easy@home OPKs

[ttcfirsttime26]

Hey ladies 💞

We’ve been TTC for a few months now. This cycle I’ve decided to try out the easy@home OPKs. My cycles are 26 days on average so I’m currently CD10, would you say this was a positive or getting there? I don’t want to miss the surge/ovulation 🙏🏻 I’ll also include my tests taken on CD8 and 9. Thank you x

That last one is a positive

I’d say positive - I’ve also used the easy@home strips for the first time this cycle and downloaded the Premom app that helps you read them. I also kept testing after my peak and started to see the line get fainter again which was reassuring! Good luck!! 😊

@ByAquaFox @Springcloud26 Thank you! This was this morning and Premom gave me 1.93 as a reading but it still says high rather than peak. Today’s test (attached) seems darker still so maybe I’ll ovulate on CD13? I’m now CD11 and will test again shortly and see how it goes. We DTD late last night and will again tonight I think to make sure we’ve covered what I’m assuming is the best time x

To compare the one I attached last night gave me 1.34 x

@ttcfirsttime26 I was the same, as soon as I got to ‘high’, I dtd every day while I was testing positive just to try and cover it. I also tested 3 times a day when started to get high to catch the peak. It was good to see it start to come down too, I think when the next recorded test was lighter, Premom changed the one before it to ‘peak’ if that makes sense! These were mine if it helps… Only from CD 20 as I’d gone through a pack of CB advanced digital before starting strips (had flashing smileys for 8 days this cycle then ran out of tests). I’m on DPO 4 now assuming I ovulated CD 23.

Thank you @Springcloud26! I just tested around an hour ago and got 2.77 so quite a jump from the 1.93 so I’ll test again this evening and see if it’s still rising or starting to come down. Good luck to you x

@ttcfirsttime26 Fingers crossed for you, let me know how you get on when you test later! x

You ovulate 24-36 hours after you get your first high reading (ie above 1) not necessarily the peak. LH can still reach peak even after you've ovulated as it keeps rising and then progesterone shuts it off. Premom only marks it as a peak after it sees it come down generally anyway. So you're hitting the right timing.

Hey @Springcloud26 just done another and apparently it’s now 2.12 so looks as if it is coming down from the 2.77 but I don’t know how reliable these numbers are because it also gave me 1.9 for the same test when I tried it after logging and then 1.6 so who knows! I’m just hoping that dtd last night and tonight will cover the best time x

@DinoDances Thank you, hopefully we’ve timed quite well 🤞🏻 this is just now which is apparently 2.12 so coming down but see above message that it gave me different readings 🤷🏼‍♀️ This still looks very positive to me but obviously premom has now listed the 2.77 as peak and everything else (as it’s all above 1) as high x

I think your timing is good @ttcfirsttime26! 😊

I mean I never get anywhere near that high, maximum I've ever got is a 1.2 and I have a child so definitely ovulated haha! I only ever see above 1 first thing in the morning, like it'll be 1.07 in morning, then 0.5 later on the day, then 1.1 again the next morning. So they are quite sensitive to how much you've drunk. I think it's something to help indicate, but need to take individual readings with a pinch of salt and just know you're ovulating around now.

Thought I’d post this from my premom app. We didn’t get to dtd today/tonight as we’ve been super busy and only just getting into bed now with 6am alarms set for work tomorrow but hopefully we still had good timing 🙏🏻

Hi @ttcfirsttime26 what DPO are you now, how are you feeling?

Hey @Springcloud26, I believe I am 7dpo today (according to Flo anyway!) nothing too out of the ordinary to be honest, just a couple of twinges on my lower left side a day or so ago and my boobs felt heavy probably around 2/3 dpo but haven’t noticed much else. I’m thinking of ordering some frer tests to try from 11dpo which will be 4 days before my period xx

@ttcfirsttime26 good luck! I am 12 DPO and going to wait for another couple of days if I can, period due Weds. Had some very mild cramps and feeling like I was coming on couple of days ago, but no symptoms since. I’ve been looking at the frer tests too!

@Springcloud26
Thank you, and to you too! ❤️
Oh do let me know if you decide to get them! I feel a bit confused with all the different types of “early detection tests” but from what I can gather the pink dye frer ones are best? xx

@ttcfirsttime26 yep I’ve read the same about the pink dye! If still no period by Weds, I will order on Amazon on next day 😊

Hey@Springcloud26 how are you doing?

Hey @ttcfirsttime26 I ordered the frer tests to arrive tomorrow, I’ll be 15 DPO, so I will test after work! Just noticed watery CM today so I’m not too hopeful I’ll make it to tomorrow!

how are you?

@Springcloud26 Fingers crossed for you ❤️ I will be 10dpo tomorrow and have ordered frer and the easy@home hcg strips this morning and they will arrive this evening so I might be tempted to see what the hcg strips bring up as I think it’s a box of 25 I’ve ordered but I know realistically it’s super early and I should probably wait until 12dpo and then obviously missed AF. In terms of any potential symptoms or things I’ve noticed this cycle is that I have weirdly itchy thighs mainly in the evenings since a couple of nights ago and then I’ve had some twinges in my stomach today but I wouldn’t really call them cramps just literally a feeling that has drawn my attention, if that makes sense xx

@ttcfirsttime26 the twinges sound very much like what I experienced on 12 DPO, really mild and then disappeared again. Hopefully the itching is a good sign as well. Let me know how you get on when you test, fingers crossed! 😊

@Springcloud26 Fingers crossed it’s all a good sign, I ended up taking a hcg easy@home last night which I know is silly at only 9dpo and not fmu and obviously it was negative! I’ll be 11dpo tomorrow so will test with fmu then I think and maybe use one of the frer. Good luck for testing 🤞🏻 💫

@ttcfirsttime26 sounds like a good plan, fingers crossed for you!

I’m so nervous about testing, not sure if to do tonight or wait for FMU tomorrow, seen as I’ve waited this long anyway?

Oh that’s tough isn’t it as you’ve waited and today was your period due date, wasn’t it? But I’d say test! Especially as it’s a frer and they can be done before a missed period xx 🤞🏻