Two cycles in one?

[SamanthuhMaybe]

Hello! So I posted not that long ago about having felt like it was weird that I got a solid smiley face so early in my cycle (CD11). I had 2 days of flashing smiles before that. Since then I had solid circles only. Now I’m CD16 and I got a flashing smiley!

So I know about the second follicle stimulation and that it is technically possible to OV twice in one month, etc. What I can’t locate is, is it normal to have just like, fluctuation? I mean, does this flashing smiley actually HAVE to mean anything at all or can it just be that my estrogen is fluctuating normally during the course of a normal cycle and I likely won’t get another solid smiley? From what I can find online, a second solid smiley is going to be a second LH surge and that definitely means something is up re: follicles stim or 2nd OV, etc - but I can’t find anything about estrogen alone. As I understand it, the flashing smiley is detecting estrogen, but I can’t find anything about whether that actually means anything or not. Thoughts?

The test holder isn't meant to be used to test again after you've gotten a peak reading until your next cycle (I know it's tempting and I have done it before too 🤦‍♀️).

It will start flashing again as it's still detecting estrogen in your system (which is normal after ovulation) and will keep flashing until it detects hormone rises several times the last test holder reading.

It's very rare to ovulate twice in a month and actually if someone does it tends to be within hours of the first one....not days....

Ovulation tests can be used as an early pregnancy test as on a molecular level HCG and LH are very similar and the test has trouble distinguishing between the two hence why some people can get a really strong peak reading on their ovulation test before they get a BFP
(But LH also does rise naturally before your period too)