https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:26:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-opks#post-829988 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:38:59 +0000 Ash 829988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: Oh and if you ovulated that morning, you would hopefully show a positive the day before. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-opks#post-829979 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:37:58 +0000 Ash 829979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I don't know that I caught the start of O... I just know that say.... you only test every morning.... once every 24 hours.... you could miss the LH surge. Considering you can O 12-36 hours after a positive. So, if you only test in the AM and always get a negative, you could be missing the surge. If that makes any sense.... lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-opks#post-829943 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:32:05 +0000 T.H.O.U. 829943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: I don't really understand this. How do you know that you caught the start of ovulation based on when you tested? </p> <p>Say for example, I test at 5 pm each day. What if I actually ovulated that morning. Would it still show a positive OPK that afternoon? Or by that afternoon would it be negative already? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-opks#post-829885 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:20:19 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 829885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Springtime: well, yes and no.<br /> + doesn't mean O is happening NOW but, it does mean you need to start BDing now. My Ob said something like sperm can live up to 7 days (if its healthy sperm) in the vaginal canal and deeper. So, I BD'd the day I got my positive, all the way until the night I got my negative....and then some;) I got pregnant the cycle I did that. </p> <p>As far as what happened with you, you could have gotten the positive on sunday morning and ovulated that evening because it is 12-36 hours. Some people say only 12-24h. So, you could have been ovulating late Sunday and early Monday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-opks#post-829856 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:14:49 +0000 Ash 829856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, what they said. :)) 12-36 hours after the first positive. </p> <p>I usually tested twice a day to be sure I didn't miss the surge... and it almost always happened in the evening. The month I got pregnant, I was using a digi to verify my positive wondfo. :)) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-opks#post-829841 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:11:05 +0000 Springtime 829841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: @LindsayInNY: okay that makes sense! I thought when I got the positive that it means ovulation is happening now! TTC newbie!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-opks#post-829813 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:07:19 +0000 LindsayInNY 829813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The positive means you're going to ovulate within 12-36 or so hours. If your positive was Sunday, I would assume you ovulated on Monday! Once I get a + OPK, any OPKs after are usually entirely white. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-opks#post-829751 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:55:22 +0000 Mrs.Someone 829751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would guess Sunday, but it could also be Monday. But sometime after the positive and before the negative of course! It doesn't really matter at this point though.</p> <p>Its normal to only get one positive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-opks#post-829735 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:52:04 +0000 Springtime 829735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been charting and just this month decided to try an OPK (wondfo from amazon) to get a better idea of when I ovulate for when we do TTC. </p> <p>I got a positive OPK on Sunday, I tested again Monday and it was negative. Also I had more ewcm Sunday and by Monday it was gone. </p> <p>My question is, did I ovulate Sunday or Monday? And do you only get a positive opk ONE day? Any help is appreciated :) </p>