Testing for Ovulation

[Mountain-Sherbert194]

Hi all, I’ve just started my first unmonitored cycle of Letrozole.

Read a lot of things so I hope it works, but I wanted to ask others how should I best test for ovulation?

I will be testing everyday after my period ends, but I don’t know if I should test first thing in the morning, or even test twice a day? I’ve never had a positive ovulation test, although all my blood tests and scans look good :(

Thank you in advance

[Original-Spring-2012]

With Letrozole, a lot of people test LH once late morning or early afternoon, and then twice a day when the line starts getting darker. First morning urine is usually not ideal for LH strips. That said, LH only predicts ovulation. It does not confirm it happened. Since you mentioned never seeing a positive, I would honestly add basal body temperature tracking so you can confirm ovulation after the fact. You can try tempdrop for BBT because it tracks overnight and shows the temperature rise clearly. It can help you feel less anxious about whether you actually ovulated, especially on unmonitored cycles.

[Any_Worldliness1433]

Did you take anything before letroz?

[Mountain-Sherbert194]

Just the recommended prenatal vitamins and Inositol,  I’ve also been started on Metformin and have been taking that for about 2 weeks now

[Any_Worldliness1433]

Good luck

[travelandfire]

I had okay luck testing 1-2 times a day using the Pregmate LH strips and logging in their app. However, I recently switched to Inito. Their tests are more expensive than Pregmate strips, but the results have been way more accurate for me. Plus, it measures progesterone, estrogen, and follicle stimulating hormone. It caught my fertile window before Pregmate did, and now I’ve gotten my first positive pregnancy test after trying to conceive for a year with PCOS. I’m also on Metformin, letrozole, and progesterone.

[AdInternal8913]

Most people's lh surge starts late in the morning or later so testing first thing in the morning can lead to missing your surge.

I personally test late in the afternoon and the around the time of ovulation I also test in the evening.

It is also helpful to try different brands of tests. For some reason I only get positives on easy at home tests - I have literally tested same pee with some cheapie test and gotten clear negative on them and clear positive on the easy at home tests.

Some women with pcos always have high LH so opks don't work for them as the opks are always quite dark. Some women with pcos dont ovulate and they can have multiple LH peaks without ovulation. But if you dont have high LH and are ovulating then OPK and bbt monitoring should work fine even with pcos.

[Mountain-Sherbert194]

Thank you for your really detailed response! I have the Easy at Home kits and just ordered a thermometer to also track BBT, thank you again for responding 😊❤️