Annoyed by OPKs

boymamaco · November 2014

I can't seem to get a + on my OPKs. I'm using both CBFM and Wondfro. I can see the LH line appearing but the E2 line never looks softer as though estrogen would be decreasing. Last cycle, I am certain I ovulated b/c I had an u/s and the tech showed me the collapsed follicle. This cycle we're on our own. I've had 7 days of High readings on my CBFM and the same amount of days of Wondfro showing a darkish LH line but not equally dark (+) as the control line.

I'm not temping b/c I'm up at random times during the night and/or early mornings so I just feel like my temps wouldn't be consistent or accurate due to our night wakings. I thought I'd be OK with this but now of course am annoyed that I don't totally know what is going on.

I guess I"m just venting really b/c there isn't much I can do. This is really only our first month of knowing what day we're on as Ive only had one PP period. What would you do - keep taking the stupid OPKs? Or just figure I missed the Peak and/or +

meredithcarole · November 2014

clgsquared said:

I can imagine your frustration. I'd still temp though. I'm up at all hours with my guy and I still get good temps....or at least FF can and pinpoint ovulation. Good luck

I'd agree with this.

kelley72 · November 2014

Agree, I'd temp and try to give ff all the information it is possible ovulation can be picked if not down to the exact day atleast within a 2day window... best wishes and sorry for the frustration, I'd be as well

hooligans4 · November 2014

Are you using the wondfos 3x a day. That's what I have to do to catch my surge. I see it on one test and it's gone by the next. So if you have a fast surge like me you might just be missing it.

gscoville · November 2014

I've heard of lots of women having problems getting accurate readings with the CBFM, I'd ditch it. Also, are you testing two or three times a day with Wondfo? I found I could never get a positive with FMU, for example, but would often see it darken at lunch time and would get my positive on either my after-work or just-before-bedtime OPK test.

Also, start temping, you CAN temp even with less than ideal sleep patterns. I'm a terrible insomniac and wake up multiple times a night, up early despite never getting enough sleep, can't get back to sleep once I'm up at 3 am, etc. But I still temped, and even though my temps were on the jagged side I still saw a clear temp shift at ovulation EVERY cycle that I temped. I just didn't temp at the same time every morning, that didn't work for me because mornings were my most restless sleep time. Instead, I temped the first time I woke up every night, that was usually my longest block of sleeping time so it worked for me. Sometimes that was at 1 am, sometimes 2 or 3 am, sometimes even 5 am if I was lucky and actually slept well, and like I say, even though my charts weren't classically 'pretty' I could still pick up on when exactly I ovulated. I charted for almost a year and a half successfully this way, I'm sure if you give it a try you can find a pattern that works for you.

boymamaco · November 2014

Well crap I was only using Wondfro 1xdaily. I've been doing CB with fmu and then Wondfro @11-1 pm.
I really love seeing the High and Peak with CB

but seems like a waste when Wondfro is so much less expensive!

@gscoville‌ - so sorry your sleep patterns are all over the place!

I did temp well before when trying for #1 so I guess it's back to that after all. Somehow I thought I was going to be immune from the neuroticism that comes with TTC but apparently not! Lol

URMySunshine77 · November 2014

I would recommend using Wondfos at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. When I feel most fertile, I also test at 1 or 2 p.m.

MySallyGirl · November 2014

@gscoville Thanks for the information on erratic temping. I've been wondering lately if it's really going to work because I am such a light sleeper and up and down so much every night. That's really helpful and encouraging.

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