https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 20:20:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1358173 Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:43:54 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1358173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HolisticMama: staying the same:-/. Had super watery/almost EW CM last night but not this morning. I'm trying to calm the anxiety by being positive (hard for this pessimist!)....you're sweet to ask! Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1357049 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:18:11 +0000 HolisticMama 1357049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChiCalGoBee: So what's the OPK been doing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350962 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:40:09 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1350962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs bunchy: Thanks for the tip! I'll keep watching to (hopefully) see the darkness continue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350893 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:04:06 +0000 mrs bunchy 1350893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always get a line on OPKs ... When it is positive though, it is positively dark!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350838 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:37:19 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1350838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Snowdrop: Thanks! I'll look for the thread! Just figured I'd put a pick out there in case anyone had expert advice, which all of you do :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350835 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:36:25 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1350835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: Awesome advice! I have a 3-hour training tonight, so we'll have to see who is up for what at 10 PM :wink: . It's a fine line between wanting to make sure "something" is there just in case O happens, but also wanting to reserve the "good" stuff closer to the time? We'll see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350834 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:36:07 +0000 lovehoneybee 1350834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: The latter--the next time I tested (new urine) it would be a little bit darker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350807 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:25:56 +0000 snowjewelz 1350807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: About the fade in/out thing, you're saying after you test and see let's say her pic, it will just get darker by itself if you keep the test out? Or you mean the next day you take another and it gets darker &amp; darker? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350789 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:16:05 +0000 Snowdrop 1350789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I now only start OPKs when I see fertile cm. That is a little too faint to say anything is going on. Usually I get one that makes me go ah darker than usual and then the next day I will get a positive. Personally I like the line ones as I find they give me more warning than digital. There was a thread recently on OPKs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350786 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:14:25 +0000 lovehoneybee 1350786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChiCalGoBee: I always had a "fade in/out" effect...it would start out looking something like that and darken over the next few days until it was as dark as the control line, then after I ovulated it would fade back out over 2-3 days. </p> <p>But I'm of the opinion that if you're both (ahem) up for it you should start as soon as you see anything. Doesn't hurt to get some extra swimmers up there! (the cycle I conceived my son we only managed to have sex once, 2 days prior to ovulation...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350780 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:12:52 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1350780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CatchAFallingStar: Thanks for the awesome tips and link! Yes, I think I'll invest in the Smiley Face for next cycle. A bit too late for this cycle since we're headed out of town so it's too late to "prime" it:-). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350776 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:11:52 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1350776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: Thank you so much! Great information. My body is "telling" me it isn't time yet (ahem), but saw these at the grocery store and figured why not? I'll keep doing them daily until the box runs out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350726 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:57:21 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1350726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChiCalGoBee: As far as I know, OPKs aren't positive until the test line is as dark as or darker than the control line. I hate regular OPKs because they're SO hard to read! I highly recommend digital. A smiley face is just so much easier to read (and more cheerful) than a line. :happy: </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Clearblue-Digital-Ovulation-Test-Count/dp/B002VLYAOI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1389823013&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=digital+opk" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Clearblue-Digital-Ovulation-Test-Count/dp/B002VLYAOI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1389823013&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=digital+opk</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350724 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:56:47 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1350724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are right it's not positive. It could stay that way for quite a long time and then suddenly jump to a dark positive. It's really hard to say and that's why OPKs are really frustrating. Basically I would try for every other day and when you see a positive try for three days in a row. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opk-newbie-photo-attached#post-1350712 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:53:07 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1350712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Took one of these for the first time today. It's "negative" for LH surge, clearly, but since something showed up does that mean "something" is going on? E.g. it should get darker as the days go by and O is on the way? Just trying to time BD correctly, and haven't done as much OPK research as I have on BBT and CM. Thanks to anyone who is willing to give advice! </p> [attach=4643/14/mzgq4k.428x571.unnamed-1.jpg]