EllaCruz

Does anybody know?

Do you generally get OP before during or after you ovulate? I only ask this because am basing my cycle, now, on my ovulation day being the day I got the cramps, which was CD18.

CapitalChick

This is a really good question...and it's one that I posted on a few short days ago. I also assumed that I could time all my BDing based on when I had OP. But I don't want to find out 6 months from now that I actually ovulate 3 days before or after I have the pains, so I bought an OPK this month. It will be interesting to see if I get pains at the same time that OPK tells me I'm ovulating!
Will keep ya posted!!

NeyNey

Some months I do get OP - but some I don't. So I'm not sure if it's the only basis you should go on, I think in this situation it really does come down to individuals - I don't think two women will O the same...

justme00

I have never really been able to pinpoint if I get ovulation pains or not. I'm getting a clearblue ovulation monitor soon to help me figure it all out. Have you used OPKs before?

Jojo

Well from my cycle so far this month and last I have Opain for about 2 days before O, then I have very tender breasts until the end of the cycle.

CapitalChick

Argh!! I really hope that I'm not the same, because I totally would've shot myself in the foot last month if that's the case.
I had OP on December 10 and we BDed a few days before and that day. After that, I stopped BDing almost altogether because I was afraid that I'd mess stuff up down there if I did. I'm using an OPK this month, and if I discover that I ovulate 2 days after my OP, I will have caused myself another month's wait!! I'm using an OPK this month!

EllaCruz

I started tracking CM at the start of cycle and started getting the EW on 14th. Got the OP on 18th and after that, no more EW. I did the same. Stopped BD mostly after that, because DH was away so could not do it anyway, but now I am worried that I shot myself in the foot, too.

I am currently still waiting for the witch. Why is she not here yet?

Am also getting some very strange CM.

She will probably arrive tomorrow. Late. Bitch.

EllaCruz

Nope. Cannot really afford the expensive ones and the cheapie ones just seem dodgy.

When I get some money I shall invest in one of the clear blue ones but as of yet, nothing.

I cannot really afford it all! Twenty quid for seven sticks?

poppy

I have used opks for two months and I have gotten OP after I got a positive on my oks. Both times about 10 hours after. The second time I used opks I became pregnant (sadly it ended in an early miscarriage), but on that occasion I BDed on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday (I got a positive on my opk that day and felt ov pains in the evening).

secondchance

Hi! I'm using the opks I've spent close to 40 dollars so far bc I can't tell when I'm o either. I got pains early this morning but don't know if its because I'm going to o according to the test it should be within the next 24 hrs. I bd at 3am just in case,my dh that I was crazy since he awoke to find out he was participating while asleep.