opk's

ok so i got some opk's so i can check when i ovulate over the next few cylces so when it comes to the right time i will know roughly know what is going on. i am new to all this so my question is when should i do the first ovulation test. around 14days from my cycle starting, a bit before 14days, every few days? to day cm was egg white consistancy and i remember reading this is a good time. Please help me.

Hi Sassy

I'm not an expert, as I've just started using OPKs myself.
They say to start from CD11 (Cycle Day 11) and use it daily at the same time each day until you get a +ve to say that you're O-ing. This is assuming that you have a 28day Cycle and your O day is around CD14
If you CM was egg white, that would mean it's ur O day.
What day of the cycle are you at? And what's your normal cycle like?

yesterday was cd8. and my cycle have been about 30 to 31 days thats y i am confused

You know, I'm confused too!
I'm O day was supposed to be CD14 but i had EWCM today so that means I O.ed CD12. The OPK yesterday, Lullaby Conceptions showed me a faint line, but another brand Discover was -ve. This morning Maybe Baby gave me ferns. I will test w Lullaby again at 2pm. They are supposed to be a lot more sensitive and pick up O better than the other brands.

Having said all that, my best bet is to listen to your body then all the tests. The tests help to predict but monitoring your mucus is the best way to go, I think.

Last cycle I was dependign on Maybe Baby and got very frustrated cos it didnt show me Oing. I should have paid better attention to my body. So I dont know if I O-ed at all last mth. Since then Ive started using OPKs just to make sure.

Maybe your cycle is different this month? Did you try the OPKs yesterday? You are right, they say that you O 14 days before the first day of ur next cycle but this looks early than normal as your cycle as 30 days.

I'm not sure what is the best. Maybe start a record of your CM and test today w the OPK?
It takes a few cycles to understand how it changes. Maybe try OPKs until your actual expected day of O, CD15 and see if you O then. Could it be you O earlier in the cycle and have 22 days of none fertile? Or maybe it's just this mth? The O day isnt always fixed, I read that for some women it can shift within 2 days and others more.....

Sorry, I hope I didnt confuse you, I'm learning myself so I've also been asking myself these questions.

Can someone else help?

yeahi did a test yesterday and no line so i will try again today and for the next few days and i will see hwo i go. it also says to test when u have not been to the toilet for like 2hrs for th ebest result i drink lots of water so i pee like every hr if not half hr. Its starting to look like my partner will just get very lucky every 2nd day because all this seems so confusing. lol i dont think he will complain.

hi again

the tests ive read said minimise drinking water for 2 hrs,cos drinkign too much water will dilute the LH and you wont get an accurate reading.
What brand OPK are you using?
Hehe, im sure you're partner is very happy abt this!

they were ones i got off ebay they didnt state the brand. just ones you can get in bulk if u knwo what i mean. do u think i should stop testing cause i have done so for the last 3days with ewcm and nothing.

I think maybe just continue to BD. I'm in the TTC 1-6 mth thread and am finding that lots of women only get faint lines or none at all even though they are ovulating.
I wouldn't put 100% faith in them. maybe try another 2 days, thats what the box says (test for 5 days).

when your body has ewcms that's the best time. cos that's the mucus plug coming out of ur cervix and now is clear for the sperms to swim into.
Other women in the thread measure their temperature to know when they ovulate. I havent started that yet. maybe next mth, if no BFP this time!

have a read of TTC 1-6 Months May thread even if you're not TTC. there's lots of info there.
take care

Thanks prama for all ur help. i am only tryin to test for the next two months so i know wat my body is doing. i will be ttc end of june. there are a few things next yr that the timing would be right if i managed to get preg the next 2 months.

no worries!
That's excellent that you're charting your cycle now. Well done!!!
Slackers like me, are only now putting it together while TTC. I started before but thot it was too hard, and thot it would be easy peasy. BIG lesson learnt!!
good luck, hun!!! xoxoxoxxo

Hi Sassy,

I did OPK's last month even so I would know what to expect when we are TTC this month.

I found that my EWCM started on Sunday night and lasted until about Wednesday.

I used an OPK on the Monday, Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri...

I got nothing on Mon and Tues, fairly strong line on Wed, VERY strong line on Thurs and nothing on the Fri.

