New Here.. Need a little bit

mommy2lilman · #1 February 19th, 2009, 09:02 PM

Okay.. I need some thoughts and opinions on something. I'm new to this board. I'm Victoria a sahm of an 13 mo old son named Frederick. Dh is AD air force.

anyways..

I started charting, temping, and testing with OPK's since Dh and I plan to ttc again as soon as he gets home. I wanted to check out my cycles and make sure I was ovulating and get a mind frame of when I'd be o'ing and what my fertile days are.

Well.. on Sunday I started getting + OPK's. At least I thought they were positive. I'll post pics and see what you all think. I started temping.. and I can't figure out if I actually ovulated or not.

Judging by what I've read.. my temps didn't jump when I *should* have ovulated. Tonight, I took an OPK and it's cleary negative IMO. (Will take a pic and post it up)

What do you all think? Here's the pics and link to my ff chart.

My Chart

The Pics

The pics. They all looked like this till tonight.

Tonight's pic

*If* I haven't ovulated then.. I looked up online and this is what I saw/found out..

It is possible, in a normal ovulation, to have a positive OPK for several days in a row. This is because LH peaks (surges) about 12-36 hours before ovulation occurs, and then dissipates. So, you could theoretically detect this high level of LH with positive OPK's from the time it begins to the time it dissipates-- over 36 hours.

It is also possible that your body is "gearing up" to ovulate, and you have an LH surge-- and then, for some reason (such as stress, illness, travel, or random fluke), your body fails to release an egg . . . then tries, tries again ASAP with another, or overlapping, surge. If you see a positive OPK for longer than 3 consecutive days, your egg is probably just having a little trouble getting out of the starting gate. If this happens to you occasionally, it's no big deal. If it happens a lot, talk to your doctor

Then.. this is if + but no O

Yup! It is possible for your body to "gear up" to ovulate, leading to an LH surge-- and then, for some reason (such as stress, illness, travel, or random fluke), your body fails to release an egg. When this happens, your LH surge will dissipate and your cevical mucus (a signal of fertility) will dry up. Once the stress is resolved, your body will try again. This can happen more than once per cycle. Therefore, there is no way to be sure you ovulated, even if you had a positive OPK. OPK's are most accurate when used in conjunction with fertility charting (NFP or FAM.) That way, a positive OPK can be cross-checked with an increase in basal body temperature and/or cervical mucus dry-up.

TanyaZ · #2 February 19th, 2009, 09:43 PM

its really hard to tell by those pics if they are or are not positive opk's - sorry!
Looking at your chart 'could' (judging by the dip then spike) look like you O'd on CD15 - only way to tell for sure is to see if your temps keep going up or not!
sorry probably not much help
Good luck!

mommy2lilman · #3 February 19th, 2009, 09:49 PM

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its really hard to tell by those pics if they are or are not positive opk's - sorry!
Looking at your chart 'could' (judging by the dip then spike) look like you O'd on CD15 - only way to tell for sure is to see if your temps keep going up or not!
sorry probably not much help
Good luck![/b]

Thanks. *If* my temp doesn't go up does that mean that I didn't ovulate yet then?

sjkduke · #4 February 20th, 2009, 02:52 AM

Well, it depends...it can be a few days after getting a positive before your temp will rise. You need at least 3 consecutive days of higher temps to confirm Oing.

I think the first OPK looks positive.

Good luck!

mommy2lilman · #5 February 20th, 2009, 09:34 AM

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Well, it depends...it can be a few days after getting a positive before your temp will rise. You need at least 3 consecutive days of higher temps to confirm Oing.

I think the first OPK looks positive.

Good luck![/b]

Thanks..

Here's a link of my OPK's from when I started testing to today. I'm cramping again on my left side so I'm wondering if i'm having a delayed ovulation. I'll see tomorrow with my temperature.