"I can see into your future"

Tonight I am home alone with my baby girl Goldie. The hubbs is out for a little bit, and when I am alone I get bored. I should never be alone because I start thinking too much. I started thinking about all this baby stuff and how I just wanna know answers! like why is this happening to me? Will I ever get pregnant? How long will it be until I get pregnant, if it's even gonna happen at all. So I decided to call a psychic! I know, I know, it was a probably a complete waste of money, but since I was a first time caller it only cost a dollar! and I was willing to waste that to hear what she had to tell me. When I called she asked me for my name and date of birth, she also asked me what I was interested in knowing. I somewhat laughed to myself because I find it funny psychics ask questions about you. I feel like saying "don't you know who I am? and what I'm calling for?" But all I said to her was I wanted to know more about family. She automatically jumped to children, telling me she saw 3 children in my future. She also told me the first two would be close in age. The first one would be a boy, the second a girl, and then the third one would also be a boy. When the psychic told me the first two would be close in age something came over me and made me feel that I'm going to have twins. She never told me I was going to have twins but it was almost how she described them. It's hard for me to explain, but it was like she was seperating the first two children from the third. It was odd, and I could be completley wrong (so could she) but it was just a feeling I got. She also said something else...she said, "we can't get into the medical side of all this, but have you seen a doctor yet for your issue" Now, once again, I know this could be complete BS, and this was really just for fun for me. I understand why she told me she couldn't get into the medical aspect of this, because there are people out there that would replace doctors with psychics if they could, and then when something didn't go right they would try to sue the psychic or something, so I completley understand that. She told me she saw me getting pregnant in the year 2011, but the month of June kept coming to her (that kinda bummed me cause I really dont wanna wait till June) The psychic told me the person I was with was my soul mate and the children I will have will be with him (phew! thank goodness right?) She also told me she saw we were having some problems. This blog is about me trying to have a baby, not the issues my husband and I are having. All I will say to that is every couple has their ups and downs, thats completly normal. It's not normal if you dont have issues every now and then. What truly matters is that you try to make things better, and you WANT to make things better. My husband and I have only been married a little over a year, add that with trying to have a baby (and that not going right) and your sure to have a bad day. Basically the psychic was right about my hubbs and I, but I will never get into it more then that. Sooooo anways. I'm not trying to take this reading I got seriously but she did make me feel better! and I fully intend on continuing trying to have a baby now. I also made the decision to start charting my daily temps to track ovulation once my period starts. I didn't want to but I think I'm just gonna give it a try and see what happens, I really don't like relying just on my ovulation sticks anymore, I feel like a need a little back up! 

Coming to terms...

Today is Sunday, December 26th. Tomorrow will be exactly 2 weeks since I got (what I thought was...) a positive ovulation reading. I took a pregnancy test today and I waited around to see if the test line came up. I didn't see anything and I was basically expecting that so I went along about my business and came back to it a little later. When I looked down I thought I saw what was a faint, faint, faint pink line but thought maybe it's just my eyes so I went into our other bathroom that has better lighting and called my husband upstairs to take a look. I showed it to him and he said he saw it too! I told him I would wait and take another test tomorrow morning. Well about 5 minutes later I thought to myself I could really push out some pee, so of course, I took a second test. I waited and I saw no 2nd line what so ever =( bummmerrrr....I need to come to terms with the fact that Clomid may not have worked for me this cycle, or maybe, its not necessarily me, maybe its the hubbs. He still hasn't gotten his 2nd semen analysis done but I think hes going to try sometime this upcoming week when he has a day off. If anything changes I will post, if not you may just hear back from me once the results of his analysis come in! Happy new year everyone!

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Today I'm about 8DPO...today at work I noticed slight on and off cramps, and feelings I can only simply describe as "twinges" on my right side around where my ovary would be. My skin is breaking out more and still no sore boobs. I keep squeezing them checking for soreness, but not yet. The past two nights I have been feeling quite emotional, cried on the way home from work yesterday and feel like doing it right now. I'm hoping this isn't PMS...

The 2 Week Wait...

