More OPK help please

jesridge · #1 December 10th, 2009, 11:34 AM

Ladies,

Need more help with this OPK stuff, pretty please.

Does it seem like I basically have an "oh-it's-almost-positive-all-of-the-time" type of pee or something?

I'm beginning to wish it was an HPT so I could just squint for any line at all, not try to figure out what's darker than what.

Please advise. Many thanks!

*Note-- the test on CD 14 was taken about 5 minutes before the picture, so it looks a bit darker. I'm sure you're not supposed to read these suckers so long after you take them, but I really wouldn't be able to figure out the difference in color unless I kept them for reference. Oh well. Essentially, CD 14's test has dried to look exactly like 13's.

wantingnumber3 · #2 December 10th, 2009, 02:16 PM

The second one taken on the cd12 looks the most positive to me then cd13 starts to look lighter. Your true positive peek probably happened overnight on cd12. This is what has been happening to me. My surge seems to come overnight. I would mark cd 12 as positive and see if your temps start rising.........GL

LoLo'sMama · #3 December 10th, 2009, 02:26 PM

I saw the same thing as wantingnumber3 before i read her post. I think it was day 12 PM. They seem to be getting lighter. I know that it's frustrating to read those lines and compare them. I found it nice to reference with DH to get a second pair of eyes.

I also wanted to add that my OPK's look similar to yours meaning I seem to have a slow fade in and fade out pattern. Makes it tricky work, but I always like to error on the side of caution and BD BD BD! GL!

Tammyms · #4 December 10th, 2009, 06:00 PM

Last month you got CH's pretty late in your cycle... how long are your cycles usually? If 40 days is normal for you, you wouldn't be getting a + OPK yet. Do you check any other signs, CM, position? None of those OPK's are + yet, and some people's come and go with color during the month while some have stark white until a day or 2 before they get their +. That's scenario one... you had a good temp jump today so I'd start the BD marathon just in case! Good luck!!