blinking smileys?

[elephantmomma]

Hi,

I have just started using ovulation tests for the first time--I have gotten a blinking smiley, which indicates high fertility (based on estrogen) for six days in a row, which seems rather absurd (box implies average is about two days).  Could it have missed my LH surge/peak fertility?  Might I just not be ovulating?  What would explain so many blinking smileys? I am on day 15 of my cycle.  I have no idea how long my cycles will be--before we lost Sidney they were 26 days long and very regular but this is my first cycle since my stillbirth.

Thanks for your advice,

[shandorfml2]

I would suggest using only the test that has one smiley (not high and max). Could be you have a long serge, could be you aren't really Oing (I had a few cycles with multiple positives, I think my body was trying to O but never did).

Cheapies work well too..you can get 30 of them for like $13 on fairhavenhealth.com At max you should only have two positives, maybe three if you catch your surge really early and have a long serge.

Also, your cycle can take a while to get back to normal, after a miscarriage, stillbirth or live birth. It took me 12 weeks to get my period back after my stillbirth, and many months to get back to a regular, ovulating cycle.

GL!

[grneyes]

I'm so sorry for your loss of Sidney, (((hugs))).

Like shandorfml2 said, that's pretty typical for the advanced Clearblue to give multiple days, the regular CB (pink handles) is the way to go if you want a digital. The multiple blinking smileys just means your estrogen is rising. I don't think CB has found a way to make the Advanced OPKs accurate with "high days". Wondfos are also super cheap on Amazon and work well. You could always use those and just confirm with the CB digi if you feel like you need it.

[therealbug]

The solid is all that really matters.

Make sure you are using FMU (I'm pretty sure the ones you are talking about require that) since that could skew your results.