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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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Anybody else ovulate late and get a bfp? And opk questions..

29 replies

Khanny · 01/06/2023 09:55

Hi. I have used easy at home opks for ages now and have noticed that I never get a positive line. However I always stop them once I get passed around CD20 thinking I don't ovulate.

Last month I decided to spend a little more on the CB advanced tests to see if I can catch ovulation that way. I opened the pack on CD20 which is when they were delivered and got a blank circle (which is normal from what I have read), then the following day in the evening of CD21 I got a static smiley. I only took it in the evening as that is the time I have always noticed I get a darker line on the opks.

Fast forward a week and a full week of right hand side ovary pain I decided to take an easy at home opk yesterday at 6:30pm which was dark and my app gave me a positive, changed my peak to today and moved my ovulation day on to what will be CD29.

I am so confused right now. I'm wondering if I should try opks for a full month to see if I ovulate much later than I thought I did and we have been missing it every month.

Anybody else ovulate late and been successful in a bfp and how late did you ovulate?

OP posts:
Cindy1802 · 01/06/2023 10:30

Yes you need to keep testing if you want to understand when you ovulate. I ovulate on circa CD21 and wouldn't have had a clue if I didn't keep testing - I was losing hope after day 16/17 as that is later than the average.

But sure enough, CD20-22 is normal for me, and I have conceived 3 babies using OPKs.

Daisydreaming1 · 01/06/2023 10:27

How long are your cycles? I used to ovulate on cd21 and managed to ovulate regularly on cd15 with acupuncture.how long is your luteal phase? Temping might give you a better insight too

bunnyx · 01/06/2023 10:26

How long do your cycles tend to be? X

falsepositivenervous · 01/06/2023 10:24

I would recommend also temping, as it is also a way to confirm if you've ovulated. I would also do the OPKs for a month straight if I were you just so I had a bit of baseline info. Are you getting EWCM at all/when are you getting it?