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Conflicting results with OPKs

hello everyone. I'm new to posting but my latest TTC adventure has me very confused so here I am. 

my husband and I have been trying since September. My last two periods have been pretty late with no positive HPT but other pregnancy like symptoms. My period started eight days late in January and other circumstances lead me to believe it was a chemical pregnancy. According to clear blue digital advanced and the regular two-line style first reasons OPKs, I started ovulating a few days after my period ended (which is when I would have ovulated with my normal cycle and no late period). Yesterday out of curiosity I took the first response OPK and it came up as high LH again, nearly a week after the first surge. This morning I took tests, one first twosomes one clear blue digital. First response showed a surge with two very clear pink lines (just like the day and week before) clear blue has the blank circle so no surge. 

Has as anyone experienced this? I assume I actually ovulated last week when both came up positive. I know it is possible to ovulate twice in a cycle but it's strange that I'm getting conflicting results. Can OPKs predict pregnancy? 

thank you! I appreciate the feedback. 

Re: Conflicting results with OPKs

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  • OPKs do not measure whether you are ovulating or not; they simply measure your LH surge. You can have multiple LH surges in a cycle.
  • hello everyone. I'm new to posting but my latest TTC adventure has me very confused so here I am. 

    my husband and I have been trying since September. My last two periods have been pretty late with no positive HPT but other pregnancy like symptoms. My period started eight days late in January and other circumstances lead me to believe it was a chemical pregnancy. According to clear blue digital advanced and the regular two-line style first reasons OPKs, I started ovulating a few days after my period ended (which is when I would have ovulated with my normal cycle and no late period). Yesterday out of curiosity I took the first response OPK and it came up as high LH again, nearly a week after the first surge. This morning I took tests, one first twosomes one clear blue digital. First response showed a surge with two very clear pink lines (just like the day and week before) clear blue has the blank circle so no surge. 

    Has as anyone experienced this? I assume I actually ovulated last week when both came up positive. I know it is possible to ovulate twice in a cycle but it's strange that I'm getting conflicting results. Can OPKs predict pregnancy? 

    thank you! I appreciate the feedback. 
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    We recommend temping your BBT to get a better idea of when you ovulated. It is possible to get many LH surges in a cycle. OPKS can go hand in hand with temping though.

    Why would you assume it was a chemical pregnancy? Neg HPT = Not pregnant at this time. It's that simple. You likely ovulated later on, hence your period was not late and came exactly when it was supposed to andplusalso pregnancy symptoms are identical to PMS.
  • I really really recommend downloading Fertility Friend and learning how to chart your BBT. FF has tons of great tutorials that you can read through. You will learn so much about how your body works, it's pretty amazing. I've found educating myself on my cycles and what it actually takes to get pregnant has taken a great amount of confusion out of the process. 

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  • You can have more than one LH surge in a cycle but you can NOT ovulate twice in a cycle. I think reading the book PPs have mentioned would be tremendously beneficial for you. You will understand your cycle and your body in a whole new way.
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    edited February 2016
    I do all kind of tracking and I am very familiar with my cycles. This is particular incidence is abnormal for me, hence why I am asking. I was wondering about the conflicting results I got today. However I will consult a healthcare professional since this is an abnormality for me. Thanks for the feedback. 
  • I do all kind of tracking and I am very familiar with my cycles. This is particular incidence is abnormal for me, hence why I am asking. I was wondering about the conflicting results I got today. However I will consult a healthcare professional since this is an abnormality for me. Thanks for the feedback. 
    Do you track your bbt? Because then you would know that your period wasn't "late" it's likely you ovulated later those cycles. 

    Also, pregnancy symptoms and period symptoms are the same. You're regular until you're not, so it just sounds like you aren't having a typical cycle.

    PPs tried to explain to you that you can have multiple LH surges a cycle. 

    I don't think there's really anything to consult a Dr about here. 

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  • I do all kind of tracking and I am very familiar with my cycles. This is particular incidence is abnormal for me, hence why I am asking. I was wondering about the conflicting results I got today. However I will consult a healthcare professional since this is an abnormality for me. Thanks for the feedback. 
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  • You can have more than one LH surge in a cycle but you can NOT ovulate twice in a cycle. I think reading the book PPs have mentioned would be tremendously beneficial for you. You will understand your cycle and your body in a whole new way.
    Technically, yes, you can, but not in the way that PP meant. Or I guess it depends on how you define it because you can release 2 eggs (that's how we get fraternal twins), but that happens at the same time or within a pretty short period of time, not a week apart like OP thought.
  • Yeah, PPs have given you very good advice.  I usually have two or three LH surges a cycle and don't ovulate until the last one.  If I didn't track temp and went only on OPKs, I would never have any idea what was going on (and probably think I was late all the time).

