Positive OPK

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Registered: 07-04-2008
Positive OPK
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Tue, 05-26-2009 - 12:18pm
This is my first month using an OPK and i'm wondering why I had two days of positives.
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Registered: 04-01-2009
In reply to: coach05
Tue, 05-26-2009 - 3:00pm

I usually get two days of positives, too. Right around that time I see a "fade-in" pattern, where it gets progressively darker, but still not a positive, then in the next day or two I get a couple days of definite positives. I think the explanation is that yours and my LH surge lasts for a couple of days, so you are catching the surge on its way up and then again on its way back down. If your surge doesn't last as long as that, you may only see one day of positives or none at all if you don't test at the right time.

It's not something to worry about unless you are getting several days of positives. I've read that one and two days of positives are normal, and that three days are not unheard of. However, it's more difficult, at least for me, to determine exactly when I O'd. It could be as many as 48 hrs. after the final positive, or it could be before that.

Duluth TTC #1

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