OPK's for a newbie

Hi Ladies!

I just got AF after 10 years of being on the pill.
I want to see when I ovulate....so i have two questions for you...

1. What is the best/cheapest OPK?

2. When can you use it?

3. If i got AF on January 5th....when can i use the OPK and when do you think i will ovuluate???

As you can see.......im CLUELESS!!!!

Thanks for your help!

Amanda :)

Re: OPK's for a newbie

everyone here seems to be fond of the opk's with the smileys but those are too $ for me every month. so i use the first response opk's. those are about $18 for a 7 pack at target. BUT they are kind of a PITA because you have to compare your test color line to the reference line and i swear it'll drive you bit nutty wondering if they're the EXACT same color or not lol.

if you want to get an estimate of when you'll O i would put your info into mymonthlycycles.com and they should give you a round about date on when you should O. everyone is different, but for me i usually O around cd 12.

when you use the opk, make sure that you test in the afternoon and try to hold your urine for about 4 hours before testing. that way you'll get a more accurate reading.

good luck!

Message edited 1/12/2009 6:06:53 PM.

Re: OPK's for a newbie

I had started with the ANSWER ovulation sticks. they were pretty reasonable on drugstore.com and i could use my FSA card for them. However, the 2 lines confused me b/c it never seemed dark enough compared to the test line.

So i bought the clearblue fertlity monitor. It was worth the investment for me. takes the confusion out of all this.