Feeling down about ovulation

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I'm currently on CD20 and have been doing OPKs since CD8, so far they have all been negative which I assume means I have not ovulated yet this month. I have between a 28-30 day cycle and I've read that you need 10 days before your period for the egg/sperm to implant for a successful result. So, I'm fast running out of that window for this month and starting to worry that my body is not doing what it should be doing and I'm going to be a failure with regards to getting pregnant.
My DH keeps trying to reassure me and says don't worry, it'll all be fine and me stressing might actually be causing the issue. I'm trying not to stress, I don't think about it constantly but it's always in the back of my mind, but it's hard to stop worrying!
I'm trying to think positive, like maybe I ovulate early in the month and I started the OPKs too late. So I'm trying to hold onto that thought and that next month I'll start testing as soon as my period ends with fingers and toes crossed that the little line on the stick will appear.
Sorry for the long post, just needed to get this all out into the world!

Hi have you been to your doctor for a blood test to detect ovulation? I did this. I found I had to do opks several times a day to detect ovulation. I started just judging by the level of cervical fluid - during ovulation this is more heavy and egg whitey.

What time of day are you testing? I only get positives in the evening. There's such a tiny window to catch it sometimes!

Also I may be wrong but if you haven't ovulated yet it may mean your AF will be later than normal.

Stress does delay ovulation so your DH may have a point! However your period would then usually be correspondingly late.

Regular cycles are a good sign. They do not guarantee that you ovulate but the vast majority of women with regular cycles do.

You may have a very short LH surge which you are missing. I'd suggest two things for your next cycle:

1. Opks first thing in the morning and at around 2pm. LH often builds up in the early hours so arguably earlyish afternoon - when it will be in your pee- is the best time to test.

2 start charting your basal body temperature as this will confirm if you have ovulated even if you don't get a positive OPK.

Hope that helps. No positive OPK is not necessarily a big deal - I have been pregnant on a cycle with no positive.

I would definitely test later in the day.

Originally, I was testing first thing, like you would with a pg test. Was always getting negatives, until I started testing at 2 pm.

Good luck.

Don't worry OP: it doesn't work like that. The luteal phase (second half) of your cycle is more or less fixed in length, so if you ovulate later then your period will be later -- you can't actually "run out of time."

It is possible you might be having an anovulatory cycle but more likely you will ovulate soon. Then you can test for pregnancy ten days or so after that, and expect your period (if not pregnant) 14 days later (or whatever is normal for you). My first pregnancy (an accident!) I ovulated around day 26, just when I thought my period was coming due...

Oh wow thank you everyone for the responses! Sometimes you just need to hear things from outsiders for reassurance.

I'm currently testing when I get home from work, so around 5pm. I didn't realise the time window during the day might change the results. I just assumed it was like a pregnancy test, you test once for that day and the result is true for the whole day. Didn't realise the spike in hormones may be short lived. so that itself gives me hope.

I currently track BBT, and have been getting a couple of temp spikes during the month so will keep going with that each day.

This is my first month of tracking so reluctant to go to the doc quite yet until I got my head around it all.

Thanks again, so reassuring knowing you are all out there :-)