Testing for Ovulation
This is from my tumblr page, how we conceived if your interest in more details.
You have to find out when your ovulation is to so you start testin after your period stopped.
Depending on the type of urine-based OPK, you’ll either collect your urine in a cup or hold a stick in your urine stream,you should try to collect your urine between 10am and 8pm; the best time is supposed to fall between 2pm and 2:30pm.
Try to collect your urine at about the same time every day. DON’T try to test your urine as soon as you wake up, because you will miss the first day of your LH Surge.
Try to reduce the amount of liquids you drink for about two hours before you do the test. Too much liquid will dilute your urine, which could make it more difficult to detect the surge. The test should be read within 10 minutes for best results. A positive result will not disappear, but some negative results may later display a faint second colour band. That’s why you should get rid of the test card once you’ve read the result. Urine-based OPKs generally provide five to nine days’ worth of tests. Once you get a positive ovulation test, you need to do the AI that day, or withing 72hrs. We always did the AI the day we got a positive ovulation. Hope this helps anyone.
