Ovulation kits do not work for everyone...

There's a reason why fertility experts generally advise avoiding charting and just having regular sex throughout your entire cycle, at least for the first year of trying...

And take the online tutorials as well on FF, you won't believe how much you learn.

You can do a search on FF for example charts, select the same length as yours, age etc and have a look at what other ovulatory charts look like, it is very helpful to see what cycles look like.

Thanks Fanjo and Mrs - will get onto fertility friend. I am so organised in other areas of my life that it is odd for me not to be fully researched and tooled up!
That said, the CB Monitor gave me an egg this morning - yay. Day 15 so right on time. I am relieved; less because the technology works but more because I was worried I was not (ie not ovulating).
Now, I must go and wake DP.....

Has anyone tried the maybe baby kit?

I used them for the first time this month they worked for me I got 2 blue lines 2 days in a row. Maybe certain brands work with certain people just like pregnancy tests. I am waiting to see if my Af arrives next Tuesday x

Bohemond

I cannot recommend Fertility Friend highly enough, it is brilliant, educational and free.

Buy a oral digital thermometer from Boots and keep by the side of the bed.

You take your temp on waking each morning, before you have got out of bed.

You record your temperature and any other signs eg cervical mucus, spotting, period, OPK results into FF and the program draws a line graph of your cycle, it can detect ovulation based on a consistent temperature rise in the second half of your cycle.

I think you are testing too early probably. My cycles were 30 and 31 days when I was TTC, I usually ovulated day 16 or 17.

Do you have the egg white cervical mucus at all? This precedes ovulation.

I joined fertility friend as they email lessons to you when you join that have really helpful info: best time to take your temp, what it all means etc. It also has a chart for you to use to record your temp that will eventually show when you've ovulated (takes three days of high temps) So that it's clear.

The only thing to keep in mind is that temping will only tell you when you've ovulated after it has happened. So it's not good for predicting ovulation before it happens but can help let you know when it took place. As I said I tend to ovulate at the same point in each cycle.

Relieved I am not the only one.
Can someone point me towards instructions for temping? I have given myself a year to try so should really go all out!

I have poly cystic ovaries and I have the opposite problem, they also give me a positive! So I never know if I ovulate or not.
I should temp really but don't stay in bed all night so not sure if they would work?

They never worked for me either, but still got pregnant. I think they are a con playing on people's vulnerability

And me again!!! Because I used to record my temperature too I used to always notice it would start to drop in the days leading up to ovulation so always knew it was on its way before i got my positive.

Also make sure your testing at the same time every day and that you haven't had a wee for a few hours. Around the time I expected to ovulate I used to test about 2pm and then at 7pm.

I tried both the expensive clear blue digital ovulation test and the cheap strips from amazon. Both seemed to work fine for me so when we start trying I'll just use the cheap ones. I used to chart my temperature too and always had a very obvious rise 1-2 days after a positive on the test (which indicates ovulation has occured) which proved they worked for me.

I've written this on these boards before OP but the month I got pregnant I had sex every single day of my cycle. I'd also been having acupuncture. Can't say for sure either of these things worked... But worth a go?

I actually just wrote on another thread that I never get a positive OPK, despite using them for the last 5 months, occasionally twice a day. I have tried a couple of brands too. However, my 21 day blood tests show that I do ovulate and I have a fairly regular cycle.

Every month I say I will throw them away and every month you will STILL find me squinting at the faintest of lines under the bedside lamp, trying to decide if it is marginally darker than yesterday's faint line!

I got a bpf on them the first month I used them after 12 cycles but it was probably something to do with dtd each day from day ten

That's our plan this cycle too. Can't face a year of disappointment.

agreed. I didnt get a + reading in the month i fell pregnant.

Oh Christ I've just bought my first pack. Have they worked for anyone? Keen to avoid a little bit of heartache if I can.....

They don't usually work for me, I seem to get a postive early on then it takes me another 3-5 days before I ovulate. The last time I used them I kept testing after I had my first postive and seemed to continue getting a postive until after ovulation had happened so maybe I have long hormone surges?! I find when I use these I get stressed out by it and worry something isn't right with me so I've stopped buying them.

I've been temping since November and find that works better for me as it shows when I've ovulated (it's usually on the same day each month). I also go by CM changes.

Fanjolina (love the name) - my cycle length is 28-30 days so not out of the ordinary.
Would appreciate your thoughts

Bohemond what is your usual cycle length?

OPK's didn't work for me either.

I have had two successful pregnancies.

I would recommend temping and charting for a month or two, at least you can see you have ovulated.

Disclaimer: long-term temping and charting sends you batshit crazy