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I don't know, but I hope someone else chimes in with some advice. I bought them, and started using them last cycle, but my body was way out of whack, and I started AF again on like CD 14, so I never got a positive.
I have a few more, and I'll probably blow the big bucks one more month this month to see if I get a positive. I agree, the non-digital ones, are hard to read/interprete. |
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I don't believe on OPK's. At least they don't work for me. I bought a bunch of the clearblue easy brand. I did them every month for over 15 days and never got a +. I used them the month I got
and still no +.
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I bought a Clearblue Easy monitor on ebay. Just make sure they say new and still sealed. I had always thought I ovulated on day 16 because on a standard OPK the lines looked similar to me. On my CBE monitor it tells you low, high, and peak fertility days. I found out day 16 is a high day, but not peak. My peak day is on day 19. I have not gotten a BFP yet, but I have tested exactly the same every month for 3 months. I hope this helps some
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hi
I was looking at hte monitors and debating whether to buy one. I have used OPKs in the past and had them work for me....but lately they are not coming up +....maybe I am not ovulating but according to my progesterone level last month it seems like i did. Its just so frustrating when everything is riding on them and they aren't clear! If the digital ones don't work for this month, i 'm going to for the monitor.
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Ali (32) - low progesterone and LPD DH(34) - fine 6/07 - Miscarriage @ 6 weeks 7/07 - 11/07 - various forms of progesterone - finally a little sucess at extending my LP on the last cycle. 11/19/07 - first RE appointment 11/26/07 - CD3 blood panel (normal) and DH SA (normal) 12/07 - ttc on 100mg progesterone 2xday 12/14/07 - ![]() 12/18/07 - first beta - 194 12/20/07 - second beta - 515!! 1/2/07 - first u/s due to bleeding - saw baby and sac and HB but there is also what dr thinks is a twin that didn't make it in there and we are not out of the woods yet. 1/9/08 - 2nd u/s - baby looking good. HR 131 - but other sac still there and not getting smaller 1/17/08 - 3rd u/s and prenatal appt - HR 165 - sac smaller ![]()
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Digital OPK
This is the first cycle that I have ever used an OPK. I bought the Clear Blue Easy Digital at Target. It came with 7 tests.
Well, today was DC15 and I got a smiley face! I had tried the non digital ones and could not decipher the lines. With a digital, it's either a circle(no surge) or a smiley face(surge)! Hope this helps and good luck! XO, Kat |
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I'm using Clear Blue Easy (digital) and Answer (not digital). Clear Blue Easy gave me a positive yesterday. Answer has only given me negatives.
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Same here! Every time I bought a POAS OPK, it never showed anything but negative. My dr started doing blood test (progesterone) to see if I was ovulating every month and the blood work showed I did. Prior to my first IUI, I knew that bec I have a reg (avg 28 day) cycle, I usually ovulate around day 13 or 14 (bloodwork also confirmed this). So I bought the digital OPK (Clear Blue Easy, I believe) at Target for around $30 (with 7 sticks, like Kat posted she did as well) and it worked! I got a smiley face almost immediately (LH surge yeah!!) and I am waiting to see if I will have a BFP this month. Either way, I would 100% recommend at least trying these versus the POAS cheaper versions. The $30 was well worth it!
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Me- age 33; single mother to be by choice (I donated eggs 2x for an infertile couple 2004/05) 4/07- Laproscopic surgery for endo/hydrosalpinx 10/07- HSG, left fallopian tube blocked, lots of scar tissue 1/04/08- 1st IUI, no fertility drugs, donor sperm 1/19/08- AF came ![]() 2/1/08- IUI #2 2/17/08- AF came 3/17/08- Laproscopic Surgery for endo 03/29/08- Emergency admittance to hosptial for 7 days due to postsurgical complications; diagnosis of peritonitis. 11/08- Ory Protocol (Bravelle, Clomid 100mg, IUI, donor sperm) |
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