Suspicious that I've ovulated early. OPK/Temp help please.

[emma.andrews]

Hi ladies! Ok, so, normally I ovulate on cycle day 20+ ... I usually start taking opks and temping a few days before this just because it has been so consistent for so long! Basically I opk and temp just to confirm things... Even though I probably could have always told you exactly when I ovulated without these two things (so I thought) Well this cycle, I started temping and using opks just 3 days ago. I'm on cycle day 19 right now. When I took my first opk on day 16, I was surprised because the test line was much darker than it usually is on CD16 in my cycle. It was just almost positive. It looked like it was either fixing to be positive or coming off of being positive. So, ever since then, my opks have progressively gotten lighter. My temperature is in the 98.3 range for the last few days. I usually get temps this high at least a couple of days after Ov. Prior to Ov, I'm in the 97 range. So, I suspect that I ovulated early this cycle but I'm not sure. This has never happened before so it makes me worry that I didn't Ov at all. I have had no life changes or done anything different. If I did ovulate early, we caught it as far as bd goes, I'm not worried about that. I'm just worried that I didn't ovulate at all... I didn't recognize my usual ovulation symptoms. Maybe this is because I wasn't expecting it early? Idk. What are you guy's thoughts?

 

[emma.andrews]

I forgot to mention that my cervix is and has been extremely low and soft for the past 3 days :/ more confusion

 

[BeachyFeelin]

Maybe you did O early...it's pretty common to not ovulate on the same day every cycle!

 

[emma.andrews]

Thanks BeachyFeelin! I really hope I did, I was just worried since I have always been so spot on. Maybe my cycles are starting to change or shift a little. I would be perfectly happy with a shorter cycle haha. More chances to try!