd18 (just to check that the line had faded away again) but got another positive result. I've since learned that an LH surge can last a few days so not too concerned about that anymore.

I have been recording my cycle as far as the spotting, af and cm go (and I did have cm last cycle that coincided with the positive opk) but am not taking my temperature or anything, was hoping not to have to go that far. I don't know if that is considered 'charting' and I don't know a thing about ff charts or anything like that. I even found doing the opk's was stressing me out last month so was thinking about just using the method we have previously of just bding on cd14, 15 and 16 and hoping for the best -it seemed to work the previous two times! Think my heart and mental health could benefit from a bit of a more relaxed approach this month! We'll see how we go.