[fishysticks]

So yesterday was my first day of trying OPK's, I don't know if I did it right or not.. but the way I read it, it clearly said I was not ovulating (the second line was not as dark as the test line).
I figured i'd done it right, so I gave in and had a few drinks since I didn't think it could hurt anything since the test came out that way.
Well, lo-and-behold, this morning my temp was an entire DEGREE higher (check out my chart, it's insane).
Looking back on my chart, all the nights i've drank never raised my temp like that so I don't think that's what it was... but then why was the OPK negative?

I'm pretty convinced I did it totally wrong and ovulated.. and perhaps messed up my chances of becoming pregnant, or missed the window alltogether

Anyone have any insight to this?
Or any words to help me stay hopeful?

sigh... just when I thought I had it figured out.

[fishysticks]

Holy crap.. I just re-read the directions and they're VERY confusing.

It doesn't say that a fainter purple line means you're NOT ovulating, it says something about "you haven't reached your LH surge yet".. so does that mean negative or positive?
I bought the Answer brand if that helps.
Looking it up online, it said another purple line meant positive... but the directions in the box are sooo not clear about it.
ARGH help!

[NutMeg76]

From the looks of your chart it would seem that you O'd, but drinking does increase the body temp too.

If you did O, than you had good timing with the BD, so I woudln't worry about that.

If you are concerned about drinking and Oing, there isn't much to be worried about. The alcohol in your blood willnot hurt the egg or the sperm. Babies most likely do not get FAS from a drink that mom had before conception, or at the time of conception. The alcohol has to pass from your blood to the baby, so that doesn't happen until the placenta forms.

[fishysticks]

Whew, well i'm glad it won't hurt the baby if I DID infact O.

If you check out my chart, there are two other nights where I drank- and I think my temp went DOWN both mornings afterwards.
I thought the same thing (that drinking may have caused my temp to increase like that), so I went back and stared hard at my chart to compare the other two nights to see if it was normal for my temp to jump after drinking (and it doesn't seem like it is).

As far as the OPK, i'm totally confused.
I thought for sure it was a negative, but now i'm thinking there's a possibility that it could have been positive.
Now i'm just curious so i know how to read them for future reference.

[BabyBird]

OOOH good question! On Satuday I got a faint line and recorded negative on my chart and then yesterday got a good dark line and charted positive. Then today I got another faint line...so are they all really postitive and the second one just detected the surge? Either way I guess it means we both O'd or are going to O soon. Did you do another OPK today??

[TeresaSuperMama]

Ok, here's my thoughts. OPKs detect your LH surge 24 to 48 hours BEFORE you ovulate. If you took it yesterday, you may have missed your surge. So it is quite possible you ovulated, but you just had tested too late for an OPK to detect it. Without having tested the day before yesterday it is really hard to say with OPK info. You'll need a few more temps though to confirm that you ovulated. I'd keep bding just to be on the safe side.

Teresa

[fishysticks]

That makes so much more sense- to have possibly missed the surge.
My test line is part dark, and part light- so it doesn't fit into the negative or positive catagory really, haha. It's so strange looking.

I'm still holding my pee to take another one today.
I'm not sure I want to record negative, because then FF may not give me crosshairs at all.

Now i'm just hoping the temps stay UP!
It's CD25.. O needs to happen SOON before I go crazy with all of this!

[fishysticks]

So I just took an OPK, it is a GLARING positive!

Does this mean I havent ovulated yet and that temp jump was... before O? Or that the temp just definitely WAS ovulation?

[VIGETTE]

I would wait ad see 2-morrows temp. Thats a pretty high rise, it looks as O may have happened on CD 24. I hope your temp keeps goingup!!!!!!

[fishysticks]

This is going to sound like a silly question- but does ovulation occur the day BEFORE the temp rise?

[Keshlia0866]

WOW!! Big jump girl!! I told you were about to O!!! I think you already Oed!

Good Luck!!! * I've never used OPK's so I can't a single question... sorry!*

[~Jess~]

Yes, o comes the day before the temp jump, but it has to be at least 3 high temps before o can be confirmed. You'll really have to wait on the next few temps to know for sure. I'd keep bding just in case. I'm not familiar with opks, sorry.

[fishysticks]

Hehe, i'm just excited that it's finally happened/happening.
If nothing else- the OPK just let me know that my body IS actually working just a little delayed.
I stalked a few charts and saw a few ladies who got a +OPK after the temp shift, so that very well could have been it.
Gotta wait and see I suppose.

I'm thinking I may have peed too much/too little on the test yesterday. I used the cup method today and that sucker was most definitely positive.
I'm just going to leave yesterdays OPK test slot blank since i'm completely unsure what the result actually is.

[TeresaSuperMama]

I'd see what tomorrow's temps bring.

Teresa

Once you get a positive opk which is where both lines are the same color or the test line is darker, your O 24-72 hours later. The high temps could be from you drinking, I know you said before it didnt affect them, but this time you could have drank more or something different and it did affect them. I would discard that temp and if the opk is positive BD BD BD!

[fishysticks]

I suppose what i'm going to do is see if tomorrow's temp is anywhere within the same range.
If it's MUCH lower, i'll know that the temp I took this morning was bad and i'll discard it.

I still get this odd feeling that the OPK i took yesterday was positive as well.. I seem to screw things up when I pee on the stick instead of using the cup method (I never pee enough, or when I DO pee enough, I get too much on the stick haha).
The one today, the test line was MUCH darker than the reference line.

But ofcourse, to be on the safe side- i'm gonna keep BDing (haha you should hear my SO complain about it)

[VIGETTE]

Have fun BD'ing!!!!!!!!

[alexa]

I am hoping it is ovulation for you. It seems like all the signs are lining up. I don't know if you have ever checked it out but the website www.peeonastick.com is really helpful for figuring out tests. I was also going to say that sometimes even with the midstream tests it is easier to pee in a cup and then pour it on the test or dip the test, so that way it is more controlled.

Personally having several drinks the night before always effects my temps, but I'm not sure if that was the case for you or not. Don't worry about the drinking because even if you O'ed, the little bean would not have implanted yet, so everything should be fine.

Finally, I was going to say that when you get a positive OPK, you are just getting a snapshot of your LH surge and you don't know if it's the end, middle or beginning. If you caught it at the end it is possible that you O'ed that same day already.

[fishysticks]

Alright, so I went on over to peeonastick.com to read about OPK's and "half positives"- and it said a bunch of stuff about the brand i'm using.

In order for the test I took yesterday to be positive, HALF of the test line has to be as dark or darker than the control line.
Now to me, 50% of the test line looks as dark as the control line, but i'm not absolutely sure it's 50%, it could be like.. 40%..
The test line is definitely not as THICK as the control line, but I don't think that part matters.
It said specifically that just 50% of the test line needs to be as dark.

Anyways, I know i'm probably being confusing, but I took a picture so that maybe you ladies can tell me if it looks like 50% of the test line to you.



It's hard to see, I did the best I could.
My SO said it definitely looks like 50% too, but i'd love some more opinions.
I'm definitely thinking I just didn't pee enough on it for it to thicken.

[KittyMom]

I am not familiar with this particular brand but of all the OPK's I've used, that would not be a positive.

Sorry - this brand may be different