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OPK help!

68 replies

Bobo13 · 02/02/2014 21:19

So, after reaching cycle 10 of trying I decided to use opk's. I got my first smiley face with clear blue today!! Yay!! DH and I dtd this morning, so wondering if that's enough?? Should we dtd again tomorrow?? Not sure having never used opk's. Any advice welcomed Smile x

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babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 18:14

I'm not sure demi...
bit early for implantation bleeding.
Are your cycles regular? Have you recently came off the pill or anything?

Demi123 · 05/02/2014 18:09

Hi sorry to butt in but pls could someone help I am on cycle day 16 and normally have a 28-32 day cycle, I got a smiley opk 29th and 30th and 5days later I started spotting which has turned in to bleeding but not a full flow like a period it has no clots and it's red/brown I'm on my 3rd day of bleeding what could this be ???

babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 18:03

It's ok mae thank you :)
Aww i see, i havent had any thick discharge or anything yet... A little last week but again wasn't a lot and stopped, if anything its more watery than coloured as well its just clear? But again not a lot and varys from when i got to the loo any ideas what this is?

My cycles vary too, but i'm gonna test a week on sunday and just hope for the best lol

maeanne · 05/02/2014 17:58

So sorry to hear that babytink x
I get sore boobs leading up to af anyway but still can't help but wonder and syptom spot each month!

I'm just guessing ov really, based on the fact that it is usually 12-48hrs after a positive opk, plus I had very strong cramps yesterday and was still getting ewcm on Mon evening which I believe stops once you have ov'd? It's all guess work really isn't it?!

Nice that the 3 of us are roughly the same timings, anyway Smile Although I ov'd earlier in my cycle so af not due until 19th. As I said, looooong!

babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 17:42

Aww how do you know you ovulated??
My af is due on the 16th feb, so thats when i'm due to test, 1 week on sunday and right after V day, would be a lovely prezzie for us lol.

I mc last november, and it was a total shock was wasnt planned or expected so i hadnt even noticed any symptoms so i'm totally looking out now!! I just want sore boobs so i know lol but then i dont remember having that first time :-s only reason i tested then was i hadnt even realised my period was 9 days late lol, turned out i was around 5/6 weeks woops lol so didnt look for it.
Now when i want it its not gonna happen i just have a feeling

maeanne · 05/02/2014 17:41

Sorry, Sunday not Sat for positive opk! So 3dpo going by your calculations.

Still crampy.

maeanne · 05/02/2014 17:39

In that case I am 3-4dpo babytink Smile Fairy sure I ov'd yesterday but got my positive opk on Sat eve.

Congrats HungryHorace!

babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 17:35

I hope so bobo!
Its so exciting your on exact days as me! So you got a positive opk on sunday too is that right?
sorry i am terrible with reading back on comments, feels like i have baby brain already!!

babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 17:34

House aka horace!! Stuid iphoneb

Bobo13 · 05/02/2014 17:34

That's good to know Hungry. This would be DC #1 so not too sure what to expect. I think years on contraception dulled any body signs I'd recognise.
I reckon I'm 2 / 3 dpo now and seem to be getting som twinges. Probably doing mega symptom imagining!! So hard not to! Smile
When are you due??
We may have timed it perfectly baby Grin

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babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 17:33

When was your positive opk again sunday? I calculate my dpo from that day... so since positive opk on sunday i'm 3dpo even though i might have not ovulated until monday or tuesday, because we actually dont know.
I done a test sunday evening and it was negative so i'm taken i ovulated then i hope ha! Cause i have dtd since!! Woops

Thats amazing hungryhouse, are you showing yet?

HungryHorace · 05/02/2014 17:31

I am 14 weeks tomorrow :-)

Cramping is quite normal from what I can tell from spending time on here!

maeanne · 05/02/2014 17:30

Only 1dpo for me, I think. This 2ww is going to be looooong!

babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 17:24

Sorry just re-read your comment below! How far on are you :

babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 17:23

Thank god i always seem to think i'm on my own but good to know you had the same!!
So how many days past ov are you today?

HungryHorace · 05/02/2014 17:22

I had cramps on and off from about 2-3 DPO both times, so you could be OK. And the night of the smiley should be fine as you'd have sperm ready and waiting if you OV'd the next day, which would be perfect.

The sperm from Friday would gave been waiting for any OV sooner than that. :-)

babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 17:12

Oh good to know, couple more days yet. Do you feel anything?
I had little twinges in my abdomen area since saturday... on and off!

I only dtd early hours of friday morning and again ok sunday and that was all, i'm not feeling so hopeful either, we had been dtd since cd8 then lacked a bit then when seen positive opk on sunday morning we dtd that night and thats been all!!
Safe to say i am crapping myself because id have to go through another month of hell!! Confused

HungryHorace · 05/02/2014 17:06

Implantation happens 6-12 DPO, so not quite yet, baby.

babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 17:01

I know it's nice having someone on the same tracks and days as you to relate to symptoms and things and get us through it really :)
So how many days past ov are we all then? 3dpo for me today. No symptoms yet :( had slight cramps below but nothing major over the last couple days and on saturday actually, i really just wanna feel some kind of symptom lol! today or tomorrow should be the implantation isnt it? If positive opk on sunday?

HungryHorace · 05/02/2014 17:01

By the way, once you have a smiley you don't test again, according to the instructions. :-)

I've been pregnant twice (still am, in fact) and both times I've DTD the day before and the day after the smiley, so you don't have to go mad!

maeanne · 05/02/2014 16:03

Haha, me too Bobo! I do have one friend I can talk to about it (only cos she has recently gone through it too and is now pg!) but i still don't want to bore her too much!

Keeping everything crossed that you caught it babytink. We only dtd twice during my most fertile period in the end. Really really hope we have done enough but I don't feel too hopeful really.

Bobo13 · 05/02/2014 14:03

Hopefully your Sunday dtd will do the trick babytinks! Now we're all in the 2ww together. Nice to have people on here going through the same thing as I'm trying my best not to talk to friends and family about ttc. I feel it'll add extra pressure that I sooooooo don't need!

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babytinks89 · 05/02/2014 12:49

Thanks girls i only dtd on sunday when i got the positive opk so i hope that was enough. Mr is working away as well so not had him here :(

allchatnicknamesgone · 05/02/2014 12:05

Just to say you can get cramps for a few days after ovulation also. i think it depends on the person and there is no fast rules.

maeanne · 05/02/2014 10:28

Not necessarily, because ovulation generally occurs 12-48 hours AFTER you get a positive test. The test detects the hormone that is present just before ov. If you were crampy yesterday chances are you ov'd yesterday. Fingers crossed that you will have caught it anyway!

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