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When in your cycle do you stop opking?

JustPlainMum View Member Profile	24/02/2013, 09:57 PM Post #1
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Just curious... when do you guys stop testing with OPK's in your cycle? is it after you've had a positive and its faded out? or right through till the end of your cycle? etc etc.

lisajane666 View Member Profile	24/02/2013, 10:08 PM Post #2
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A question I have too as I'm using the ov-watch and have have ovulated (per the watch) and want to know if I should keep using it until I either fingers crossed get a BFP or AF

JustPlainMum View Member Profile	24/02/2013, 10:15 PM Post #3
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I'm asking for a similar reason. I got a positive opk just over a week ago and once i got a few negative opks i stopped testing but now i'm worried that i should have kept testing just in case i got another positive... (can that even happen?) Hope someone can help us!

pixii View Member Profile	25/02/2013, 04:42 AM Post #4
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Hi Ladies I tend to stop testing after the first negative following positives. I normally get a positive for 2 days and then the test line is not as dark as the control line the following day so stop testing from then.

Charliebear21 View Member Profile	25/02/2013, 07:17 AM Post #5
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I stop after I get a certain neg this time I tested from CD 14-til 18 plus another on CD 20 just in case. I should have been testing from CD 12 but they didnt arrive on time. I text once a day until it gets darker then sometimes twice a day

sophiasmum View Member Profile	25/02/2013, 07:23 AM Post #6
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Not ttc anymore, but when I used opk's I stopped after the first neg followed positive O.

lisajane666 View Member Profile	25/02/2013, 09:04 AM Post #7
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Thank you

Poseidon768 View Member Profile	25/02/2013, 09:44 AM Post #8
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I stop testing after I get a negative OPK after any positives. I like to see how long the LH surge lasts for

AllyK81 View Member Profile	26/02/2013, 10:56 AM Post #9
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I need to temp as well as use OPKs as I have long and erratic cycles. Last cycle, I got a positive OPK (and I use clearblue digital so there's no room for error!), but had no temp rise so I kept using the OPKs and got another positive 2 weeks later and finally got the temp rise after that surge. Basically, I cannot be certain I have O'd unless and until I see a temp rise, so I keep using them until I am 1000 percent sure. If your cycles are more predictable, I would stop once you get your first negative.

Froyo View Member Profile	26/02/2013, 10:58 AM Post #10
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After the first pos.

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