OPK ? - Devon Medical and Wondfo

brianabrad

Hi ladies. I'm a newbie around here but I've been lurking and posting a little here and there the last 6 months or so. DH and I started TTC in January and are currently on cycle 3. AF hasn't fully come to visit yet this month but I've had some spotting and I expect it to arrive full strength anytime.

I'm considering trying some OPK's for next month. I know you ladies always recommend purchasing the cheap ones from Amazon so I checked it out and saw some for sell by Wondfo, which I've seen talked about here, and also some from Devon Medical. They appear to be the same thing, are they? Is one better than the other? 

I'm also considering adding pre-seed next month. Any personal experience with this product would be appreciated as well. TIA!

laurapacheco

I remember noticing that when I checked out Amazon also. The picture looks the same, but I didn't want to take any chances so I ordered that ones that were actually from Wondfo. Devon Medical is probably just a secondary supplier, but honestly I'm not sure.

 As for PreSeed, I've found (and read on here from others as well) that a little bit goes a long way. GL!

LoveActually55

I only use wondfo, at the beginning I bought the smiley face ones to double check but after a year I realized it was such a waste of $$

 SO and I enjoy preseed, but a LITTLE goes a long way!  It can get too slippery

ah625

I bought Wondfo test from the Devon Medical amazon account. I don't think Devon Medical makes their own.

Twinkie0612

I've been using IC OPKs for 9 cycles now and have had a few different types. 

The only OPKs that I do not recommend are the ones I have now.  The seller was wondfo/wanfu.  When I received them they are in a white package and say wanfu on them.  My problem with them is that they are really hard to read.  Both the control and the test line are so light that it is hard to tell if it is positive.  I even got a clear negative (test line not as dark as the control) on a wanfu and a positive from a digi from the same pee.

The other IC OPKs have worked well.  I have had wondfos in a blue package and OPKs in a green package (clinicgaurd maybe?) and they both worked well and were easy to read.

You also mentioned PreSeed.  I have used PreSeed as needed the last few cycles, both internally and externally.  I recommend it if you usually use a lube and are looking for a sprem friendly one.  If you don't normally use lube, then I wouldn't waste your money.  It is not a fertility aid, just a sperm friendly lube.  My biggest piece of advice reguarding PreSeed is don't go by the recommended amount on the instructions, it is way too much.  A little goes a long way.

brianabrad

Thanks for all the comments. I think I'll go with the OPK's from Devon Medical. You get 10 more strips of each for only $3 more. 

As for the pre-seed, I had read other places online about the "recommended" amount being basically a swimming pool. I think DH and I might try it but we'll be sure to only use a little. 

Seabiscut3

We are TTC #3 and OPKs always frustrated me. I had a hard time getting them to turn positive and then when they did it was (according to my temp) the day of O instead of the day before. And as I was just reading in this book I got (The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant) the day of O is less fertile than the day before and two days before. So you have to either get busy right away after getting a positive OPK or get a fertility monitor so you get more warning. I got the monitor and got pg right away with #2; using it again to TTC #3.