It has offically been 1 week since I got what I thought was a positive ovulation test. To be honest, I'm not exactly sure if I ovulated that day, the day after, or the day after that. But, my husband and I truly did try our best to catch ovulation this cycle. I'm doing my best to not even think about pregnancy or taking a pregnancy test. I'm trying to hold off as long as I can to take one. I don't want to get my hopes up, and to be honest I'm not even really excited about it. I want it to happen but unfortunatly enough I think I kind of got it in my head it won't happen this cycle. I started breaking out last week around Thursday and it went into the weekend which kind of worried me cause whenever I break out like that it usually means ovulation for me, or my period is coming...so who knows. Usually about 7 to 8 days before my period my boobs start hurting too, and so far that hasn't happend yet either (I dont know if thats a bad thing or a good thing, cause they usually say a sign of pregnancy is tender breasts) So basically I'm just hanging out right now, just living my life as normally as I can trying to let the days pass cause I know the longer I can hold off taking a test the better it will be. I am going out on Wednesday evening to finish up some Christmas shopping so I will probably just buy a test then. I will probably take an early pregnancy test on Friday morning! Wish me luck!! and pray for me!

Super Excitment!!!

I have wonderful news! Finally! No, I'm not pregnant, not yet that is! But I have good feelings and I'm gonna stay positive! Since cycle day 10 I have been successfully BD with the hubbs every other day, if not every day! Which is great because the little buggers are constantly being shot up there with hopes a big ol' egg will be rolling on by so they can catch a ride! I'm also giving warning that my blogs are pretty personal. That's a choice I have made to share whats going on in my life right now. Some people may think talking about cervical mucus (CM) might be kind of gross but if you are grossed out by that kind of stuff you may not have ever tried to have a baby and if you are getting grossed out then this may not be the blog for you! (Just a heads up cause I will totally be talking about CM in this blog ;) So healthy, fertile loving CM is supposed to be clear, resembling raw egg white. Ovulation is at its peak when you can take your CM and stretch it between your middle finger and thumb. Last week when I was taking a lot of my OP strips the test line seemed dark to me as if I was ovulating but I noticed my CM was white and thick, like hand lotion. I knew that wasn't good CM for baby making but I BD anyway because the OPK line seemed dark. Well last night I noticed my CM seemed clear and wet feeling. I told my husband I thought I could be ovulating soon because of this and the fact I had been cramping on and off since Friday, so we BD last night. Today, I used another OP strip to see what it would look like and this is what came up...

Totally, without question, one big freakin' positive, darker then last weeks too! Which explains the cramping and the clear CM! So I'm super happy we tried last night and will continue to try tonight as well. I can't really explain the dark test lines from last weeks OPKs, but I have read that being on Clomid can effect the results of OPKs so who knows! Welp! That's it for now! I will talk to you all soon!

What's going on?

Well all I can say is I have no clue whats going on! I'm starting to question when I ovulated, or if I even ovulated at all. I thought I did last week but on Friday I experienced menstrual like cramps through the entire day, my ovulation strip was not positive and my CM was very white and creamy. Even though, my husband and I still BD that evening. Well on Saturday and Sunday I am STILL experiencing menstrual like cramps. I tried googling  it, some women say you can experience implantation cramps and others say theres no such thing. I dont know! But I guess only time will tell. Just wanted to give you all an update! Talk to you soon!

Cycle Day 14 Ovulation Strip

Well, here it is...Cycle day 14 ovulation test strip. When I first saw it I thought it looked the same as yesterdays but now that I see it like this I do think it looks a bit lighter then yesterdays. Tell me what you think!

Cycle Day 13 Ovulation Strip

So I know I've strayed away from the blogs recently but it was just because I didn't feel like posting basically the same stuff, which was that I wasn't ovulating. Today is cycled day 13 and I was told by my doctor ovulation should occur between cycle day 10 and 14. My last cycle was 29 days which meant I had ovulated on cycle day 15 so I didn't think I would ovulate as early as day 10. Well today I took another ovulation test and this is what came up!

Yes, I know the left line isn't quite as dark as the right one but I've seen what a "positive" ovulation strip is and this is basically it. I'm going to take another one tomorrow to see if the line gets any darker. Even though I didn't think I ovulated days prior, the hubby and I still BD anyways to make sure we wouldn't miss it! The days we tried were Saturday, Monday, and today...and possibly again later tonight! (hahaha) and most likely tomorrow! I also jinxed myself earlier today as well. I was telling a friend how usually when I ovulate I break out and so far I hadn't had a break out, I assumed it was possibly from the hormones of the clomid. But when I got home today I did notice a couple spots on the face that were breaking out =( I also have noticed a few feelings on both sides where my ovaries are like "twinges" and every so often I feel like a menstrual crampy feelingy thing. Who knows? I will defiantly post tomorrows ovulation strip to see if anything changes!

