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Do ovulation sticks get darker the nearer ovulation gets?
As the question says really, do ovulation sticks get darker the nearer you get to ovulation?
This is my 2nd cycle off the pill after a reeeeeeeeally long first cycle so no idea on when i am due AF or ovulation! I have done some cheapy ovulation sticks for the past 3 days and todays, although still not as dark as the test line was darker than the previous 2. So i'm wondering if ovulation is approaching? I know you can have a certain amount of LH in your system throughout your cycle so guess this could just be another thing to mess with our already pre-occupied minds, lol!
Thanks in advance.
This is my 2nd cycle off the pill after a reeeeeeeeally long first cycle so no idea on when i am due AF or ovulation! I have done some cheapy ovulation sticks for the past 3 days and todays, although still not as dark as the test line was darker than the previous 2. So i'm wondering if ovulation is approaching? I know you can have a certain amount of LH in your system throughout your cycle so guess this could just be another thing to mess with our already pre-occupied minds, lol!
Thanks in advance.
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sarah
best of luck.
KJ.x
I've used opk's 1st time this month and had lines sat and sun but neither were as dark as control line. We bd'd anyway and i've had no line monday or today so am guessing that was my ov.
Good luck to you hun xx
I posted a question about it yesterday (probably page 2) and have had lots of helpful replies so it might be worth having a read of that hun.
Where did you get you OPK's from x
I always had a second line, wherever in my cycle I tested, but it was usually faint until ov approached.
HTH.
This OPK malarky seems to be a lot more confusing that I had imagined :roll:
xx
Let me know if/when you get any darker lines please - strange request lol! x
I'm new on here but thought I would post after lurking around reading everone elses posts as I tried opk's for the first time this month and found it all quite stressful wondering if I would ever ovulate!
Mine did get darker and darker and I finally had two days of positive tests on cycle day 18 and 19. Then they got gradually lighter for 2 days and then practically nothing.
The day before the positive one the second line was just a bit lighter and thinner than the second line and then ythe next day it was visibly darker and thicker. Unfortunately no babies for me this month but they were useful as I found out I ovulated a lot later than I thought.
On to month 4 of trying for us now. I just hope I don't go bankrupt before I get pregnant as I think the opks are quite addictive and very expensive.
xx
I am CD17 and if my OPK's were right I am 3/4 DPO... bit worried though as I'm still not getting anything on them (
lol at you seducing your OH, I did that after my lines and didn't plan to tell him that I thought I'd ov'd then but my sister who is the only one who really knows we're TTC came over and was all excited asking if I'd had a positive yet so ended up telling OH, her and her OH all about it lol!
Keep me updated on your lines over the next few days... I think I will be needing more for next cycle and might stop being tight and buy some more expensive ones. Sending you baby dust xx
hi ladies, 1st time user of OPK. I did a test today the control line is so so faint and the test line is so dark. what does that mean? it is my 16th day of monthly cycle. according to the online calculator i am not ovaluating..really confused help me..
Hi NSP
if the faint line isn't as dark as the control/test line then it means negative which means you are not ovulating BUT they do tend to get darker day by day! If you can do 2 tests a day then do it!
i came off pill in march had one cycle then got pregnant as one eve got a clear positive on ovulation test stick so dtd and got pregnant.. unfortunately had a miscarriage @ 6 weeks.
But now using the tests again! they defo work just stick with it!! let me know how goes xx
Hi ladies im a 1st timer user of opk. I started a few days ago and I got a line yesterday and a darker one today. does it mean im about to ovualte right away? it is day 18 for me.
Hi ladies well just wanted to get some advice please been ttc for 3 years now managed it 2x but had 2x mmc b4 12wks I already have one Daughter who was 9 on the 2nd sep she was born via csection emergancy & prem 9 weeks, I am also HEP C + & I was advised to go for treatment but was told it wouldnt cause any major issues if I waited to have another I caught the disease from a blood transfusion in the early 80's but been managing it very well & feel ok, does any1 know if this can cause any issues whilst PRNT or if it hinders fertility? I know I am blessed with my Daughter but we want another so so bad as my Daughter is not DH biological child it would be nice to have 1 together, so now been trying again and its been almost 6 1/2 mths & nothing now using OPK's and yesterday got no line at all but today I got a very distinct TL maybe a tiny bit paler than the CL but almost there also my OV dates are saying tomorrow I should start to OV. Does the OPK result mean I am defo going to OV tommorrow as the BbyCentre ovulation culculater says so as does one other I tried? DH & I have been DTD almost every couple of days now for about a week and this morning too, I will catch him possibly tomorrow morning lol but I am going to test again this afternoon & see if its the same or darker & hopefully we will have a good result I get my OPK tests from the pound shop 5 for £1 and they seem to be working they did do for my friend who caught on 1st month so lets see if its the same for me too, anyway good luck to all you ladies & baby dust to you xxx