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Congratulations Stephanie. Am so happy for you. Wish you a healthy pregnancy and safe delivery.
Ovulation is everything
Knowing exactly when you ovulate, helps you know your exact DPO days. Taking opk's and bbt have helped me understand my cycle perfectly! Believe it or not, taking the OPKs and bbt made TTC a lot less stressful because I knew exactly when I ovulated, and knew my exact dpo day. So if the pregnancy test was negative, then I'm not pregnant, and I try again without stressing over thinking I'm late and not getting positives. I have irregular cycles. This last cycle was 38 days. I ovulated on January 18th and I did finally concieve! Also, I'm technically 4 days late, getting very strong positives and still getting negative OPKs. 
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You actually ovulate. If you don't actually ovulate, then u won't start Your period (AF) . Your AF will be pushed back until u ovulate, and then u can expect AF 14 days later
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The leutial phase in ever women is the phase that is the most consistent and predictable. The phase that varies drastically, is the first phase. Because ovulation happens at very different times. Once you actually ovulate, it is guaranteed that you can for sure expect your next period 14 days after
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If you have a normal 14 day leutial phase (from ovulation to next period) and you have a 36 day cycle, that means if you count back 14 days from 36 then you would have ovulated around day 22 of your cycle
First I want to say, that you are very appreciated for taking time out to help us with our concerns and what should we do while TTC. Thank you! How many days before ovulation do you start chart bbt? I only do OPK. And if you chart your CM, does this help confirm ovulation as well if having difficulties with charting bbt?
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Your welcome and thank you very much!! 😃
Na
Thank you Stefanie. And good luck to you.🌷
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Your cycle. It make take a couple cycles to understand what temperatures are normal for you. I'm really glad everyone likes my information!! I love being able to help everyone with what I have learned over the years!
So does it mean that the lower the temp u r ovulating or the higher the temp or what. I have no idea.
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Thanks!! 😃 baby dust to you!
Ce
Ok thank u. That has helped me out a lot. Oh congrats as well.
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But u can still get positive OPKs and not actually ovulate. That's why it's important to chart BBT, to know when you ovulated exactly. I had several positive OPKs leading up to that "real" positive opk on the 17th
What is BFP and DPO and OPKs stand for.
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Lol yea it can. It's taken me years to understand everything
Je
Thanks for all the help! It can get confusing lol
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Glow is way off for me. I don't go by any app at all. It's all wrong. I just use this app to chart my BBT and other logs. And I figure out my own fertile days from my opks
Can you explain how temps work? I know it rises but does it rise the day you ovulate?
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What you want to do, is use the ovulation tests and take your BBT every morning. Once you get a real positive opk, that when you start to have sex. Then, have sex for the next 3 days. Once you actually ovulate, you should see a gradual rise in temp the next day, and it continuing to rise
St
U can have surges (positive OPKs) and not actually ovulate. That's why it's a great idea to chart BBT to confirm you ovulated after using OPKs.
St
But they are both important to use together. They complement each other.
How long were you TTC before your BFP? Congrats btw!
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A year to concieve just using OPKs
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We have only been trying for our 4th child since October. But I have only had 1 cycle since October. My last cycle was December 26th and ovulated/concieved on the 18th of January. So it didn't take long. But I think what helped so much was doing OPK and BBt together. With my other kids it took us
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