https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:26:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo/page/2#post-1274543 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:02:02 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 1274543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer the Wondfos because of the quantitative feel. I feel like there is less room for error, as I can actually SEE the concentration of LH, where a digi is all hidden from me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo/page/2#post-1270773 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:34:02 +0000 QBbride 1270773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always got clear positives on the Wondfo OPK's so never bothered with the digital ones! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo/page/2#post-1270661 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:33:24 +0000 spaniellove 1270661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal: I just used CVS brand dixie cups. They were easy to crumple up and DH got used to seeing them in the trash between OPK and HPT testing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270653 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:31:30 +0000 Smurfette 1270653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: Yep! One month of trying to figure out if the line was darker or not, was enough for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270634 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:21:51 +0000 BSB 1270634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: good point. I hate decipferiing those lines. When I had trouble with getting positive OPKs, I asked my Dr if I should get a digital one. She said that if you are having trouble getting a positive a digital won't help much. I think I just suck at remembering to POAS. Now that I'm back from my break, I should look into getting a digital one. I need to check out craigslist again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270579 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:02:25 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1270579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: my thoughts EXACTLY! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270576 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:01:49 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1270576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely prefer the digital. I can never decipher Wondfo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270558 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 20:55:53 +0000 Crystal 1270558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: thanks!</p> <p>I suppose wondfos are cheap enough that I should at least try it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270496 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 20:13:14 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1270496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal: I also track CM and CP, I find that with those and OPKs, I can always pinpoint O. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270455 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:45:41 +0000 dc yoga bee 1270455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't want to be worried with is it "almost positive" or positive and continue the need for excessive BD'ing. No time for deciphering lines! I'm sure I'm in the minority, but that's just my two cents! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270453 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:42:48 +0000 Crystal 1270453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: that's smart!</p> <p>Do you all use these, and track other things! Or just use OPKs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270448 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:41:12 +0000 Crystal 1270448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: I won't mind sharing the pregnancy related things, but I don't know if our sex life will survive the "behind the scenes" action, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270399 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:16:25 +0000 TheReelDeal 1270399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really shouldn't use OPK's, I have PCOS, but with that I prefer the digitals because my wondfos always look thisclose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270396 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:15:03 +0000 PawPrints 1270396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal @mrs. 64: You guys know you're going to have a lot grosser things to explain to your husbands by the time the pregnancy's over....right? ;) Hehe I use the cheap ones, and I keep an old shot glass under the bathroom sink to dip them into. I wash it out with soap after every time. How long do you guys dip them into the cup for? I do 3 seconds like the instructions say but that feels like such a short time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270387 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:08:49 +0000 mrs. 64 1270387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: That is skills! I am not that talented :)</p> <p>@Crystal: I use/rinse them a few times before tossing them. I do hide mine from DH. He knows I use opks but I don't want to explain the pee cup! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270375 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:57:12 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1270375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Wow, you've got some skills! I took a pee cup from a doctor's office a long time ago :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270374 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:56:32 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1270374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer the cheapies, since my surge comes in over a few days. I was able to tell a day or two before the actual positive OPK. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270366 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:50:10 +0000 BSB 1270366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal: worked ok for me. If you hold it so the pee contacts the thin (middle) portion of the wondfro then it should work. Although, at least once or twice, I didn't get it right and so there wasn't enough wetness to get the pee to the whole test. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270359 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:43:56 +0000 Crystal 1270359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: does that method work well?</p> <p>Our toilet is in its own little room with its own door but no storage. I just can't imagine having to explain a pee cup to DH.</p> <p> @mrs. 64: do you just dump it in the toilet and throw it away? Or rinse it out? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270352 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:37:35 +0000 Happygal 1270352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cheap ones! So much more cost effective. I like seeing how they progress, and I've never had a faulty batch. I have, however, gotten the error message on the digital. Sometimes Wondfos can be stressful if you aren't sure, but I remind myself, "When it's positive, you know." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270324 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:23:18 +0000 BSB 1270324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. 64: I got some of those small cups but I gave up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270322 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:21:59 +0000 BSB 1270322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal: I just pee on the wondfros now. I just angle it so it gets wet enough to test without going past the max line. </p> <p>I had to nix the cup because I had to use OPKs at work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270320 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:20:27 +0000 BSB 1270320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't vote. I love digital or regular HPTs but after 6 months of negatives and the emotional distress of seeing 'not pregnant' on a digital test. (It completely devastated me.) I now use wondfro cheapies and only when AF is late or I get a positive is when I'll use the real ones.</p> <p>ETA: oh, duh! Just reread the question and see that you are talking about OPKs. And not HPT. I've been using wondfros because of the cost. If I could find a digital test for cheap, I could consider switching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270309 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:14:54 +0000 mrs. 64 1270309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal: I was worried about that too. I bought a whole lot of mini disposable plastic cups and I use those. I think they are for salad dressing, but they are larger than the typical salad dressing size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270304 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:13:41 +0000 mrs. 64 1270304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Hahaha oh boy. That is a bit much.</p> <p>I use both. Wondfos most days and digis to confirm O. I can tell a positive on a wondfo, but I love that smiley on the digi. Also I recently had problems with 2 digis malfunctioning. Thank goodness I was also using wondfos or I would've been in a panic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270256 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:53:03 +0000 deactivated_account 1270256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never want to try to interpret the cheapies. I like to look for a smiley and be done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270246 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:50:30 +0000 Crystal 1270246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How is the peeing in a cup thing? What do you do with the cup- hide it in the bathroom? </p> <p>It just seems like there is less mess with the digitals... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270161 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:24:06 +0000 Ash 1270161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I did the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270093 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:03:06 +0000 LindsayInNY 1270093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: She's battled an eating disorder for years. They got married last year and took a belated honeymoon after Thanksgiving. She posted it with something about how it's nice to confirm she's Oing. And then someone commented about how it's perfect timing since they're going on vacation. 1. It wasn't positive yet and 2. Vacation won't help if she's already Oed! Man... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preference-digital-opk-or-cheapies-wondfo#post-1270087 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:00:13 +0000 mrs. bird 1270087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cheapies! I like them better than even my CBEFM. </p>