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For you ladies using your OPK's is this your first month using them? I usually get my positive on CD17/18 but last cycle I didn't get it until CD20, it you can be bothered I would say persist with testing for a few more days & hopefully you'll see that positive! But I have heard of plenty of women who do OV but never get a positive OPK, they don't work for everyone!

I’ve got that app as well, can I see how your OPK looks.. even thought it’s not darker than the control line Femometer also told me I’m ‘high’ but I’m confused on how it can be because the line is not as dark as the control line 😕! You take a pic and put it up right? I’m just using period tracker to see my fertile days and flo.. which are pretty much the same! X what fertility app do you use? Have you BD recently?

@fayy123 iv just scrolled back and seen your opk on CD11.. mine has been about the same never any darker

@fayy123 yeah im using Femometer.. iv just done an opk and it says high again.. so im one day post ovulation according to the app.. so my bleed could potentially be ovulation bleeding, but cause i was bleedimg i havent BD for 2 days 😫.. will do today though.. Youve definitely done well with BDing 🤞🏼..which app do you use?

Good afternoon all, hope all is well with everyone.

me 2 I’m confused as well.. but isn’t it early to get your period anyway? So have you been just going off your app on your fertile days? That’s kinda what I’ve been doing so far! My fertile window is over now according to my app! So I feel like I’m just gonna wait it out! I don’t think I’ve caught this month. Maybe it’s implantation bleeding?? X

I think I’m just going to stop with the OPKS and continue to keep at it whenever I can! It’s so stressful seeing a negative! I’ve done it Friday, Sunday and Monday so far. Thought that was quite good lol x

Do you have some sort of an app to check for your fertile window?/ ovulation day? The hubby’s not feeling it today well that’s what he says😂😂 will try it when I get home tho!

@fayy123 i dont seem to have had a positive yet either.. so im in the same boat! So confused because of the bleeding.. hopefully we at least get a positive opk soon 🤞🏼 xx

@fayy123 I personally would dtd today and tomorrow as well, but I am a bit obsessive about the sex because of how ovulation can be very early/late 🤷‍♀️

@danielasummer what CD are you on now? Sorry I only just responded, the days seem to be going so quickly running up to Christmas. I'm not doing opks, just going with the flow really of when the man is around. Worked the last three times so unless I get till February and still are not pregnant, i will carry on as normal without them for the time being.

Managed to bd Saturday but just could not be arsed Sunday. So did three days in a row, will have had three days off by the time the man returns tomorrow. Then I'll dtd another three days I guess, so a sort of smep plan emerges, a little odd but at least a lot of sex is involved.

Actually did it twice Saturday but there will be such a dry spell come pregnancy so I'm game.

How is everyone this rainy Tuesday?

I’m on CD16 now, when did you get your positive? Lol I’m so confused this month I haven’t got a positive OPK yet but I’ve been getting really watery CM and almost egg white. I BD CD7,8,12,14,15.. so I think I’m going to stop now 😭 we’ll see! Goodluck x

@Diamond94 ovulation spotting maybe?

@fayy123 so im cycle day 15 now.. there's absolutely no blood there now, so i dont think was AF, ill just need to wait and see i guess x

I think I’ll see what the OPK says tonight, then DTD again tomorrow morning and the following morning then rest, then DTD again Saturday. Didn’t use preseed any BDing, so will use that tomorrow morning.

Hopefully will have covered the bases. Have done the pillow under the bum afterwards as well.

@LosingtheTTCplot I don't think it matters so long as it's once a day! That is already a lot, no need for multiple times a day. I read somewhere that the same amount of sperm gets there in the end anyway, just in smaller doses if you dtd more often!

@Diamond94 sorry af got you!

I am 5dpo I think and got loads of creamy cm this morning! Thought I was going to see blood it was that much! Far too early for it to mean anything of course!

Ohh no! Don’t be disheartened. Has it arrived in full force yet? And what CD are you on now? What day did you ovulate? X

*failed in delaying ovulation, that was supposed to say

@Diamond94 oh no! Sorry she got you.

I have failed in delayI got OV. I got the below last night. Not a full on positive but a high on Premom. That was on CD9.

So far here’s what’s happened:

CD8 BD PM, got a bit carried away and BD CD9 AM, below OPK last night (CD9) and BD this morning CD10.

Confused when I should I BD next? Tonight or tomorrow morning? Then again the following day, Miss a day then BD again? X

So my pink staining has turned into AF I believe 🙄.. suppose this could happen since iv only been off pill 6 weeks.. and my friend and work randomly told me she thinks she's pregnant today.. why is this so stressful 😓

I’m using flo and period tracker at the moment, and both are predicting Saturday and Sunday and can feel ovulation pain on the left.. I’ve BD Friday, Sunday and Monday. Couldn’t do Saturday hubby was away! X

@fayy123 you will be covered either way then, and hopefully you will still see a fade back to nothing. I think most people test 2x day with the ics - late morning and early evening just so they don't miss the surge, that's why I changed to clear blue! Couldn't keep up with all the poas, so much faff!

I test once a day! But had been BD every other day or every 2days

@fayy123 I have only ever had one positive on an ic cheap when I happened to be home at 11am on a Saturday, was gone by 4pm. I ovulated the following day. So you could have short surges too maybe and just missed it? How many times a day do you test?