OPK/HPT help & reads

From what i learn

If your CD around 30 days - you should expect to O around 15 right, test Opks from CD10-20.
Continue until u get a positive. < ---important

Why start so early CD 10 - cos if u dont u wont know what's the difference between a positive & negative opk as well.

How to spot an Ovulation with OPKS: if the test line (there is a control line as well) is faint its negative.

Only when its same colour as test line or darker then its a positive Ovulation. When u test Positive on OPK you will Ovulate around 12-24 hrs or later. So BD within 12-24 hrs & again alternate.

Something i read from Fertility friend, treat the next 5 days after u see a positive on your Opk as FERTILE & BD alternate days (cos everyday sperm quality will decrease - tired also mah) Why continue till u get an O.

I Oed CD15-16 in Feb, Then in March I Oed CD 20-21. So its possible for Ovulation dates to change. If you followed instructions strictly 10 strips a mth you will lose your O opportunity & one cycle will be gone.

Why these strips?
I dont know if they are the most reliable ones in the market but most of us use it. Many have striked with them & many have found their Ovulation dates with them & since you want to be KS & monitor maybe even every day & nite. These 40-50cents strips makes sense over the , over the counter ones that costs $10-13/strip.


BBT Thermometor
I recommend u get one too cos - double confirmation is better to find your Ovulation.

Usually BBT is LOWEST when you are Ovulating. Cos OPK can show positive for 2 days. what if u forgot to test day 1 & test day 2 then if u take BBT faithfully - u still know U Oing.

Similarily if you Ran out of OPKS for eg & enough only to test once a day - with the BBT you can also accurately tell when u Ovulated.

The idea is egg lasts 24 hrs Sperm lasts around 72 hrs. its best to Baby Dance (BD) when you are actually Oing thus the emphasis on the O date.

Further tips:-
Hope that is enough help to start u on. usually 30 day cycle i would myself start testing on day 10 to form a chart with fertility friend so that i can monitor. if u confident surely after 14 then you Ovulate you can start OPKs 1-2 days before that lor.

If your O dont come with LOW BBT & u monitor basal body temp as well, then hor - continue OPK maybe O was late & Opk gave wrong reading - due to medication or what ever.

to be KS BD 12-24 hrs after OPK is positive + BBT is lowest. If you only see OPK +, continue OPK & BBT when u see + opk & low BBT again BD.