XP: ? for CBEFM & OPK users

MrsRoehl_2008

Hi all. ?I'm popping over from PAL with a quick question: ?Have you ever missed O while using OPKs? ?What about with a fertility monitor? ?Did you confirm it with temping?

DH and I are returning to NFP to TTA for a little while. ?Someone on a blog I visit mentioned using a fertility monitor for this purpose, especially in the crazy hormone filled post-partum days before the return of AF when charting can have some inaccuracies.

Thank you in advance for sharing your experiences and I look forward to seeing you all at PAL in a few months.?

mrsmiller06

I started using my CBEFM, and I loved it!!! It always gave me my two peak days and it was so incredibly easy to use too. Although after my 2nd cycle on clomid, my cbefm never gave me a peak, but bw confirmed that I had O'd, after doing some research there is a good chance that cbefm will not work while on fertlity drugs such as clomid. So I stopped using it then and went to OPK's and temping. I didn't miss my +OPK at all, and that was the only cycle I used opk's and temping. But I think that if you are not on any meds like Clomid you should be fine to use the cbefm, I highly highly recommend it!

easjer05

Yes, I have not detected an lh surge on OPK's before.  I also have detected false surges (where the test was bad - FR opk's suck - or I had lh in my system but didn't actually ovulate).

They can be tools, but you don't want to get overconfident or rely too much on them.  The CBEFM is expensive and specifically states it is not be used as a contraceptive device.

ILoveErich

In the four cycles that I used OPKs, there was one in which I never got a positive. Temps confirmed O. I wasn't being strict with myself about doing them at the same time every day.