Anyone can help me with this? When should
I try to use the ovulation kit ? This is
my first time I got not idea...Please help
me...Should I try it on the 14 days or
using temp to check?? Thanks
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fionat3
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Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 9
When to Use Opk Posted: 02-06-04 23:47pm
Depending on how long your cycle is will
be the best time to test using an
ovulation predictor kit (opk).
In most women, ovulation occurs
approximately 14 days before the start of
your next mestrual period. Therefore, if
your cycle is normally 28 days, start
using the opk around cycle day 11 and
continue until they run out (most kits
have at least 5 test strips, so this would
cover cycle days 11-16). If your cycles
run about 35 days, you would begin testing
around cycle day 18 (5 tests would then
get you up to about cycle day 23, if your
luteal phase - or the time between
ovulation & the start of your next
cycle - is 14 days then you could expect
to ovulate around cycle day 21)
charting your basal body temperature (bbt)
can be helpful in determining a pattern so
in following months you will be able to
see the best time to test, but one chart
on its own is not really going to show you
when to test. By the time you see a
sustained temperature rise that indicates
ovulation, the egg would already have been
released and the lutenising hormone (lh)
surge will not be able to be detected
using an opk
