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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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STILL no period!

194 replies

sureitsno3 · 05/05/2008 21:52

Exactly 2 weeks late now, haven't done a test for a few days as don't see much point really, but being 2 weeks late bit weird isn't it?

Saying that though dh & i have had a couple of nights of romantic behaviour since lol .

OP posts:
pucca · 19/05/2008 13:29

Lulu...That is the question

cece · 19/05/2008 13:30

pucca

this is from peeonastick.com

Can I use an OPK instead of an HPT to detect pregnancy?
Check out the OPK-as-HPT section for a detailed answer. The short answer is: an OPK will turn positive if pregnancy hormone is present, but there are many reasons an OPK could be positive. To be sure, you should use an HPT to detect pregnancy and an OPK to detect ovulation. Mixing and matching can get your hopes up.

There is more info on the website but it was quite long, but you may want to look it up.

pucca · 19/05/2008 13:33

There is also this from FF here

nappyaddict · 19/05/2008 13:57

what are opks and hpts?

pucca · 19/05/2008 14:00

NA... OPK are ovulation tests and HPT are home pregnancy tests.

nappyaddict · 19/05/2008 14:08

oh i didn't realise you hadn't tested using a pregnancy test.

pucca · 19/05/2008 14:11

Yes i have, the top pic is an OPK the other one is a pg test.

This has been going on a while, as i having been getting faint BFP/negs for a couple of weeks.

NatalieJaneIsPregnantAgain · 20/05/2008 07:50

Morning all

Squack · 20/05/2008 08:46

do you know I think it could be that you have actually had an anovulatory type cycle and that you are O'ing now.

If the test from the gp's is -ve I bet you get your period in 2 weeks.

NatalieJaneIsPregnantAgain · 20/05/2008 09:12

Do you normally get BFP's/feel pregnant with a anovulatory cycle? (Don't know much about them TBH)

And would you get a OV surge for more than 24 hours on an OPK? (Don't know much about them either!! LOL)

pucca · 20/05/2008 09:51

Morning!

Got to phone between 2 and 4pm, so bit more waiting yet.

I have just done another OPK and it is stronger than the others

Just put a pic on to show you....

pucca · 20/05/2008 09:54

Would i go 8 weeks without ov-ing though??

I don't have problem cycles at all normally, when TTC with my dd and ds, i used OPKs and the first month of using them, got pos, had sex once = pregnant!

Meeely2 · 20/05/2008 10:06

tis all very strange pucca I must admit - and I am waiting with baited breath for your results between 2 and 4.....better than any bbc drama this!

artichokes · 20/05/2008 10:07

I have been away from this thread for a while but to see the mystery is as yet unsolved. Just wanted to say that I get positive OPKs for about 9 days of my cycle which is apparantly not unusual.

stuarts · 20/05/2008 11:02

this is what happens to my OPKs in the few days leading up to ovulation, they gradually get darker

pucca · 20/05/2008 11:07

Well, i will just have to see what the doctor says later on.

pucca · 20/05/2008 11:08

I know that OPKs get darker leading up to ov, but on CD 8?? as i have said earlier, from past experience i ov later on, more like CD 18.

Squack · 20/05/2008 11:17

I think that with an annovulatory cycle you can bleed abnormally for want of a better word mid-way through the cycle. Attila is a better person to seek advice from on that score.

The OPK's are hard to read unless they're the digital ones. I wouldn't go back to the interpret yourself ones tbh. An LH surge is usually predicted 12-48hours before Ovulation, but if you have interpret the lines yourself you can extend that I guess.

Good luck for the results!

Are you deciding to ttc now anyway with all this broo-har from the last month?

pucca · 20/05/2008 11:19

Impatient as i am, i thought i will act daft and ring early to see if the results were back, she said nothing is showing on the computer so to phone tomorrow now!

This is seriously doing my head in now!

Disenchanted · 20/05/2008 11:53

Don't phone tomorrow, phone again at about 3pm.

FWIW i don't think the OPKs mean anything, LH is different to HCG and just because they can detect HCG doesn't mean thats whats happening here, could just be LH,

Its not unsual to OV so early or late, I got pregnant this time round about CD23 i think!

mags98 · 20/05/2008 12:03

When did you last do a home PT?

Rather than doing lots of OPKs (which are rather meaningless and can give false results if you have recently been pregnant or think you might be) then just do a PT. It is the answer to that you need to know, not the OPK. The home ones are just as sensitive as the ones the hospital use.

If your home PT is definitely negative then it is unlikely to be anything to worry about. Chances are that you had a very early pregnancy that did not continue, miscarried and are no longer pregnant. If it is positive or if there is any doubt about if it is positive or negative, then you need further assessment and rather than just repeating another urine PT at the GP then what you need is a blood test.

I really would not bother doing any more OPKs until after your next period, you are just wasting money and getting false/meaningless results. When I had my first miscarriage I started using the OPKs at about 3 weeks afterwards and they showed positive for weeks and weeks even after I had my next period.

mags98 · 20/05/2008 12:05

Sorry missed you last post while typing this one. If you can get the results of the one you did yesterday this afternoon try phoning later, not tomorrow) then great. If not, as above, just do one yourself.

nappyaddict · 20/05/2008 14:46

it's 2:45 - have you rung yet? you were supposed to find out between 2 and 4 weren't you?

stuarts · 20/05/2008 15:47

any news yet?

pucca · 20/05/2008 15:48

I rang again, spoke to the doctor and it was neg, they only did a dip type test

Who knows

The thing is i want to go back on my pill so what do i do?

I asked about a blood test and he said no just wait to see if i miss my next period.

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