OPK and BBT

Re: OPK and BBT

• [Deleted User] member

  February 2017

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  <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/M2B123">M2B123</a> said:</div>
  <div class="QuoteText">I have been temping religiously, and started using CB opk advanced. I got flashing smileys CD15-18. I got a temp spike on CD16. Could I still have ovulated despite the opk only showing flashing smiley? One more day of elevated temp to confirm it I guess, but is three days of elevated temp really enough to confirm ovulation? 
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  Hi and welcome!  Please read our newbie guide, intro on the newbie thread and join us!  This would be a great question for the daily wto /tww checkins, where you'll get to know all the ladies who are also charting their cycles and will be happy to help!  There is also a dedicated chart stalk thread where questions like this can be posted in the future.  But this place really is a Community, so it works way better if you join in and participate actively.
  
  I'm on mobile so if it's in your siggy, I can't see your chart.  Lot's of things are possible.  It is possible to ovulate without getting a peak reading, definitely.  Three temps elevated above the previous six is how FF confirms O - I believe that's FAM method?  But there are various detection methods that may take into account other factors such as CM, CP, opks etc.
  
  So again, without seeing your actual chart, Yes, a person could very well get a third high temp and move over to tww without a solid smiley. I dunno what exactly may be going on in your case, tho.  Time will tell!  GL

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• jess0211 member

  February 2017 edited February 2017

  @m2b123 Hi! Welcome! I am going to reiterate what @BusinessWife  so eloquently said and add feel free to introduce yourself in this week's introduction thread. Also, as @businesswife said, it is possible. **TW** One of my good friends never got a solid smiley face and she got KU. **end TW** I personally didn't temp this month, but only have gotten flashing smiley faces as well (to be fair I stopped OPKs yesterday), but am pretty sure based on correlating symptoms today is the day. That said, I didn't temp to confirm. But it is definitely possible. 
  
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• KariAnn323 member

  February 2017

  OP I think you may be slightly confused in what OPKs do. OPKs test the level of LH in your urine. They do not confirm that you ovulated. If you were only testing once a day you may have missed your surge which would explain not getting a solid smiley. For instance, for me if I don't test in the morning, after work, and before I go to bed I'll miss my surge because it's so short. That is why I confirm O by taking my BBT. Like PP have said we can't help you decipher your chart if we can't see it.

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• kiki75 member

  February 2017

  Exactly what @BusinessWife and @KariAnn323 said. The average person has their LH surge at night in the wee hours. That is why a lot of OPKs recommend you test with second morning urine (SMU) because if it happened too close to when you woke up, it won't show up in your first morning urine (FMU). However the Clearblue Advanced OPKs (CBDA/CBAD, I write it both ways because  I don't remember what the specific wording is but it still gets the point across) do recommend you use FMU. But, obviously, not everyone is average. Some people, like KariAnn, have very short surges and would miss it if they weren't testing multiple times a day. Some people just have their main surge at a different time of day. And sometimes, those digitals just want a line that is so strong that it's really hard to hit the perfect timing and concentration to turn it. 
  
  If this isn't your cycle, I recommend you buy some Wondfos off of Amazon. You can get about 50 OPKs + 20 pregnancy tests for about $20. This way you can test multiple times a day. It will help you figure out when your surge is and help you to interpret what's going on. The one thing here is that you want to Google "Counterfeit Wondfos" to find a list of sellers who are legit. Amazon is having trouble with counterfeit with a lot of products and these are one of them. (Interesting recent article on Amazon's counterfeit problem: https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2017/02/13/after-selling-millions-family-run-makin-bacon-battles-amazon-counterfeiters/#3d62f78c5e7f) 
  
  *TW* Personally, I had one cycle where I never did turn a CBAD or a Wondfo, I believe it was due to hydration levels so my urine was always too dilute but I know I did O b/c I did get KU. Last cycle I didn't turn a CBAD even though I thought the line looked pretty dark when I ejected it but I got a blazing Wondfo in the afternoon. 
  

      

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• lund member

  February 2017

  I love when drive-bys P&G when everyone gives them great advice.....
  
  
  
  
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