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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Opk as pregnancy test.

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Talb93 · 19/04/2020 16:35

Hi everyone.
Wondering if anyone can help me. I’m 8 DPO and my OPK have become nearly as dark as the test line and was a little darker today. Has anyone else had this, could it get darker and lead to BFP.
Thank you Smile

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Talb93 · 19/04/2020 19:25

Yes I agree with you. Hopefully my line will get darker and lead to BFP but who knows !

Is your line as dark as the test line or not quite yet?

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CaribouCarafe · 19/04/2020 19:04

From what I've read the OPK test works as a pregnancy test because it can't discern between HCG and LH.

But if the detection level for an OPK is at 20 miu or 25 miu then I can't see how it would appear as positive before a FRER would?

Am still hopeful that my late, dark OPKs are a positive sign though!

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Talb93 · 19/04/2020 18:52

This is the confusion I’m having. I would of thought that the line on the ovulation strip would be very faint at this point in my cycle as I’m due on in 6 days. But it’s getting darker again.

I know they can be used as a pregnant test as with my son I used it and it was very dark but that was when I was 2 days late for AF.

I’ve been googling but keeps coming up with different things. X

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CaribouCarafe · 19/04/2020 17:58

Am also interested in this as I'm experiencing the same.

I'm curious to know whether the OPK test can be used to detect pregnancy earlier than an early detection pregnancy test.

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Talb93 · 19/04/2020 16:38

Ah glad someone has experienced the same. It’s still a bit lighter than the test line but when I started taking OPK at the start of the month there was barley a line there until ovulation. So confusing Hmm x

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Peacenquiet2 · 19/04/2020 16:35

Yes I had the same so hopefully this is a bfp for you, good luck