When should I take a HPT?

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My husband and I have been trying to conceive child #2 for 6 years. A fertility workup 3 years ago showed that I didn't always ovulate. Anovulatory cycles are very common for me. Since August (thanks to a friend who turned me on to Fertility Awareness Method) I have been charted cervical mucous and cycle lengths. I haven't started charting bbt. I have a definite pattern of no cervical mucous during an anovulatory cycle. Cervical mucous seems to indicate ovulation. I notice a diff. in pre-menstrual symptoms with ovulation - the progesterone jump. Otherwise, it's zippo zero. My luteal phase clearly seems to indicate 13-14 days. (of course without bbt's - I can never be absolutely certain but the pattern is there and I know my body pretty well.)

Well, I had delayed ovulation this last month (brought on by travel)...nothing in April and when I should have had a period I ovulated. I had fertile cervical mucous on May 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. We tried on May 6th. On May 15th, 16th & 17th (3 days) I had almost non-existent pink and or brownish vaginal mucous - but only once per day. Since that time, I have had increased fatigue, nausea, brown spots that have shown up on my bones below my eyes and I can only seem to tolerate foods I could tolerate when pregnant with my son. My vaginal discharge became white after the slight spotting.

My question is - if I take a HPT, when is the optimum time to not get a false negative? We are anxious to find out but don't want to spend $12-$20 to have to spend it again.

Thanks for your help. From my calculations, pregnancy would have been acheived about May 7th - that would be 15 days after conception today (and I have no feelings or signs of a period in sight).

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