stegasaurus - many people have diffenet views on these. I had never done them before, as like you was irregular and did not want the test confirming my concerns that i was not ovuating. Now I have taken the provera and the bleed induce worked, i then took the clomid days 2-6 (what are you doing?), then started the ovulation tests 3 days after the last clomid (this is because the clomid will still be in your system and can give you afalse reading). I started the tests last sat... and today got the smiley face to say the surge is happening! yay!!! so provera and clomid has done something at least! not a silly question at all, as i never thougt about it either. and our issue, as we are irregular, is that we do not know our normal cycle.... they say average is day 10... mine will be day 16. it all can get rather confusing, and i was getting rather confused with provera, clomid, best days to concieve, the blood tests etc! but am all okay on it now, so if you need help, please do shout!
i can log on here each day to talk, i found when on provera my mood was very low, i croed allot, had head ached, sore boobs and lower pain... then very similar with clomid...!
obv the day 21 blood test will tell you if you have ovulated, or at least what the chances are of you ovulating, but at least now me and hubby are sure that from now until monday we need to get busy! rather than saying from day after last bleed upto day 21 to be busy... which is fine, and good to do, and we prob will also to increase chances, but we know something has happened, we feel excited after seeing the smile on the test, and a positive mind helps positive things happen!
does this help?