OPK test questions
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| Tue, 06-30-2009 - 2:50pm |
Hi! I'm new here, and have a couple questions. I'm sure others have asked these questions, but I didn't see any posts that jumped out at me, so here goes:
We haven't been TTC too hard, but we haven't been preventing, either. I've been charting my cycles and guessing when I thought I was Ovulating and making sure to DTD then, but nothing so far after 5 months of this. (with DD, we got pregnant right away, so I thought it wouldn't take much more this time. famous last words, right?)
Anyway, my cycles have been very short (22-25 days), and I thought that maybe I should try an OPK to figure out when I really was ovulating, since things were kind of short.
So, I've done all 7 tests, and I didn't get a single line. Well, I got the control line, but no hormone surge lines at all. On the box, it made it read like it would have a faint line that would get darker when I was ovulating, but I didn't even have a faint line, so I'm wondering... Is that normal? Did I do something wrong?
Also, I'm pretty sure I'm not still going to ovulate, as I'm only 1 week from my projected cycle start again, so does that mean I'm not ovulating at all? I started on CD 8 and am now on CD 16 still received nothing. Is it possible I ovulated earlier? Should I keep testing the rest of this month?
What would you guys recommend? Should I test everyday next month, even earlier/later than I think is probable? If I never get a positive OPK test, should I just talk to my doctor, or what? I'm confused.
Any words of advice would be appreciated. Thanks so much!

















I just received an order of OPKs in the mail this week, but even as I see them on the counter I wonder why I did that.
I hear ya!