https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:55:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-93921 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:52:33 +0000 kayakgirl73 93921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used the clearblue sticks, not the smiley ones though. I just used them in the urine stream, capped the stick, laid it on toilet paper in case it leaked, on top of the toilet tissue dispenser in the stall and waited. The wait on these is only about three minutes. I carried the stick too and from the bathroom in my purse. These are more expensive about 15 bucks for 7 days worth. You can use your Flexible spending dollars for these. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-93203 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:04:59 +0000 mediagirl 93203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have some little cups in the kitchen. I would grab one of those and stick it in my pocket, along with the stick. I'd sit in the bathroom with my phone to entertain me while I waited. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-93118 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:38:12 +0000 Smurfette 93118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are starting in April and I have already thought about this. I go straight to the gym from work, so I don't get home till 630 or 700. Is that to late to test? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92732 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:21:36 +0000 Running Elley 92732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tested twice a day….once with FMU and once at around 6pm when I got home from work. I wouldn't drink anything or go to the bathroom after 2pm and I'd just hold it until I got home. I had to do an OPK or 2 here at work and I'd pee into the little plastic thingy that the individual OPK comes wrapped in and then I'd wait in the handicapped stall for a result. I felt weird doing it but I never had any problems! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92667 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:54:42 +0000 mamabolt 92667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tested first thing in the AM, and when I started to see a faint positive the, tested when I got home from work - so around 6 am and 6 pm. I was able to catch my surges that way pretty easily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92578 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:06:13 +0000 arielle9510 92578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only work out of the home 3x a week so that makes it easier for me, but on the days that I do work I test when I get home around 5:45/6. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92375 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:16:49 +0000 winniebee 92375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eiko2010: I did exactly that - peed in a cup and waited 5 minutes in the stall (handicapped stall) for the results! It felt creepy, but I did it : ) I had a short LH surge so tested morning, afternoon between 2-4 and then again between 6-10. I used the digitals in the morning and then the strip ones in the p.m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92261 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:42:51 +0000 mrskc 92261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just tested when I got home around 6. Sometimes I wouldn't test until 9 pm b/c I my urine wouldn't be very concentrated when I first got home. I drink a lot water during the day. Also, I used the digital test to confirm the LH surge b/c those lines are confusing to decipher. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92256 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:37:50 +0000 Rubies 92256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I tested at work, I did my best to pee midstream and then wrapped it in tissues and put it in my purse. I mostly tested the minute I got home from work, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92252 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:32:02 +0000 BSB 92252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I checked when I got home from work, which was between 6-8pm. I actually got my first positive OPK when it was midnight. I just try to test when my urine is the most concentrated which is afternoon or when I get home. I usually forget to bring tests when I pee at work. I just don't think about it when I'm at work. </p> <p>As for the 5 min wait, it usually doesn't take that long to get a result. I usually just wait about 2-3 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92251 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:31:22 +0000 twinmama 92251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually took them twice a day when it was critical I pinpoint O for fertility treatments. At work, I'd just take them at lunchtime, so it wasn't a big deal if I had to sit in the bathroom for a few. Or I'd just kind of slide it back in to the packaging and try to keep it level in my purse, and just check it on the sly a little later. But no lie, it is awkward, and carrying the opks and dixie cups in my purse felt kind of ridiculous. </p> <p>But I'd also take one when I got home from work or around dinnertime, and those were usually my clearest positives anyway. So I'd say if you're only going to test once per day, after work would be totally fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92245 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:20:43 +0000 regberadaisy 92245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The one I used was fine to use during first morning urine so that's when I did them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92242 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:16:04 +0000 SAHM0811 92242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did it as soon as I got home from work. I worked from 8-4 so I was home by 5 or 5:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opks-and-work#post-92240 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:02:45 +0000 littlebug 92240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got my big pack of 40 opk strips from amazon. The directions say to test once a day, but not fmu. A lot of what I've read actually recommends testing twice a day. These are the strips that you dip in a cup of urine and then wait to read for 5 minutes. How am I supposed to do this at work? Sit in the bathroom for 5 minutes waiting for it to give me a result? What did other working ttc ladies do? </p>