what do faint lines mean?

[trixiebelle17]

sorry that i always have so many questions... i just like to know whats going on...

i know OPK dont work for everyone, but do the faint lines mean anything? i know it doesnt make the OPK positive but does LH start to increase leading up to O and then peak (giving a positive) then disappear again? or is it always present in some women so you'd get a faint line all the time?

because my cycle is all over the place, im just tring to figure out whether it will give a 'warning' that O will be occurring in the next few days

[socko]

sorry that i always have so many questions... i just like to know whats going on...

i know OPK dont work for everyone, but do the faint lines mean anything? i know it doesnt make the OPK positive but does LH start to increase leading up to O and then peak (giving a positive) then disappear again? or is it always present in some women so you'd get a faint line all the time?

because my cycle is all over the place, im just tring to figure out whether it will give a 'warning' that O will be occurring in the next few days

Hi trixiebelle17.

I am fairly new to using OPK's myself. I used them last year for 3 cycles & thought I had it down pat.. till now!
So this is a very interesting & important question... thanks for posing it!

From my recent experience so far, I have just used 5 in a row to check my O. I am not using the temperature method - BBT- just yet, but will next month to coincide with the OPK.
My 5 OPK went like this:
#1 - Faint
#2- Dark
#3- Dark
#4 -Dark
#5- Faint
Therefore I read it as being positive 3 times & O should have occurred sometime during those 3 days.
Taking BBT should help pinpoint the actual moment of O give or take.
We BD'd as much as possible without overdoing it before during & after for safe measures LOL
FertilityFriend (first input with no cycle days recorded due to irregular cycles) had me O CD14 (today) which is 2 days after my last +OPK.
I found FF also to have a lot of good advice & tips on OPK, HPK & other concerns re ovulation, conception & fertility.

Good Luck to you & hope my lil story helped if only a tiny bit?? I'm sure you probably knew all this anyways & i've just bored you to tears! LOL

[Jamaica]

I just got my first OPKs in the post today & im like a kid at xmas lol, I just wanted to Pee on one to see if it worked :laughing:
Ive never used them before and have also just started temping so Ill be keeping my eye on this thread.

[trixiebelle17]

thanks socko... of course u didnt bore me! i sit in an office all day long by myself, and i love to talk so im happy for anyone to talk, well i guess type, back lol

ive been reading FF info but hadnt seen anything about faint lines... glad to hear im not the only one with the question... i couldnt exactly search cause the term OPK would have brought almost every past every written

im hoping i get a positive soon!!! u got three in a row how crazy is that!

i started temping this cycle, but becuase u don't know until after u o, its not as useful as trying to figure out this cycle when the right time is coming up :)

:babydust2: to you socko!

[trixiebelle17]

hehe its exciting isnt it jamaica!

i felt a little embarassed about buying them and snuck them into the house and hid them from DH until i was ready to fess up... now after day 2 of taking them he wants to see the strip straight away to see if its time... :laughing:

[trixiebelle17]

woohoo the thread has been reopened. I have no idea why a Mod closed it.

a lovely lady sent me the following link www.peeonastick.com (http://www.peeonastick.com/) which answered all my questions.. hope it helps others who were watching this thread