OPK testing practice...positive for over a week and a half?!

[LekkerSlaap]

I decided to go ahead and start testing early so that I'm well prepared before DH comes home from deployment. So what do you ladies think? I missed 2 days in the beginning but I started testing the day after AF and got 2 days in and then missed two days.

CD7
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd7.jpg

CD8
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd8.jpg

CD9
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd9.jpg

CD12
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd12.jpg

CD13
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd13.jpg

Tomorrow is supposed to be peak ov day according to my period tracker app on my phone.

 

[katherinegrey]

that last one is definitely positive! Nice progression!

 

[LekkerSlaap]

So would you say it's safe to say that I can self diagnose that I am ovulating? Has anyone who found out they weren't ovulating ever gotten a positive on a OPK test?

 

[LekkerSlaap]

CD14
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd14.jpg

I can't exactly tell if it means I am ovulating today. But I'm hoping! Gotta get my charts online in sync with my tests. I'm also attempting BBT. Any suggestions?

 

[Margerle]

So would you say it's safe to say that I can self diagnose that I am ovulating? Has anyone who found out they weren't ovulating ever gotten a positive on a OPK test?

Yes, you can have an LH surge and not ovulate. Thats why I BBT/chart along with opk, to make sure the LH surge is productive

https://www.amandabears.com/positive-opk-but-no-ovulation.html

 

[Margerle]

CD14
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd14.jpg

I can't exactly tell if it means I am ovulating today. But I'm hoping! Gotta get my charts online in sync with my tests. I'm also attempting BBT. Any suggestions?

Get a $10 digital thermometer from the local drugstore (one that reads to a tenth of a degree). Then make sure you temp the same time every morning after at least 3 hours of sleep.

I leave my thermometer right by the bed and when my alarm rings (5:40am) I grab my thermometer and take my temp. I read the temp and write it down (my new thermometer has a memory so I jsut take my temp and put the thermometer back down and go back to sleep) if I plan on sleeping late; or I get up and record it on ff before I jump in the bath.

It's important to record the temp at the same time every morning and it's imperative that you have at least 3 hours of sleep prior to waking to take your temp. If you decide you want to take your temperature at a different time - you will have to wait until the next cycle to make that change so the temps are consistent. If you review some women's charts (mine is in my signature) some women only fluctuate within TWO DEGREES each month which doesn't leave much room for error. If you start taking your temp later in the morning, you will have a little higher temp than if you took it earlier.

Of course, weekends, and the odd day happens when you sleep a lot later than normal or wake much earlier than normal. I jsut take my temps as soon as possible after waking (before getting up out of bed or hardly moving in bed at all!). Then I take this temp and convert it to what it would be if I took it at my normal time by using this converter:

https://www.whenmybaby.com/basalbodytemperature.php

Make sure that you document the time you took your temp in the charting software so you can tell which temps you've "adjusted". Solid dots are temps at your regular time, white dots are the "adjusted" or "out of the ordinary" temps.

It's really quite simple. You might need a cycle or two to really see a nice pattern and get the hang of taking your temp the same time in the morning without moving much. Even sitting up in bed can adjust your body temperature a tenth of a degree or two which can alter the pattern of your chart.

Let me know if you have any other questions - and certainly FF has a great tutorial on charting.

 

[LekkerSlaap]

Thank you so much! Yeah I bought my thermometer yesterday and have only charted once. I gave it a test run just to see how it works. So the info you just gave me is VERY helpful! Thank you!

 

[LekkerSlaap]

CD15
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd15.jpg

So clearly the test line is darker than the control line.
And also TMI warning when I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom I felt this sensation that I might have "leaked" a little and looked at my undies and there was a THICK Cloudy discharge. Is this normal for ovulation?

 

[purplelilly]

CD15
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd15.jpg

So clearly the test line is darker than the control line.
And also TMI warning when I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom I felt this sensation that I might have "leaked" a little and looked at my undies and there was a THICK Cloudy discharge. Is this normal for ovulation?

Def your positive hon and the extra discharge is normal. you should be ovulating 12 to 24 hours from now! Keep charting your temps and you should see when. Good luck!

 

[LekkerSlaap]

YAY I'm so excited! DH comes home hopefully in about a month or so.

 

[LekkerSlaap]

Cd16
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd16.jpg

The test line is starting to lighten up.

 

[37Hopeful]

Nice color on there!! Yes, it is completely normal to have "extra" CM- & it does not matter what texture/color.

 

[LekkerSlaap]

Does the counting down progression look normal? If this doesn't tell you that you're ovulating why don't they just call it LH tests?

 

[LekkerSlaap]

CD18

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/Paigeiepoo/TTC/cd18.jpg

Why is this still coming through positive?

 

[Margerle]

your lh surge can last a long time Some women it is very quick, other's it takes a while it to dissapate.

you'll always want to assume ovulation from the FIRST positive OPK though...

Are you charting bbt yet? are your temps above the coverline?

 

[LekkerSlaap]

Yes I've been playing with the bbt but I'm not completely charting it right now until I start my next AF. I want to make sure I do it right.

 

[LekkerSlaap]

CD22 FINALLY a negative OPK. AF is due to show in 5 Days so I can start actually charting the BBT and the OPK's. Won't be too long until DH gets home! Then it's BD time!

 

[Margerle]

Awesome

 

[LekkerSlaap]

Thank you for following my journey. I honestly haven't ever looked forward to AF but I'm counting down the days so I can start getting my charting done. And I know that I'm just that much closer to him being home. HAHAHAHA Unfortunately I know for a fact that I'll be on AF right when he gets home BUT that's ok with me since that means we can get down to the baby making right off without waiting for another month. OHMIGOSH I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself!

 

[courtneyjoy11]

That was a beautiful positive!