Updated: Round 1- Highs, no peak

Mapes84 · January 2016

Hi Ladies, I'm new here. This is my first cycle off of the pill, and I'm well aware it could take a few cycles before thing regulate. I started using CBE Adv OPK, more out of curiosity than anything else. I am currently on day 19, and 9 straight days of high, but no peak. Does this mean: a) I probably didn't ov this cycle... b) Im going to ov late/have a weird, long cycle, or c) I may have already ov'd but the surge was not detected? I know there's no way to know for sure, I'm just wondering what others have experienced. We BD on the first 5 high days I got, but I am going to strongly assume we are out this month! I also don't know whether there is any value at this point in continuing to use OPK this cycle...thoughts?

ETA: Update: Today is CD 22, and OPK #14...after 12 straight days of high, I got a peak this morning!! SO YOU'RE SAYIN' THERE'S A CHANCE? Lol. I'm glad I kept testing, because I almost stopped. We BD last night, and I can assure you we will be tonight and tomorrow. Come at me, husband!

babymish · January 2016

Are you temping? If so you will have a rise in your basal body temp after ovulation and it will reman elevated until your period comes - if it comes.

OPKs are great for detecting lh, but you need to temp if you want to confirm it.

If you arent temping yet I would recommend getting a mabis thermometer and tracking in fertility friend.

bsckgb7 · January 2016

Mapes84 said:

Hi Ladies, I'm new here. This is my first cycle off of the pill, and I'm well aware it could take a few cycles before thing regulate. I started using CBE Adv OPK, more out of curiosity than anything else. I am currently on day 19, and 9 straight days of high, but no peak. Does this mean: a) I probably didn't ov this cycle... b) Im going to ov late/have a weird, long cycle, or c) I may have already ov'd but the surge was not detected? I know there's no way to know for sure, I'm just wondering what others have experienced. We BD on the first 5 high days I got, but I am going to strongly assume we are out this month! I also don't know whether there is any value at this point in continuing to use OPK this cycle...thoughts?

You said so yourself. There is no way to know for sure. You could still ovulate. Or you might not, or you already did. Get a thermometer and read the Newbie thread pinned to the top.

Mapes84 · January 2016

Thanks! The temping seems a little overwhelming (and like one more thing for me to obsess over...) but maybe I'll give it a shot.

And yes, I read the newbie thread. ☺️

babymish · January 2016

I know its daunting to add so many tasks, but knowing what your cycle looks like makes it sooooo worth it. Plus you can get your BD timimg much more accurate improving your chances

Mapes84 · January 2016

Ok, I'm convinced

babymish · January 2016

Yay!! We have TWW (two week wait) and WTO (wait to ovulate) threads so feel free to jump in.

In answer to your question - it is going to be a little difficult to know if you O'd at the moment but it may just mean that you could ovulate late so hopefully you will get a peak soon. If that does happen O cant be guaranteed to have happened without your temps but if you monitor your CM you may be able to guess and hope it did.

So whilst you are waiting you may want to join into WTO. Or you can just lurk around, totally up to you.

PensiveCrayon · January 2016

@Mapes84 Putting a word in for temping: yeah, I've become a little obsessive with it too, but it's so fun for me to wake up in the morning and see where I'm at and then put it down in my chart and look at it as a whole. Like, it literally has kept me from sleeping in at all this month. (Except on the weekends. I roll right back over and go to bed after my 5:40 a.m. temp check.)

Mapes84 · January 2016

babymish said:
Yay!! We have TWW (two week wait) and WTO (wait to ovulate) threads so feel free to jump in.

In answer to your question - it is going to be a little difficult to know if you O'd at the moment but it may just mean that you could ovulate late so hopefully you will get a peak soon. If that does happen O cant be guaranteed to have happened without your temps but if you monitor your CM you may be able to guess and hope it did.

So whilst you are waiting you may want to join into WTO. Or you can just lurk around, totally up to you.

Ahhh thank you so much!

Mapes84 · January 2016

emilyIRL said:
@Mapes84 Putting a word in for temping: yeah, I've become a little obsessive with it too, but it's so fun for me to wake up in the morning and see where I'm at and then put it down in my chart and look at it as a whole. Like, it literally has kept me from sleeping in at all this month. (Except on the weekends. I roll right back over and go to bed after my 5:40 a.m. temp check.)

