Newb OPK question

[achi]

Honestly, I would temp your next cycle and then you'll know when to start. With that being said, they usually have chart on the OPK box that says if your cycle is X days then start on Y day. I don't think they have the chart go up to 47 or 51 days but you can do the math.

[Mushe]

Did you just recently come off hormonal birth control? I ask because when I did, it took several months to regulate. By the time I got pregnant with #1 (6 months after BC), I was at 25 day cycles, but the first two cycles were 45ish days.

I can definitely understand not wanting to waste opks, so I'd temp and give your body some time to regulate, if you did just come off BC.

[Mushe]

Oh wait, the follow up makes it sound like long cycles are the norm.

I temped one cycle last time just to see when I ovulated, and the next cycles, started OPKs a few days prior to that for the next months.

[Mushe]

FF is really easy to use, especially now that there's an app! I just enter the data, and it tells me when it thinks I ovulated. The more data you enter, like CM, etc., the better it is at knowing.

[achi]

Jul 11, 2014 12:57:08 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Thanks achi! This long cycle thing was awesome until I decided to TTC, now its it bit discouraging.
 

You're welcome. TTC is a lot of waiting, peeing on sticks, more waiting, more peeing over and over again. I could see how having such a long cycle would be really frustrating.

[awick14]

@scm101- I would temp one cycle then try OPKs the following cycle.

If you wanted to start using OPKs sooner then I would start 16 days before your shortest cycle. (The shortest you have was 47-16= 31, I would start on CD 31 and go from there.

My cycles range from 33-40 days each. Long cycles are hard when your TTC.