Ovulation test as pregnancy test

[Louiselouxo]

Has anyone found out they were pregnant using an ovulation test?! Interested in hearing your experiences!

first test was done yesterday and the bottom was done a moment ago. I think the lines a little darker! (Not due untill tomorrow or Sunday)

Don't they measure different hormones? Are you sure you've already ovulated this month?

When ever I've used ovulation tests when pregnant the lines always been crazy dark

Ovulation tests will more often than not show a faint line whenever you take them, so they aren’t reliable for pregnancy at all.

An ovulation test will always have a line. When I was pregnant it was blazing positive. And even when ovulating I had never had a full positive as my lh levels were low. It was the darkest test I've ever had.

I ovulated over a week ago and got a super dark line, I’ve been doing them every day since to just check. And they’re getting darker again but I’m due on so was abit confused! I live in the middle of no we’re so I’m waiting for Amazon to deliver my FRER! Prob just posative thinking woth the ovulation test

@Louiselouxo it’s common for an ovulation test to look a little bit darker right before you’re period. It’s measuring LH, not HCG, and we always have LH in our system. Urine concentration can affect the line colour too.

Lh does tend to increase a bit just before your period. So it doesn't mean anything yet. Doesn't mean you're out either. Go get a pregnancy test

This is how I found out I was pregnant the second time. I knew I had ovulated shortly after my period ended and got another peak fertility one week before my next period was due. Took a pregnancy test straight away and it was positive. Like others have said, sometimes the hormone spikes again anyway before your period. You’ve won’t know without taking a PG test.

Oh wow that’s amazing! Was your lime darker than mine? I ovulated over a week ago as I was taking opks. I don’t live near a shop so I have ordered a test of Amazon but the not knowing is killing me!

You have a second lh surge just before your period op, it's just smaller than the one at ovulation

Sorry guys, me again! I still haven’t got any preg tests they should be here today! My flo app keeps saying period may start today.

done another opk and I think it’s darker?

forst ones are the other day and last pic today

For an OPK to function as a pregnancy test it needs to be positive for that type of test i.e. the test line as dark or darker than the control line. It's not the same as a pregnancy test where even a very faint line is a positive. As others have said, there's pretty much always a faint line on an opk so it's not really something you can interpret as meaningful at that point.

From having experimented with this in the past, I didn't get positive readings on an opk-as-a-pregnancy-test until a few days after my period was late - they didn't really work as an early test. Fingers crossed for the actual pregnancy tests!

Update please @Louiselouxo I'm in the same boat

So I accidentally took an OPK when I was testing for my BFP last month. The preg test was a faint positive (I am pregnant) but the accidental OPK was darker and picked up as a positive...

I accidentally used an ovulation test instead of a pregnancy test (internet cheapies so look similar) when I got pregnant with my DS- the test line was MUCH darker than the control line, way darker than you'd get testing for your peak during ovulation.