What is considered DPO1?

[Anonymous]

Probably a silly question but I'm new to all the TTC terminology. I've been using fertility strips that say 'positive indicates ovulation likely to occur in 12-24 hours.' Do I consider the first day I get a 'positive' to be O day and the following day to be DPO1?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I think it's usually the day after your first positive, but you can only confirm it with charting.

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP that the only way to know for sure is by temping/charting.

But to answer your question, assume that ovulation occurs the day after you get a positive on an OPK if the strips you use say ovulation will occur within 12-24 hours. If you get a positive today, ovulation is (theoretically) tomorrow, and 1 DPO is Wednesday.

With that said, the month I got my BFP I was using the Clearblue digital OPKs. I got a smiley on CD 14 and yet temping showed I didn't ovulate until 2 days later (CD 16). Really, temping and tracking cervical fluid is the best way to figure out when you're ovulating. I would recommend charting above OPKs any day.

Good luck, OP!

[Anonymous]

Thank you PPers. I have been using OPKs for 5 months now with no success so I will start looking into charting if I don't get a BFP on Thursday. I had assumed OPKs tell you the same thing as charting but it seems like that's not the case. I used OPKs only when I conceived DS 3 years ago but it looks like I'm going to have to pull out all the tricks this time unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you PPers. I have been using OPKs for 5 months now with no success so I will start looking into charting if I don't get a BFP on Thursday. I had assumed OPKs tell you the same thing as charting but it seems like that's not the case. I used OPKs only when I conceived DS 3 years ago but it looks like I'm going to have to pull out all the tricks this time unfortunately.

If you haven't read "Taking Charge of Your Fertility," I highly recommend it. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you PPers. I have been using OPKs for 5 months now with no success so I will start looking into charting if I don't get a BFP on Thursday. I had assumed OPKs tell you the same thing as charting but it seems like that's not the case. I used OPKs only when I conceived DS 3 years ago but it looks like I'm going to have to pull out all the tricks this time unfortunately.

If you haven't read "Taking Charge of Your Fertility," I highly recommend it. Good luck!

+1 to reading TCOYF.

For what it's worth, OP, I found charting to be incredibly easy and *less* stressful than OPKs...because it gave me better info than the OPKs and I didn't have to worry about holding my pee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you PPers. I have been using OPKs for 5 months now with no success so I will start looking into charting if I don't get a BFP on Thursday. I had assumed OPKs tell you the same thing as charting but it seems like that's not the case. I used OPKs only when I conceived DS 3 years ago but it looks like I'm going to have to pull out all the tricks this time unfortunately.

If you haven't read "Taking Charge of Your Fertility," I highly recommend it. Good luck!

+1 to reading TCOYF.

For what it's worth, OP, I found charting to be incredibly easy and *less* stressful than OPKs...because it gave me better info than the OPKs and I didn't have to worry about holding my pee.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Thanks again everyone. I will be ordering TCOYF on Thursday IF there's no BFP. Holding out hope that I won't be heading to Amazon Thursday...