Need help please

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Registered: 01-03-2008
Need help please
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Mon, 01-05-2009 - 12:41pm

Hi Everyone -


Newbie here! I went off BC at the beginning of November and I have been using the First Response ovulation tests for Nov and Dec.

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Mon, 01-05-2009 - 12:54pm
Hello Anna. Welcome to the journey of ttc, hope your foray here is brief and you get that BFP soon. When do you start testing with the opks? If you are getting a surge consistently around CD20, that is probably accurate. Your body may need to regulate itself off of the bc and you may end up with a longer luteal phase in a few months. If you're having 10 days between detecting O and when AF shows, this is a short luteal phase, I am dealing with the same thing. But I would give yourself some time, as mine has also changed over time. My advice to you is NOT to wait to BD until you get a positive opk. If there is some reason you should think your husband's sperm count is low, that would be the only reason to wait, but even then every other day is fine and so I would say continue with the opks, look for a pattern but BD throughout the month so the sperm is in there when it needs to be.
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Mon, 01-05-2009 - 3:33pm
Thank you Diana. I started the opk in November. In both November and December the sticks showed the LH surge about CD20. I have been off the pill for two months so I hope things don't change too much more. I was really irregular before I went on the pill. So at least I have been constant the last few months. :)
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