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@nanilani: Thank you! This was just our first cycle trying, so I'm not too discouraged. Praying for peace and patience for all of us rolling over to next month, and for lots more BFPs on this board!

@skinnycow: I start testing on CD10. This is how my doctor recommends you do OPKs:
Get up in the morning and go pee then an hour later pee again and take the test! If you do it with your FMU then it's too concentrated. Only one time a day is necessary.

Hope this helps!

@skinnycow: I've seen it recommended to start OPKs about five days before your earliest known ovulation date. I would think it depends on whether you have a longer or shorter LH surge. In my whopping one cycle of experience with them, I got a positive OPK two days before ovulation.

If the official doctor's recommendation @marfi provided works for you, I'd do that. I'm not one to argue with a professional! But that would not have worked for my schedule, so here's what I did: Since I had no insight into what to expect from my cycle (I'm very irregular), I opted to take tests twice a day about 12 hours apart using FMU and right after work. When I thought something was starting to get close to positive I sometimes added a mid-day test as well. Now that I know my surge is longer this would probably not be necessary, but I'd seen anecdotes online about people missing short surges that lasted under 24 hours. Ultimately I got my first positive with FMU and it lasted through the next morning's FMU (four tests total).

I think I hate the tww. I keep telling myself I'll handle it well. But my emotions ping pong from thinking I'm not pregnant until I feel a random cramp or my boobs randomly feel sore and then I think I could be pregnant. I'm a sane gal and usually even keeled but have been stunned how hard this time frame is each time I go through it. It's not cool what we endure each month.

@MrsJBeeG: I feel you, sister. I'm actively dealing with AF, but every time my boobs twinge, I think, "Oh! Maybe! No, wait..."

@skinnycow: If you think you have a short surge, I definitely recommend testing more than once/day. I tested after lunch and after dinner for my last cycle, and once I got a near positive, I added in an SMU test the next day, which was my first positive. I wasn't sure how long my surge was, and I didn't want to miss it. !

@chypmunk: I totally understand. This first af after the loss was crushing but so relieving at the same time. But 40 days felt like forever. I've felt better but have such moments of craziness. This weekend I cried about how I'd never be a mom. My DH held me. I've convinced myself I'm sane but not pregnant and just imagining everything. Then after dinner tonight I start to get terrible nausea and incredibly sore boobs so now I'm convincing myself I was wrong and I'm pregnant. Sigh. I feel like I'm Jim Carey in Me, Myself and Irene. At least having others to chat with and know they won't judge helps.

@mrskansas: well you have company on the going crazy. Sorry it takes so long - I hope it happens faster for you

@mrskansas: i know the feeling.... this type of limbo is maddening... I'm going to try to sneak a scan at work to take a peek at my follicle... i doubt it will appease me, but who knows?

@mrskansas: who knows if it's doing me any good, it might be adding to my crazy fire

I'm starting to feel hopeful. Nipples are really sensitive today, I was so exhausted I had to take a nap after dinner which isn't like me and I just wiped and had a spot of blood on the tp. I never spot between AF - the only time I did was in April when I was pregnant. Who knows what will happen when I test but I feel like there maybe a chance for me for a bfp next week.

@CoolCate: thank you. I know it's kind of silly and I could end up with a bfn but I feel happy. I got some FRER today - now if I can just wait until later next week to avoid testing to early.

@MrsJBeeG:

I'M FREAKING OUT!
This is the darkest line i've gotten all month! This is my first ovulation that i've actually tracked, and made with medical help, and it was looking like it was never going to change since i'm CD21. I'm going to test again later today!

@SweetiePie: I have pcos and havent had a normal cycle in years. I have af maybe 4 times a year and they last almost a month. I keep seeing its normal for those with pcos to ovulate late and if the line keeps getting darker i may have to agree! This test was my smu and i plan yo test again later today

@CoolCate: My guess is you detected the beginning of your surge. If you test tomorrow, I bet it will be really really positive. Good luck!

Whoop there it is!

@CoolCate: now THAT is a positive OPK! Awesome!

@CoolCate: looks great!

Popping in to say hello, and congrats to the bfps! I think of you guys often, but once my 28 day regular cycles went to 24 days, and two failed clomid cycles- I needed a break. We took DD to Disney 4th of July, and I signed up for a half marathon in the fall to give myself a different goal to work towards. Hopefully, I can get the scale moving again!

My OB put me on metformin to regulate my cycles and balance my hormones, and this time I got extended release. We will start trying again October (race is November.). It's been about five years since I ran a half, so I'm excited!