Don't make me go to Getting Pregnant

[TrickyBob]

I'm venturing into OPKs for my own knowledge. There are still some things I want to get a handle on before we hardcore try for a baby (like, if I'm actually ovulating), but in the meantime I wanted to get to know my cycle better.

I use Wondfo brand OPKs, my question is this;

Are they a brand that will produce a faint line at any point in the cycle? Google tells me that some brands do this and some brands are just stark white if you are no where close.

According to FF I am in my window of could ovulate anytime, so I'm going to keep testing every day/afternoon to see if it gets darker.

But in the meantime, does anyone have any experience with Wondfo brand OPKs and lineage?

[Deleted]

Yes. I used wondfos. The line was always present.

It's only when the line is as dark or darker that it is a positive.

[discogranny]

Mine always had a fade in pattern before a positive. I would get light lines for a few days then darker lines until positive. They would generally fade out too. But yes, some people always get at least a light line.

[TrickyBob]

Will your control line always be super dark or no?

This one that I took, the control line was fairly light. Not super dark but not faint either, more so in between.

Does this matter in any way, shape, or form? Just as long as the test line is darker or matches.

And, I should follow the no drinking anything for 3 hours before hand, right? Or does this not really matter?

I swear I've read the FF write up about it, haha.

[housegeek]

I can't post a pic, but if you google wondfo positive OPK images, you'll see pics that people took of a whole series of opks, and how it gradually gets darker

[KKD]

I can't comment on OPKs since I've never used them, but it seems like they'd be an unnecessary expense for the reason you'd be using them.

Why not just buy a BBT and chart instead? That would give you an idea of if/when you're ovulating without the hassle and expense of peeing on sticks daily.

[TrickyBob]

My sleeping is SO fucked up that when I tried temping, I was ALL over the place. Some nights I'm up all night, some days I sleep at night. Sometimes I cannot fall asleep until 4am, some nights I'm out by 9pm. Nothing is consistent when it comes to my sleep. I drove myself nuts trying to subtract and account for time changes and even tried following the rules for those working night shift and it was still messed up. Insomnia crappy sleep cycles suck. (say that 6 times fast)

I just want to get a feel for things, I don't mind the OPKs and they're pretty cheap so it's something to do.

[TrickyBob]

Jan 7, 2013 19:17:58 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

Moonbeam, I sleep like that and I just recorded my temps without any math. Maybe it doesn't work like this for everyone, but I could still see a clear pattern. I just had to wait for the whole month to be over.

I did it for about 3? months and then showed them to a friend who has been temping for years and temped then with intent to get pregnant, she pretty much gave me the "wtf is that?!" lol.

I told her I feel like a science experiment and I'm 100% okay with that, I think the whole process is pretty interesting.

I don't want to say that we aren't TTC, we sort of have been on and off for 2 years now. It's more like we aren't really stressing over it not happening right now, but we do know that we'd like it to happen this year. Obviously that isn't concrete because shit happens or doesn't happen.

There might come a time when I try temping again, but I have the OPKs and figure "why not"?