Could someone help me understand my OPKs please?

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I had a miscarriage last month (surgery at almost 10 weeks).

Since then my HCG was really slow coming down. On Friday it had got to 9 and the hospital were happy to discharge me.

i decided to start OPKs then. The Friday and Saturday night they were negative tests but pretty dark lines. Heading towards positive but not quite.

Then from Sunday they’ve been blaring positive and still are now.

The second line is a lot lot darker than the first, and comes up straight away.

That is five days of showing positive. I know that can’t be right so I’m wondering what can cause this. I am not pregnant again btw. I mean I was at 9 last Friday and since then I’ve done some tests and they look very negative.

Advice?

I’m sorry to hear of your loss.

I have had positives for three days before, and sometimes just for a 12-hour period. I very much believe overall levels vary month to month, and it’s perfectly possible your hormones are a little imbalanced from the loss.

If you’re on any meds to manage the loss, have a search of the side-effects online, as they can sometimes cause a non-standard surge.

Some people (especially those with PMOS/PCOS) can also get two surges in a cycle because the first one failed to release an egg so the body tries again. It could be that your body is struggling to release the egg so it has continued the LH for longer than usual.

I’d give it another day or two, then ask your care provider if they have any recommendations or concerns.