Is this what PCOS affected OPKs look like?

lace&pearls · Mar 19th, 2010, 16:52 PM

Helo can anyone help me? I'm a bit lost

I know I have pcos, was hoping opks might work cause apparently sometimes they do.. at first was getting bfns .. now I've just had this for the last few days... beginning to think if I just keep getting this then maybe I should give up.. but what should I do then? I have no idea when I'm going to ovulate

what's the chance I'm going to catch the eggy if I have no idea when it's arriving

I don't know if they show up as well as they do in reality... I've been taking 2 a day, these are from the last few days until today, they all kinda look the same to me

..some of them are FMUs cause when I have work I can't do them at work and have to leave early...

Here's my chart ... http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2cd8c0

AS you can see I'm on cd44, I have had some ewcm & watery? no temp rise

amberdawn723 · Mar 20th, 2010, 13:26 PM

This is a great question! I am charting and using opks for the first time this cycle and I've been getting what seems like the same or nearly the same results everyday for a loooong time (like the last 10 days). I have not been diagnosed with pcos...but am concerned about my LH levels staying this way. Some days they get a big lighter but mostly stay at like 25% or 50% of the control line (like yours).

I also have irregular cycles...last one lasted 73 days.

lace&pearls · Mar 20th, 2010, 18:16 PM

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Originally Posted by amberdawn723

This is a great question! I am charting and using opks for the first time this cycle and I've been getting what seems like the same or nearly the same results everyday for a loooong time (like the last 10 days). I have not been diagnosed with pcos...but am concerned about my LH levels staying this way. Some days they get a big lighter but mostly stay at like 25% or 50% of the control line (like yours).

I also have irregular cycles...last one lasted 73 days.

It's so annoying isn't it! I don't understand how I am ever supposed to get preg if I have no idea when my fertile days are

I don't know if there is anything else I can do either instead of OPKs? (apart from bbt which obv only tells u after u ov

)

Hope you don't mind me asking, did it take you long to conceive your little one? xx

amberdawn723 · Mar 21st, 2010, 11:07 AM

My DD was conceived by surprise. I fell pregnant two weeks after we got married. We only started ttc #2...but we've been ntnp for 3 years and never fell pregnant. So I'm really beginning to worry if something is wrong.

lace&pearls · Mar 21st, 2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by amberdawn723

My DD was conceived by surprise. I fell pregnant two weeks after we got married. We only started ttc #2...but we've been ntnp for 3 years and never fell pregnant. So I'm really beginning to worry if something is wrong.

If it's worrying you, perhaps you should book an appointment with your doc. Maybe it's just a case of not timing your bding things like that? have you got any other symptoms of pcos?

amberdawn723 · Mar 21st, 2010, 12:02 PM

No I don't think I have any of the symptoms really...I'm using opks and temping now so hopefully we can time bding better. If nothing comes of it after a few cycles I'm going to go see my doctor.

LaLa09 · Apr 6th, 2010, 20:58 PM

I have PCOS and that is how my lines looked for 10 days....I felt like I would never get a positive, but I believe I finally got one on cycle day 20, after 7 months of doing these! If you are concerned, it won't hurt to go see your doc. I wish the best for you!

lace&pearls · Apr 9th, 2010, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by LaLa09

I have PCOS and that is how my lines looked for 10 days....I felt like I would never get a positive, but I believe I finally got one on cycle day 20, after 7 months of doing these! If you are concerned, it won't hurt to go see your doc. I wish the best for you!

Thanks hun, I've been doing them every day since and still no def sign of ov! (or AF)

I'm on cd 64

I had a bunch like that that were half way there, then they all started going negative again, then slightly more positive again lol... agh. My temp hasn't risen though. Although I have been getting ewcm for ages.. although I read somewhere today that is linked to annovulatory cycles

I was thinking of leaving it until the 3 month mark and then going to the doctors, when I went to discuss my options about ttc they said I wouldn't be offered fertility treatment for a year, but surely it can't be good for you to go 3 months or more without a period?
I've also just ordered some agnus castus herbal tablets in the hope they might do something?! lol

LaLa09 · Apr 9th, 2010, 21:33 PM

lace&pearls, I feel your pain about doing those OPK's forever and never seeing a positive....Now I'm unsure that I even got a positive because I saw the exact same thing several days later...
I would DEFINATELY go to the doctor about not having any periods.. I think the first time I went to figure out what was going on with me, I had waited 3 months also. My doctor said it isn't good to go a long time without having a period because it increases your risk for cancer. Also, I was a raging hormonal woman! haha.. I had all the PMS symptoms except AF. poor hubby!
I hope the agnus castus works for you! It didn't do a thing for me, except give me headaches. Now granted, I only took it for those 3 months...They say it takes 6months of longer for it to take effect! Hopefully you will respond faster to it though!!

Mar 19th, 2010, 16:52 PM	#1
lace&pearls Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 616	Is this what PCOS affected OPKs look like? Helo can anyone help me? I'm a bit lost I know I have pcos, was hoping opks might work cause apparently sometimes they do.. at first was getting bfns .. now I've just had this for the last few days... beginning to think if I just keep getting this then maybe I should give up.. but what should I do then? I have no idea when I'm going to ovulate what's the chance I'm going to catch the eggy if I have no idea when it's arriving I don't know if they show up as well as they do in reality... I've been taking 2 a day, these are from the last few days until today, they all kinda look the same to me ..some of them are FMUs cause when I have work I can't do them at work and have to leave early... Here's my chart ... http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2cd8c0 AS you can see I'm on cd44, I have had some ewcm & watery? no temp rise

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Mar 21st, 2010, 11:07 AM	#4
amberdawn723 Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 674	My DD was conceived by surprise. I fell pregnant two weeks after we got married. We only started ttc #2...but we've been ntnp for 3 years and never fell pregnant. So I'm really beginning to worry if something is wrong.

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Mar 21st, 2010, 12:02 PM	#6
amberdawn723 Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 674	No I don't think I have any of the symptoms really...I'm using opks and temping now so hopefully we can time bding better. If nothing comes of it after a few cycles I'm going to go see my doctor.

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Apr 6th, 2010, 20:58 PM	#7
LaLa09 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US Posts: 13	I have PCOS and that is how my lines looked for 10 days....I felt like I would never get a positive, but I believe I finally got one on cycle day 20, after 7 months of doing these! If you are concerned, it won't hurt to go see your doc. I wish the best for you!

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Apr 9th, 2010, 21:33 PM	#9
LaLa09 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US Posts: 13	lace&pearls, I feel your pain about doing those OPK's forever and never seeing a positive....Now I'm unsure that I even got a positive because I saw the exact same thing several days later... I would DEFINATELY go to the doctor about not having any periods.. I think the first time I went to figure out what was going on with me, I had waited 3 months also. My doctor said it isn't good to go a long time without having a period because it increases your risk for cancer. Also, I was a raging hormonal woman! haha.. I had all the PMS symptoms except AF. poor hubby! I hope the agnus castus works for you! It didn't do a thing for me, except give me headaches. Now granted, I only took it for those 3 months...They say it takes 6months of longer for it to take effect! Hopefully you will respond faster to it though!!

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Mar 20th, 2010, 13:26 PM	#2
amberdawn723 Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 674	This is a great question! I am charting and using opks for the first time this cycle and I've been getting what seems like the same or nearly the same results everyday for a loooong time (like the last 10 days). I have not been diagnosed with pcos...but am concerned about my LH levels staying this way. Some days they get a big lighter but mostly stay at like 25% or 50% of the control line (like yours). I also have irregular cycles...last one lasted 73 days.

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