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Hey ladies, I am really starting to feel discouraged today. I am cd14 with no sign of OPKs getting darker. I only had a cycle because my doctor had me take Provera to induce one. I am really hoping I O on my own so that we don't have to take the next steps of the Provera again and then Clomid. Definitely hard when we spend so much money of the OPKs and pregnancy tests each month just hoping it will happen. Hubby is even starting to get discouraged when he sees me get so down at times. He even suggested that we just take a break and not try for a while. That just crushed my spirit. Trying to stay positive and know it will work out eventually. Definitely not easy.

@Shay: So sorry I'm really hoping you get a positive OPK soon, some women don't O until cycle day 19! I'm not sure how regular or long your cycles usually are, but my fingers are crossed for you! My hubby said the same thing, once... he hated seeing me get so down after every BFN each cycle that he thought taking a break would help, but hearing him say that just made me feel worse. Men just don't know what else to do to try to help us feel better, I think... I really hope things work out for you this cycle

Shay I’m on my 14 month ttc atm and I ovulate different every cycle and some cycles not at all, this cycle I haven’t ovulated till cd21 but last cycle it was cd16 lol keep testing hun

@Shay keep on testing girl and also monitor your CM. I usually don't bother with OPK until i see the start of watery, stretchy CM which is usually 3-4 days before EWCM. I was wondering, since you had trouble with your previous cycles, did your doctor test FSH:LH on day 3 of your cycle?

@Anna - The digital ones works fine for me. There more easy to interpret than regular strips and since the advanced ones measure two hormones, they can give more of a heads up if you tend to have a short surge.

Hey ladies, I'm very confused as I thought my AF was here on Thursday. Like tmi bright red clot and light pink that reached a liner. Carried on all Thursday. So obviously went to get my blood tests done as they had to be done on days 1-3. Well continue with the now light pink AF when really on day 2 I usually get heavy flow and a temp jump today so is it AF? Have I wasted my blood tests and need to repeat them?!? Just to be sure I did another test - bfn on FRER. What do you all think?? I'm not meant to be due really until Monday. I'm on CD25 if you don't class it as AF. xx

Scuba it sounds like implantation bleeding like I suggested before because your also early, definitely leave it 2 days then test again, I didn’t get my faint positive on frer until 2 days after implant everything crossed for you xx

@emma I didn't want to hope really! Can you implant at 12dpo? Isn't it quite late? I'm more cross my blood tests are going to be rubbish now if I'm not xx

It’s usually between 7-11 dpo but you may have ovulated a day later, when you get your positive opk you can actually ovulate 24-48 hours later so it’s still possible, plus you usually get a light bleed/spotting for only a couple of days with implant bleeding, so see where you are tomorrow, keeps us updated please, your dip on your chart didn’t go below your crosshairs either so I’m still excited for you xx

@Scuba looking at your chart and when your positive opk was, I would guess you are less than 12 dpo. Did you keep using opk after you got that + on CD 12? Was it - the next day? I think it’s likely your O was on CD 13 or even possibly 16 which means you would only be 11 or possibly 8 dpo.