Bye!

Cycle Day 9

So today is cycle day 9, I am really tired and am not in the mood to post the picture of my ovulation strip from this morning. The line was actually lighter today then it was yesterday, so I will just try again tomorrow. Dr. S told me I should hopefully ovulate between cycle day 10 and 14. I honestly don't think I will ovulate as early as day 10 but the hubby and I will continue BD tomorrow and every day after that so we make sure we get it right! We actually started BD on Wednesday =) I know, TMI! But I do not want to basically waste this Clomid cycle by missing my ovulation day. One other thing, I finished the Clomid on Tuesday evening and it is now Friday. I thought if I was going to experience a lot as in terms of symptoms I would have felt them while I was actually taking Clomid but I was totally wrong! I have been miserable the past two days. Extremley tired all day long, upset in the mornings and evenings (sad and wanting to cry for no reason), annoyed easily, and hot all day long. I hate feeling this way but I know it will be worth it in the end. I've been trying to behave myself because you don't even know how badly I want to start fights with my husband when I start feeling annoyed but I hold back and just go be a depresso in my room! I will get through this! Talk to you tomorrow!!

PS:
 BD = Baby Dancing

Cycle Day 8 Ovulation Strip

This is today's ovulation strip for cycle day 8, taken around 11 am with nothing to drink prior. I know it doesn't look like it from the photo but it is a slight bit darker then yesterdays. So hopefully I am one day closer to ovulation!

Cycle Day 7 Ovulation Strip

This is my ovulation strip I did right around 10 am. I hadn't drank anything before taking this test. The left line is supposed to be just as dark as the right one if my body was producing the LH hormone (the hormone you produce when you ovulate).....not yet!!

How Clomid is going...

Clomid started on Friday, November 26th. I don't know what was going on with me but I use to be soooo excited about starting Clomid, but when the day finally came to start taking it I got kind of nervous. I don't know if it started setting in that I actually could get pregnant soon and it just kind of freaked me out a bit or what, but I definatly procrastinated on taking it. It was almost midnight on Friday when I took my first pill. On Saturday I was extremley tired, I slept almost all day and when I did wake up I was starving! I felt like I had never eaten before, I was really that hungry! On Sunday I felt better but was still blah since AF was still visiting. Monday I felt completley normal for the most part, but at one point during the day I was talking with two co workers about taking it and I almost had to hold back some tears as I tried to convince myself the medicine had no ill effects on me, and was not making me act "crazy" what so ever! (haha, yeah right) Today, Tuesday, I started noticing the hot flashes I had heared about. I usually am hot, but I could tell a difference because the moments where I felt hot hit me so quickly and the flashes just shot through my body. Well tonight is my last pill I take for this cycle and I should hopefully ovulate between day 10 and 14. Day 10 will be this Saturday, December 4th. I will start checking for ovulation starting tomorrow and will update this blog with pictures of the OPKs so you can see the line get darker!! *hopefully* Talk to you soon!!

My birthday gift!

Well today is November 24th, and it is also my 26th birthday! This evening I got a wonderful gift...my period. Which to many may suck but for me it's great! This means I will be starting clomid on Friday. I am very anxious to see how my first cycle with clomid goes. Another reason I am happy is because this was a 29 day cycle for me. Normally my cycles are about 40-50 days between! I was VERY good about taking all 3 of my metformin pills a day this cycle and I think that's what made a difference...Its hard taking 3 pills a day but I stuck with it and I am happy I did, and I will be continuing it!

Exciting!!!

So, to some women this probably doesn't seem like exciting news, but... my boobs are sore!!! Yipee!!! It does kinda suck because they actually really do hurt, but this means AF is coming! Based on my positive ovulation strip last week my AF is expected to arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday this week, which means I will be starting my first round of clomid this week. I am very eager to start it and hope this will be the answer I've been waiting for as in terms of having a baby. If the first round of Clomid works I could be pregnant by Christmas. I'm trying to stay positive through all of  this but at the same time I don't want to get my hopes up. I totally realize there are side effects of Clomid but these are things I am willing to deal with in order to have my dream come true of having a baby. I start Clomid on day 3 of my cycle and take one pill for 5 days. Once I start I will do another post to keep you up to date on side effects and stuff like that! Talk to you soon!

