How to use OPKs? **Added some pics**

[xSamanthax]

OK i bought some internet cheapies and i'm not 100% certain how to use them? by this i mean when should i test and how many times a day?? I can't do any BD'ing til late at night as my OH doesn't get in from work til about 10pm. What CD day do you start to test?? So confused!

 

[hopeforamirac]

think when u start depends on your cycle length. are you regular with your cycles ?

most tests you can use from 10 am until 8pm even after you get a pos opk you dont ovulate for atleast 12 hours so plenty of time to make it to the bedroom lol

 

[xSamanthax]

I don't have a clue how regular my periods are yet, i'm on my first one since i had a MC. I'm just confused at how you use them

 

[hopeforamirac]

ok i collect a sample of wee in a clean pot and you dip the stick in for 15 second i would start testing fom day 10, so day one being the first day your period starts.

You can test as many times a day as you like but i normal to and do atleast 2 a day about 10 am and 2pm.

if you get two lines the same strength or the test line is darker than control line thats positive and means you will ovlaute in the next 12-36 hours i think thats timings right lol

Hope i have helped a bit with your confusion

 

[xSamanthax]

Thanks a lot hun that makes it easier to understand. I've been testing but only on a night time. So today i decided i better start testing twice so i did an OPK at 8am (not the first wee) then read that its better to do it 10am after so i did one at 10am aswell. Until today i haven't had a second line at all... not even a faint one or a shadow but now i have a second line... is this positive or is it too faint to be classed as a positive??

This is the one at 8am (taken 5min after i did it like it said on packet)
https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/SamanthaMartin1984/OPKs/IMG-20110303-00097.jpg

This is the one at 10am
https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/SamanthaMartin1984/OPKs/IMG-20110303-00108.jpg

and this is them both together (the top one is at 8am, the bottom at 10am)
https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/SamanthaMartin1984/OPKs/IMG-20110303-00111.jpg

 

[laura_2010]

defffo pos... I jsut got mine today as well.... this will be the first proppa full pos after mmc in Nov ( maybe missed it other cycles)
Get Bding... Hows your cm?

 

[laura_2010]

This is mine today... Now you know you have a pos... Bd tonight and 2mro...

 

[3 girlies]

you should really bd until the opks go negative & still bd that day too, i used to have positive opks for 3 days & ovulate the day they went negative. xx

 

[hopeforamirac]

i always find my lines are darker in the morning and then get lighter throughout the day very confusing at times. but i tested at 10.20 am on monday and my test line was darker than control line thats how i knew i had my surge .

opk's can be very confusing good luck testing

 

[xSamanthax]

Thanks everyone, CM wise i had some EWCM on tuesday but i haven't had any CM of an kind since then i'm going to do another test at 8pm tonight hoping it still looks positive

 

[xSamanthax]

Heres todays test..
https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/SamanthaMartin1984/OPKs/IMG-20110304-00115.jpg

This is it with the ones from yesterday
https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/SamanthaMartin1984/OPKs/IMG-20110304-00116.jpg

 

[cla]

its slowley going lighter so get some more bd in lol

 

[laura_2010]

What does it mean when is slowy getting lighter? mine are doing that? x

 

[cla]

when they go to negative

 

[laura_2010]

yeh mine was pos... and today neg but not like no line neg.. dies that mean ovulaton is gone?

 

[hopeforamirac]

yeh mine was pos... and today neg but not like no line neg.. dies that mean ovulaton is gone?

more than likely you have ovulated

 

[xSamanthax]

I'm getting as much as i can!!!

 

[cla]

You go girl, I think I might need a few more swimmers lol

 

[xSamanthax]

I'm really hoping that last night and the other nights that we BD was enough as i know i won't get to BD tonight coz Ellie is ill and all she wants is Mummy

 

[cla]

Hope she is better soon xxx