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November 12, 2019 at 9:01 amAllyrust, I am still not seeing a clear thermal shift in your BBT readings. Are you waiting to take them after 3-4 hours of restful sleep? Since OPKs are giving your 12-38 hours advanced notice, you should see positives before a temp spike. The temp spike will come after you have ovulated and you body has shifted from estrogen to progesterone. I would wait a few more days to see if your temps start to rise to a new higher range. 

CD 15 temps looks like they were taking outside of your 'normal' window. Is it possible that one is inaccurate?

 

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November 12, 2019 at 9:03 amHi Priya, 

The OvaCue monitor is going to be looking for a 'cue peak' in your oral readings. A 'cue peak' is one high reading followed by two lower readings. This indicates your body is gearing up for possible ovulation within 5-7 days. Once this is detected you will see light to dark blue boxes populate on your monitor.

You will then want to shift focus to your vaginal readings. Once you see them start to decline, this means your body is surging estrogen. Once your body has switched to progesterone you will see this in your vaginal readings with a decline/rise like you did on CD 12/13, which is why you saw the pink box (I know it can look purple, but you would only see a purple box after a pink box). This pink box indicated a possible ovulation trend. At this point you want to see your vaginal readings stay elevated above CD 12, if they start to decline again and you are still seeing fertile signs, you would want to consider yourself fertile and keep an eye out for when you readings increase again.

Hope this helps!

 

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November 12, 2019 at 11:04 amNo, that doesn't mean you haven't ovulated. BBT is retroactive and won't give any advance notice of ovulation. It can take a day or so for your temps to rise once ovulation has occured, so you should expect to see positive OPKs a few days before your temps spike. 

I would keep watching your vaginal readings as well, it looks like they have been declining, which indicates a surge in estrogen while your body gears up for ovulation When you see your vaginal readings rise that is a possible ovulation trend as well. 

Keep us posted! 

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November 12, 2019 at 11:41 amPriya, You are so welcome! Happy to help! 

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