Ovulation Question

[gennifaire]

Ok, so I ran out of strips, but i have had medium darker lines for the past three days - not as dark as I usually see them -

Anyway. I have had cramping off and on the past three days. I swear I felt slight discomfort in my left overy area, but last cycle, it was much more pronounced.

Does this sound like ovulation-ish? Very mild AF-like cramps. Id go out and buy some digis but I cant til friday and I may just end up missing the surge anyway lol.

Also - is there any digi OPK that are reuseable until you get an LH detection/surge? or all of them one time uses only?

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

for OPK, to be positive, you need BOTH lines OR left DARKER than right.

You can get the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor that is reusable. You log AF on it and then it will ask you for a stick (box of 30 are about $30 on ebay). You use FMU and within 5mins, the monitor will read the results as Low, High or Peak. A way to save money with the monitor is to NOT feed it a stick when it asks but only when you normally may ovulate. For example, it may ask for sticks CD10 but you know you dont ovulate until CD20, so start giving it sticks CD16 instead and then stop feeding it sticks after O is confirmed.

https://www.clearblueeasy.com/clearblue-easy-fertility-monitor.php
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Theres also a new Smiley face Clearblue digital OPK but many have complaints about it. I tried it one cycle and i was not impressed. It is also more expensive. You only get 7 with it.

https://www.clearblueeasy.com/clearblue-easy-digital-ovulation-test.php

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a FREE alternative is to track your basal body temperature.

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/

 

[gennifaire]

for OPK, to be positive, you need BOTH lines OR left DARKER than right.

You can get the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor that is reusable. You log AF on it and then it will ask you for a stick (box of 30 are about $30 on ebay). You use FMU and within 5mins, the monitor will read the results as Low, High or Peak. A way to save money with the monitor is to NOT feed it a stick when it asks but only when you normally may ovulate. For example, it may ask for sticks CD10 but you know you dont ovulate until CD20, so start giving it sticks CD16 instead and then stop feeding it sticks after O is confirmed.

https://www.clearblueeasy.com/clearblue-easy-fertility-monitor.php
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Theres also a new Smiley face Clearblue digital OPK but many have complaints about it. I tried it one cycle and i was not impressed. It is also more expensive. You only get 7 with it.

https://www.clearblueeasy.com/clearblue-easy-digital-ovulation-test.php

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a FREE alternative is to track your basal body temperature.

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/

This is my stick tests for now. As you can see they are getting darker and darker and my temp is slowly rising. My CM is getting about right and im having slight cramps - which I am sure have got to be O-cramps because AF is not even close to being due yet.

My chart is in my signature. I BBT and thats confusion on its own, lol.

 

[gennifaire]

Anyone?

 

[gennifaire]

I am also super crampy still. Like, I have legit been slightly crampy for a few days now, it comes and goes.

Is that normal with Ovulation?

I know you can have some, but this is getting redic. Unless AF is showing up early and I missed the surge some how and its why I didnt catch it.

My CM is strechy still, so I know I am still in a fertile zone! >.<

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

None of those OPK are positive. Your temps havent rose yet. It is possible you didnt O this cycle but tried.

You need 3 temps above previous 6 and the 3+ temps to stay elevated to confirm O. (thats using FAM method). You havent had that yet.

 

[gennifaire]

And my CM is very well 'a typical' as it should be and even though im cramping. Was wondering if my egg just wasnt mature yet.

Thank you!