wish4baby
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Hi,
This is my first month using OPKs. Please help, I have so many questions lol!!!
I bought the store brand, it comes with a cup & 20 sticks. I read the directions and that brought up my first question: it says use FMU. I have read & heard otherwise, that afternoon/evening after a 2 hr+ hold is better.
Please tell me if I should follow the packet instructions or do afternoon testing.
I did my first test this afternoon (today - CD 12) after a 2 hr hold and it was VERY negative, like no test line at all! I expect to O between CD 13-16, historically (based on temping)...
What, exactly, does a neg OPK mean? No O in the next 24 hrs, for sure, right??? So I should miss BD'ing tonight? (We are doing every other day, then daily from cd 11 thru temp rise, but that hasn't worked yet - 3rd month ttc).
Now, I want to try every other day until positive OPK, then do it that evening, the following evening - o day???, and the next AM - temp rise??? Does that sound right?
My temps are still very low, I know I haven't already O'd, but if I O on CD 13, could I have missed the surge? Or will the OPK stay positive until after the egg is released?
The latest I have ever O'd is CD 16 (and it's not often, but it happened last month). When should I expect a positive OPK if I O again on CD 16? And when will it turn back to neg, the same day as temp rise or prior?
Thank you in advance!
My chart: https://fertilityfriend.com/home/44b0de/
This is my first month using OPKs. Please help, I have so many questions lol!!!
I bought the store brand, it comes with a cup & 20 sticks. I read the directions and that brought up my first question: it says use FMU. I have read & heard otherwise, that afternoon/evening after a 2 hr+ hold is better.
Please tell me if I should follow the packet instructions or do afternoon testing.
I did my first test this afternoon (today - CD 12) after a 2 hr hold and it was VERY negative, like no test line at all! I expect to O between CD 13-16, historically (based on temping)...
What, exactly, does a neg OPK mean? No O in the next 24 hrs, for sure, right??? So I should miss BD'ing tonight? (We are doing every other day, then daily from cd 11 thru temp rise, but that hasn't worked yet - 3rd month ttc).
Now, I want to try every other day until positive OPK, then do it that evening, the following evening - o day???, and the next AM - temp rise??? Does that sound right?
My temps are still very low, I know I haven't already O'd, but if I O on CD 13, could I have missed the surge? Or will the OPK stay positive until after the egg is released?
The latest I have ever O'd is CD 16 (and it's not often, but it happened last month). When should I expect a positive OPK if I O again on CD 16? And when will it turn back to neg, the same day as temp rise or prior?
Thank you in advance!
My chart: https://fertilityfriend.com/home/44b0de/