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pinkandblue
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Help me figure this out
I am driving myself NUTS this month. Here goes, sorry if this is TMI
Dh and I BD'd on the 31st (this was CD15 for me, counting day 1 of AF as CD1)
we then did not BD again until Monday, the 3rd 
I took an OPK on 11/1, just to see what the deal was and I got 2 lines that were VERY close in color.
I am ASSUMING that I O'd on either the 2nd or the 3rd, does this sound right?
If I DID o on the 3rd, I am only 8DPO (way too early to test) and this means that if I get AF on Thursday (which is when I am due, CD 27) this would give me a 10 day LP. Is that bad?
ARGHHHH, it was so much easier the 1st time when I did not chart or OPK or anything but BD like rabbits
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maybeamommy
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Re: Help me figure this out
Do you know how long your LP is in general though?
You really can't assume that AF is due at a certain time just based on previous cycle lengths... because there can always be longer or shorter cycle. You should try to base it on when you ovulate, and it's safest to assume at first that you'd have a normal LP - unless you find out otherwise (like if AF comes early).
Did you continue testing with OPKs? Or just that one day?
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:06 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Help me figure this out
Posted by maybeamommy
Do you know how long your LP is in general though?
You really can't assume that AF is due at a certain time just based on previous cycle lengths... because there can always be longer or shorter cycle. You should try to base it on when you ovulate, and it's safest to assume at first that you'd have a normal LP - unless you find out otherwise (like if AF comes early).
Did you continue testing with OPKs? Or just that one day?
I only used the OPK that one day 
Last month, I got my peak on CD15 and 16 and got AF on CD 26, so I assume that is a 9 or 10 day LP, right?
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:11 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Help me figure this out
Posted by maybeamommy
Do you know how long your LP is in general though?
You really can't assume that AF is due at a certain time just based on previous cycle lengths... because there can always be longer or shorter cycle. You should try to base it on when you ovulate, and it's safest to assume at first that you'd have a normal LP - unless you find out otherwise (like if AF comes early).
Did you continue testing with OPKs? Or just that one day?
BTW - for the last year, my cycle has been 27 except for 2 months when it was 25 days so I use 27 days as my cycle length
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:12 PM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: Help me figure this out
Okay so it does sound like you have a 9 day LP...
So the day you tested - it wasn't a +OPK right?
So let's pretend you got your + the next day or day after... then you could have ovulated the day after that... or the day AFTER that one...
So if your +OPK would have been 11/2 or 11/3 - you could have ovulated 11/3 or 11/4 or 11/5.
It's really hard to pinpoint the dates right now since you don't know when your +OPK would have been....
If you want to keep yourself from going crazy, pretend you O'd on 11/5 and that you're only 6 DPO today.
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:17 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Help me figure this out
Posted by maybeamommy
So the day you tested - it wasn't a +OPK right?
the lines were pretty similar so I was assuming that was a +
If this is not my month, I am investing in some of the smiley ovulation predictors
thanks for your help 
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:21 PM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: Help me figure this out
Anytime!
For the OPK to really be +, the test line has to be darker than the control line - that's why I was assuming it wasn't + yet.
Definitely get the digitals next month if this one doesn't work out! They are SO much easier because there's no interpretation required!
Are you using CBEFM too? What happened with that this month?
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:28 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Help me figure this out
Posted by maybeamommy
Are you using CBEFM too? What happened with that this month?
I needed some $$ so I sold it on ebay
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:31 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Help me figure this out
I think you would have had a OPK+ the next day. I think you O'd on 11/3 or 11/4
Message edited 11/11/2008 3:38:20 PM.
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:37 PM |
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MrsRbk
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Re: Help me figure this out
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by maybeamommy
So the day you tested - it wasn't a +OPK right?
the lines were pretty similar so I was assuming that was a +
If this is not my month, I am investing in some of the smiley ovulation predictors
thanks for your help
With OPKs the test line has to be as dark if not darker than the control line.
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:38 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Help me figure this out
Posted by smdl
I think you O'd on 11/3.
sweet, I BD's on the 3rd so MAYBE, just MAYBE, I am not out yet
and if I get AF on Thursday, if I o's on the 3rd, that would give me a 10 day LP 
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:38 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Help me figure this out
Posted by MrsRbk
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by maybeamommy
So the day you tested - it wasn't a +OPK right?
the lines were pretty similar so I was assuming that was a +
If this is not my month, I am investing in some of the smiley ovulation predictors
thanks for your help
With OPKs the test line has to be as dark if not darker than the control line.
I think it was as dark,.....I do not really remember. I am such a TTC loser
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| Posted 11/11/08 3:39 PM |
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