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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 tests

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Loula82 · 20/09/2019 09:13

Ttc baby number 1. I tested at midday yesterday with clearblue digital and got a solid smiley indicating peak fertility. Did a standard ovulation test this morning and it was completely negative. Does that mean the clearblue was faulty or that ovulation has already occurred? Sorry for coming across clueless! ConfusedGrin

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Makingawish · 20/09/2019 09:52

@Loula82 when I was TTC I was using the cheap OPK's for a few months and the closest I got to a positive was always around CD14 but the month I used the CB kit I got my static smiley on CD10 and fell pregnant that cycle. The CB tests for 2 different hormones and are much more reliable than the cheap sticks in my opinion. Good luck!

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Loula82 · 20/09/2019 09:55

Thanks so much for your help. Fingers crossed I get my bfp soon. We dtd yesterday morning and last night. Hope that wasn't too late. It's all so confusing. Confused

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Makingawish · 20/09/2019 10:08

@Loula82 did you manage to DTD in the run up to ovulation too?

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Loula82 · 20/09/2019 10:14

@Makingawish only on Sunday night and Monday morning as he was away for a couple of days. That's why I'm worried! Is it important to dtd in the run up to a positive ovulation test too?

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Makingawish · 20/09/2019 21:39

@Loula82 not vital but it does increase your chances because sperm can stay inside you for about 3-5 days so if you missed ovulation exactly then the egg already has sperm there ready to meet so to speak. Have a look at SMEP (Sperm Meets Egg Plan) and that explains optimum time for DTD depending on when you ovulate. The first time we followed it to the letter, I fell pregnant.

Wedding2018 · 21/09/2019 00:20

Does it matter what time of day you test with clearblue? I been testing since day 14 and can't get a positive

sigmaalphamu · 21/09/2019 07:59

Clear blue says you should test once a day after your longest sleep. So basically for lost people that would be with FMU

MajorFaffington · 21/09/2019 08:05

It may well be that you did ovulate and the surge had gone by the time you did the internet cheapie the following day, but I did have a false positive with a Clearblue test the month I conceived my first. I got a static smiley very early in the month (I usually have very long cycles) but had no EWCM or other ovulation signs. Internet cheapie negative.

I then got a positive on internet cheapie a couple of weeks later, and dating scan confirmed I had ovulated/conceived on the later date.

Did you have any other signs which would suggest you ovulated?

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