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Just check your temp before you get out of bed for the day. Don't worry if you had a bad night of sleep. The ovulation tests are worth it just do them during the fertile window. If you do the temps then this website calculates when you should ovulate. Fairly convenient. Just keep a thermometer by the bed and pop it in while you check your email

Hi, I've been trying for over a year now too and my heart goes out to you. The frustrations every month ending with a bfn is gut wrenching, and then trying to figure out what you can do better next month. Saying its a roller coaster ride doesn't quite cover it.
Have you tried taking vits and supplements to help your egg/uterus/cm health while you are trying naturally?
Melatonin 3mg at night could help you sleep better, it is one of the ingredients in ovaboost, might be worth checking out.
I think the doctors preference is a temp chart as they get an idea what your hormones are doing throughout the cycle and can pin point any problems. I know it's a pain but as long as you take your temp before you sit up or get out of bed the chart should work. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't cope without my sticks, opk's let you know in advance when to concentrate on trying.
Keep tracking your temps, watching for dark lines on opk's and hopefully you will be so distracted your will sneak right up on you xx

Thank you this is helpful. I was actually taking the melatonin and stopped because I read on the bottle that if you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant to consult a Dr. first and I havent talked to my Dr. since then. I will give the BBT another shot I just thought it wouldnt give me accurate readings. I'm suppose to start my new cycle Thursday so I will start the OPKs during my fertile time and see if that gives me any more of an insight. I was reading up on how people go about using them since I never have before and it talkes about people testing 2-3 times a day. I guess I just dont understand how the test would change over a matter of hours? And if the test shows that you are going to ovulate how would you know how soon it happens?

Hi again,
Now opk's is something I have become very familiar with. Start at roughly cd10 or earlier if you know you ovulate early. The first time I started when af was done. These are the opposite of preg tests as in you don't use morning urine as it is concentrated. Most days you will get a pink line but it will be faint. When it starts to darken you are approaching ovulation and when the pink line is the same darkness as the control line, or darker, this is when ovulation takes place. As soon as you see the line start to darken dance your heart out and once the line lightens you can put your feet up. I always dance the day after to be on the safe side.
You will soon realise what is normal for you and will realise when the colour changes. Remember it is considered negative until both lines are equal.
If in doubt post a photo and people will try help.
Hope that makes a bit of sense. My first month I bd a LOT using opk's as I thought any line was a positive. Feel silly now but they didn't have instructions

Thanks that is so much help! I was kind of going into it blindly lol Im new to learning all of the abriviations that people use on here, I kinda feel silly when I read things cuz im like af hmmm what on earth does that mean. There are others I just cant remember off the top of my head.

Savannajo, just thought I let you know:
Melatonin 3 mg at night taken in conjunction with myo-inositol is recommended by the Utah University Fertility program to increase fertility. (I had a consult there a year ago) Also endorsed by my acupuncturist, so I take both. Best wishes to you like always!

What is myo-inositol? I just want to try things to increase my fertility as I got in your message! Here I thought Melatonin was a big No-No lol