Sophie11
12-29-2006, 12:49 PM
Ok, well the last 3 months my cycles have been 23 to 24 days. So I have been oing around cd 10 to 11. I have been trying not to obsess, so I haven't been temping or anything. Well this month I decided to use the opk's again. I am currently on cd 12. I used my opk's on cd 10 and 11. You can hardly even see the second line on either day. Do you think I have already oed and just didn't test soon enought to catch the lh surge, or do you think I should keep testing? Getting pg just shouldn't be so hard!!! Even bd these days is no fun. I feel like we are doing it because we have to not because we want to. I just don't understand why we can't get pg. We are on cycle #7 and still no luck. I know that there are a lot of ladies that have been ttc way longer than that. How do you all cope? Sorry to be so long, I just think I needed to vent!!
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vigette
12-29-2006, 01:50 PM
What time of day did you use the OPKS. They are sometimes hard to figure out. You could of Def. missed the LH surge on the OPK. Sometimes it happens that fast!!!! I would keep BD'ing and see if the POK gets lighter!!!!!!!!!
hagios
12-29-2006, 02:57 PM
Hello, Sophie.
A light line should still be a positive reading. It could also mean that you're about to O or have just finished O'ing. If you make it a point to BD on days 10, 11, and 12, you should be good. Plus you get the added benefit of lots and lots of ... well, you get the idea. ;) Another thing is that stress will inhibit O-tion, along with many bodily functions. The best thing to do is trash the OPK's and go to town in the middle of a cycle. :bouncing:
A light line should still be a positive reading. It could also mean that you're about to O or have just finished O'ing. If you make it a point to BD on days 10, 11, and 12, you should be good. Plus you get the added benefit of lots and lots of ... well, you get the idea. ;) Another thing is that stress will inhibit O-tion, along with many bodily functions. The best thing to do is trash the OPK's and go to town in the middle of a cycle. :bouncing:
meluca
12-29-2006, 03:18 PM
hi sophie,
those opk are hard to read. sometime i had to strain my eyes to see the faintest glimps of a second line. and a lot of times i thought i was getting a positive but i was wasnt...the ones i found easiest read were clear blue.
here's my experience with them : before my m/c in 10/06 i always had a 28 day cycle and O on the 14th day. then after my m/c my cycle went to 32 days and i O on the 16th day. i only found that out because of the opks. after i got my first period after the m/c i started the opk on day 9 and didnt get a positive until day 16. i was like "where's my positive ?? this kit is broken !!" but it finally came up positive - very obvious positive -- dark, dark blue second line.
we started bding on day 10 - 19 !! (didnt bd on day 12 and 14 b/d dh had a terrible cold). needless to say it was not always "fun" and we bd that often because we wanted to conceive no matter what !! i told dh i dont care if i need to pop in a "sexy video" we are doing this !! he laughed and we got down to business. so hang in there, b/c weve all been there !!
as far as your O, the kits say to start testing on day 10, but when i read reviews of the opks on different websites, i ran across a testimony saying her opk never showed positive when she started testing on day 10 and that once she started testing on day 9 -- it showed positive for O that day. so she had been missing her O because she was testing too late. perhaps it might be the same with you - you mightve O early; and therefore tested too late ?? but just in case, i would keep testing with the opk just in case you are O later in your cycle than you thought .
have you had any O signs ?? cm ? pinching feeling in your girl areas ?? anything like that ?
hang in there sophie !
i'm pulling for you,
m
those opk are hard to read. sometime i had to strain my eyes to see the faintest glimps of a second line. and a lot of times i thought i was getting a positive but i was wasnt...the ones i found easiest read were clear blue.
here's my experience with them : before my m/c in 10/06 i always had a 28 day cycle and O on the 14th day. then after my m/c my cycle went to 32 days and i O on the 16th day. i only found that out because of the opks. after i got my first period after the m/c i started the opk on day 9 and didnt get a positive until day 16. i was like "where's my positive ?? this kit is broken !!" but it finally came up positive - very obvious positive -- dark, dark blue second line.
we started bding on day 10 - 19 !! (didnt bd on day 12 and 14 b/d dh had a terrible cold). needless to say it was not always "fun" and we bd that often because we wanted to conceive no matter what !! i told dh i dont care if i need to pop in a "sexy video" we are doing this !! he laughed and we got down to business. so hang in there, b/c weve all been there !!