I can totally see this, as the OPK has already eliminated sleeping in for me! Without fail I wake up needing to pee around 5 AM, and then I have to lie awake waiting for the test to finish, and next thing I know, I'm wide awake! I admittedly do enjoy data, though (I'm a huge nerd). So, maybe I will enjoy temping.

br0co1ii · January 2016

I've been using CB Advanced for about 4 cycles. I've only temped for the last 2. That being said, I've noticed that the opk's don't seem to line up with my temps at all. Also, for me, it took about 5 full cycles off bc to really notice that they were finally out if my system. Obviously that's just me, and you will likely have a different experience, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
And I love the fact that temping helped to figure it all out for me. Yes, at first it seemed like over-kill, but in the end, it keeps me fwelding like I'm more in control. I can only add, please do not make the same mistake as me and get your bbt from Target. Walmart sells Reli-on or Amazon has Mabis. Same thing.

DumbledoresArmy · January 2016

This might not be what's happening to you, but I once had an experience like that. I had high opks for a week, never ovulated. Actually, I did ovulate but not until a whole month later. And then I missed my fertile window completely because I had given up. Keep testing!

iceandsnowflakes29 · January 2016

Mapes84 said:
Thanks! The temping seems a little overwhelming (and like one more thing for me to obsess over...) but maybe I'll give it a shot.

And yes, I read the newbie thread. ☺️

I've temped in the past and decided this month to NOT temp and I'm totally kicking myself in the ass for it. TRUST ME it will take away stress not cause more of it. I promise.

I've had the same issue with OPKs, I keep getting false surges. We've HIO EOD but, you can bet your apples I'm temping now and I will never look back.

TheBorg7of9 · January 2016

This is a common complaint with the advanced version of the Clearblue easy OPK. People post on here all the time about how it gives them multiple days of blinking faces. Also it's really expensive. I would recommend buying Wondfos on Amazon. They are very cheap. And they work. And you can take as many as you want because they're so cheap. I also love temping. If I was going to have to choose between temping and OPK's I would definitely choose temping. I have found that recently I don't ovulate until three or four days after my first positive OPK. And I would never know that if I werent temping.

crzyforbabies · January 2016

I am trying CBAD and getting highs a lot too. Because I temp, I know I haven't ovulated yet. I would take the highs with a grain of salt, because when I use regular OPKs in the evening, they are negative. The highs mean your estrogen levels are up, but not that your LH is surging. Since these are pricy, I think I'm going to go back to Wondfos soon.

I didn't temp when I first started, but now it gives me a lot of insight into my cycle. It's pretty routine now, and I temp at the same time, and then go right back to sleep.

MrsDho11 · January 2016

That happens to me if I take them too early in my cycle (I have a slightly longer cycle with usually multiple LH surges before O). Glad to see you're willing to try out temping. Good luck!

Mapes84 · January 2016

Thanks, ladies! Great insight.

[Deleted User] · January 2016

I may not be much help, but after 18 months of temping, I'm only just now adding OPK's more out of curiosity to see how it may (or may not) line up with what I already see happening in my chart. But I agree, that if I had to pick one or the other, I would just stick with temping because it makes it so simple - as long as you can temp consistently at the same time - and otherwise I think I would be stressing so much more just WONDERING what was going on with my body.

RiverSong15 · January 2016

Another vote for temping and Wondfos. I turn Wondfos *almost*, but not quite, positive. However, temping confirms that I ovulated. 9 days of high readings would drive me nuts. GL!

Mapes84 · January 2016

Update: Today is CD 22, and OPK #14...after 12 straight days of high, I got a peak this morning!! SO YOU'RE SAYIN' THERE'S A CHANCE? Lol. I'm glad I kept testing, because I almost stopped. We BD last night, and I can assure you we will be tonight and tomorrow. Come at me, husband!

babymish · January 2016

Congrats!!!! Glad you finally got the positive!

Mapes84 · January 2016

babymish said:
Congrats!!!! Glad you finally got the positive!

Thank you! About dang time! I know it still probably won't be our month, but I was starting to have murderous thoughts directed at that flashing smiley

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