OPK is messing with me....

10-4LilBuddy

During my baseline appt last week, I had an 11mm follicle, 9mm, and 4 - 7mm follicles.  RE was a bit surprised that they were so large before we even started Femara. 

So, I started testing this morning.  I got a smiley face at 6 a.m.  When I pulled out the stick, the line wasn't as dark as the control.  In fact, the line was quite light.  I took another test at 10.  It was an empty circle.  I called my RE because the same thing happened last month.  She had me go out and buy a new box because she thinks I had a false positive and a defective box.  I got an empty circle at 2.  I'm going in for a u/s tomorrow to see what is really going on.  Ugh!!!!  I hate the hurry up and wait!

lindaeverly

Ugh!!!!  It's bad enough that our bodies won't cooperate, but I hate it when things like OPK's don't either!

owlprof

Hmmm....I am no OPK expert, but I think I read that the line on the digitals don't mean anything.  So, you could have gotten an LH surge (when you got the smiley face) and the surge was gone by 2.  Do you think your RE (and your husband) could be ready to do an IUI in case you are close to ovulation tomorrow?

Abeille

I also don't think you can tell anything by breaking open a digital opk.

Was the 6am your FMU? possibly it wasmore concentrated so it gave you that positive? I hope the u/s clears everything up....this must be adding some stress.  

dhreczuck

I was pretty sure you can't go by the lines on a digital either, I've gotten a + and had all different shades of lines on the actual stick. Maybe you caught your surge on the way down?

10-4LilBuddy

The weird thing is the way the line looked.  The CB OPK's have a digital piece and you click in the sticks.  Usually, the stick has a nice dark line and the circle at the end is mostly dark.  The test at 6 a.m. had a really light line and the circle was only partially shaded.  RE said that the test that I took 4 hours later should have been positive too.  We'll just have to see what the u/s tomorrow morning says. 

owlprof

This is one of the downfalls of the digital OPK -- especially if you have a short surge.  For example:  my doctor tells me to test in the early afternoon.  Let's say I test on Monday at 1:00 PM and get a negative.  Then, the next morning, I get panicky and test again (even though my dr has said the best chance of catching the surge with an OPK is in the afternoon).  I get a positive at 6 AM on Tuesday.  I test again at 1:00 pm on Tuesday and get a negative.  I could have had the surge from 1:15 pm on Monday until 12:50 pm on Tuesday and still would have only gotten the positive OPK once!

Anyway, I hope that your appointment tomorrow goes well!