By Thurs/Fri - CM was back to being whitish and not stretchy.

Have just tested again today and have a fairly strong line - am expecting a very strong line tomorrow.

Got EWCM on Sunday just gone (like last month) but have been BD'ing so it's a bit hard to tell since then!

Hope that helps a bit - I read on some of the other posts that some girls never get results on OPK's so don't stress.

Good luck!
LJ

oh I would also suggest getting some books or borrowing them from the library.
I found the Billings Method, and Natural Fertility (Francesca Naish) helpful.
The OPKs may not be accurate, and these resources will help understand your cycle better, how to listen to your body and methods of observation.
xoxoxo

I bought a bunch of OPK's for this cycle, and did 5 all around my expected O day and got neg, neg, neg, neg, neg!

I can't possibly test at work at the suggested 2pm, so the only time I can test is at about 7:30 when I get home - maybe this has something to do with it? Or possibly I just didn't O (again) this month.:( I didn't seem to have any EWCM, and I will have to wait till tomorrow for my temps to reveal anything.

As a side note, does anyone else have a problem with no/very little EWCM?
And has anyone used pre-seed to try to help?

ive jsut started using opks this cycle. the darkest line i got was w lullaby conceptions but it was not as dark as the control line. i've also used Discover and Ovuplan, both hardly can be seen. I did this when I had EWCM. i dont think i had much last mth, but more this time.
The 2pm is hard, im sneaking around to the loo with my mobile phone as a timer and opks in my pocket. made sure i wore pants w deep pockets!!

For some reason, ive been dry, so have been using pre-seed. i did some research from their website and they claim to be all sperm friendly. so i hope this is harming my chances of conceiving. i found them more 'natural' then the other lubricants.

i am thinking of doing a test at each time 2pm 5pm and 7pm liek it says on the packet i just dont want to waste them if i have already o'd and missed it or i wont o this cycle. i wish i could just have one of those opps im preg things happen hahaha.

Lol, I know - I have friends who recently got UTD by an oopsie, and here I am like a mad scientist with my charts, thermometer, OPK strips....:rolleyes:

Yeah those OPK's arent exactly cheap, even the lullaby conceptions ones...not when you add it to the cost of the 500 HPT's I'll need for my TWW! Haha

i agree. i got different brands to experiment. iknow which ones dont work so i wont bother next time. they are not cheap, esp if you're testing a few times a day.
i got strips cos they were cheaper but they are a real hassle trying to test in the office loo at 2pm. strip and mobile in one pocket and cup in the other!
is that a cup in your pocket or are you just happy to see me! haha

OMG i feel so stupid i am so happy cause i got a faint line. i thought i was doing somethign wrong the last few days. everythign is ok people i am not crazy lol. thanks everyone for all your help. if i was that confused and impatient waiting for a line for o then imagine wat my ttw will be like.

i got a -ve on my opk so the strongest ive got this week while Oing this week was a line that is fainter than the control line.
from the posts apparently a lot of women dont get close to the darkness of the control line!
so we are pretty normal!
now im waiting for my tww. not sure if the pregnancy ones will be faint too!

good luck with catching that eggie and i hope ur tww isnt too hard and at the end you get a suprise that will make all this worth it. please let me how you go.

thanks! hope to see you in ttc 1-6mths May thread! it's for those who are ttc and those who are also thinking of ttc
All the best to you too, sweetie

Hiya,

Sorry for butting in like this...I've used heaps of these tests over the past 2 years and the test line never seemed to come up darker than the control line no matter how long I tested for!!!

However last month (after I had a HSG done - which is a fallopian tube wash) the test line finally came up darker than the control line!! I was thrilled!! It was almost as if I had gone a BFP!!! But unfortunately this did not mean anything...as I am once again trying this month.

But thank goodness there was a second line appearing for you!!!

Good luck

I would pay more attention to what your body is doing than to an OPK - have never had a positive OPK myself.

If there is EWCM it is most likely you are fertile, or about to O. Once you have O'd, the EWCM usually dries up (though some people, myself included) have noticed EWCM after O day.

FTR, my DD was conceived without charting, OPKs or anything - DH & I just BDd when I had fertile CM.