OK...new cycle...here we go!

[SmallPurpleCat]

Right... I'm recovering from my upset this morning when AF turned up and looking forward to this next cycle...

So - I'm thinking about using this OPK sticks. I've already got some but know nothing about how or when to use them.... can anyone give me a quick lesson?

Also thinking about doing the temping - again - can anyone give me some guidance?

Thanks everyone

SPC xx

 

[smess26]

Ey Hun sorry she got you!!! No idea about sticks only to use in afternoon and start
from a few
days after af I think x x x

 

[ToffeePop]

OP sticks -NOT the first pee of the day -utterly pointless, really. Best to be either your second or third, or even better, in the afternoon. Around the same time is always useful!

If your cycle is 28 days (as per your ticker) then start using the OP sticks about 3 days after. Depends which ones you have but I used First Response (bag of 20) and started 10 days after my last cycle (STUPID!) which I was lucky enough to be bang on the money with but I could have left it too late.

Basically - once a day, pee on stick , wait for result. You'll have a "test" line that will come up always - or at least, it should - and then another line will start to appear. When that second line is as dark as, or darker, than the original test line is, then you're ovulating.

It's that simple...

 

[SmallPurpleCat]

So...you don't wait for the sticks to tell you you are ovulating as it would be too late then wouldn't it? Do you just start BDing a week before you think you're going to ovulate anyway and then the sticks are used to confirm when you do ovulate?

Thanks
SPC x

 

[frankie707]

The lh hormone surge that shows on the sticks generally happens 24-48hrs before actual ovulation occurs but if you have a good idea of when you ovulate then doing some concerted a week before and using the sticks to check you body is ovulating would be a good tactic

 

[serenitylove]

i used them and did them from day ten till day 15 when i got my line i done the dance every day from day 11 till day 17 and well done on your positive attitude i know it kills when af arrives but each month is a fresh chance good luck

 

[louise280981]

good luck lovely i used the opks for two cycles i noticed i ovulate day 10/11 so alot earlier than 14 days so could have been missing it
i use 2 a day one at lunch and one at tea xx

 

[Bead]

Hi SPC,
I've opted for OPKs intead of temp charting, as Frankie says, the sticks give you ~36 hours warning before ovulation whereas I've read that with temping you're likely to miss the boat. Best of luck! Xx

 

[kellylou]

Good luck spc if I am not lucky this month (which I don't think I am now I have zero symptoms) then I will be looking for advice on how to use opks

 

[SmallPurpleCat]

Thanks for all the tips.

Can't wait to start POAS again!

xx

 

[WILMAFLINSTONE]

Hey SPC....Ive just also started BBT charting this week....not going to rely on it to heavily but hoping it will give me some idication if we do manage to get preg this time around! So more an additional aid I think!

I used OPk last month and they were spot on....I used them for about 7 days prior and at first nothing showed up then they started to get darker and darker....when I checked BD diary Im not sure we actually BD'd enough but we did BD from about 6 days before Ov but this time were just going to wait for AF to sod off (hopefully tomorrow as shes just about gone!) and do the deed daily or till the 'rubbed like sand paper' sensation gets him again ha ha ha!! xx