So Confused. Advice Please.

Updated on January 02, 2015
C.C. asks from North Hollywood, CA
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My husband and I have been trying to have a baby and purchased the digital clear blue opk tests on the 30th. The non advanced one. On the 30th it showed a solid smile face. That night I tested again and it was a clear circle. We DTD on the 29th. I just wanted to test again to make sure it was still a clear circle and my O passed so I just used another another one and now it's showing a smile again 2 days later. I'm really confused. Does anybody know what this could mean or have experience with these? The smile would mean I'm ovulating within the next 24 hours and it was a clear circle for the first two days after and now it's a smile again.

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Huggymama Why would I go to the doctor? I'm just asking if anybody has experience with taking ovulation kits and has run into the same problem as me.

Wow.. Really? Thought this was a site where moms come together and give advice. I wasn't just looking for what I wanted to hear but obviously saying go to the doctor is sarcasm. Forget I asked

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B.C.

answers from Norfolk on

Do a Google for 'clear blue digital opk false positive'.
I think it has to do with a hormone surge the test is looking for and this can be messed up if you don't use first morning urine.
Call their help line and see what they have to say.

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S.S.

answers from Chicago on

Perhaps just go to the doctor?
Editing this: Believe me, I am in no way being sarcastic here. I have had two children, couldn't have another one, survived uterine cancer and am cheering for all of the people want to have children and are trying. A doctor's treatment would be so helpful and believe me I had no intentions of being sarcastic.

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D..

answers from Miami on

ETA - Advising you to go to the doctor is NOT sarcasm. Believe me, there is plenty of sarcasm on this board. What this mom was giving you was certainly NOT sarcasm.

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Why are you fussing about the advice to go to the doctor? If you haven't been, you should go. The doc can give you good ideas about ways to make it easier to conceive. If you have been already, just ignore the advice. If you're going to ask questions on this site, you're going to have people giving you their ideas even if they aren't what you had in mind. If you don't want that, DON'T come on here and ask.

When I did my ovulation kit, I gave it time. 3 months worth. One of the important things about trying to conceive is not being stressed out about not conceiving. The more stressed you are, the harder it is to conceive. That's why so many people get pregnant during vacation.

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R.K.

answers from Appleton on

Call the customer service number on the package.

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T.S.

answers from San Francisco on

How is saying "go to the doctor" sarcasm? Geez. You want to get pregnant you have sex for six months to a year, if it's not happening you go to the doctor for fertility testing. Home kits are fairly reliable but really, babies happen when they happen, and like someone else said, wait until you've missed your period (by at least a week IMO) and take a pregnancy test.
Honestly if you are THIS sensitive over good, common sense advice then there is no way you are prepared for the emotional challenges of pregnancy and motherhood :-(

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M.P.

answers from Glens Falls on

Oh my goodness, everyone put the claws away! She's just asking a question, no need to start speculating on her abilities in motherhood because of some misunderstood tone over the internet.....

Anyways, I would be confused with that kind of reading as well. Don't expect these tests to produce 100% accuracy because they just can't offer that. Use them as a guide, and if it doesn't help you get pregnant in a few months, time to move on to a new plan.

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P.K.

answers from New York on

Do like we did in the old days, wait until you miss your period. Then get blood test.

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G.B.

answers from Oklahoma City on

I always figure those things are gimmiks to get us to spend money. If you've been trying for months/years to get pregnant you do need to work with a doc to find out if there's a problem physically. What if after all this you or hubby has an issue. The doc can give both of you a good physical and do multiple tests.

One of my friends tried for a year to get pregnant and they finally went to the doc they found out her husband was pretty much sterile. The only way they could get pregnant was to do a procedure.

They could have kept buying kits and pregnancy test after pregnancy test. So my advice is this.

Go get checked by the docs to make sure if there are any issues and that you can get pregnant. Then you have a go or facing physical challenges.

There are tons of ways to measure when you are ovulating and at highest risk for getting pregnant. These kits seem to me as a way to just get people to spend money.

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V.S.

answers from Reading on

How in the world is "go to the doctor" sarcasm? It's advice (which is what you asked for). Not sarcasm... And I should know.

(By the way, you would have gotten a lot more "advice" had you simply held your tongue. I suspect your hypersensitivity will attract a lot more responses than your actual question.)

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G.♣.

answers from Springfield on

I never used an ovulation kit, so I can't answer your specific question. But do keep this in mind. It sounds to me like you've checked often, so trying to conceive is really on your mind. Very often, that can hurt your chances of conceiving. Thinking about it too much can stress your body and make it harder. (I'm thinking of couples who gave up on conceiving naturally, adopted and relaxed about their sex lives and soon found themselves pregnant.)

Relax! At this point it doesn't matter what the kit says, you've already had sex. That either accomplished the goal or didn't - nothing you can do to change it now.

I think I heard somewhere that if you are trying to conceive you should have sex every other day or every couple of days? Something about your body being more open to conception if you're not have sex every day?

Good luck! But relax. It will help!

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S.R.

answers from Kansas City on

Have you tried checking your vaginal fluid to detect ovulation? you might try that before going to a doctor. There is beneficial information on the internet about checking vaginal fluid. You might have to keep a record for a few months to see how many days your cycle lasts. You actually only have about two days of ovulation so that window is very short. Good luck!

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M.P.

answers from Portland on

Yes wow. B. Is the only person who actually answered her question. She's new to the site and doesn't realive that we love to give advise. Some posters do use sarcasm but I don't see any sarcasm here. Posters were giving advice most likely because they want to be helpful. Just like with other unsolicited advice don't take it personally and dismiss it.

People on this site have a variety of mind sets. Sounds like some of these posts is the result of their belief that what you're using isn't reliable. Each one of us is different. So often the answers do not help the person asking the question. I frequently add more than just answering the obvious question because the question triggers information that feels related which may help the readers and not the person who wrote the original. We're as much a group of friends having conversation as possible when we're not face to face.

Later: I looked at your post again. Your title asks for advice. You have a specific question about in the body which doesn't ask for advice but your title does.

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