as far as your O, the kits say to start testing on day 10, but when i read reviews of the opks on different websites, i ran across a testimony saying her opk never showed positive when she started testing on day 10 and that once she started testing on day 9 -- it showed positive for O that day. so she had been missing her O because she was testing too late. perhaps it might be the same with you - you mightve O early; and therefore tested too late ?? but just in case, i would keep testing with the opk just in case you are O later in your cycle than you thought .
have you had any O signs ?? cm ? pinching feeling in your girl areas ?? anything like that ?
hang in there sophie !
i'm pulling for you,
m
meluca
12-29-2006, 03:21 PM
SOPHIE !!
i have to disagree with hagios !!
you know from reading the instructions that females always have a little bit of that hormone in our systems and that is why the second line comes up faint...the kits try to determine the SURGE, which results in the "same as or darker than" color of the test line.
you will get your positive reading, so hang in there and test away.
m
i have to disagree with hagios !!
you know from reading the instructions that females always have a little bit of that hormone in our systems and that is why the second line comes up faint...the kits try to determine the SURGE, which results in the "same as or darker than" color of the test line.
you will get your positive reading, so hang in there and test away.
m
Sophie11
12-29-2006, 04:50 PM
Thanks for all of your replies.
Vigette, I have been testing around 6pm when I get home from work. I read somewhere that you should not us FMU for OPK's. So anyway that is why I have been testing in the evening.
Hagios, the test I am using says the lines have to be the same color if it is a positive.
Maluca, I think you could be right. I think I may have tested to late in my cycle. Since my cycles have become so short I'm sure I am oing pretty early in the cycle. I have never been able to tell when I o by my body. I never cramp or have ecwm. Maybe I'm not oing. How are you feeling. Have you been having any morning sickness? When is your first appt?
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Vigette, I have been testing around 6pm when I get home from work. I read somewhere that you should not us FMU for OPK's. So anyway that is why I have been testing in the evening.
Hagios, the test I am using says the lines have to be the same color if it is a positive.
Maluca, I think you could be right. I think I may have tested to late in my cycle. Since my cycles have become so short I'm sure I am oing pretty early in the cycle. I have never been able to tell when I o by my body. I never cramp or have ecwm. Maybe I'm not oing. How are you feeling. Have you been having any morning sickness? When is your first appt?
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meluca
12-30-2006, 06:51 PM
hi sophie !
i am feeling just fine. only had 1.5 hours of m/s. i started going to the loo more often and i definitely have a stronger appetite. but that is about it. oh, getting a little more tired earlier, like 6.30 pm...but nothing else really. i wonder if it will kick in later ?? my first appt. is jan. 9 and i am really nervous about it. i want that strong heartbeat so bad !!
i did want to tell you that i used 2 different kinds of opk -- the first (i think it was the Rite Aid one) said not to test in the mornings, but i had a hard time not drinking something for 4 hours. so then i switched to clear blue and it said it was fine to test in first thing in the morning, which worked so much better for me. i looked forward to testing and got it checked off the list first thing in the morning. the blue one worked like a charm for me.
since you said your cycles are really short, i would get a few clr blue packs and start testing -- maybe even twice a day ?? morning and late afternoon ?? me and dh were pycho about it...we just had to know when i would be O and didnt want to miss that elusive SURGE....
best wishes to you sophie and i know i will see you on the preg boards soon !
m
i am feeling just fine. only had 1.5 hours of m/s. i started going to the loo more often and i definitely have a stronger appetite. but that is about it. oh, getting a little more tired earlier, like 6.30 pm...but nothing else really. i wonder if it will kick in later ?? my first appt. is jan. 9 and i am really nervous about it. i want that strong heartbeat so bad !!
i did want to tell you that i used 2 different kinds of opk -- the first (i think it was the Rite Aid one) said not to test in the mornings, but i had a hard time not drinking something for 4 hours. so then i switched to clear blue and it said it was fine to test in first thing in the morning, which worked so much better for me. i looked forward to testing and got it checked off the list first thing in the morning. the blue one worked like a charm for me.
since you said your cycles are really short, i would get a few clr blue packs and start testing -- maybe even twice a day ?? morning and late afternoon ?? me and dh were pycho about it...we just had to know when i would be O and didnt want to miss that elusive SURGE....
best wishes to you sophie and i know i will see you on the preg boards soon !
m