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OPK question

lina2008
lina2008
Today I decided to do an OPK... I promised my self I wouldn't do it, that I would take time off to grieve after my miscarriage and allow my self to get back to normal before starting to seriously try again (after all I probably need to do IVF again to get pregnant anyway) but I just can't help my self, I really, really want to get pregnant again...

My question is, could I be ovulating??? I have had all the old ovulation symptoms the last few days and my opk was fairly dark (though not as dark as the control line which makes me doubt) and today those symptoms are gone, like they used to when I O'ed

my question is could this just be pregnancy hormone or ovulation?? I miscarried a month ago on wednesday.

Thanks ladies
deleted_user
deleted_user
Have you had a regular period since your m/c? After my m/c (had to have a d&c), I was told that I could possibly ovulate before my next 'regular' period. However, thing with OPKs, from my understanding is that if you still have any pregnancy hormone in you (if beta has not gone down below 5) you could get a false positive on the OPK. I'm absolutely terrible with reading the lines, so I have switched to the digital smiley face ones - more expense, but less guess. Good luck!
EELC
EELC
I know after my m/c's my opks were positive for a while, same as my pregnancy test. I actually tracked them both and watched them go negative (call me crazy, but I wanted to know). That way I'd know for sure when either one was positive again. It's hard to say --> some women ovulate the first month after a m/c, others don't. In general, if the opk line isn't darker than the control it's negative, but it could mean you ovulated the day before. My opks actually are varying stages of positive for 4-5 days every month.

I found that tracking my cycles helped me to get ready for trying again, even when I was tracking during cycles when I wasn't ttc. Made me feel more in tune with my body.