OPK's

[ilikedonuts]

I usually get 2 days worth of positives. Last month it was 3 days (but the first was in the afternoon and the last was barely positive every early in the morning on the 3rd day).

I test once a day from CD7-9 and twice a day from CD10 until I have a positive followed by a negative along with a temp rise.

[vmars]

My digital tests say to stop to testing when you get a smiley (not sure about other tests). So, I got a on CD18 and my temp rose on CD20, I am fairly certain I Oed on CD19. Also, my CM dried up on CD20.

[Cricket0619]

I usually test twice a day and then like vmars after I get a smiley I stop testing and assume I am going to ovulate within the next 3 days or so.

[magpie]

It seems to depend. I had two days of positive one cycle, one the other. It looks like this one will be one (I think my temp is about to spike tomorrow, but we'll see). I try to test twice a day.

I also have gotten positives (or almost positives) multiple times in a cycle. As in, the opk turned positive, but my temp did not rise. It faded back to negative the next few days and then, a week or so later, faded back to another round of positive, which was this time followed by a temp rise. This happened this cycle as well. A positive opk is no guarantee that you'll ovulate, it just means that you usually will (this is what I learned here, when I was confused!). That's where temping is really a lot more helpful

[thoseareradishes]

I usually get two days of positives. This month I got three for some reason.

I only test once per day, in the morning, around 11 or 12. I test until it goes back to negative.

[KaraOrNot]

I test twice per day, but I stop after I get a positive.

[belovedbride07]

I usually get one day, but sometimes two. I'm not bothering with it this cycle, but I normally test first thing in the morning and then after work. I keep testing until I get a negative again--no good reason for this, but I use cheap Wondfos so why not?

[Cheesecake]

Depends on what you count as positive. If you go by the official rules and only count it as a positive when more than half of the line is darker than the control line, then 0-1 positive any given cycle, depending on whether I catch it.
If you mean seeing that it eeps getting darker, stays pretty dark and then fades and the pretty darks are positives, then 1-2 and occasionally (if I've *just* missed my peak) even 3 every cycle (when testing twice a day)

[simpsongal]

So funny that there's a post on this b/c I wanted to start a thread on the subject

I've been doing OPKs for the past few days. There was no second line for a while and a faint one yesterday evening - pretty solid today. That's right on schedule b/c I should probably O' tomorrow. I'm pretty happy w/the timing b/c I was nervous I didn't have a long enough time between O & AF (25 day cycle, but O around CD 11)

I hope I get a good temp spike - this is my first time charting.

[glauren]

I have a super short surge, so I only get 1 positive OPK.. I test two times a day - with SMU and at night, usually 12 hours after my first test.