Reading an ovulation test

Which one is the control line and which is the test line?
It also helps to take a photo of each individual test within the time you can read it. The test can change after the reading time (usually 3-5 minutes).

The darker the test line, the closer you are to your expected ovulation. If the test line is as dark or darker than the control line, you're close to ovulation/your ovulation is within 24-48 hours.

You won't know if the line gets darker until you do the next test, so it's important to have sex every day or at least every other day around your ovulation (so when the line is as dark or darker than the control line).

A lighter line than the control line is negative and means you still have some time until ovulation or that your ovulation has just passed.

If the triangle is the test line, then it looks like you ovulated around day 3.

You can't know for sure, but it's best to take a photo right after testing, within the reading time, and note the date and time on it.
Better not use morning urine for the tests and do them around the same time each day. Then compare the photos, not the tests from previous days.

As I said, based on how things look now, it seems like you ovulated on the 3rd or 4th (because when the test is darkest, ovulation will happen within 24-48 hours).

You can also pay attention to other things like your discharge, temperature, and any ovulation pain or symptoms related to your ovulation.

You don't need to know exactly when you ovulated; about 6 days before the expected ovulation (so if you notice the tests getting darker each day), you can already get pregnant, depending on how long sperm survives. After ovulation, this window is only about 12 hours.

You can take some sensitive tests about 3 days before your expected next period, but I'd wait and only test if you don't get your period when it's due.

If you ovulated on the 3rd or 4th, then, if the egg was fertilized and everything goes well, implantation would happen somewhere between the 8th and 13th. Usually about 5-10 days after ovulation, or roughly 5 days before your next period, in a 28-day cycle.
So testing before that doesn't make sense anyway.

Good luck this round! I’d like to give you a tip: try using different tests. I think the Kruidvat ones are really bad—they always show a faint line for me, which is quite confusing, and I find them relatively expensive. I used the 2bsure ones for a while—you can order them online, and they’re good and affordable. I had the regular ones; the extra sensitive ones always showed a line every time, while the regular ones only showed a line during ovulation. Very clear.

It's so different for everyone how these tests work.
I often do the kruitvat test. When that's positive, I immediately grab a Clearblue, and it shows a smiley.
And the next day I do a Clearblue again, and it always shows positive.
Unfortunately, not pregnant yet haha