When should I start testing? What DPO am I?

[itwasawendys]

Hi, ladies. Just after a little bit of help for this cycle. My last period started on 11.1.16 and my last cycle was 32 days long. The cycle before that I started my period on the 10.12.15 and my cycle before that was 36 days long. I have used a few ovulation calculators and they all generally said I was fertile from around the 25th of January til about the 3rd of February based on a 32 day cycle. We have had sex every other day if not everyday from the 25th... just wondering when I should start testing? I tested this morning with a One Step strip and it was negative. Thank you

 

[Bartness]

Wait until AF is one day late.

 

[Aayla]

^^ What she said. If you don't know when you have ovulated exactly and have a rough estimate of when af is due, then wait for af to not show up. It's hard to do that, I know, as we all want to know asap.

Always assume your cycle is going to be the longer average. So your af should be due around Feb 15 ish based on a 36 day cycle.

If you count back 14-16 days from Feb 15 (basing this on a 36 day cycle) then your ovulation happened around Jan 31- Feb 2. This would make you only 1-3 dpo. Far too early to test. Even if you base it on getting a 32 day cycle then you are at max 7dpo. still too early to test.

I would wait until around Valentine's day to test, if af doesn't show by then.