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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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help with reading ovulation sticks please....

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mousemole · 02/06/2009 17:58

I bought lots of cheap ovulation sticks from ebay last month. For the first month I didn't get a positive line so I think I missed my ovulation. Today ( day 9) of a 28 day cycle I got a very very very feint line.The strenth of the line no way matches the other line IYSWIM. So, question is - am I ovulating ? I am TTC a DD using the shettles method, (although DS3 would also be wonderful) and his theory is that you have to abstain before ovulation if you want to increase your chances of a girl.
Anyone any experience of these sticks and whether the line will be darker tomorrow for example ?

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mousemole · 03/06/2009 12:22

hi tostaky - yes have stopped. Got very alarmed when saw the feint line so stopped. I think i need to do temperature as well as one month I charted it and it definitely went up at ovulation. Blimey, so much to think about ! Have you looked at the in-gender website - now that is complicated !!

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tostaky · 03/06/2009 12:05

Not sure how long is my cycle as i stopped the pill a couple of weeks ago... It used to be 30. but it might have changed, and fertility friend may be wrong too!

no CM for me... ive just stopped breastfeeding too so it might take a while i dont know.
i'll test again tonight to see if the line is darker.

have you stop baby dancing then?

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mousemole · 03/06/2009 10:03

Hi tostaky - great to hear you're in the same boat ! Today my CM was 'creamy' ( sorry if TMI!!) so think I must still be pre-ovulation. How long is your cycle ? Is fertility friend any good ?

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tostaky · 03/06/2009 09:29

Im in the same boat as you mousemole!
Trying for a girl and got a faint line on my opk this morning....
Today is CD13 and fertility friend says im going to ovulate in 6 days..
will bd tonight and if line is darker tomorrow, i'll stop!

good luck for you

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mousemole · 03/06/2009 08:09

hi Biccy
Thanks for that - really useful. I did it again this morning and the line is just as feint. Today is day 10 and I thought I would have been ovulating nearer day 14. Basically if I want to TTC a DD I need to abstain from baby dancing about 3 days before ovulation. So I guess about 2 days before the line gets to its darkest point. Hopefully this month I will get a clearer idea of my cycle and can start tring next month. Thrilled for you and your BFP! That's amazing you got a result as early as day 22!

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Biccy · 02/06/2009 21:12

Hi mousemole. I used cheap OPKs last month, got a faint line on first day I tested, and they gradually darkened. Think it was the third one that was darkest, then fourth was lighter again. It didn't ever get as dark as the control, but I took it that I had peaked, when the line got fainter, and as you are most fertile about 36 hours after your peak, it didn't matter that I needed to see it go back down to know if had peaked, IYSIM? From memory my positive OPK was day 12, and I got an amazing early BFP on day 22. Good luck!