Do I need to track bbt and use opks?

Question

I’ve been using opks for 8 cycles, going on 9, but haven’t gotten pregnant yet.. so now I’m trying bbt tracking.
Do I need to use both? Or can I save some money and just track bbt?
Any tips for a bbt newbie? 
Thanks!

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I just introduced OPKs after 23 months on and off BBT tracking only and honestly I'm glad I started doing both. BBT shows ovulation only after the fact with 3 rising temps. By then you've probably missed the window. This month is totally different BBT wise than any previous month and without OPKs I wouldn't have known I was ovulating much earlier than normal. I strongly suggest both.

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You can just track bbt. You don’t need both

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Make sure you aren’t using Glow as your tracking app. Pretty much anything else is better.

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I would use both. With bbt you won’t know you’ve ovulated until about 3 days later since the higher temps need to be sustained.  By using both you’ll be making sure both a positive opk and the temp shift fall around the same day. 
If you haven’t already I would just buy some cheap strips for opks online. I use easy@home and have always found my positives to be obvious.

Do I need to track bbt and use opks?

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