Fertility nurse told me I was testing wrong? UPDATE

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Hey ladies, I wanted to get opinions on a recent experience I had with my fertility clinic.

On 1/23 (cd3) I started femera. Took it through day 7 and started testing with opks  on cd10.

As soon has I recieved my first "high" (blinking smiley), I started testing with fmu and in the evening. On cd14 2/3 at around 8pm I got a "peak" (solid smiley).

I called me doctors office to let know (left a message). A nurse called back at 630 am asking why I was testing at night. I told her they didn't tell me otherwise and what would it hurt? She told me that I shouldn't do that and I guess I need to come in this morning to confirm with blood work.

Normally they need to see you before 9am for this but apparently on weekends it's 7:15am. She asked if I could get in before 7:15 and I said no, I live 45 mins away and I'm still in bed. She said ok well then have sex for 3 days and call us on cycle day one..."click"

I then got up and tested with a non digital opk and it wasn't positive. I tested everyday for the next week and I didn't get a positive again.

I feel like if I hadn't tested at 8pm Friday then I would have missed my surge!?

Am I wrong?

That nurse made me feel like I completely f'ed up and now I'm out for this month 😞

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Wow I would definitely turn that nurse in

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Everything I've ever read said to not test with fmu because most women surge in the morning but it won't pick it up right away. Ideally it says to test as close to 2pm as possible but defiantly in the afternoon/evening.

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I read the whole package insert for the clear blue digitals and I says to take them after your longest sleep.... Which would obviously be FMU

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Wow...she should be reported. For me, I found that I typically get my opk postives in the evening. For good measure though, I test in the morning with my expensive opk (the same time every morning if I can) and then I use my cheapie opks in the evening. Just bc sometimes my window could be short. I've been off trying to conceive the past 6 months but I'm about to start trying again. Don't count yourself out yet! You may have caught it in time 😊 As soon as I get a high reading, we baby dance every day until it goes back to negative. We got pregnant that way twice last year, unfortunately they both ended in miscarriage. But, it worked for us 😊

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Just wanted to update: af arrived today, 1 day early. Guess I'll be calling the office tomorrow to schedule the next round 😭

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I really don't think the nurse was out of line, a little harsh maybe. Sometime they're very focus on their job and forgot a little compassion. But I guess I prefer professional nurses that tell me straight what I need and have to do than beating around the bush.

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It does say on the clear blue test that when u get high you can then test more than once per day. I wouldn't worry about it

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Never test with your FMU. My nurse told me to test around 4 hours after you woke up in the morning so between 12-2. Then you call them right away to come in. Most of procedure is always in the morning, and if it's weekend they probably only open half day. If you want to make sure you're actually ovulating, the Dr could do an ultrasound and he'll tell you for sure. Though they want you to come in when you get a flashing smile because it means the next day you're right on your ovulation day. Also my Dr recommend the dye test instead of those digital test. He said it's actually more accurate to do with dye test. Good luck with next cycle.

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I was always told to test between 10am-2pm. So that's what I went off of this cycle.

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I e never used fmu as lh hasnt had a chance to synthesize in the body. I always tested around 5pm... lol

Fertility nurse told me I was testing wrong? UPDATE

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