OPK ?s

[meggo]

I came off of 13 years of the pill in January of this year. So far I've had a 33 day cycle and a 28 day cycle. I'm thinking about using an OPK during the next cycle to just make sure I'm ovulating but don't know much about them. Should I buy multiples? How many does one normally go through in a cycle? And do you just start using them about 14 days into the cycle until you get a positive? Thanks for the help.

 

[gardenofedens]

Definitely buy LOTS of them - you can get them on Amazon for dirt cheap. I think I got 25 for $5 or something like that. If you have no idea when you ovulate, I think they recommend you start on CD10 twice a day (morning and evening or afternoon and evening) and continue until you get a positive result. With OPKs, there will always be two lines so a "positive" is determined if the test line is equal to or greater than the control line. These are mine from last month.

https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q28/emmiesanimalrescue/My%20Pictures/Family/Baby/Cycle1OPKs.jpg

I also chart my BBT each month so I had an idea of when I was going to ovulate and only had to use these two all month but that's not the case for everyone. So based on the OPKs and my temps, I ovulated on CD15. We unfortunately didn't catch the egg that month but there's always this month!

 

[meggo]

Thanks!! That was super helpful. Guess I'll be placing an order with Amazon today. But since Amazon is shipped to hubby's work I'd better warn him not to open this package!

 

[gardenofedens]

hehe, yea

to you!