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i finally picked up a box of OPK.. sorry i know this isnt the "place", but i feel more comfortable here! so.. bare with me LOL... anyways.. i finally got a box of 20 FRER OPKs.. thanks to the free product coupon that i got from that jank FRER digital.. which ended up being half faulty lol.. okay off track here

so this is the first time i've taken the FRER OPKs.. ive only taken IC OPKs last month for the first time.. and i always was told there will always be a line, that it is not positive until the line is AS dark as the control

so here is where i need help.. i tested, and a faint line came up immediately.. not an extremely faint line, it's not a squinter.. it's just a bit fainter than the control.. so as i took it and laid it down i continued to read the instructions and it says that a POSITIVE test for the LH surge will " be similar, or equal to" the control line.. and shows two examples of a positive OPK.. the first one shows the control nice and dark, and the test line FAINTER ... the second was both test and control are equally dark....

the negative examples were no test line at all.. or the control was fainter than the test.. so it seems it goes by the same rule of thumb as a HPT... so im just confused here... is my test positive.. or am i supposed to go by the rule of thumb that there is always a line... im just so confused here since it's own instructions say the test line can be fainter and it be positive!

[Mrs_lynn.c]

I don't know much about the opk'so your speaking of but you could try to google some positve pictures of them. I hope someone else can be more help to you, good luck hope you find some answers soon.

[strvnwritr]

Well, I just pulled out my box of FRER OPKs (1 left!) and looked at the instructions. My instructions show two positive scenarios...one with the test line being darker and one with the test line being equally dark as the control line. In other words, it's the same as any other OPK.

I'm wondering if the printing on your instructions didn't come out right? In any case, I wouldn't call it a positive until it's as dark or really close to it.

[Grace]

Yeah on the FRER and Answer opks, the test line needs to be as dark or darker than the control line. If the test line is lighter its still negative. Hope that helps.

[cavewoman]

Yep.. I'm with the others.. as dark or darker than the control line is positive! Keep in mind one OPK a day isn't necessarily going to catch your surge and you prob don't want to use FMU if I remember right. Most times they recommend at least 2-3 OPKs a day because you could end up missing your positive if not.

[KMH]

Originally Posted by Grace

Yeah on the FRER and Answer opks, the test line needs to be as dark or darker than the control line. If the test line is lighter its still negative. Hope that helps.

[Grace]

Yeah I forgot don't use FMU, I would take mine around 11 in the morning and get my +. On the Answer ones I would get 4+ days of + opks , so I switched to clear blue digi opks and I only got 2 days of +'s.

[rageybug]

The test line needs to be just as dark, or darker as the control line. The best time to test is in the late afternoon/early evening - 4-8pm. It's when the highest concentration of LH would be in your system because your body produces it once you're awake and active.

[.h00dihoo.this.]

well i just took one and it has a much darker line.. but still not AS dark as the control.. thanks for the info ladies!!

im gona take a pic of the instructions!

oh.. blah OOPS..... you are right.. i swore i looked at that thing like 5 times.. okay.. im a moron LOL anyway thanks ladies! maybe since todays was darker i should test a couple more times today