Ovulation Predictor Kit

I haven't blogged in a very long time because there's really nothing much to share but today I just wanna share positive vibes on the results of my recent ovulation tests. Here's a quick background of my TTC journey: I have been on fertility meds since March 2014 due to PCOS. I was on it for about 5 months and decided to stop because it just isn't working with my body. While on the meds, I would ovulate on some months, and not ovulate on other months so I really think that the meds aren't helping me much. Some women find it effective but for me, I think they just regulated my cycles but did nothing to help me get pregnant.

During the first cycle of my meds, I had a transvaginal ultrasound and found out that I was ovulating. The doctor didn't ask me to do the procedure each month since it worked the first time. However, being paranoid, I bought an Ovatel which predicts your ovulation period through viewing saliva samples on a small device similar to a microscope. It's very expensive for me and I never got a ferning pattern or a positive ovulation on it. I stopped testing with it because it just gets me depressed with all its negative results. 

Then I saw a video on Youtube and the girl talked about the OPKs bought from ebay helped her identify her days of ovulation which in turn resulted into pregnancy despite her PCOS. It's basically a test strip which you must dip in urine to check for your LH surge. I immediately bought a pack with 60 ovulation test strips with free 30 pregnancy tests at only Php445! I just had to pick it up from the post office and pay a Php50 tax on a parcel.

While on the meds, I didn't get any positive results from June-August 2014 using the test strips from ebay. I began to lose hope so I stopped my meds after my cycle in August. I started exercising daily but kept my normal diet. To my surprise, I ovulated on September 6 even without meds!!! You can just imagine how happy I was, I felt like I actually have a chance to get pregnant now! Sadly, we still didn't conceive that cycle. 

I didn't lose my positive vibe because now I know that I can ovulate even without meds. Yesterday, October 8, I got another positive ovulation at 12noon and at 9pm. And today, another positive at 12noon. I am feeling so positive that we are going to finally conceive this cycle. We have been married for a year and 9 months and have been seriously trying to get pregnant since the beginning of this year. 

We have waited for quite a long time but I know that some couples had to wait for years up to a decade. I just wanted to share my experience because I know that I'm not alone in this journey. I may or may not have a child of my own but knowing that God blessed me with a very loving, supportive and understanding husband is already a huge blessing that I will forever be grateful for.