This can't be right - How long do we ovulate for?

[Rose-Roget]

I know that I should read more about this, but I figured I'd pop in and ask. I don't chart, and I found new 20-pack Answer ovulation predictor strips that I used this month because I seem to have missed my ovulation last month with the 7-day predictor box.

I thought our LH levels were high for just a couple of days each month. I started testing a day or so after my period ended and I got negatives on the LH surge. A week ago on Thursday (a week after I started testing), my test line got darker, but was not as dark as the control line. Friday and Saturday minutely darker still. Since Sunday, my test line has been noticeably darker than the control line when I test first thing in the morning. If I test in the evening, it's almost as dark, but not darker. It's Friday, so that's about 5 days of LH surge??? That's not how it's supposed to work, is it?? What's going on?

[MoonStarFalling]

Don't use FMU. You will get false positives using first morning urine. Use the evening test results.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

: most OPK say specifically not to do FMU. Wait till about noon and then again around 6PM.

It is possible for your body to try and O but dosnt then several days later it starts over again.

[lisa_nc]

I got five days of positives with Answer as well, but with 2PM urine. That was the cycle before the one we conceived. Sometimes eggs have a hard time getting out of the gate and your body will gear up for a second chance right away, which could explain it.

[PeanutsMommy620]

Funny, I had the same problem this month. I had 4 days of + with First Response. I did use FMU, but the box said that was okay. I honestly just can't hold it for 2-4 hours! And I drink water constantly, so I tried to use the PM urine one day and was so thirsty and dehydrated. No thanks!!! My first thought when I saw 4 days of + was, "Uh oh, did I pop out more than one egg???" I have read in the past what Lisa said (that sometimes your eggs have a hard time getting out of the gate). I wonder if they have a hard time getting out of the gate- does that hurt your chances for conception that month?