Cellulitis?

I decided to do another post because I have had the worst past couple of days. Now, one thing I haven't talked about yet is side effects of PCOS. A lot of women with PCOS have symptoms such as weight gain, acne, and facial hair. These are things I have experienced for a while, long before I was ever diagnosed but never knew until recently that some of these things were due from having PCOS. Acne is something I have always dealt with since I was a teenager, but my case of acne has never been what I considered "severe." Well, ever since I started Metformin and my periods have been more regular I'm actually noticing my acne is getting worse! especially around ovulation. I tend to get "cystic" acne, which is like hard nodules under the skin that don't really come to a head. I usually get them on my cheeks. Well last week, I think I ovulated due to what I think was a positive line on a OPK strip and my acne was getting worse. I woke up on Friday morning with what I thought was a huge zit starting to form on my forehead (I never break out on my forehead) I was sooooo bummed out, I know it's vein but getting a break out kind of depresses me. When I got home from work I looked online on how to reduce the size of a zit and I read you should ice it, so I did. When I woke up on Saturday to go to work I noticed it had actually gotten bigger! So I put make up on to try to cover it and styled my side bangs in a way to try to lay on top of the huge bump. I noticed it was also looking kind of scabby, even though I never tried to squeeze it. On Saturday evening my sister and mom came to my house and couldn't believe how swollen it was. My sister told me I should crush up aspirin and mix a little water with it to make it into a paste and apply it directly onto the swollen zit. So I did that for the next two nights. When I got to work today (Monday) one of the doctors I work with told me I should really see a dermatologist to see about getting it injected with cortisone. Luckily, there is a dermatologist in the building where I work so I went down the hall to make an appointment and they got me in a 1 o'clock. The doctor had me lay back and she pressed on it a little bit. She told me she didn't think I should have it injected,  she said she felt more comfortable putting me on an antibiotic since she thought I had cellulitis. At first she prescribed me "Minoclycline" (Not sure if I spelled that right) but after some issues realizing it was not safe for me to be on that considering I'm actively trying to have a baby she switched it to "Clindomycin" which I will be taking 3 times a day for a week. Right now my cellulitis looks like a big ol' scab with a ring of swolleness and redness around it. I will be adding a picture of it for your pleasure! 

YUUUUUUUCKKKKKK!!!!!!

What my husband was put on...

In my last post I totally forgot to say what the doctor put my husband on to help his sperm motility. Its called "Conception XR." If anyone has heard of it or has tried it let me know how it helped! Thanks!

How my appointment went...

Hey everyone. So I am just now getting around to updating my blog with the results of how my doctors appointment went on Tuesday. I was really excited to get in for my appointment but really nervous at the same time. My appointment was basically just my annual check up and to discuss potentially going on Clomid, but I was worried my doctor wouldn't put me on Clomid since my husband's semen analysis came back as him having low motility and off morphology. When I went in they checked my weight as well as my blood pressure which the nurse told me was good, it was 124/80. They also dipped my urine which was good as well. When the doctor came in he just asked me if I had any problems going on. I know he has a lot of patients and probably doesn't remember all of their issues so I had to remind him about my situation and my husbands semen analysis results. I told him about how he went to see a urologist and how the urologist didn't seem concerned. My doctor asked me "Did I give you anything to give your husband to help his motility?" and I was like "no" as I was thinking to myself "holy crap, theres something he can take to fix this?!?!?!" So the doctor ran out of the room and came back with a bag full of samples. He told me to have Nick take them and just get his semen analysis done again in 6 weeks to see the improvement. I assumed my doctor wouldn't put me on Clomid until we got the results back of his second semen analysis but when I asked him when he thought would be a good time to try Clomid he replied "now." I was soooooooo excited when he said that. I know I shouldn't get my hopes up but I really have good feelings about this. I asked him if he saw a lot of women with PCOS get pregnant on Clomid and he said "yes!" So right now I just have to wait till my next period and start the Clomid on day 3 of my cycle. I take a pill once a day for 5 days and then I should hopefully ovulate on day 10-14. He gave me a chart to go off of and told me I could take my temperature to track ovulation but I think I will just stick with my OPKs. I really hate tracking with basal thermometers. You have to get your temp first thing in the morning before you even get up and I always forget to do it before I start getting up and moving around. So right now I am basically just waiting to get my period and then I will update you when I start taking the Clomid to let you know how things are going!! Bye!!

