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WTF. 2 kids and this is still confusing to me.

ShuTreeShuTree
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So we're trying for #3 -(yes i shouldn't even be posting this but seriously its confusing).  I've been temping and doing the OPK test. Yesterday the OPK was negative but i had egg white CM.  And the night before that i had egg white CM too.  We had sex last night and this morning I take the OPK test and it is positive. So that means I will ovulate anytime in the next 24 hours right?  I'm having slight cramps right now which means I'm probably ovulating now!  I thought these tests are supposed to give me more notice!  i've been taking them every morning at 10am.  I would have expected the test to come back positive yesterday??  Geesh.  Tell me what you think.

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Re: WTF. 2 kids and this is still confusing to me.

  • AMYfromKYAMYfromKY member
    Try taking them in the afternoon after not drinking or peeing for 2-4 hours.  Mine never would work in the mornings.
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  • Kie310Kie310 member

    Have sex again tonight and/or tomorrow morning. You will hopefully catch the egg!

     

    ETA: I used the digital OPKs that said to use FMU, so I did and it worked great for me. But for most of them you should take them in the afternoon, after a few hours of not drinking or peeing.

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  • fatima5968fatima5968 member
    EWCM usually leads up to O...eveyrone varies though, OPK+ means expect to O from 24-36 hours, but you can catch a surge on the way up and even O that day...GL
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  • XXXXX222XXXXX222 member

    Some women get days and days of positive OPKs.  Some have to test twice a day just to see one positive in a whole cycle.  It just depends on how long your surge of lutenizing hormone (LH) is.  That's the hormone that spiked right before ovulation.

    You can get many days of egg-white cervical fluid leading up to ovulation.  Once you get a positive ovulation test, you can expect to ovulation 12-48 hours or so afterwards.  So what you are describing sounds normal.

    Good luck :) 

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  • ShuTreeShuTree

    Thanks for all your thoughts. My take aways from this if I don't get a bfp this month is
    1) Take the OPK test in the afternoon after holding for at least 2 hours (which i thought i did in the morning but maybe it was diluted from my coffee and water)

    2) Maybe I'll even take the OPK test twice a day when I am feeling it coming...just in case.

    3) Just have sex as soon as I get Egg whites.  But man, having two kids and full time jobs - it's exhausting. And last night we were saying we could try again in the morning but it's so not realistic when the 3 yr old walks into our room at 6:30 on the dot. :-) Joy.

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