Help please. Ovulation Strip question.

[VickyVan75]

Please can someone answer this question. I am TTC for a while now with nothing happening. My cycle is 28 days and I though I was ovulating on day 13/14 so DH and I were trying every day from day 12-16. I ordered the ebay strips which arrived today (day 15) and there is no line whatsoever. My question is if I ovulated yesterday or the day before surely there would be a faint line? Or does it go to nothing after you ovulate? So p*ssed off that I might have missed it?

Are you only trying up to day 16? It's perfectly possible that you aren't ovulating until day 18 or ovulating earlier on day 10/11 or at some other time entirely and missing the window. You may not have ovulated yet at all.

How long have you been trying? What signs of ovulation have you been going by? Sex every other day or every three days throughout your cycle is recommended in an average couple.

Thank you Show. We usually try twice a week and then every day during 12-16. I used ovulation kits in the past and I was always ovulating on day 14. We have been trying for 5 months. As far as I can remember the line used to get more faint after ovulation rather then disappear. I am so disappointed to see no line whatsoever as it just feels like another wasted cycle. I suppose we should be trying more throughout my cycle but easier said then done sometimes :)

Vicky I find the OPK very hit and miss. I have used both the "cheapie" sticks from Amazon and the CBD ones. Last cycle I got no at all. But I did get a really faint line (no where near as strong as the control line) on the stick for 2 days. Then nothing the day post OV.

I had taken my temps that cycle too so I got the temp rise the day after the faint line on the stick. You could start taking your temps to give you a bit more info.

Expand your shagathon window to every other day from days 10-18. If you have a regular cycle of less than 30 days then you can't go far wrong with this method, it gives you the best possible chance of hitting the right days. And every other day is easier than every day.but does not reduce your chances.

Try again with the cheapie strips. Start testing on day ten. Have sex every other day anyway but if you get a positive, have an extra bonus shag on that day.

The thing is I have a friend with a 28 day cycle who definitely ovulates on day 20 (had investigations for something unconnected to ttc). She has conceived naturally 3 times and the third time she had sex once on day 21. Yes, a short luteal phase in that case but had she stopped trying on day 18, there's a good chance she'd have missed her window.

Also bear in mind that 5 months is very little time. Your chances of conception are never more than 25% at the very best. You should expect it to take a year on average assuming age and health are on your side. And opks don't show ovulation. They show a hormonal surge which precedes ovulation. And not every surge leads to ovulation either. So they are an indicator of what's happening, not confirmation.

Have more sex, more frequently.