OPKs & Surges

[lazyreader]

The newbie thread had me wondering about OPKs and how typical it may be to be a many surge vs one quick surge O-er. (that's a word now.)

If you regularly have used OPKs and know which type of surge you have, just check whichever options covers about 80% of your normal. 

I also wanted to factor in if you take tests multiple times a day or just once, but that was too many options and... lazy. I also figure only the people with 1 positive OPK surges would be testing more than once a day.

[mrss44]

The last 4 months I've had 3 days of + opks. And 3 out of the 4 months, I o'ed the day after the last +.

[wirt2cute]

I normally have 2 day of positive opk's per cycle my O date can vary depending on the 1st +opk.

[Cythe]

I LOVE CLICKY POLLS

I get 2-3 days of positives once per cycle. I did notice that I got different positives depending on which OPK I was using.

I get morning only positives with Wondfos, and evening only positives when I used the FR OPKs my first cycle.

[Rama]

lazyreader KC, where's the SS option for those of us that don't get +OPKs? :(

[littlemrsw]

Mine would gradually get darker for a couple days, then bam, positive for 2 days in a row. Usually 2 days after the 1st positive is Oday.

[Unknown]

The fist time I was TTC I would get 2 days of +OPKs before ovulation, but this time around I must be having short surges because I have yet to even see a +OPK, so starting this cycle I'm going to test 3x a day.

[lazyreader]

Jan 20, 2015 16:55:52 GMT -5 Rama said:

lazyreader KC, where's the SS option for those of us that don't get +OPKs?

I thought about it. lol but I really like the fact that the poll percentage isn't funky with an SS option. lol I WANT ACCURACY DAMNIT. 

I also figure if you're testing regularly and accurately and still only get negatives then that's a short surge? 

and the people that don't use OPKs get to see how everyone pees on things.

[ldubhawksfan]

I voted 1 short surge because I'll only get a surge for less than 24 hrs, but technically it's more than 1 + because OPKs are the only thing I allow for crazy POAS urges.

[kaliRN]

I also usually get 2 days of positives. For this reason I don't always POAS twice a day since I know it stay positive long enough for me to catch it. Depends on what brand I'm using too. I *usually* O around day 18 and I start POAS around day 12-14 so I can catch an earlier one and see the ramp up.

[risscaboobs]

I am pretty sure I get one surge... but I don't use any more OPK's after I know I've O'd, so I guess it's possible that I have more. It's usually only positive once or twice (if I test twice that day).

[itsmeally]

I must have the shortest surge ever. No positives for me yet.

[Deleted]

I get a crazy short surge. I've only been charting for two cycles, but so far it's been exactly the same. Day 14, morning is neg, afternoon is neg, and boom, positive at night, then gone in the morning with a temp spike. (Yes I peed on all the things the first month)

I missed this months clearly positive OPK because we were out of town, but I tested in the late afternoon and saw the line go from ziltch to almost positive, so I'm counting it I think, especially with the temp spike.

[RaeLynn28]

Mine seems to be different every month just to make things even more complicated! Sometimes I get a positive and a shift the next day, a couple times I've had multiple surges, once I had no positive and this past cycle, I had a positive opk and a shift a week later!

[hydrangea1019]

I voted one long surge, however depending on if I ovulate around my predicted time (cd16). Every few cycles I end up Oing later (around CD24) and if that's the case, then I have multiple short surges and then a long one around O.

[proudtobeazebra]

Jan 20, 2015 17:01:40 GMT -5 lazyreader said:

Jan 20, 2015 16:55:52 GMT -5 Rama said:

lazyreader KC, where's the SS option for those of us that don't get +OPKs?

I thought about it. lol but I really like the fact that the poll percentage isn't funky with an SS option. lol I WANT ACCURACY DAMNIT. 

I also figure if you're testing regularly and accurately and still only get negatives then that's a short surge? 

and the people that don't use OPKs get to see how everyone pees on things.

I'm also SS - I never get +OPKs and I test twice a day starting at CD10 You're not alone!

[mrsp]

I haven't started using OPKs yet, but when we were TTC #1, I would have one long surge with 2-3 days of +OPKs.

[lazyreader]

So what I see so far is MOST people only have one surge. And it's more likely to have a build up with more than one day of +'s. Interesting.

[RaeLynn28]

Would using different brands of OPKs make things different? Using Wondfos compared to CB digitals?

[MrsC0617]

Interesting stuff here about multiple surges. Not as common as I thought.

[cateyes]

I am more of a SS. Sometimes I get one shorter one, sometimes a couple short ones, sometimes I miss it completely!