Trying for baby #2!

[sarahlee660]

Hey, I'm new to this. But I had my POSITIVE ovulation test on 4th may. Me and my partner BD a couple of hours after the positive, I then kept ovulation testing to make sure the line faded and it did, it completely disappeared as usual. Now im 7dpo tomorrow & I took an ovulation test out of curiosity tonight and the line just appears to be getting darker now? It's not normal for me to have a line on an ovulation test when im not ovulating. I know for some women a second line always appears as LH is presented through their whole cycle. But not mine. Help me please ! 🥰

You usually ovulate 12-24 hours after a positive ovulation test but it could be up to 48 hours. So if you are counting from the first positive ovulation test (as they can be positive for a few days for some people) then you may be more like 6DPO tomorrow.

I believe the earliest implantation is 6DPO but can be a few days later.

The pregnancy hormone is molecularly similar to LH which OPKs detect which is why OPKs can show a strong line or positive when pregnant. If you have enough pregnancy hormone for a LH to show positive then it should show up on a pregnancy test since they are more sensitive than OPKs - but at 6DPO (even 7DPO) it's very unlikely you will get a positive pregnancy test.

LH levels do fluctuate throughout the cycle, so I wouldn't read too much into it.

That's not to say you won't get a positive in a few more days, just that at this stage I wouldn't be rushing to buy some babygrows based on that OPK.