OPK timing

[Littleredwagon2308]

I'm stressing myself out about this so could really Do with some advice.

When is the best time to take an OPK and do I really have to not drink it pee for 3 hours before hand? because I find that so so so difficult. It's just not I good for my MH.

I need some help please.
Today is CD 7 (AF finished CD3). I've got cramps, back ache. I think I might be ovulating, but I've not even got a line on the OPK. Yesterday and day before I had a faint line. I think I'm doing the OPK wrong. I need guidance.

That test is negative. The test line needs to be as dark, if not even darker than the control line. Keep testing 🙂

Yes that ovulation test is definitely not positive, it needs to be as dark or darker than the control line. Day 7 would be very early in your cycle to ovulate anyway. How long are your cycles usually?
You do need to wait for a while before peeing (ideally 3 hours) but you don't need to my drink. I always for mid afternoon to early evening was a good time for these tests.
I've now switched to clear blue digital though and these are a lot easier to read as you don't have to work out whether your line is dark enough. Also you do the clear blue ones first thing in the morning so you don't have to hold your pee which is good

Thank you @Amipreg1 and @Daisypod.

I forgot to say I'm averaging 26 days cycles. Last month was 30 which threw me.

I know it's a negative OPK but then again I did the test mid day and only held for an hour. Not drinking or weeing for 3 hours would be torture to me.

I'm struggling to understand why you would want to concentrate the LH in your urine. Wouldn't that give a false positive?
This is how I look at it: If the LH levels are low then they are low. By concentrating LH by not drinking I'm creating a false impression of the concentration. If I don't wee then I'm just collecting more and more urine on my bladder, there's a bigger volume, and actually that might dilute what LH I have? I would love to know the science behind not drinking and not weeing before an OPK. I'm going to create a thread asking I think.

Like I said you don't have to not drink just not wee for a couple of hours so there is enough lh in your urine to show up on the tests.

Sorry @Daisypod think there's a typo in your message and I didn't catch what you said about not drinking. X

I was advised by an MNer that my faint line was negative, as ladies have a low level of LH in their bodies all month long, and to disregard the faint line entirely! She said she has a faint line all month long.

BUT, I don’t have even the faintest line whatsoever for the whole cycle, then day 13 I have a faint line, day 14 a strong line, and then nothing again.

So, I think for me, the faint line absolutely indicates ovulation is coming soon, so that’s when I start to get down to business!

Remember, no one can be sure how soon after the LH surge that you’ll actually ovulate. It could be immediate, it could be 48 hours later.

It’s unlikely, but, if you had a weak OPK at 6am and were going to go to bed at midnight, ovulation could have come and gone by then. Some sources say the egg only sticks around for 12 hours waiting for sperm! So you really need the sperm to be there before the egg pops out.

I also have a 26 day cycle, so I ovulate comparatively late, and my LH surge doesn’t last very long at all. Cycle #4 TTC

Sending baby dust to you all