Do you believe bbt over ovulation test or vice versa?

Question

If you took your bbt every morning before getting out of bed and tested once every day using an OPK but bbt suggested you already ovulated, what would you believe even if you haven’t got a positive OPK yet? Maybe I missed my surge???

Answer

OPKs don’t confirm ovulation but BBT does. Read Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler and learn the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM).
BBT can only confirm ovulation after it’s already over. By the time your temp rises, it’s already too late, the egg is gone.
OPKs can be unreliable for a wide variety of reasons. A positive test doesn’t mean ovulation will happen, a negative test doesn’t mean it won’t, and it’s possible to get a positive after it’s too late and ovulation is over. 
Your best bet at identifying your fertile days as they’re happening is to combine cervical fluid tracking with BBT.
Cervical fluid will go from dryer to wetter before ovulation and dry again after. Ovulation is confirmed with a BBT rise. Here’s my chart as an example:

I ovulated on CD28 and my fertile days started on CD23. I have PCOS so I had multiple patches of possibly fertile cm prior, but I knew when I was approaching ovulation because my cm went from creamy to eggwhite starting on CD24.
CD28 was my peak day because it was my *last* day of my *most* fertile quality cm. Additionally, it was the last day my cervix was Soft, High, Open, and Wet (SHOW). It was also my last day of a lubricative vaginal sensation.
CD29, my temp rose and was followed by higher temps, which confirmed ovulation was successful.
Notice I took OPKs on CD23-24 and both were negative. They were my last two, so I didn’t continue testing after that. They were extremely light, nowhere near positive. In fact, in the past when I used them more frequently, I *never* had a positive test, even when I tested all 5 days leading up to ovulation. 
I highly recommend learning FAM and implementing cm tracking to help you identify your fertile days as they happen. You can continue OPKs with FAM if you like, but they’re not at all necessary. I don’t waste my time or money on them anymore since I learned FAM.

Answer

BBT is the only way to confirm ovulation.

Answer

Trust your temps! You might have just missed it on a stick. When I think I’m close I test twice, 2 & 8 pm.

Do you believe bbt over ovulation test or vice versa?

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