Gawd, it's the newb again...

[smallllmin]

Just flame me already, I have another re-newbie question.
My friend gave me two OPK sticks that she had leftover. I didn't use OPKs last time... So what do I do with these? I know I pee on them... Around the time when I think I'm going to O? And it tells me that I'm going to O soon? Is two sticks enough to get any useful information?
Thanks and sorry

[peaseblossom55]

Buy wondfos, buy lots of them. I have PCOS and I never got positives, once I began TI cycles with femara and actually ovulating I got very clear positives on them. I never bothered with the expensive digital ones.

[mikaela20]

I go through alot before I actually get a positive. FF predictions for O are never usually right for me. You will most likely need more than two, unless you manage to test on the day or two before you actually O and get a positive right away. It's also recommended to test until you get a negative again.Not sure why exactly, but that's what I do.

[Daikoku]

In my personal experience, sometimes I see a peak early in the day and sometimes late in the day. So, when doing OPK, I tend to do 2 per day. I would say you'll need more. Like others have said, buy Wondfo online. They're cheap and you get a lot.

[daisy818]

I'm like @pineappleoranges, never have gotten a positive on anything but BFP brand. I've used Wondfos and the Clear Blue Digital. What brand did your friend give you? I don't want to say only two is totally worthless, but with the cheapies I test twice a day if possible starting about 4 days before my typical O date and test until I go back to completely stark white tests.

[smallllmin]

Jan 13, 2016 21:41:39 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

I'm like @pineappleoranges, never have gotten a positive on anything but BFP brand. I've used Wondfos and the Clear Blue Digital. What brand did your friend give you? I don't want to say only two is totally worthless, but with the cheapies I test twice a day if possible starting about 4 days before my typical O date and test until I go back to completely stark white tests.

They're clear blue digital.

[ceejay]

OPKs can be used to detect your LH surge which should indicate that your body is gearing up to O. Some women don't ever get "true" positives with OPKs. Some women can have multiple LH surges before they actually O. So OPKs are helpful but are more informative when used alongside other information like BBT and CM or CP.

Typically two OPK tests is not enough to give you any useful information, unless you get lucky and happen to catch your LH surge with one of them. As others have mentioned, at least until you get an idea of when you typically O, you probably want to have a lot of OPKs available to test daily or twice daily so you can catch your LH surge. Most ladies here use internet cheapies - Wondfo or BFP brand or Clinical guard. You can buy sets of 25, 50, or 100 tests for CHEAP. If you have no idea when you O, I would probably start testing around CD 9-10 and continue until you get positives (or near positives) and confirm O by BBT.

Hope that helps! Sorry for the long post.

[daisy818]

Jan 13, 2016 21:47:02 GMT -5 smallllmin said:

Jan 13, 2016 21:41:39 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

I'm like @pineappleoranges , never have gotten a positive on anything but BFP brand. I've used Wondfos and the Clear Blue Digital. What brand did your friend give you? I don't want to say only two is totally worthless, but with the cheapies I test twice a day if possible starting about 4 days before my typical O date and test until I go back to completely stark white tests.

They're clear blue digital.

I went through ten of those and still never got a smiley face.  Heck, the first one I apparently didn't hold in the urine long enough so I just got an error message.  I was not a fan of the CB, but maybe they work better for others.  If you are interested in OPKs, def order some of the internet cheapies (obviously I prefer BFP brand to Wondfos).

[penguin129]

When I started using OPK's I used the Dollar Tree brand. They worked for me, but I was spending a lot of money on them even though they were $1 because I sometimes need 5, this cycle 7, testing once a day until I get a surge. I learned from these lovely ladies here that you can buy them in bulk. I know everyone suggests wondfos, but I found a great sale on ClinicalGuard so I tried them out. They come with 40 OPK's and 10 Pregnancy tests for $12 with free shipping. They work really well for me. Here's the link from amazon:
ClinicalGuard OPK
There was also and OPK thread you'd find helpful. I'm not sure if it was added to the newbie blog or not.

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Jan 13, 2016 21:26:34 GMT -5 @pineappleoranges said:

Jan 13, 2016 21:13:21 GMT -5 smallllmin said:

Just flame me already, I have another re-newbie question.
My friend gave me two OPK sticks that she had leftover. I didn't use OPKs last time... So what do I do with these? I know I pee on them... Around the time when I think I'm going to O? And it tells me that I'm going to O soon? Is two sticks enough to get any useful information?
Thanks and sorry

I needed a lot. Buy wondfos. joy can answer all the questions on all the things. @wallflwr926 may also know about opk stuff too.

According to dear Constance, i'm the wizars of Oz. lol.

I have used several different kinds of OPKs. Wondfos, store brand, name brand, I had a fertility monitor for a while.

I typically peed on things twice a day starting anywhere from a CD 8- CD10. I would usually continuing testing until the tests indicated that I was no longer surging.

I also am a very strong proponent of temping and opk use together. It gives you the best picture of what might be going on in your ute, since no one around here has invented ute googles yet. Y'all are a bunch of slackers.

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This reminds me I need to figure out where I put my thermometer. It's best practice not to just guess when you O'd while you are TTA.