Suz

OK, Today is CD13 and I took my 4th OPK this morning. Still no change in the second line....Very faint.....all 4 days look the same.

Question 1 -

Does that 2nd line start to get darker as Ovulation gets closer or does it just go from faint to BAM in your face positive.

Question 2 -

Since Im still sick, Im having a hard time convincing my hubby to BD....
Lest just say for example tomorrow morning I get a Positive OPK, are my chances still good if we BD then? or should I start before I get the Positive OPK.


Thanks Suz

#3nextsummer

Some women experience the "fade in" some don't some just get Bam!as you put it. Once you get a pos OPK you are will probably ovulate with in the next 12-36 hours.

Here is a great site about them (and hpts!)
http://www.peeonastick.com/opkfaq.html

Oh and I forgot to add...sometimes having a cold can effect when and if you ovulate.

Suz

Thanks for the info hun.


Hopefully I will O with my cold.... That will be just my luck if I dont.

lynz

i started using them from day 10 of my cycle and got my positive on day 18. On day 10 to 17 i always had a faint but obvious second line which didnt seem to change in colour. Then on day 18 i got my positive result and just for curiosity i carried on testing for a day or so after and the second line returned to being faint as it had done before i got the positive.

poppy

Hi Suz!

I've used Digital Clearblues on the last two cycles. They give you a definite result on the screen, but if you take the sticks out of the machine, you can see the two lines.

The first time, my lines started to get darker and darker before very dark on day of positive OPK. This time:

Day 12: faint
Day 13: faint
Day 14: very dark (positive on the OPK)
Day 15: lighter than the test line but not faint (negative on the OPK)

So, you could get a really dark positive tomorrow. How long is your cycle?

If you are due to ovulate round about now, I would get in some bding tonight.

Good luck!

Wobbles

Mine were never that dark until O day - should get a LH splirt

Good luck hun x

Suz

Thanks Girls.....

Poppy,
Im usually 28 days but have been late lately....Hopefully my cycles are not starting to change.

TheSim

I have a lightning fast LH surge. It came and went in 10 hours one cycle so I have to test twice a day to make sure I don't miss it. Normally I test around 12PM and again at 8PM. I've been using the IC's and they seem to work ok.

Suz

So do you think its ok that i am just testing in the morning once a day? This is my first time using OPKs.

lynz

i would test twice a day. If this month isnt sucessful for me thats what ill be doing next time round.