Ovulation after miscarriage

[brodiee]

I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks. I'm still bleeding albeit v v small amount, but it's been nearly 2 weeks since the bleeding started.

Is it possible to use ovulation kits to find out when ovulating? I'm keen to try again as soon as bleeding stops. I know they say to wait a cycle so u can date pregnancy better but I feel it will help me more mentally to try again straight away and think more proactively rather than wait a month and dwell on things.

Reason I ask is that I was about to buy a clearblue ovulation kit from amazon and then I read it's not recommended / not as reliable if you've recently been pregnant?

[Timewaitsfornowoman]

Hi Op,

So sorry to hear about your mc. I'm in the same position and the accepted practise seems to be to wait until you get a negative pregnancy test to use OPKs as the pregnancy hormones often cause positive OPKs.

Having said that, I'm still getting v faint positives on HPTs but I started using CB OPKs two days ago and I had two blank circles and today got a flashing smiley, so I think my HCG levels must be low enough for the OPKs to work.

Good luck and look after yourself