E3d vs E4d

[Pinkbutterfly16]

Another negative again. I've always always had a positive by now. Suppose there is always Friday's attempt yet.
Last month I had 4 days of strong positives in a row and now this month I'm having none!


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[Pinkbutterfly16]

I've just got a solid smiley on Opk.
Shall I leave it at our attempt on Monday? It's Wednesday today so if I had another attempt it would make it boy timing I think? X


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[Pinkbutterfly16]

Didn't dtd last night. We haven't dtd since Monday which was 2 days before positive. I'm probably out this month x


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[Pink1980]

hi I'm in the same boat . Dtd on Sunday night now have my 3rd day of high on monitor
I'm on day 15 which is earlier than last month
Don't know what to do ?

[Pinkbutterfly16]

Sorry to keep posting but I just got another smiley tonight. What shall I do if we did it tonight it would be e3d frequency but if we left it at Monday's attempt I think I'm definitely out?


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[atomic sagebrush]

The smiley doesn't mean you haven't ovulated yet. You very well may already have. All the positive OPK's tell you is that there is hormone present in your urine (and I believe the monitors give ya 2 days of smileys regardless anyway) and NOT if you have ovulated or not.

I can't tell you what to do. That's just one of those things you guys have to decide for yourself. If you want better odds of conception, attempt. If you want better odds of pink, stick with prev attempt (but I agree that's pretty far out if you have not yet Oed.

[atomic sagebrush]

hi I'm in the same boat . Dtd on Sunday night now have my 3rd day of high on monitor
I'm on day 15 which is earlier than last month
Don't know what to do ?

High is different than peak, though. High means you have not surged yet and if you're trying for a cutoff (I'm assuming) I'd def. have attempt today in case you go to peak tomorrow

[atomic sagebrush]

I've just got a solid smiley on Opk.
Shall I leave it at our attempt on Monday? It's Wednesday today so if I had another attempt it would make it boy timing I think? X


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Please don't ever wait for a response from me!!

If you Oed on Wednesday a Mon attempt would very much have a shot at it. In that case I would not ever have you add another attempt (unless you are going for e4d plus one, that is) but Thursday begins to get quite far out and much lower odds of conception.

I can't tell you guys what to do though. I wish I could. I simply don't have that ability. All I can do is say best odds of pink, one attempt or e4d, better odds of conception is adding an attempt. That is all I know. I can't extrapolate that down to the individual.

When in doubt, flip a coin and do what the coin says.

[Pinkbutterfly16]

The smiley doesn't mean you haven't ovulated yet. You very well may already have. All the positive OPK's tell you is that there is hormone present in your urine (and I believe the monitors give ya 2 days of smileys regardless anyway) and NOT if you have ovulated or not.

I can't tell you what to do. That's just one of those things you guys have to decide for yourself. If you want better odds of conception, attempt. If you want better odds of pink, stick with prev attempt (but I agree that's pretty far out if you have not yet Oed.

Thanks atomic. I'm going to be patient and not do it again until tomorrow to keep with e4d. I've completely dried up today and have strong cramps so perhaps I'm ovulating today. I know it's impossible to know without temping.
I just wasn't sure if repeated opks meant that I'm only still surging before egg released. It's good to know that I could be/have already ovulated even though positive.


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[atomic sagebrush]

No, the opk are just detecting hormone. You can have a fast surge that your body clears real quick and so be gettting negative tests and still have not ovulated, or you can have a big surge that takes a long time to clear and so have ovulated and still be getting positive tests. OPK, they suck but they're all we have.