Since I am a POAS addict and I haven't POAS'ed in almost 2 months, I had to get my fix today. I am on CD12 since my D&C and have not bled/spotted for a few days now. I have had some cramping/pain near my left ovary which felt similar to O pain. That, coupled with an increase in creamy/watery CM, led me to reaching for that new pack of OPKs that I have. The OPK came back very positive, very quick. Realizing that possibly could be because I could still have Hcg in my system after this most recent loss, I decided to "waste" a wondfo hpt to see if I was still testing positive. Sigh, it came back positive.
All of that said, is it safe to assume that the OPK came back positive because I still have residual hcg in my system and not in fact because I am actually O'ing? We are benched for 2 cycles anyway, however I am charting and using OPKs to see what my cycles are going to do now.
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Re: OPK question
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You're only right about not knowing if it's hcg or LH, but since her hpt was also positive it's def from the hcg.
https://www.justmommies.com/articles/opk-as-hpt.shtml
https://www.early-pregnancy-tests.com/ovulation-test-as-pregnancy-test.html
FWIW @alysonjill with both my d&c's I did weekly hpts to personally track my falling levels & to estimate when af would show. AF showed at 50 & 42 days post d&c, so I had 6wks of positive hpts.
BFP#4 3/17/14 - rainbow Baby BOY arrived 11/10/14 !!
DX: Uterine Septum - Resection 9/5/13 || MTHFR Hetero A1298C || My Chart
So simply,
This smiley represents LH
This smiley "> represents HCG
They are the exact same smiley except HCG is slightly more fancy with a blushing animation.
Thus LH & HCG are so similar they can both cause an OPK to be positive.
However because LH is missing the do-dad/blushing animation, LH will NOT turn a hpt positive.
BFP#4 3/17/14 - rainbow Baby BOY arrived 11/10/14 !!
DX: Uterine Septum - Resection 9/5/13 || MTHFR Hetero A1298C || My Chart
DX: Septate Uterus. Septum resection 6/4/13
DX: Septate Uterus. Septum resection 6/4/13
https://peestickparadise.com/opk_as_hpt.html
BFP#4 3/17/14 - rainbow Baby BOY arrived 11/10/14 !!
DX: Uterine Septum - Resection 9/5/13 || MTHFR Hetero A1298C || My Chart