OPK, OKAY?

so, i know it's odd but i have been doing OPK's since i started charting. i just want as many corroborative signs of ovulation as i can possibly have so that when our time to start trying comes i know i am in good shape.

the funny and frustrating thing about determining ovulation is that you can still not be ovulating even if you show signs of ovulation in one format, i.e. BB temping or checking CM for fertile quality. but if you start syncing them all up and they all meet the signs you have a much better idea that you are indeed ovulating.

OPK's will only tell you if you are producing the hormone that causes ovulation but you can produce the hormone and not ovulate so you have to check it against your temps and CM and all kinds of other signals.

this is my 3rd month of OPKs and i have only gotten a positive the first month AND that positive is somehting i wish i had photographed because im starting to wonder if it was accurate or not. OPKs are very tempermental things and not only do you have to test repeatedly and throughout the day in order to catch the LH surge but you can also screw up the result by drinking too much water or not holding your urine for long enough.  with all this information it is very expensive and difficult to determine if the test is a fair judge or if you are just administering it incorrectly.

my friend who has a daughter took 3 months to conceive and she didn't chart temps but instead used OPKs on the 9th day after her period, caught her surge and would then go for it. she told me that she was feeling less certain she wanted to try for a baby the month she finally conceived. she also said she did the acrobatics but her conception was not missionary but from behind. i guess some rules are meant to be broken.

i am only on cycle day 12 so i doubt i will hit my surge but i am gonna OPK today and until day 16 just in case. i'll let ya know if i get a +