How long do you hold for OPKs?

[eatsleeprepeat123]

Just that really!

First month TTC and this morning (FMU) I had a near positive on a one step OPK. Tested again at lunch after holding for 2 hrs and not drinking but the line was much less. Should I be holding for longer?

To be honest once my LH was surfing it didn't matter how much I'd had to to drink or when I last peed, it was always positive.

You say near positive, as in test line not as dark as control line?

Or you had your surge in the night and it was a quick one?

Ohhhh..... SURGING!! Not surfing!!!😂

I don't really hold at all, just do them whenever really

It does depend on how much you drink tbh. If you had one that was close to a positive it would suggest you are close to your LH surge. So maybe a couple of days or so away from ovulation. I had a very close to positive yesterday with FMU, one in the afternoon after I had been drinking water all day which barely showed I was fertile. Then had my peak this morning with FMU so I reckon it happened in the early hours of the morning. I wouldn't be worrying about holding in your pee, when the surge happens it happens regardless. Last month I took a test at around 4pm after drinking loads and it was a clear positive after a negative that morning.

thanks all. Will share this mornings which is a clear line (not positive but I think close?)

And one I did at lunch which is much less obvious but I did drink a bit of tea/water this morning (although not a lot)

I used to ov day 12 before my first baby 2 years ago, and it's CD12 today.

I never got a positive with my first baby but found OPK’s sooo annoyingly awkward. I’d stop drinking at 11am and do my last pee then, then hold until 11.30.

If you can afford them if highly recommend d the Clearblue Advanced Ovulation sticks. One test a day with longest overnight hold. They look at two hormones so more accurate. I fell second month of trying and ovulated 2/3 days later than I would normally so would have missed it! 🙂

@eatsleeprepeat123 neither of those are positive yet, the test line needs
To be at least as dark if not darker than the control line so keep testing 😊

@eatsleeprepeat123 here's one of my cycles around ovulation

I never got on with urine OPKs and never got a darker line- despite blood test showing I do ovulate. I use a reusable, saliva OPK. Easier to read and much cheaper in the long run.