For those that track ovulation with OPK...

Mikaylasmom · 02-17-2006, 04:04 PM

I didn't want to post this in the TTC forum as I am not sure if we are

First let me start by saying that in my entire life, I have never, ever gotten a positive OPK with the exception of the faded line that just about every woman has. The last three months one day out of the month, I have had a brown tinged mucus discharge along with mild cramping. Last month after the discharge I bought a few OPK's. I took one this past Sunday afternoon after having the discharge that morning. Here are my results for the three that I have taken.

So, did I ovulate for a couple of days, am I super-ovulating or what?? What are your thoughts on this??

TN Butterfly · 02-17-2006, 07:52 PM

Hi!

The pic is kinda blurry, but in my opinion....and this is JUST my opinion...I think you might have caught the LH surge as it was going down. I say that cause the top one is not quite positive....but real close. So I'd say you just barely missed the surge. That happens. That's way some women test a bunch.
Do you chart BBT?

kirvygerl · 02-17-2006, 07:58 PM

All three look positive to me, but I would doubt you ovulated over a few days. Are you on fertility meds? When I had a few days of positive opk's when I was on clomid, I did a little 'net research and was told that it is possible to get a few days of positives. This is because LH peaks (surges) about 12-36 hours before ovulation occurs, and then dissipates. So, you could theoretically detect this high level of LH with positive OPK's from the time it begins to the time it dissipates-- over 36 hours.

It is also possible that your body is "gearing up" to ovulate, and you have an LH surge-- and then, for some reason (such as stress, illness, travel, or random fluke), your body fails to release an egg . . . then tries, tries again ASAP with another, or overlapping, surge. If this happens to you occasionally, it's no big deal. If it happens a lot, talk to your doctor. This is from the good folks at poas.com.

Are you taking the test at the same time every day? I know the levels of LH are higher in the am, so you're not supposed to test with the pee stick kind until around noon - 8pm. That could also be affecting the results.

One final question. Do you think you may be pregnant? The reason I ask is because opk's can be used as hpt's. LH and HCG (the pregnancy hormone) are nearly identical at a molecular level, so an LH kit can turn positive if it reads the HCG (although that can't be used in reverse- a hpt cannot be used as an opk). While I personally wouldn't use an opk as a pg test (because there could be lots of reasons why the opk is turning positive, only one reason meaning pg), and I don't want to wonder.

You may want to go to www.peeonastick.com and do some research. It's quite an interesting site! You also should talk w/ your dr and get your hormones tested if you continue to get a + result.

Good luck!

Mikaylasmom · 02-17-2006, 10:31 PM

Thanks ladies. I know that the top one was positive but that was taken on Sunday at around 6pm. The second one was taken around 6pm also but the last one was this morning at around 10 or so.

I am just curious if anyone else started ovulating on their own after years of not doing so. I have had to take fertility drugs to get pg every time. It took almost 6 years to have our first child. I had intercourse Saturday night. Sunday afternoon is when I had the discharge and that is why I took the OPK just to see if my suspicions were right since this is the third month in a row that I had the discharge along with some twinges and cramps. I know that the pic is a little blury and that the top test looks different than it did on Sunday I guess from it sitting.

We are not actively ttc right now. My twins are only 16mths old and we were planning on waiting at least until they were going on 3.

I am just exited at the possibility of O' on my own since I have never gotten a +OPK before in all of the years of BBT and ttc.

I did take my bbt on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday which was 99.0, 98.9 and 98.9. I didn't do it yesterday or today. It's been so long since I did any of that, it is kind of foreign to me now.

I am going to wait until next Friday and take a test and then go from there.

unfertilemyrtle · 02-19-2006, 12:29 AM

I used to use OPKs all the time when DH and I were TTC. As far as I know an OPK is considered pos when the test line is Darker or the exact same shade as the control line. I agree with the other poster, I think you took the first test a little after you o'd. But in my opinion you are indeed o'ing.