Help with OPK test

[ladybirdflies]

Today I used my first ovulation test just trying to watch my cycle a little more closely. I assume I will ovulate this coming Wednesday as the first day of last AF was 18th May, and normally I am bang on 28days. So today i tested and a faint second line came up. The packet says this means you will ovulate in the next 24-36hrs. So if I test again tomorrow and the next day will the lines get darker as it gets closer to O and on O day??
Or do I just assume it will be the next few days considering the second line??

Thanks in Advance!

[blessedatlast]

If the line is feint it's usually negative. With OPK's it's only positive if the test line is as dark or darker than the control line. For me, I didn't find they got progressively darker as I got closer to O. I also found that charting my temperature helped pinpoint ovulation because until I got used to them I found OPK's quite hard to interpret sometimes. For a 28 day cycle I would start testing around day 10 just in case you O earlier than the normal day 14.. GL

[ladybirdflies]

Thanks for the reply. I thought it was going to be a simple as POAS!

hmmm so do you think day 12 (today) is too late to start?? Temp is probably a good idea too. Although we are not TTC I am wondering what happens in my cycle because the O symptoms change each month.
I appreciate your answer, I still can't believe it's not just a case of reading the lines! lol

[blessedatlast]

No day 12 should be fine.. Also best at the same time of the day. 2pm is apparently the best time, but I did mine between 12 and 1.. Not as simple as POAS unfortunately lol.. They are exxy too. You can get cheap ones on E bay, I did and they work.. I found temping and OPK's good.. Either one by themselves I found too confusing. I liked to see a pattern of positive OPK's and temp dips lol..

[Mich83]

does anyone know if the ebay opks are as sensitive as the first response ones at woolies?

first month i got a + on FR and ovulated

this month still waiting for o and getting faint lines on ebay ones. should i try FR again?

charting as well and temps not indicating o - just wondering.

[blessedatlast]

I used cheap (very cheap, $20 for 50 tests or something) OPK's and it worked for me! If temps aren't indicating O, and lines are only feint, I would say maybe you aren't ovulating. Have you had a progesterone blood test 7DPO? If not, I'd be off to the Dr's..

I just looked at your chart and maybe you ovulate late?