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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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One step ovulation tests

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JB2021 · 08/04/2022 13:24

Are these easy to use?

Do you need a "tub" to pee into or does it come with one?

Wanting to give ourselves the best change and thinking these will help

Only on cycle 2 but disheartened already.

Any other tips or which to buy on amazon

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JB2021 · 24/05/2022 20:58

This is today's. Both yesterday and today done after 8pm if that makes a difference.

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JB2021 · 24/05/2022 20:45

We DTD around ovulation last time but AF arrived. Not done anything since as Husband away. This is the collection of strips. Not done today and missed Friday. The bottom on is yesterday's and the top is the oldest

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Irishfarmer · 24/05/2022 12:25

I had one step ovulation tests show up as positive when I was pregnant. I think I'd do a pregnancy test.

curliegirlie · 24/05/2022 09:51

Probably not - the LH surge is quite short around ovulation. So some of the tests might be very near positives as it’s on its way up or down. If you’re getting blazing positive ls for a few days in a row, have you tried an HCG test recently?

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JB2021 · 24/05/2022 07:25

2nd month tracking ovulation, more a learning process as Husband away this month. I am looking like testing positive for a few days in a row, is this correct?

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JB2021 · 05/05/2022 07:08

@Regenbogen22 due AF this weekend, think I'm likely to be reading too much into symptoms. Going to try hold out before I test.

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Regenbogen22 · 05/05/2022 04:25

@JB2021 ovulation/LH strips can detect pregnancy, they react to the HCG which is similar in structure to LH.
Take a pregnancy test if you're due on!

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JB2021 · 04/05/2022 23:02

Do One Step ovulation tests show a positive line in the lead up to AF due if you're pregnant?

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Regenbogen22 · 23/04/2022 19:58

Definitely track them and ovulation. If you're never having sex in your fertile window then there's little chance of conceiving!

Track your periods in an app and input your ovulation days. The app should start predicting your fertile windows when it's worked out your cycle length etc.

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JB2021 · 23/04/2022 19:15

@Regenbogen22 think my cycles are pretty standard.
New to TTC and we said we wouldn't let it take over but month one I was so disheartened when AF arrived so now maximising out chances

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Regenbogen22 · 23/04/2022 19:03

Okay and how long are your cycles?
If you have a standard 28-30 day cycle then you're right in the middle and would expect to ovulate now or soon. But everyone's different. That's why it's good to track cycles and ovulation.....so you're DTD at the right time each month!

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JB2021 · 23/04/2022 18:52

@Regenbogen22 today is day 16

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Regenbogen22 · 23/04/2022 18:46

Cycle day 1 was the first day of your last period.

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JB2021 · 23/04/2022 18:39

@Regenbogen22 unsure on cycle day. How do I work it out?

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Regenbogen22 · 23/04/2022 18:26

Hi @JB2021 here's a pic of my strips from a random cycle. You can clearly see when the peak is, where the test line is just as dark as the control line.

I think your latest test looks a bit darker....which cycle day are you on?

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Graceybaby · 23/04/2022 18:26

Today's one definitely looks darker! I had very similar, faint lines for a few days then a positive.. trouble with OPKs is you ideally need to be testing more then once a day if you're near ovulation if you want to know for certain when your peak was... I had a positive on the Saturday morning and it was still positive on the Sunday afternoon.. and Im sure I ovulated on that Sunday afternoon as I felt it.

I'd start DTD now regularly. Good luck! xxxx

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JB2021 · 23/04/2022 17:37

These are the strips for the last few days. Done them around 5pm, as soon as I finish work. Although I WFH most of the time, I'm not always able to test at same time so 5pm after work is best. Can't see the line getting stronger :(

The clumped up 3 are the oldest, with oldest at the top. The one seperate is todays

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Regenbogen22 · 23/04/2022 09:14

Oh, and you really don't need any special tub to see in! 😂I users random things like the lid of a hairspray bottle, small yogurt pot etc. Of course I washed them out, reused for that cycle and didn't use them for anything else after that!

Regenbogen22 · 23/04/2022 09:12

JB2021 don't forget, the ovulation tests show your LH surge. Ovulation, i.e. release of the egg, happens between 12 and 24/36 hours after this and the egg doesn't live very long.

So it's pretty important that you DTD just before actual ovulation, i.e. as soon as you get that positive OPK strip. Ideally also in the days before, so that sperm is already hanging out in the fallopian tubes. I think the Sperm Meets Egg Plan (google it, it's a method) suggests having sex the day of the +ve OPK, then the next 2 days, and then miss a day and one more just in case the egg was released a bit late.

And PP was correct, the ideal luteal phase (time between ovulation and start of period) is 12-14 days but can vary. My luteal phase was short at 10 days.

curliegirlie · 22/04/2022 23:01

Usually between 12 and 14 days.

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JB2021 · 22/04/2022 21:12

Day 3 of using these one step tests. Expecting AF on 6 or 7 May, app says should ovulate tomorrow 23 April. I'm hoping it's a day later so OH isn't working. How close to AF arriving do people ovulate?

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RMS0209 · 12/04/2022 13:46

@JB2021 no problem, oh no that is annoying.
You could also do what I do put the strips into my little notebook so i can see them getting darker Smile

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JB2021 · 12/04/2022 13:16

Thanks, app not on android due to data issue last year.

I'm using Flo and Clue so will see if I can add into there.

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curliegirlie · 12/04/2022 11:44

You can also input one step (or any other strip opk) into the pre-mom. This time round I’m on my first cycle actively trying following an early MC of a surprise pregnancy, so I’ve not tried the app for an entire cycle yet, but reckon it will be good to check the OPKs are heading in the right direction.

Really, I think OPKs are only necessary if you have slightly wonky cycles (which I have, so can still be a bit unpredictable, despite being on thyroid meds, which made them lots more regular since when I was first ttc my first). If you’re lucky enough to have regular 28 day cycles you can pretty much predict that you’ll ovulate around CD14. Otherwise it’s a bit trickier! On the cycle I conceived DD2 I actually ovulated on CD25!

RMS0209 · 12/04/2022 11:43

Hi, no problem 2nd row middle x

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