Ovulation Testing while on Clomid

linne23

Hello everyone,

I have just entered into my second cycle of Clomid (1st one ending with a period).  I was using the Clearblue Easy OPK, but feel like it wasn't accurate.  I was hoping to get some insight on "back ups" I can use on this next cycle that may have been beneficial to you.

Thank you,
Linda

jnissa

Hi!

Most women here are going to recommend temping with a basal body thermometer and charting the data in fertility friend if you want to be spot on accurate. I don't personally have temping experience (I'm sure a bunch of other ladies will jump in here!), but I will tell you that those opk's can be inaccurate. I was using one and when I had my first monitored cycle it turned out to be almost six days off. So it is possible that your instinct that it isn't right is correct. 

If you're on clomid though, you should be getting regular monitoring while on it that would help indicate if/when you ovulated. If not, don't do any more rounds until you are!

paisleybrown

I am on my 3rd round of clomid. The first 2 rounds I tested with First Response OPKs. I received positives both rounds. I didn't actually ovulate either time, as confirmed by ultrasound and blood draw. When I finish this round, I'm not going to test as the false positives made me hopeful and the let down was very difficult. My doctor said it's not uncommon for women with PCOS to have false positives. I thought about temping, but honestly, I think it would just cause me to be more fixated on ovulating and stress me out. My husband works in the oil fields and is only home 1/3 of the time. We're very active when he's home, so if the timing was right (as my doc does her best calculate), we'll catch ovulation regardless if I'm testing or temping.

DannielleLpn

Hey I just did my first round of Clomid days 3-7 I started testing on CD10 that whole week I got positives and even felt like I ovuklated. I had my p4 drawn onCD21 and it was 51.3 . They said either I'm lregnam or I'm ovulating . Come to find out I just ovulated on CD21 with was actually late. Crazy right! I'm not out of the race yet but if I were you I'd get the bulk cheapies from Amazon and test every day 3 days after your last pill keep them and compare them. You will see the line grow darker.

linne23

Thank you for all of your feedback.  Totally got the bulk pack on Amazon!  I ended up getting a HCG shot on this cycle with one 22mm follicle - fingers crossed!

AdorkablePixie

GL! I wasn't sure if OPKs worked when you're on Clomid. I know that when you're temping Clomid can affect your temperatures so if you do temp, keep that in mind.

KLake42

Clomid can also affect OPKs to a degree, but I don't know how much.