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TTC08
LIF Zygote
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NEED HELP WITH OPK's
I bought a pack of CVS brand OPK's last week and started testing on friday - was getting negatives. These suckers were so expensive that I went on ebay and bought 14 loose First Response tests - they arrived Monday.
Monday got faint line on CVS OPK but had EWCM.
Tuesday decided to test with First Response brand and got a very dark line - woo hoo - surge for me!
Today I thought I would be wasteful so I peed in a cup and used BOTH tests - First Response is still a dark line and CVS brand is still showing up as basically nothing.
What the heck is going on???? We BD'd last night but my DH is getting worn out...
I don't know what to believe...I don't know what is accurate and what is not...
By the way, the tests I got are the kind with the 2 lines. My surge line on the FR is def darker than the control line. Surge line in the CVS brand is fainter...
UGHHHH
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Posted 9/16/08 5:59 PM  |
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amfm714
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Re: NEED HELP WITH OPK's
You usually only get a surge one day (1-2 days before you ovulate) so you might not show the surge the next day.
I recommend the digital tests. There's either a smiley face or a blank circle...no guessing needed!
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| Posted 9/16/08 6:58 PM |
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StressedNoMore
LIF Toddler
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Re: NEED HELP WITH OPK's
I bought OPK dip sticks from baby creation.com and you have the control line then if you have your surge the second line will be equal or darker then the control... It has worked for me and I only paid 14 bucks for 25 Ovulation stick and 10 pg sticks
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| Posted 9/17/08 8:20 AM |
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jam11308
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Re: NEED HELP WITH OPK's
ITA with amfm714! I only get my +  on the digitals for one day. The first month that I used an OPK I didn't know what I was doing & POAS something like 6 hours after my first + test and it was negative. I thought that I had missed my window, but I later found out that the surge only shows up on the test for a limited amount of time...in any event, I got pg that month, so it worked. Good luck!
Message edited 9/17/2008 8:25:29 AM.
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| Posted 9/17/08 8:25 AM |
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MetsGirl07
LIF O2 Vendor
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Deanna
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Re: NEED HELP WITH OPK's
Posted by amfm714
You usually only get a surge one day (1-2 days before you ovulate) so you might not show the surge the next day.
I recommend the digital tests. There's either a smiley face or a blank circle...no guessing needed!
i agree!!
most of the time you will only get 1 day of surge.. and i also use the digital.. its just easier to read!
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| Posted 9/17/08 9:30 AM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: NEED HELP WITH OPK's
Posted by MetsGirl07
Posted by amfm714
You usually only get a surge one day (1-2 days before you ovulate) so you might not show the surge the next day.
I recommend the digital tests. There's either a smiley face or a blank circle...no guessing needed!
i agree!!
most of the time you will only get 1 day of surge.. and i also use the digital.. its just easier to read!
I always get two surge days when testing around 6 pm with the CBE digitals!
best of luck 
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| Posted 9/17/08 9:32 AM |
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shiv
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Shiv
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Re: NEED HELP WITH OPK's
the CVS ones could be defective. I would go with the FR ones as it matches your fertile CM.
Also, i got two days of surges on OPK's before.
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| Posted 9/17/08 9:34 AM |
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