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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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Alrowley · 22/05/2020 12:58

Hello.

This is my first month using Ovulation strips to detect the LH surge for two reasons, so see my levels and for when I ovulate to know when it is useful to try conceive a baby.

I started on day 4 of my cycle and will continue till the end to track the levels.

So my cycle is 26-28 days long and it says to start on day 11, which is today. The lines have been changing day by day and today's was the lightest by far, is this normal for the lines to be darker some days then others, none have yet been a positive or anywhere near, just some darker and lighter I have included a pic for observation :)

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popcorndiva · 23/05/2020 16:01

I have attached mine to show how dark you are looking for. Nearer your peak I would test once in the afternoon then again before bed, you should detect your surge then.

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Alrowley · 23/05/2020 15:55

Ah okay ! I'm on day 12 now and no darker! So should I just keep doing once a day and just wait till they get darker?

It's strange because I had a positive pregnancy test 2 weeks ago, and then a light period so I assumed I'm not longer pregnant, which I wanted to do these tests and see if I can pinpoint when I have a LH surge

thanks for your reply :D

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NoCallerID · 22/05/2020 13:02

Yes they change by the day and you might have a few LH surges before you get a positive. Once you're getting stronger ones test a couple of times a day as it can change by the hour.