[mommy2noelle]

Hello Ladies! I'm "new" here...well, I had posted back in the spring, but now SO and I are ready for #$2. We've been NTNP and I was still temping just to see if/when I ovulate. I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2005, but have conceived naturally twice. This will be the first time we will be dtd with the hopes of making a baby, so I wanted to try out OPK's and see if they work for us. I've read that OPKs don't always work for women with PCOS, but I'm hoping that's not the case for me.

I was hoping to get some input on whether or not I should go ahead and get the real First Response OPKs or should I get some cheapies for this first cycle? I don't want to "waste" my money on the First Response if I'm going to get false results because of my PCOS. Another thing is that I'm not sure when to start using them. I was on peeonastick.com and they had a chart that said to take your shortest cycle in the past six month (for me that would be 29 days) and for that cycle, I would start testing at CD 12, but based on my charts, I have a late O (cd18-23) when I do O. So, I'm looking for some insight please.

I'm actually hoping not to conceive this cycle because my birthday is in 3 weeks, and I would like to celebrate without being in a 2ww. I figured I could use this cycle as a sort of test cycle with the opk's. I've got temping and charting down I think, as long as I'm consistent, but OPK's would be totally new. Any input is greatly appreciated.

TIA!

[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

If I were you I would just buy the cheapie opks. That is what I use and I have never had a problem with them and in fact, I like them better than the name brands. If you are going to need a lot of opks (and it sounds like you are) buying the cheaper ones will save you money and you will be able to take more of them. I would probably start taking them once a day or even every other day if you start at cycle day 12. If your opk is stark white I think you can probably afford to take them every other day until you start seeing a faint line. Then I would go to taking them once or twice a day.

[alicenwonderland]

for me, internet cheapies work BETTER than store brand. I get mine here Baby Creation: Pregnancy & Ovulations Tests . If you get the ziplock packs, you can't beat the price.

[mommy2noelle]

Thanks ladies!

[forest]

I vote for the internet cheapies as well. I agree that for OPKs I think they work better, and the price is much lower! I got mine at early-pregnancy-tests.com/pregnancytests.html?gclid=CIuV4rmTpJ4CFR5HagodTxAK mQ and was very happy. They ship very fast too.

[Tammyms]

Def IC all the way! I have PCOS as well and they used to work great for me, until this cycle, but I had a chemical pg an I think it has messed with me. I get all my stuff off ebay... Wondfo brand is my fav Good luck!

[mommy2noelle]

Thank you!

@ Forest - I got some hpt's from earlypregnancytest.com and I think they were delivered like the next day! I'll order when we get back from our holiday trip.

@ Tammy - that gives me hope that they'll work for me. When I had dd, I got that intelligender baby predictor kit. The website said that women with PCOS tend to get boy results, so I got it since I already knew my baby was a girl. Low and behold, the test said girl too! So maybe I don't have as much PCOS as they think. LOL!

Seriously though..thanks for the input. I think cheapies would be my best bet for now.