https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:58:57 +0000 Mon, 19 May 2008 12:48:44 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=17339 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387814&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387814 Author: scarecrowfarm
Subject: 17339
Posted: 19 May 2008 at 12:48pm

It's always hard to know what to do the first time you use OPKs because everyone has different results.

My experience however is that I could probably get a faint line whenever I tested. I could be several days away from ovulation and still get a faint line. About a day before the luteinising surge it would start to get darker on me until I got a nice dark positive.

So if it was me I wouldn't BD on a faint line. Like someone else said, I'd test again tonight. Also, you tend to have 12-36 hours from positive OPK before you ovulate. I suspect the 12 hour thing would only happen if you weren't testing frequently and so 12-23 hours had gone by since the surge. (I usually tested 2-3 times a day when I suspected the surge was about to happen so it was pretty much always 36 hours for me).

The cycle I got pregnant this time around, I got my positive OPK in the morning and then we BD'd only once that evening. I would have ovulated sometime within the next 24 hours.]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 12:48:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387814&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387814 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387746&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387746 Author: Snickerdoodle
Subject: 17339
Posted: 19 May 2008 at 11:58am

I never did the OPK type stuff..
But I say, if you enjoy the BD'ing, do it anyway. Leave some spontaneity in the baby making ]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 11:58:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387746&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387746 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387511&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387511 Author: TraceyA
Subject: 17339
Posted: 19 May 2008 at 8:06am

I did a second test last night and had a very very faint second line so left it till today. Thanks for the advice guys.]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 08:06:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387511&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387511 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387157&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387157 Author: Paws
Subject: 17339
Posted: 18 May 2008 at 5:05pm

I used to the get the whole "fade in" thing, it sounds like your fine to skip tonight and have fun tomorrow night instead! ]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 17:05:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387157&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387157 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387142&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387142 Author: AliaDawn
Subject: 17339
Posted: 18 May 2008 at 4:32pm

I would do another test tonight, and then BD if it's dark.]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 16:32:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387142&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387142 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387127&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387127 Author: JadeC
Subject: 17339
Posted: 18 May 2008 at 4:04pm

Its always good to bd up to ovulation, but a faint line doesn't mean ovulation is terribly soon. I usually get faint lines from about cd10 onwards, and ovulate about cd14.]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 16:04:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387127&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387127 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387124&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387124 Author: TraceyA
Subject: 17339
Posted: 18 May 2008 at 3:55pm

I think I've answered my own question:

Q: What does it mean if my test line gets darker for a day or more before the actual positive?

A: Some women have a fade-in pattern where the test will get darker for a day or two before the positive result. This generally isn't anything to worry about, and may have the benefit of a bit of advanced noticed. If you find you have a fade-in pattern, you should begin having intercourse when the fade-in pattern starts.
]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 15:55:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387124&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387124 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17339&PID=387109&title=should-i-bd-tonight-faint-line-opk#387109 Author: TraceyA
Subject: 17339
Posted: 18 May 2008 at 3:26pm

So we've been doing the "every other day" thing, tonight should be a rest night. I used an OPK test this afternoon and got a faint test line, all the info reads that the test line has to be as dark, or darker then the control line to be a positive and I know that last month I had a faint line, a dark line and then a faint line. So... do we BD tonight even though we did it yesterday morning or wait till tomorrow morning? (TMI warning) I noticed last night that I seem to have more CM then, then I've had all day today so I'm thinking maybe I produce more in the evenings - but then that could have been a coincidence, I do still have some Pre-seed left too. Maybe I should test again tonight before I go to bed....

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