Chris77

I'm asking because 6 days ago, I got a positive on 2 different types of OPK's. Now, tonight at 5 dpo, I did another OPK just so I could laugh at myself when it was negative (I've heard that OPK's will stay positive if you are preggers) Now, my OPK's didn't do this last month and the line that showed up tonight was extremely dark - I think darker than it was when I O'd last week! My nips were incredibly sore last week and have subsided, but now have ovary pain on my left side (a whole lot less severe than they were last week - felt like a knife last week, not it's kinda dull) and was uncharacteristically weepy today. No idea what's going on! I read that they shouldn't stay positive for more than 3 days. I was worrying that perhaps I was just gearing up for O, but now I'm totally confused! Damn, I knew I should have stayed away from the pee sticks!!!!!

Has anyone else experienced this?

mel82

Hi Chris!
I didn't recognize you without the other profile picture :-)

I just did an OPK and and it's definitely negative, it's been only 2 minutes but I dont think it will change. Now I'm confused, does that mean I'm not pg? Because I've heard that after a few DPO it changes hormone (from the OPK hormone to the HPT hormone) and then the OPK shouldn't recognize it, if you're PG I mean...

I'm so confused!

Chris77

Mel, I have no idea! If you go to peeonastick.com it says that it is possible to use opk's and hpt's but are not always reliable. The LH and HCG hormone are very similar but the HCG wears a different hat that the LH doesn't wear, so that the opk can pick up hcg. I don't know. I never had this happen before so I don't know if 1) I O'd last week and am now ovulating again or 2) I was gearing up for O last week but it never left the gate or 3) I'm pregnant. I"m almost 100% sure I O'd last week based on the sore nips afterwards, the sharp stabbing pain in my ovary and then it subsided for days. I dunno I don't know whether to scratch my watch or wind my ass!

Chris77

I found this on the web:

Conception Site
Stacy Wiegman
BellaOnline's Conception Editor



Using OPK's as HPT's
Guest Author - Tricia Bauman

Now if you are anything like me the 'two week wait' seems like a million years. Those two weeks after ovulation twirling your thumbs. Repeating in your head, "Am I Pregnant?" or "I'm Pregnant, I'm Not Pregnant, I'm Pregnant, I'm Not Pregnant". For me it is the hardest part of the cycle and takes a ton of patience.

I have heard many issues regarding OPK's used as HPT's. So the question is… Do they work? Well let me give you a little background on OPK's and HPT's before I go into opinion on this subject.



OPK's also called Ovulation Predictor Kits… Ya know those lovely urine strips that predict ovulation. They detect a hormone called LH or Luteinizing Hormone. Your LH surges during ovulation, which then cause the OPK to show a positive result. So what's in the LH that makes the OPK turn positive? Keep on reading…



HPT's also called Home Pregnancy Tests detect HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) in your urine. The more HCG you have in your body the darker a positive line will show up. Now I'm sure you've heard of getting a beta test done. They take a beta test to determine if you are pregnant. That said, HPT's look for HCG's unique beta chain.



Now lets get into a simple make up of HCG. The 2 unique beta chains are only part of it's make up. HCG is also made up of 2 alpha chains. Okay so you know that beta is a big part in predicting weather or not you are pregnant, so what do the alpha chains do? They are also a predictor of pregnancy. What happens is when you conceive the alpha chains are being made along with the beta chains but the alpha chains are easier to detect in the early part of pregnancy. As the pregnancy progresses the beta chains will become stronger. So why bring up the alpha chains if HPT's detect mostly the beta chains of HCG? Because alpha and beta chains are also present in your LH. That's right, in fact the 2 alpha chains in LH are the exact same 2 alpha chains present in HCG. The OPK's detect those alpha chains.



So in conclusion most individuals will get a positive OPK before a positive HPT. It is easer to detect the alpha chain than it is the beta chain.

mel82

How were your temps? Did you see the OV dip?

Chris77

BUT this still doesn't answer my question of how can it possibly happen at only 5dpo?

mel82

Yes, that's weird because the egg shouldn't be implanted yet...
Check this one outhttp://www.early-pregnancy-tests.com/conceive.html (click on part 2) I was reading this one earlier and I understood that after OV the LH hormone kind of goes down and then the other hormone kicks in... wait let's read it again, because maybe I was too sleepy at work when I was reading it...

Let me know what u think

DolceBella

Just thought I'd share something I read once. I did a little research after having +OPKs for a week. It's possible you had 2 LH surges. If the first surge fails to release an egg, your body may surge again for a second attempt... causing the OPKs to remain positive. Either way... I'd just keep on Good luck!

mel82

That would make sense...
We'll have to wait and see! Thanks :-)

celine

I think it happened to me, I had +opks then a week later I poas and I got darker positive lines for about 5 days in a row. I then stopped poas cos they were always so dark but another week later I tried again and it was neg...so Im not really sure.