More than 5 days of blinking smiley faces and going to the bathroom in the middle of the night

Hi Jocelyn,

The number of high fertility fertility days displayed may be more or less than 2, and it's normal for some women to see more than 2 high fertility days in all or some of their cycles.  It reflects your unique hormone changes.  I recommend that you continue testing for your LH surge.  If the test detects an LH surge, peak fertility will be displayed (solid smiley) for 48 hours. If an LH surge is not detected, your digital holder will continue to display high fertility (blinking smiley) until tests are missed for 3 days in a row.

To answer your other question, there are some factors which can affect the number of high fertility days you see.  Testing at another time of day other than with your first urine after your longest sleep can cause high fertility days to be displayed early in your cycle.  If your first urine after your longest sleep is when you wake in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, collect this urine in a clean container and test with it at your usual testing time when you wake up.

If you have questions about this, feel free to give us a call at 1-800-321-3279 and mention reference #FB357.  We're open weekdays from 8:30am-5:00pm ET.  Although we're normally open Monday through Friday, on Monday Feb. 17 we'll be closed in observance of Presidents' Day.

Hope this helps!

Thanks Karen. I took the test again this morning and now it says low fertility and this is with a NEW BOX of advanced digital kit 10 days. Should I continue testing? From the previous test, I started taking the test on Thursday, Feb 6th and test came out low fertility, then Friday and Saturday I took the test incorrectly, then Sunday thru Friday shows high fertility. Is it possible I missed my peak when I took the test incorrectly Friday and Saturday?

You're welcome Jocelyn, and sorry for the delay in responding to your next message.  It's very important to use the same digital holder during your testing cycle.  In other words, don't switch digital holders in the middle of your cycle.  If you need more test sticks after you've started testing this cycle, be sure to use the same holder, as switching holders in the middle of your cycle can cause unexpected results.    

Hi Karen-I used the same holder this time on Sunday and showed Peak for the next 48 hours which I was happy about. Then come yesterday, I got my period.

I know it's disappointing when AF comes.  Don't let your hopes down - we've got our fingers crossed that you'll get a BFP soon :)

I tested for 4 days and had no smiley but had a solid smiley that lasted just for about 5 minutes. On the following days I have been having the flashing smiley. It how it should be?

I took the test yesterday morning and had a negative took it yesterday midday and had a flashing smiley - someone told me I may have messed it up since I took it midday and not morning is that true and if so how long will I have the flashing smiley? Does the flashing smiley mean I will ovulate soon?? I’m using the advanced test with low high and peak - Thank you

Sally, I’m having the same problem that Jayne is. I started testing oncycle day 14, have now seen 6 days of blinking smiley faces after about 4 days of low. Is it possible that there will be no peak fertility? I was unsure as to whether or not you would see no peak if you saw high for so many days.

It’s very frustrating on so many different levels...I ended up going to my doctor and she put me on Clomid. I tested 2 days ago and got a solid smiley immediately. Tested again yesterday and still a solid smiley :) That could be an option you might want to talk to your doctor about if you’re not ovulating. Good luck to you!!

Hi there I’m having the same issue which never happened to me passed in a year I normally ovulate on my day 14 or between 17 but this month something different is going on it’s been 6,7 days it’s just giving me flashing smiley but not even once solid i start testing from day 10 which I normally do what could be the reason for this please help me

Hi Tasaddaf,

Occasionally some women may have an LH surge that is too low for the test to detect, or they may not ovulate during a cycle and therefore won't see Peak Fertility. This isn't unusual and may happen in approximately 8% of cycles. If you don't see Peak Fertility over a number of cycles, we recommend discussing this with your doctor. IF you see 10 days of High Fertility, it is less likely you you'll go on to see Peak Fertility, therefore we recommend you stop testing.

Hi I m using advanced digital kit and i am getting flashing smiley since it been 6th day since I tested.  

is this normal to have flashing smiley for more than 4 days ?