Now I know I shouldn't care about what line/s are on the stick before and after I put it in the monitor BUT does anyone have 2 lines that you can see around high or peak? Or is it just no lines then one line that gets darker and darker until peak? In other words is there a test line and a positive line?
I am getting highs but can only see one line - I presume there is meant to be 2 for a peak?
I know i should leave it upto the CBFM but OH goes away tomorrow and I just wanted to know how close i am

Thanks from a desperate TTCer!

I was thinking that this morning! I'm back on lows after having already had my highs and peaks but I could see 2 lines on the stick before I threw it out this morning which i thought was a bit weird. On some of the high days I could only see one line so who knows. I'm deciding to trust it and hope for the best. Come on !!

i think theres a test line and another line which gets darker, i've only had one line before for quite a bit

Loopy did you have two lines when you got your last peak?

on the cbfm there are not test lines. One is an eostrogen line and one is LH line. As you get your highs, the oestrogen line will be quite strong but no LH line, but then when you get a peak, LH will get stronger and Oestrogen line starts to get weaker so the two lines are pretty similar. When i got my preg BFP i was experimenting with my leftover sticks and the oestrogen line got really strong and over the days, the LH one caught up (HCG and LH are picked up as very similar) hope that helps!

When it's LOW, the estrogen line is strong. When you get a HIGH, the estrogen line is lighter. When you get a PEAK, the estrogen line is pretty faint and the other line (LH) is dark.

Oh by the way, I sorta rather look at the lines than the HIGH readings after the first cycle, because then the cbfm is only "suggesting" a HIGH really based on calculations from your last cycle. At least that's my experience.

wow this is all really interesting, didn't know any of that

is it worth getting the CB FM rather than CB OPKs? And is it normal to have a few days difference in your date of ovulation? just wondered as i'm 2 days late for my normal LH surge?

I never got a peak using the CBFM but it may be due to the fact that my cycles are irregular...so I would recommend it if you have regular cycles, then it is worth using. The cycle I got my bfp I had a strong positive on an opk and that worked better for me as far as predicting my Oing. Maybe I wasn't Oing too, that is also another reason why I never got a peak. Also, the packet says to BD when you get highs and not to read into the lines. But they have got to mean something and Phexia knows