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OPK's - ?'s

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~What brand do you use?  I've been using the digital CBE and love them because I like things "black or white" and easy to read...but they are expensive and I'm thinking it would be good for me to see the line get darker as O gets closer...

~What time of day do you OPK test?  I have been doing first thing in the am but a few people have told me that it's better to do them between 10am - 7pm and NOT first thing-thoughts?

~I use Fertility Friend to chart and got dotted cross hairs this month and all negative OPK's-I started testing about the same time this month as the last couple of months and apparently I missed my O!  Boo!!  What CD do you start using OPK's?

Thanks ladies...this month has been kind of frustrating...  <sigh>

 

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  • LizzyB11LizzyB11

    I use the CBE digitals, too. I will use them again when we can start trying again. I try to look for them on sale at Target. Sometimes they have them for a decent price.

    I take them at around 10:30 AM if I can. I have a break then at school, and I use them at that time. I read in TCOYF (I think) that it's good to do them sometime between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. I have had to take them later at times, like on a weekend or vacation, and still get clear results. I just try to be consistent each cycle with what time I am using them.

    I'd check the directions in the package for what day they suggest starting testing on. I have narrowed it down a bit further after trying for 10 months. I used to start at CD8, but now go to CD9. My cycles are normally around 26 days long, though. It takes a while to get the hang of it. If you got dotted crosshairs, then that's when FF thinks you O'd based on the info they get. I wouldn't worry too much about dotted ones! Some people do get pregnant even with negative OPKs, too. I know it's hard, but don't stress too much about it. Just have lots of sex and enjoy it!

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  • IrishsapphireIrishsapphire member

    I buy Clearblue Easy Digital Ovulation tests on Ebay.  And I look that the seller has good reviews and the package has not been opened and that the expiration date is 2010 or later. 

    This time around it was just easier to test in the morning because I go to work.  I got a smiley face last Monday.  Yeah!!!

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  • ougrad1ougrad1 member

    I use the Clear Blue Easy regular tests.  There is alot of guess work.  I can get the lines in the beginning that are the same color and the next day the test line will be darker than the other line (meaning I'm ovulating).  The next day it's a negative.  It's taken me several months to learn what the tests mean for me.

    Anyway-I'd stay with the tests you're using if you're wanted your answers in black and white. 

    Oh, I test around noonish when my daughter goes down for a nap.

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  • itsmexineitsmexine

    I really like the CBE digital OPKs too.  But I thought it was getting expensive too and I figured well I may as well make the investment and switched to the CBEFM. There is definitely an outlay for the machine upfront but in the long run the sticks have been less expensive and you use FMU so no trying to hold it for 4 hours. 

    As far as the first date to start, like Lizzy said the directions in the box will help best. It really depends on the length of your cycle. For the CBEFM you start on day 6.

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  • DoubleFlyawayDoubleFlyaway

    Just a note, after the first month with CBEFM, you may not start on day 6.  This is my second month, and it had me start on day 8.

    Re: OPKs and time of day

    I've also used CVS brand OPKs.  I got some last month bc I was feeling frustrated when I hadn't gotten a CBEFM peak when I thought I should have, based on the "subtract 14 days from your normal cycle length" method.  I never got a line at all, but I was testing at the wrong time.  Then this month, I was feeling antsy around the time I got my CBEFM peak last month, so I tried some of my leftover OPKs.  On day 14, I tried during the day a few times, and once was with VERY concentrated urine and only got negatives.  Then on days 15, 16, and 17, I used FMU and got positives.  Days 15 and 16 were also my CBEFM peak days.  It was interesting to me to watch the OPKs develop, since I hadn't had a positive one (or any line at all) before.  I could tell in about 30 seconds that they were going to be positive, as the color was appearing more quickly in the test line than in the control line.

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