I loved temping as it gave me a real sense of control & helped me to understand what was going on with my body. It also helps you to work out when you ovulate on a regular basis so you can time things a bit better as well. So for me it was fantastic, others find that it becomes too obsessive.

I did OPKs for maybe 2 months & hated them! I got 1 positive in the entire time even though I knew I was ovulating. Lots of people recommend doing them twice a day, one before lunch & one in the afternoon to be sure to catch the surge, but it was just far to expensive for me - roughly $18 for 7 OPKs so doing 2 a day would be costing around $5 per day.

I bought a second hand Maybe Baby & found that pretty good as you can use it several times a day every day with no added cost if you want. I never got the full ferns on it that indicate ovulation, but did get partials as I was coming close, so that was god enough for me.