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[5starsplus1]

I have a question ladies!!!! Do you guys count the day ur cycle starts until the day it starts again or do you count the day it stops as the last day to count how many in between ur cycle. example if my cycle started May 10th and started back June 3rd is that 24 or 25 days...everyone please chime in! So my calendar says this is 24 between cycles because they stopped counting the day before it starts again but I count 25 b/c I count until the day it started back...Am I counting wrong? PLEASE HELP!!!

You know....that's a pretty good question bc I have a "26" day cycle so if I start on the say June 1st my period would start again on June 26th like clockwork. So wait a minute....I got a "25" day cycle???? Aww man now I'm confused

Yes it was very confusing and I use to always wonder why it seemed like I started a day early but nope my calendar online is exactly to the point....so yea you may have a 25 day cycle hun...but mine just needs to stay the same every month and stop jumping all around lol...whenever you get some time go check out ovulation Calculator Fertility Calendar Predictor

 

[Pato]

Yes 5 stars- lp starts the day after you ovulate - the day before your next cycle starts. So if you O on say 10th and your next cycle starts 23rd. .. your lp would be 12 days.

But wait a minute..... The OPK showed me ovulating on CD18 when I got pregnant with my daughter with what I then thought was a 26 day cycle giving me an LP of 8 days....now that I understand that my cycle is 25 days instead....how am I gonna conceive with a 7 day LP if I ovulate that late I do my temps but now IDK

 

[5starsplus1]

Yes 5 stars- lp starts the day after you ovulate - the day before your next cycle starts. So if you O on say 10th and your next cycle starts 23rd. .. your lp would be 12 days.

But wait a minute..... The OPK showed me ovulating on CD18 when I got pregnant with my daughter with what I then thought was a 26 day cycle giving me an LP of 8 days....now that I understand that my cycle is 25 days instead....how am I gonna conceive with a 7 day LP if I ovulate that late I do my temps but now IDK

I don't have a clue...maybe you can talk with your dr, that's why I made an appt and hopefully I can get the clomid on next week

 

[pinkpassion]

I would also recommend a super b complex! I increased my lp from 7 days to 10 days the first cycle taking it , then 12 days the next cycle , then pregnant the next cycle

 

[muffinbabes4]

Ashley I would go by the first pos opk you got 21st) I don't even test after my first , I have though and they just get darker for a day or 2 then go back but I personally always O day after my first pos. Opk I test 2-3 times a day nearing O

 

[muffinbabes4]

Pato I think lp can change every cycle and when you concieve, that particular month you just maybe we're going to have a longer cycle ♡.. i did that with my 1 year old.. pos opk on day 24.. yes 24, then o day 25 of what was normally that past year a 28 to 29 day cycles.. so obviously If I wouldn't had concieved that cycle it would have been just a linger cycle out of the blue.. make sense?

 

[Disneymom1129]

Okay ladies I have a question!!!
I was rereading my other thread and looking back at my positive OPKs...I got a Positive OPK AND Digi on May 21....but I got my darkest positive test strip (like test line was waaaaay darker than the control) on May 24 and 25. Then I think the test was negative the next day...Would you go off of the digi or the test strip on May 25? If I go off the strip I'd be about 10/11 DPO today...

Hard to say. If you want to go by the book you would need to go off the first positive.

 

[FLArmyWife]

Okay ladies I have a question!!!
I was rereading my other thread and looking back at my positive OPKs...I got a Positive OPK AND Digi on May 21....but I got my darkest positive test strip (like test line was waaaaay darker than the control) on May 24 and 25. Then I think the test was negative the next day...Would you go off of the digi or the test strip on May 25? If I go off the strip I'd be about 10/11 DPO today...

I don't know much about opks so i'm sorry i'm no help there

But wait a minute..... The OPK showed me ovulating on CD18 when I got pregnant with my daughter with what I then thought was a 26 day cycle giving me an LP of 8 days....now that I understand that my cycle is 25 days instead....how am I gonna conceive with a 7 day LP if I ovulate that late I do my temps but now IDK

Pato, I think muffin gave a great possibility as to why. Also, you're body may just happen to implant faster than others which helps you out some. If you're worried about it, mention it to your doctor.

I would also recommend a super b complex! I increased my lp from 7 days to 10 days the first cycle taking it , then 12 days the next cycle , then pregnant the next cycle

Yes! strongly recommend a B complex. helps with so many things

 

[muffinbabes4]

I recommend vitamin b as well it made my lp go from 9-11 so far ... I'm also bf but still it helped

 

[ashleyg]

Okay so here are the two tests. They say to count 1dpo after the first negative you get. At least thats what I've read and have had other ladies tell me to do. The only negative I got was after May 25..

May 21 and then May 25.

 

[Disneymom1129]

Ashley-- I've read a lot of different things! It's confusing. For example, my OPK instructions say to stop testing after your first positive. I kept testing for a few days after though. Yet these instructions also say to use FMU, which a lot of people say to not do. Any particular days during the surge that you had EWCM or O pains? That can help pinpoint the exact day as well. I know I'm not much help .

I say go with your gut

 

[ashleyg]

I dont know where my gut is either haha. It is so confusing. Cause like I said if I go by my first negative, then my TRUE positive would have been on the 25th...I guess it could explain the cramping yesterday as implantation? It makes sense

 

[Disneymom1129]

True! FX

 

[ashleyg]

 

[muffinbabes4]

Fx ashley hopefully !!

 

[muffinbabes4]

Ashley- I think that's the digi directions to count 1 dpo after the first neg. Test...... wondfo and others are (as far as I've read) you test till you get your 1st positive then you will usually Ovulate 24 to 48 hours after your first pos.... i think digi is different.. i don't know though

 

[muffinbabes4]

As far as I know your not supposed to use fmu on a opk because lh is a hormone that runs through your body and it gets in urine more when you wake up qnd start moving around (as in 2nd morning urine is better) so you can get a false negative by using fmu on an opk if what I understand is correct...

 

[ashleyg]

I don't know either :/ everything is conflicting lol

 

[5starsplus1]

I usually test twice a day...once with fmu and after a 4 hr hold in the afternoon I will test at 5pm....usually they give me close to the same results....

 

[muffinbabes4]

It makes sense to me that your first pos. Is the lh surge and yes it increases after but mine is always accurate after first pos. As in I O 24 hours later.. If I waited till I had a neg opk on a wondfo or even waited to the next day when it darkens it's most.. I'd miss O all together and ugh!!! Lol