OPKs always negative...

[Rozzie27]

Hi all,

IWe've been TTC for 2 cycles since losing our first child in April. I've been using OPKs but they're always negative, I'm following all the instructions (restricting fluids, time of day etc) and doing them twice a day when I expect ovulation, but to no avail.

Has anyone had no luck with them but still ovulated? I'm thinking of going for a blood test to see if I actually am ovulating. I've started charting as well but can't tell yet.

Cheers,

Rozzie

[BellyBelly]

How many days do you use them for? Just one or more?

[[M]umma[M]ia]

i had to do blood tests for mine. All my OPK's said i never "o" either. even the month i fell pregnant!!

[~Raven~]

What time are you doing them? I found I didn't get a positive till about 7-8pm.

[Rozzie27]

Thanks for your responses...

I've been doing them from day 8 (had a 26 day cycle before pregnancy) and from day 12 to 15 or so have been doing them twice a day. I do them at 2 pm and again at aroud 9 or 10 pm, and reduce fluids and don't urinate for 2 hours prior.

I''ve been getting fertile CM for a couple of days now but still no joy!!! I'm using lullaby concecptions.

[Deejoy17]

Rozzie - I used the lullaby conceptions OPK`s for two months in a row, two and three months ago without success, I never ever got a second line.

Yesterday while out shopping I brought some Forelife OPK`s, I wasn`t going to but thought maybe being more expensive they might actually work, I`ll be trying them next cycle as I`m approaching the end of this cycle.

Sorry I had no advice but just wanted to let you know they didn`t work for me either yet I was getting EWCM

[Rozzie27]

Hi all,

thanks so much for your help, but the OPK is finally positive!! Ironically I took the test just after I'd visited the doctor and asked for a blood test to see if I'm ovulating, and she told me I'm probably not due to the stress... You never know!!

Thanks

[raegs]

Hi, I'm new, just signed on here. for 2 of the 3 months I've been TTC, all my OPK's were negative. I did the tests 2/day, once at 2 and once at about 10pm. Started on day 11 until day 17. Regular 29 day cycle. This month though, I started BBT, and it showed a clear thermal shift. I DID O according to the chart on CD 15. I trust that more than the OPK. MAybe I didn't hold urine for long enough. Some lines were nil and some were half as dark as the control.