[[OPEN]] From Butterflies to Babies (5! bfps, 1 angel)

[Maggs]

Just did today's. About the sane as yesterday and my temp dropped this morning so at least I know O is a few days away yet. At work on a 24 sleepover so was worried I'd O when I was away from DH

 

[x-ginge-x]

Happy birthday to mee!! 24 today going to have a lovely evening with the hubby as my mum has taken my son as he's going to seaside with them tomorrow!

 

[Savasanna]

Happy birthday Ginge!

 

[Maggs]

Happy Birthday!

 

[HopefulPony]

Happy birthday!

 

[x-ginge-x]

Well used a different ov strip going to use my usual one at about 2.30

 

[castana]

Did my ov tests got faint then pos then faint so looks like its all go. Dtd every other day leading up 2 it then 2 days in a row missed a day and then one more time .. tested ov again today and still got faint line how long do you need to keep at it im knackerd lol sorry TMI

 

[x-ginge-x]

Well lines have to match to be positive so I would say you are in the 2ww xx

 

[LeaLion]

Happy belated birthday wishes ginge!!! I wish you happiness and BFP this cycle!

My yesterday's OPK dis not have a second line at all. I started noticing changes in my CM, so I hope it is a good sign and I'll O soon.

 

[Savasanna]

Well, put this in the confusion basket: so yesterday my clearblue advanced digi came back with a solid smiley, which is the reading for "peak fertility". However, my other clearblue came back negative. AND the clearblue advanced is supposed to go from negative --> high --> peak. This one totally skipped past high and jumped right to peak. ??? And on cd10! Which is WAAY early for me to be ovulating. (Like, I've never ovulated that early.. Ever)

So what should I do, ladies? Discard the advanced and just wait for the other one to come back positive? Our donor isn't even here yet (he isn't local and wasn't planning to get here until tomorrow) so there really isn't much I CAN do..

Man.. This was supposed to be the easy cycle!

 

[x-ginge-x]

I would say keep testing and discard the other for now! as you may just be having a surge before your ovulation!! and as the other hasn't given you a peak i wouldn't trust the other, i saw some threads saying people got peaks on the advances for 4 days in a row!

 

[Savasanna]

Thanks. I think my only choice is to stick with the one that was negative and wait for it to turn positive (hoping that it will). This is so frustrating.

I'm going to start another thread too to see if any other ladies have any thoughts.

 

[Maggs]

Okay just did an opk. It seems lighter than the last 3 days. They've all been negative but would have thought the lines would have gotten slightly darker, not lighter, the closer I get to ovulation. Or is a negative a negative, regardless of how dark the line is. I know I definitely haven't ovulated yet as I've not had any temperature rise. Is this normal? Maybe just a late O this month. Last month I ovulated on CD 14 which is tomorrow for me.

 

[x-ginge-x]

Lines have to be as dark as control to be positive, anything otherwise is classed as a negative but obviously should progress as you get closer to ovulating, which reminds me I need to do one! x

 

[Savasanna]

I've had days where the line is a little lighter than the previous day's test though. Probably something to do with the dillution of your urine. I wouldn't worry about it - just check what tomorrow's is. It's likely to be darker then.

 

[Maggs]

Thank you both. First month using these so very much a newbie!

 

[Savasanna]

opks can be so frustrating. They're great - but man if they're not ALWAYS some form of a headache.

Also, because this is your first month it might be hard for you to figure out exactly what "your positive" will be. When I was using fr opks, I didn't count it as positive until the control line was darker than the test, because I would always get those at some point. However, other women would never get those results, so to them a positive would be when the control line was equal to the test.

My best recommendation for you is to learn what your positive is, and then to stick with the same brand from month to month..

Of course, maybe you won't need more than one month!

 

[Maggs]

Good to know! I'm glad I temp too then, seeing as how neither are an exact science.

 

[x-ginge-x]

Getting darker woo progress is good!!

 

[Maggs]

Awesome! My last 4 all look identical. Boo!