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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Clearblue digital OPK – smiley face (peak fertility) on day 8?

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charleylarlie · 04/06/2013 09:15

Has anybody used these and what are your experiences of them?

I?ve never been able to detect any natural signs of ovulation, so I tried unsuccessfully with the cheap ones bought on the Internet and never had any positive result from these, so started this month with the Clearblue digital ones (the newer version with the dual hormone indicator that is supposed to tell you your four most fertile days).

I only started testing yesterday on day 7 and got a low fertility result, but this morning (day 8) I got a smiley face! However, the test seems to have skipped the flashing ?high fertility? symbol and gone straight to the3 ?peak fertility? smiley face.

It just seems a bit early in the month to ovulate as the test would mean that I?d be ovulating in the next day or two (so, around day 10, I guess). Does that sound rather early? My cycle is usually 29 days, give or take a day. Or are these tests a bit inaccurate?

I'm starting to think these tests make the whole babymaking thing a lot more stressful than it already is!

OP posts:
littlepinkfizz · 09/06/2013 20:38

I got 3 flashers too bambi then a fixed smile...had of course thought I was abnormal for getting three in a row but turns out many women get 3 before their peak

Bambi27 · 09/06/2013 10:37

3rd day of flashing hope I get fixed soon!!! Xx

Bambi27 · 08/06/2013 20:17

Yes we did :) and yes I'm on day two of flashing smiley so hoping for a fixed tomorrow as supposed to give you four most fertile days!! Going to dtd every day over these next few days and see... You sound like you've done all you can so fingers crossed we both get bfp's this month!! Xx

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charleylarlie · 08/06/2013 19:14

Hi Bambi! Think we met on the other thread? Am hopeful that this is the case, as got a positive on my cheap opk two days later. Managed to dtd for the 2 days of the cb smiley and the cheap positive, so here's hoping!! I seem to remember from your other post that you've got the flashing smiley face, so good luck getting your fixed face soon. It seems to be quite common for a lot of women to get more than two days of the flashing face, so hopefully it's just giving you extra days where you might get lucky before you peak! Smile

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Bambi27 · 07/06/2013 23:39

On another thread someone said first time you use them they always say low as they have to have somewhere to test from so of you would have tested earlier you would have had the flashing ones??!! I have no idea but what someone else said!! I had my first flashing one today so fingers crossed!!

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charleylarlie · 04/06/2013 09:30

Thanks TakingTheStairs!

Ooh, I hope so, it was such a pleasant surprise to see the smiley face after all the negatives I got with the last brand.

Only thing is, DP working late tonight so not sure what time he'll be home to dtd. Hopefully not too late.

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TakingTheStairs · 04/06/2013 09:18

ClearBlue ovulation tests are VERY accurate. I used the ovulation sticks and a fertility scan during one of my months of TTC confirmed that they were bang on.
And it is absolutely possible to ovulate that early, a lot of people do.
Best of luck with TTC

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