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Anyone have problems with ovulation kits not showing you're ovulating?

alibuddhaalibuddha member
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I'm so frustrated...my hubby and I have been TTC for 6 months and nothing. I may have been preggos and had a 5-week miscarry, but we won't ever know (had all symptoms but never tested for it). Anyway, now I've been using the ClearBlue ovulation kit and I thought it would be so easy. Since my period had always been very consistent (except for the one time I was 3 days late), I was using a fertility tracker. The tracker told me the past 5 days (2/23 til 2/28) were my most fertile days. However, every day that I used the ovulation kit, I never had an LH surge. Has this happened to anyone? Not getting LH surge? So weird and I hope it's just a fluke because now I'm concerned this is a problem. What if I don't ovulate?

I just started tracking my temp, but since it's only been a few days of that, I can't use that as a baseline either. I just hear about all these people using the ovulation kits and it seems to work, but then I do and I get nothing!!!

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Re: Anyone have problems with ovulation kits not showing you're ovulating?

  • salt78salt78 member
    Just keep temping and checking for a thermal shift. That will be the point when you ovulate. I used the digi ovulation kit this cycle too and missed my LH surge.
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    imagesalt78:
    Just keep temping and checking for a thermal shift. That will be the point when you ovulate. I used the digi ovulation kit this cycle too and missed my LH surge.

    the problem is once you've seen the shift, you've already Oed and it's basically too late.  It's a good way to track your cycles and get a feel for any patterns, but temping alone isn't a good way to TTC.

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  • JSRICHJSRICH
    When I first started out I was having a hard time catching my surge. It's very fast and comes at about 2pm (when I'm at work) so I test at work sometimes. FMU isn't always the best, and test 2-3 times a day. Make sure you hold your urine for a couple hours. It's not always easy to catch! Takes practice. Good luck!
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    imagetikata4:

    imagesalt78:
    Just keep temping and checking for a thermal shift. That will be the point when you ovulate. I used the digi ovulation kit this cycle too and missed my LH surge.

    the problem is once you've seen the shift, you've already Oed and it's basically too late.  It's a good way to track your cycles and get a feel for any patterns, but temping alone isn't a good way to TTC.

    Yeah you should get a positive OPK the day before you ovulate. If you already have a temp shift, you've ovulated already and it's too late. The temp shift tells you that you've ovulated and an OPK will tell youthag your about to.
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  • jemmer04jemmer04 member
    my husband and i have only been trying for a month, last month i did use the clear blue ovulation kit and never once got a positive... i figured it was enough to use those tests, and it was only our first month so i wasnt trying to go crazy with charting and everything... right now i am 5 days late and have taken 3 pregnancy tests and they have all been negative, so now im wondering if I ever even ovulated this month :(
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  • salt78salt78 member
    imageJSRICH:
    imagetikata4:

    imagesalt78:
    Just keep temping and checking for a thermal shift. That will be the point when you ovulate. I used the digi ovulation kit this cycle too and missed my LH surge.

    the problem is once you've seen the shift, you've already Oed and it's basically too late.  It's a good way to track your cycles and get a feel for any patterns, but temping alone isn't a good way to TTC.

    Yeah you should get a positive OPK the day before you ovulate. If you already have a temp shift, you've ovulated already and it's too late. The temp shift tells you that you've ovulated and an OPK will tell youthag your about to.

    Right. I'm just saying that if she is concerned at all about whether or not she is ovulating, the temp shift will show that it is happening.

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  • chulavanechulavane
    Oh yeah.  I used the Answer brand and never received a positive OPK.  I saw a faint line one day out of the 10 days I was testing although I did get a positive thermal shift.  I am using FF to keep track and was given a definitive O day.  GL! 
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  • Country Girl in the CityCountry Girl in the City
    I have only ever gotten a positive OPK once.  Today my dr. recommended getting a fertility monitor to supplement everything else that I have been doing.  She also did blood work to make sure that there were no problems like thyroid that may be impacting my ovulation.
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  • alibuddhaalibuddha member
    Okay, I'm glad I'm not alone with these tests not working. I didn't realize this was so hard to track all this stuff - doing it at work!! I guess I will have to try that because I heard that it's best to test in the afternoon but I always wondered how I could pull that off at work. I guess I'll have to try next month. I'm afraid I already missed my window but who knows, maybe we got lucky despite the negative ovulation test. I want to be positive!! fingers are crossed. Someone said to try FF, but I don't know what that means. What is FF?
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  • salt78salt78 member
    FertilityFriend.com. If you click on my chart link in my sig, it will take you there. :) It's a great site! Good luck with it!
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  • JSRICHJSRICH
    imagejemmer04:
    my husband and i have only been trying for a month, last month i did use the clear blue ovulation kit and never once got a positive... i figured it was enough to use those tests, and it was only our first month so i wasnt trying to go crazy with charting and everything... right now i am 5 days late and have taken 3 pregnancy tests and they have all been negative, so now im wondering if I ever even ovulated this month :(
    Charting and temping doesn't mean your crazy. I wish I would have started both in march of last year when we started ttc Instead Of waiting 6 months. It takes practice to understand OPKs. I didn't get a positive until 2-3 months after I started them. But I was charting so I knew for sure that I was ovulating. Even though I didnt get a positive OPK. And I'm not crazy.
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