CBE Advanced OPK question

Bee1112

Anyone else use these? I was given a box and I was just wondering! Good, bad?
I saw that you should use FMU. Those of you that use them do you do it again in the afternoon and just hold it for a few hours or is just once every AM ok?

kristyn831

I like them.  I use it only in the morning and get a positive that correlates with my temp shift every cycle.

penelopec518

I have used them. They are okay, I think wondfos and temping are my preference. 

I have had so many issues of them freezing. Not like the smiley face that is supposed to freeze for peak fertility, but one time weird symbols and one time it just never gave me a reading (not even an empty circle). 

I use them in the morning only.

Bee1112

Thanks ladies!

lilsneezy

I use them and I've never had a problem. They're pricey compared to the wondfo's but I prefer having a digital response rather than trying to interpret a line. I test twice a day when I'm close to O - once in the morning and once at night, just so I can make sure I'm catching the beginning of my surge. I usually go through 6-7 tests during a cycle so I can make a box of 20 last for about 3 months.

chicagojackie

I used them for my last cycle for the first time and got "high" fertility for 4 days and no "peak" fertility and my wondfos were stone-cold negative so I don't know what was up with that. It was frustrating but I would use them again.

lilsneezy

chicagojackie said:

I used them for my last cycle for the first time and got "high" fertility for 4 days and no "peak" fertility and my wondfos were stone-cold negative so I don't know what was up with that. It was frustrating but I would use them again.

I use the one that only gives me my peak days (no flashing smiley, only solid). I find it to be more straight forward/less confusing. I've noticed a lot of ladies having the same problem as you with the one that gives you the "high" fertility days and the peak days. My O dates are pretty consistent so I don't feel like I need the extra warning. 

divinemsbee

Late to this thread, but I've used them for almost a year (off-and-on whenever we've been clear to TTC) and they have worked really well for me. The important thing is to realize that they aren't clockwork, so sometimes you may get a number of 'high' days before you hit 'peak' and sometimes you may hit 'peak' without any 'high' days.

dazzld1

I like them as well. I only use with FMU. Last cycle I got 8 high days and then 1 peak day... If I tested more than once per day with those I would be broke! I do test with Wondfos in SMU and the evening when I think I'm in my FW, but that's just because I'm a POAS addict

Bee1112

Thank you all! I'm going to give them a shot next cycle!