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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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Opk help

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LuckyFlash · 19/04/2020 18:54

Hello!
I’ve started using OPk’s for the first time this cycle as my BBT is quite hard to read. My lines have been getting progressively darker over the last few days and I’ve been using Fermometer to interpret them. Yesterday I got into the ‘high’ bracket and early afternoon today the test line was almost as dark as the control. I thought I must be reaching the peak so tested again later this afternoon and the line was only very faint. Now I’m confused. The first test was at 1pm and second about 5pm.
Is it likely I could have missed the peak in such a small window? If not, are there any other explanations for this happening?

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Juno231 · 20/04/2020 07:43

Do you think you could have missed it evening of CD15? I notice you didn't test a second time that day and your reading dropped the following day. Only asking cause that sounds like a more likely time to ovulate than a late one at 18/19 unless you normally have quite long cycles?

SmileyT · 20/04/2020 07:17

@babyG123 yes definitely test more especially when you think it's near as sometimes you can miss peak in a few hours so when it gets really strong I'd ramp up the testing 🙌🏾

babyG123 · 20/04/2020 06:46

@SmileyT thank you! Your pictures help to see how strong they can get. Fingers crossed. My kit says to test twice per day between 11 and 4 so I've now set alarms for this haha 🤪

SmileyT · 20/04/2020 00:17

@babyG123 I've never seen the scores on this app before but when your lines at the top looks stronger than below so make sure that you use your own opinion aswell as just the app. Also for the first month I'd DTD every other day/ every 3 days around expected ovulation to cover all bases. Good luck 😊

SmileyT · 20/04/2020 00:04

@LuckyFlash it's always hard to say if you have no history of what a positive opk looks like for you, but id say at a glance that they don't look like peak yet. They can peak in between tests though, I'd be DTD now but keep testing throughout the next week to see if you see a darker peak. I've attached my lh tests for you to compare to, but I also note that everyone has different lh levels so peaks look different.

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babyG123 · 19/04/2020 20:48

I wondered if anyone could help too. My lines are pretty strong and supposed to
Ovulate in 3 days but the test says o.42 or
0.25 etc LH.... which is low on the app but what number would it be if high?

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babyG123 · 19/04/2020 20:46

I read that the peak can only be a few hours but can conceive in a 24 hour bracket

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LuckyFlash · 19/04/2020 19:49

Here’s a picture. Normally I have a 31-34 day cycle, it’s pretty regular. I started charting last month and FF thinks I ovulated on CD21 (although it’s not clear cut). Today is CD19 so it would make sense for my LH peak to be around now.

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SmileyT · 19/04/2020 19:16

@LuckyFlash have you got a pic of the tests in your femometer app? Do you normally have a regular cycle? The peak is different lengths for different people and also some people never actually get peak on the app but still ovulate. Another consideration is that sometimes I think our bodies try to ovulate but don't quite manage so you could have a peak later. I'm by no means an expert but this is stuff I've picked up trying this month and from others.