Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Conception

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.

Time of day for LH OPK testing

5 replies

Hankthehonk · 03/04/2023 20:23

I'm using cheap opk sticks to test LH and logging on the premom app
I know it's best not to use first morning urine but I'm finding it difficult to test at a consistent time in the middle of the day as I'm often not at home, or if I am I'm dealing with my toddler. I'm just doing it when I can but that turns out to be vastly different times each day and I'm guessing that's not ideal.
How do others manage this?
Would I be better off using fmu for consistency, or continuing to test when I can even though it's at different times of day?

OP posts:
Twoinapod · 03/04/2023 20:42

You don’t have to do it the middle of the day. The best time is between 10am and 8pm. I used to do it after work so around 6pm every day.

RegardingPersephone · 03/04/2023 20:48

Not sure how helpful this is but I get my best readings in the morning with fmu. I've caught both of my peaks over the last two cycles that way. I can't test during the day really as I'm a teacher so its pretty fast paced with not many breaks in the day!

Hankthehonk · 03/04/2023 21:28

@Twoinapod I appreciate that- I guess by "middle of the day" I did mean 10am-8pm, throughout which time the craziness of work/parenting/life is ongoing. In my case I don't have a consistent daily routine so maybe I should just stick with fmu as that's the way to get consistency. Thanks @RegardingPersephone that's reassuring and actually makes me realise I did catch a previous ovulation (got pregnant but sadly miscarried) using fmu as I didn't know at that point you weren't supposed to use it. After my mc I'm doing more research trying to do absolutely everything right
Thank you both for replying

OP posts:
DESGUSTING · 03/04/2023 21:36

I do a mix tbh!
Sometimes fmu and then I done in the afternoon.
Other times, around lunch time, tea time.
My times vary a lot but I've always managed to catch a peak

sugarspices · 03/04/2023 22:44

I'd just used my second wee of the day and it wasn't always the same time but tended to be within a couple hours range!

New posts on this thread. Refresh page