What happend next...

So after I got my husbands semen analysis done I was pretty dissapointed. I was expecting everything to be completley normal on his part but it turned out that his motility was low. Motility is extremley important, because the sperm have to have good forward progression in order to meet with the egg and have enough energy to implant the egg. I work at a doctors office and talked about the results with some of the nurses there. They told me Nick was probably going to need to see a urologist to see if he has something called a "varicoscele" (I hope I spelled that right) Basically it's a vein that heats up the sperm and causes them not to mature, slows them down, and could be the reason as to why he has a high number of coiled tail sperm. Once my doctor called me he told me the same thing, Nick needed to see a urologist, so I got on the phone right away and made him an appointment for later that week. I wanted to go with him to the appointment because I had so many questions but because of my work schedule I was unable to attend. After the appointment Nick called me to tell me about it, he said the Dr. did an exam and didn't see a varicoscele. He wanted Nick to get another semen anaylsis done and if the numbers came back as being off again then he wanted him to have an ultrasound done. Other then that the Dr. didn't seem to have any concerns that he wouldn't be able to get me pregnant. He told Nick to start taking a multi vitamin, stick with boxers rather then boxer/briefs, no smoking, and limit alcohol consumption. Nick is pretty healthy so there wasn't too much for him to do on his part. I'm still waiting for Nick to get the 2nd analysis done but it is hard for him to do it. The only place around us that does them is our local hospital and you can only do drop offs from 8am to 11am Monday through Friday and he has to be at work everyday at 7:30 am. I have my gynecology appointment on Tuesday next week so I will get to speak with my doctor about wether or not he is still going to put me on Clomid. I will let you know what happens next week!!

Semen Analysis

So it's been awhile since I last blogged and the last time I wrote my husband was getting ready to get his semen analysis done. Well, he got it done and it's defiantly not what I expected. This is the report...

Liquefaction: >120 minutes
Volume: 2.5 Normal is (1.5-5.0) mL
Viscosity: Normal (Droplets)
Appearance: White, Opaque
pH: 8.0 Normal is (7.3-8.3)
Sperm Count: 96.000 Normal is (20-160) MILLN/ML
%Motility: 20 L Normal is (50-100) %
Motility: Aimless movement with slow forward progression
Normal: 86, the range was (60-100)%
Giant Head: 2, the range was (0-5)%
Amorphous Head: 4, the range was (0-15)%
Pin Head: 2, the range was (0-5)%
Coiled Tail: 3H, the range was supposed to be (0-0)%
Spermatid: 3H, the range was supposed to be (0-0)%

Back to the doctors...and the start of Metformin

When I made my follow up appointment I decided to bring my husband with me so he could be there when the doctor  explained what was going on with me and it gave him a chance to ask any questions he may have too. When the doctor came in she went over my lab results again and told me she would like to start me on a prescription called Metformin. Metformin is often used by people who have diabetes. I don't have diabetes but the drug also helps control my insulin levels since I am resistant. She wanted me to be on it for 3 months and return in October for a follow up and if I didn't get pregnant they would start me on Clomid. I started Metformin 500 mg 3 times a day in June. The doctor warned me about certain G.I. problems that come along with starting Metformin. Bascially I was going to have horrible diarreha but if I could just get through the first two weeks I would be home free and it would get better once my body got use to it. I took my first pill and in about 2 hours I could tell the medicine was already taking a toll on me. I felt extremley dizzy and light headed. That night I went to jazzercise class and it was all I could do to make it through the class. I felt awful and completely out of it.  I looked at Metformin as a "miracle drug" its what I thought was going to make me have regular cycles and get me pregnant, so I continued on with taking it. Oh, and P.S....the diarreha hit on day 2 of being on the medicine and it was awful. TMI, I know but really it was awful! After being on the medicine for about 4 days I decided to call my doctor. I had been feeling so sick and I guess because I felt so sick I started feeling depressed. All I wanted to do was sleep because I felt so weak and dizzy, and body aches also started. When my doctor called me back she basically told me "I never said this was going to be easy, make sure you are eating good carbs because it sounds like your blood sugar is dropping too low." For other reasons I wont get into I ended up having to go back to my ob/gyn office on a last minute appointment and I saw a different doctor. He was absolutley amazing and I felt really comfortable with him. He also told me I didnt have to continue taking 3 pills of Metformin a day. If I wanted to I could just take 1 a day for a week, then work my way up to 2, and then eventually I could started doing 3 a day. I took his advice and it was the best thing I ever did. I am now up to 3 pills a day like I should be and I feel completley normal again. Ever since I started Metformin I have had a period once a month like I should be having and I am REALLY happy about that! Its giving me more oppurtunities to get pregnant, but....I'm still not pregnant. I've had positive OPKs, done the baby dance, waited that horrible 2 week wait, and nothing! Its now October and I have my follow up appointment scheduled for the 28th of this month to see about moving on with Clomid. I know my husband will need to be checked before I go on Clomid so I called my doctor and he is giving me a lab slip and a container to give to my husband so he can give a sample. The sample has to be taken to the lab at our local hospital within 30 minutes of being deposited and they will check his semen there. I think my husband will be doing that next week so we have the results by the time my appointment comes around on the 28th! I dont think he is the problem, I really belive its just me, but wish us luck! I will let you know what happens!

