Can anyone talk me through BBT and OPK?

Question

I'm moving into month 3 of actively TTC. I have read up on how to take BBT and decided I would start that this cycle. But other than taking it In the morning before I even get out of bed. I don't really know what I should be looking good for.

As for OPKs I don't know anything about them. So any advice or suggestions would be great :)

Answer

I tried to add this b4 and forgot. Here's a shot of my bbt from fertile to now. This shows you the spike at ovulation and how my temp has been the last 9 days since ovulation.

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Here's the beginning of my cycle to give you a better idea of the whole idea. I have a long cycle (40 days) so this is the first half and the other pic I posted is the last half after fertility time. You can see it's all over the place at the beginning but had a general "base temp" it stays near

If you click the pic it'll bring it bigger.

Answer

Take your bbt very morning at same time before getting up. After a month or two you'll start to see patterns. Might not take that long. Your temp will spike the day after ovulation so you'll see lower temps then a spike at ovulation that stays higher than your "norm" for at least 3 days. Then will stay higher until close to AF. Then should drop again around AF.

As for OPK. I use a cheap brand from Amazon. That way I don't spend a ton. Follow directions on box bc each brand is different. You are looking for two lines where the test line is darker than the control or as dark. Unlike preg test a faint line does NOT mean positive once you get a pos OPK then you will ovulate in about 24 hrs.

Can anyone talk me through BBT and OPK?

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