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Try and contact your gp and ask for them to take bloods to check if you have ovulated. I had fertility tests recently and one of them was to check if I had ovulated. You’re right though, it could just be that you have a short peak stage and you’re missing it by testing once a day but this blood test will confirm it for you.

If you’re having regular periods you are ovulating, you’re likely just not catching your peak tests. When are you testing?

it's possible to have a period without ovulating, which is known as anovulatory bleeding this is also normal almost everyone has this some months and you wouldn't know the difference

It can take a while for your cycles to regulate and your body to regularly ovulate after removing contraception especially if you’ve been on it for a long time. Up to three months is considered “average” but be patient with your body as it can take up to a year. Trying for a baby is so emotional and overwhelming but as hard as it is, try to prioritise rest and relaxation as stress can make your cycles go all wonky. Also, test for LH morning and night from when your period stops and when it starts to get dark, test 3 times/ every 4-6 hours. Not much else to say except sending love ❤️

The best thing I can advise and what I’ve done to find out when I ovulate was to go private (I was seen within 10 days!!) for a women’s fertility testing package. Bloods and internal scan. Find a fertility clinic that offers standalone testing. Sending hugs xxxx

If you've recently come off contraception your cycles could be levelling out and you could not be ovulating, but if you're having regular periods then that's unlikely. What's more likely is you're not testing at the right times or often enough to find your LH peak You shouldn't test in the morning, and definitely not with FMU. LH is naturally higher in the afternoon so doing a test mid morning and again mid afternoon is better, around your fertile window I like to add in a third test, so a late evening one.

I was having periods but definitely wasn’t ovulating (confirmed by 3 lots of blood tests on different months) so it certainly is possible. Like others have suggested, it can take several months for your cycle to return to baseline after coming off contraception. Trying to conceive really is emotionally draining, but anything up to 1 year of trying is considered ‘normal’ even for healthy couples with no known underlying issues. Keep testing LH in your next few cycles, and like Charley says you should definitely test later in the day for accurate results. If you’re not getting any peak ovulation tests over the next few months then it’s worth asking your GP for day 21 progesterone tests, although most doctors won’t start testing until you’ve been trying for at least a year. Good luck and try to stay positive (I know it’s hard speaking from experience of 2 years of infertility and 1 loss at 19 weeks!) x