My doctors appointment

When I decided to make my first doctors appointment with a new doctor I called and spoke with a receptionsit. When I explained to her what was going on with me she told me I would need an "infertility consult." When she said the word "infertility" my heart sort of sank. I never thought of myself as being infertile. I just thought I was a girl who had irregular periods. I made my appointment, and was extremley eager to get in and speak with the doctor. When I got their they did the typical work up where they checked my weight, blood pressure, and urinary analysis. When the doctor came in she asked me questions about my exersice, caffine intake, family history, and my history regarding my periods. She also asked me if my husband had ever gotten a women pregnant in the past. My answer was "god, I hope not!" =) She did a pelvic exam as well just to make sure my cervix was okay and to make sure she didn't see anything questionable. That exam was okay. Afterwards she told me she wanted me to get an ultrasound, a sonogram, and bloodwork to check for something called Poly Cystic Ovarian Sydrome. Once I left I went ahead and made all my appointments to get the tests done. I had the sonogram and the ultrasound done first and a few days later I had the bloodwork done. About a week later all my reports came in and the doctor called me and told me my insulin levels were very high and follicles were found on my ovaries. So I did have PCOS. Bascially, I am insulin resistant. My body produces too much and it messes up my hormones. My eggs dont mature and release monthly like they should and they stay back and turn into cysts on my ovaries. The doctor told me to make another appointment and we could talk about my options.

How it all started!

Hey everyone. Well, this is my first blog! For awhile I was considering doing youtube videos but the thought of seeing myself on camera made me nervous!!! =) So basically I will be talking a lot about pcos and my journey in trying to have a baby. My husband, Nick, and I got married on October 24th, 2009. We had discussed having children for a while before we got married and had basically became set that we would try to conceive starting in June of 2010. I had feelings in my head that it would not be easy for me to get pregnant because as long as I can remember I never had normal monthly cycles. I started birth control pills when I was 18 and stopped them about 4 months before I got married. Of course, being on b.c. pills I did have normal cycles but once I stopped them I had a cycle maybe once every two months. Before I got married I saw my gynecologist for my annual check up and told her about my concerns. She assured me they could get me pregnant if I wanted to be and they don't typically worry about irregular periods unless they are more then 3 months apart. Hearing her tell me they could get me pregnant did put my worries at ease. Once my husband and I got married we started talking more about having a baby and decided what was the point in waiting? So we started! I started doing research on how to track ovulation and went to Rite Aid and bought the ANSWER brand OPKs (Ovulation Predictor Kit) Basically all you have to do is pee in a little cup and dip the stick into the urine. The test has a control line and if your body is is having a LH surge the test line should be just as dark as the control line. LH is the type of hormone your body produces when you ovulate. Since my cycles were irregular I would often go through two boxes of the OPKs and never have a positive reading. For anyone interested in using OPKs I wouldn't recommend the ANSWER brand. Often times I had questionable readings, and the lines often looked similar in color to me even if I wasn't ovulating. I went on Amazon and bought OPKs in bulk! I got like 100 tests and 50 pregnancy tests for about $25...which is about the same price for one box of OPKs at any drug store or Target. Once I started tracking my ovulation I noticed my periods were becoming even further apart. I was having one maybe every 3 to 4 months. This was when I decided to make an appointment with another ob/gyn to talk about what was going on...