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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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Ovulation tracking help I'm going mad!

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chilternchica · 11/04/2023 02:48

Hi everyone

Please help!

My oh is going on tour with the army for 4 months and I really want to conceive before then. Today we say good bye Hmm
The last week we dtd every day including Easter Sunday but yesterday he said he can't do it again! I have been getting flashing smileys on my clear blue advanced for 8 days now, including today. On opk cheapies it looks like the line is fading and peaked a few days ago. I had ewcm a few days ago and it's died up/ gone a bit creamy now. But bbt is totally
Confusing! It dipped and peaked a few days ago but then this morning it's dipped! I have attached the picture-top line is bbt
Please can someone help? I'm going out of my mind testing ! I can't believe this may have been missed... or have I not ovulated? We had a mmc a few months ago and chemical last month
Thanks for reading

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Mummyme87 · 11/04/2023 21:07

Diluted urine definitely affects the tests.

TTC53 · 11/04/2023 20:19

What time are you testing? For opks it needs to be in the afternoon and then are you get closer to your suspected ovulation date, test AM and PM.

While it doesn't look like an absolute positive on your opks, it doesn't look far off. Mine are never as high as the other one pictured but I can confirm that I have ovulate due to my temp. My temp is slow to rise after ovulation, the first couple of days its only marginally higher than my coverline and then shoots up higher. Have you done anything different when taking your temp the past day or two?

Mushroo · 11/04/2023 19:03

Id say keep testing temperature and if it goes up, then maybe you did ovulate.

Day 8 looks the strongest so it might just be you generally have lower levels of LH.

I hope that’s the case given the time pressure. Fingers crossed for you!

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chilternchica · 11/04/2023 18:58

Oh wow ok. So you think my one on 8th isn't a peak!?
I guess it looks less strong than those! My problem is that my urine is really diluted if I test in the day!? Because I drink so much water

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Mushroo · 11/04/2023 18:49

Here’s mine for this month if it helps - just managed to catch the peak by testing obsessively!

You can see it’s taken a few days for temp to go up - yours might do the same.

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chilternchica · 11/04/2023 18:48

Oh interesting! I would have thought that was positive!
Ok thanks. Should you do clear blue digital more than once a day? We dtd every day from
Last Monday until Easter Sunday.. but now oh has gone away!

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Mummyme87 · 11/04/2023 18:46

@chilternchica you may have missed your ovulation. Need to be doing OPKs like 3 times a day 10am, 2pm and 6pm when you’re getting high readings. That one isn’t positive either though

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chilternchica · 11/04/2023 18:33

This is 8 April
I have been tracking a while
And did conceive but it didn't last

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chilternchica · 11/04/2023 18:32

Thank you
I missed off 8 April... is this positive?

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Mummyme87 · 11/04/2023 18:25

None of those OPKs are positive, the test line needs to be as dark as the control line. I suspect you have t ovulated. Have you been tracking for a while?

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chilternchica · 11/04/2023 18:20

Also this is the cheapie opks and I wanted to check what you think!?!

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chilternchica · 11/04/2023 14:23

Quick one... is there any chance I ovulated based on the bbt ? Or is it absolutely not possible? I ask because the ovulation strips cheapies showed a positive and the clear blue showed "high" so im a bit confused!!

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chilternchica · 11/04/2023 12:45

Ok thank you. I hope
I ovulate in the next 2 days!!!

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Mumma · 11/04/2023 04:24

If your bbt shoots up tomorrow then id say you ovulated at the second dip. The temp needs to then stay up for several consecutive days. Based on that current chart theres no proof of ovulation yet. Sometimes we try to ovulate, fail and so the body tries again a few days later.

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chilternchica · 11/04/2023 02:50

Btw the bottom line is the app reading my cheapie opk and telling me that's when the line was strongest
But then if had ovulated that day then why is my bbt low today?
And why is clear blue still only flashing smiley?
If we dtd on Sunday... will we be ok if I do ovulate eg tomorrow!? I have cramps btw, little twinges and yesterday back ache!

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