A little OPK help please ladies?

[Young Mum 21 x]

hiya girls.. im currently on my 2nd cycle.. day 7.. (just finished my period basically) and ive just ordered some opks off ebay.. when should i start using them? i have no idea as ive never used them before... and as my first baby wasnt planned i never knew that u have to BD on certain days any help i wud be most grateful thank youuuu xx

 

[Nurse 26]

Hey hun, what days you start testing depends on how long your cycle is?

 

[Princess81]

I am in the same boat as you hun, I was just intending on testing throughout the entire cycle with cheapies until I came up with a positive. Could be deemed a waste of money though. As Nurse said it depends on your cycle length really x

 

[Young Mum 21 x]

hey nurse!! i come off the pill December .. had first proper period Jan 3rd.. and then another feb the 4th.. is that 33 if your including the 4th?.. xxx

 

[Princess81]

4th would be day one of your new cycle hun, so it would be 32. There are things online which can calculate roughly when you should ovulate with a 32 day cycle but you should start testing earlier than that just to be sure x

 

[Young Mum 21 x]

hiya princess.. i was thinking the same lol.. iv ordered 20.. but if youv gota do them with FMU and pm..thats only 10 days really.. its only my 2nd month so im kinda layed back about it.. worth a try mind!xxx

 

[Nurse 26]

Hey hun! i have a 32 days cycle as well MY shortest in recent months was 28 though so i start testing on CD11 or 12

Last cycle i had 32 day cycle, I had my surge on CD15 so OV on CD16/17

When i had 28 day cycle i had surge CD13 so OV CD14/15.

Hope thats not too confusing. our cycles are about the same just now, i'm CD8 cycle buddies!

 

[Princess81]

Hi I don't think you do it with FMU hun because your LH levels increase throughout the day so it's best to do it in the afternoon, you aren't sposed to drink much for an hour before you test x

 

[Young Mum 21 x]

cycle buddies sounds good to me Nurse.. thats a great help.. ive just put it in a calculator.. better change my ticker also.. thanks both xxxxx

 

[Young Mum 21 x]

yeah i read that somewhere too princess! even better then... 1 a day = ive got 20 days worth lol!! xxxx

 

[Nurse 26]

Ye i read alot about not doing it with FMU, BUT i actually caught mu surge no problem with FMU, it really depends on how long your surge lasts for, I used the clearblue Digi's last month and they say on the box you can use anytime of the day, as most people have long surges, but if first time using them i would just use them once a day in the evening and that should give you best chance of catching surge and the evening you do get surge if you test again in morning with FMU you will prob see surge then too thats what happened to me anyways

and as princess says try to not to drink too much before hand, it says on the box dont pee for 4 hours before either but i found this impossible

 

[Princess81]

I've not done them before so the other girls may be able to give you a better idea as to what time of day they do them.

 

[Young Mum 21 x]

well ill give it a shot!! after being in work 5 hours and a 30 min drive home as soon as i get in the house i need to wee.. so i cud do them after work everyday!! worth a try!! thanks again girls xxxxxxx