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I have to ask: 1) are you charting? 2) how often are/were you testing? If you're only testing once a day it's totally possible to miss your LH surge!

It's also possible for your body to try to ovulate and not do it, and then try again later in your cycle. I don't have a whole lot of symptoms around O other than EWCM...

I never had reliable symptoms that I was Oing. I charted my temps so I could confirm after the fact that I did O, but I couldn't tell just on symptoms. Sometimes I thought I had an O pain or something, but I really think I was just symptom spotting.

@runnerd: Like Leialou, I gave up on the Wondfos and splurged on the CBE OPKs. I never got a result on a Wondfo that I was confident was a positive. The smiley face is pretty clear though!

@chibee: The one cycle I decided not to temp, my OPKs suddenly followed a different pattern. They had always been so reliable - one day of lighter positive followed by darker positive, and the second day was always the day of O. That cycle, it was all messed up and it never went back to that pattern! I went back to charting after that.

@runnerd: That's why I try to test in the mornings and then twice a day only when I think I'm maybe a day or two from O.

I think charting could do the opposite of making you psycho--it gives you a sense of empowerment to know what is going on with your body. It's kind of fun!

I bought the expensive OPKs for my first go round, and used them sparingly (only twice) for November. Mistake! My plan for Dec. is to use the Wondfos, then a digital one if I'm confused or need extra confirmation.

My O symptoms are EWCM and cramps. Nothing more than that, but as with everything in TTC, everyone is different!

I just got EWCM, no other signs... except I would usually notice an increase in my sex drive!

EWCM is really the only thing I pay attention to to track ovulation. I have a pretty regular 28 day cycle and ovulation is typically around day 14 for me. If my cycles weren't normal I'd probably try charting.