Ovulation test making me sad and frustrated

[Mumbrava]

Hello friends. I have been so confused about the clear blue ovulation tests and I genuinely have no one to ask…except your lovely selves. Please can someone offer me some advice or guidance on this matter. I would really appreciate the help.

This is my third month of trying after having a miscarriage. I have been using the clear blue purple ovulation tests since. This month we were determined to ttc every day from 4 days after my period till I ovulate and possibly two days after. We are desperate to maximise our chances. Here is what happened:

— my period ended on the 30 October (Sunday)

—we started trying about four days later which would be the 3rd of November. The intention was to try everyday until ovulation and so we did.

—I showed a static smiley face on the same week Sunday on 6 November (day 11) I was surprised because I expected my ovulation to be on the Wednesday (day 14) following week.

— that being said I was showing signs of bad cramping but not much mucus.

— I stopped testing once I saw the static smiley face since it will display the same for 48 hours. So we continued trying on the Sunday and the Monday.

–once the static smiley went away on Tuesday. I thought to myself why not test once again to make sure I did stop ovulating and so I did. And it was a blank smiley face.

— on Wednesday I was showing some mucus and I thought to test again. And I was shocked to see high fertility. It confused the hell out of me since I had ALREADY ovulated. We ttc again.

— Thursday high fertility again. Showing mucus. Ttc’ed

—Friday high fertility again. Mucus. Ttc’ed

– Saturday high fertility. Mucus. Tried again

— sunday again I’m showing high fertility but we had a break after trying for so long.

TODAY I tested again and still I’m showing high fertility. Im now on day 19. I am upset because we have been trying constantly for a week and to be honest it feels like it’s been all a waste if I haven’t ovulated yet. And now that I’m still high fertility and might ovulate in the coming days we are knackered and tired from trying. I’m frustrated because I really thought we did well this month had I ovulated on that Sunday.

could it be that there is something wrong with the test? I really don’t know what to think.

I would appreciate your advice.

Clearblue do not advise using these tests once you've seen your peak (static smiley) I think the device resets after the 2 days of static smiley, and believes you are in a new cycle. Results don't always make sense after ovulation.
The flashing smiley means it has detected oestrogen - but you can have a surge of this after ovulation - it doesn't mean you are going to ovulate again.
Do you measure your bbt? That's the best way to confirm that you have ovulate. The you can know for sure that it's happened, you are in the tww, and can put the tests away for a bit!

You aren't supposed to test after you static smily. It's rare that you can ovulate twice in month . .

Thank you for answering! I read somewhere that it is normally recommended to continue trying until day 21 but I’m not sure how true this is?

I read in previous posts that women can see static smileys twice…in which you have the surge first time but don’t actually ovulate and the second time round is always the accurate one to go by. When I tried to use the devise after my day 11 ovulation it didn’t show the new cycle flash sign…….only the test ready symbol so I assumed it still considered me being in the same cycle. I’m worried that if I stop trying i might miss an opportunity but it’s frustrating to see the high peak.

I would then in your case use strip tests in-between such as premom also indicates when LH surges.