    Re: "pregnancy like symptoms," you should try to avoid symptom spotting as much as possible.  All it does is get your hopes up.

    Also you should really put a trigger warning on this thread if you're going to talk about CPs and loss.
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  • edited February 2016
    I have never found OPKs to be enormously helpful other than hinting that I will have ovulated sometimeish maybe around when I get a positive.  Sometimes I don't ovulate for days after a positive, sometimes I ovulate the day OF a positive.  The only thing that truly confirms ovulation is temping.  That's just how it is.  I know the idea of taking your temp every single morning at the same time sounds like a pain in the butt, however it really is very worth it and just becomes a daily routine.  

    You got a ton of good information here - hope you don't reject it!!
  • hello everyone. I'm new to posting but my latest TTC adventure has me very confused so here I am. 

    my husband and I have been trying since September. My last two periods have been pretty late with no positive HPT but other pregnancy like symptoms. My period started eight days late in January and other circumstances lead me to believe it was a chemical pregnancy. According to clear blue digital advanced and the regular two-line style first reasons OPKs, I started ovulating a few days after my period ended (which is when I would have ovulated with my normal cycle and no late period). Yesterday out of curiosity I took the first response OPK and it came up as high LH again, nearly a week after the first surge. This morning I took tests, one first twosomes one clear blue digital. First response showed a surge with two very clear pink lines (just like the day and week before) clear blue has the blank circle so no surge. 

    Has as anyone experienced this? I assume I actually ovulated last week when both came up positive. I know it is possible to ovulate twice in a cycle but it's strange that I'm getting conflicting results. Can OPKs predict pregnancy? 

    thank you! I appreciate the feedback. 
    Your two first statements will make sense when you learn more about ovulation, OPKs and temping.

    Your periods werent late, you will have just ovulated later than you thought. The fact that you have now detected multiple LH surges supports this. 

    It is not true that you can ovulate twice in a cycle, you can only ovulate once, however you can have multiple LH surges whilst your body tries to ovulate. OPKs dont guarantee ovulation happened, they just tell you it may.

    If you take your basal body temp every morning - three high temps will confirm ovulation. 

    You can't have pregnancy symptoms if you are not pregnant, only a pregnancy test can confirm pregnancy, pregnancy symptoms and PMS symptoms are the same.

    I wouldnt advise to try using OPKs to detect pregnancy, most women have a small amount of LH in their bodies all the time so you could always get a faint second line at any time in your cycle. To avoid confusion I would stick to pregnancy tests.

    Hope this helps.

    I would also recommend reading Taking Charge of your Fertility and using Fertility Friend to track your temps and a Mabis thermometer

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    The closest I've ever gotten to a positive OPK was on CD22 of this cycle. FF put ovulation at CD27. I'm not sure I agree with FF, because all the OPK were stark white after the one I had on CD22 that was the darkest I've ever seen. Still not a positive, mind, but in all my cycles (and two children) it was close. So a +OPK is great, but it guaruntees nothing about ovulation. Just so that you MIGHT ovulate in the next 24-26 hours. I've never seen a positive OPK, so its not required to pinpoint ovulation. Just a great way to target sex.


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    So the cycle after I had an actual, confirmed loss, if I weren't temping I would've thought I ovulated. I had lots of EWCM and some pretty dark OPKs (I don't really get true positives, more on that later). But through temping, I knew I never did. My body was just trying to do so and not succeeding, hence lots of LH and CM but that doesn't always lead to an egg being released. 

    On the flip side, the ONE time I got a true positive OPK was when I was pregnant. Obviously not ovulating. So they really are not a surefire way to know you are about to ovulate. 

    Don't label yourself as having a loss without knowing you did. It's not a club you want to join. You think you know your cycle but it's a case of not knowing how little you know since there are many misconceptions in your post. For example, if you do release more than one egg, they are always released within 24 hours of each other. You can have multiple LH surges and thus multiple +OPKs, but you cannot ovulate more than once any more time apart than that. 

    Temp and chart. It takes like maybe 5 minutes of your day and it sounds like you really want to have an understanding of what your body is doing. If I were relying on OPKs I would think I wasn't ovulating because I never really get positives, but thanks to temping I know I ovulated every cycle for the last year except for the one following my loss. It's very useful information. Thanks to temping, I also know I have a short luteal phase which suggests a possible need for supplemental progesterone in the future. 
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