OPK never fully positive!

[Lea79]

I am in a pickle! I have religiously been checking for cm and using OPK. I had a steady increase of the darkness of the second line and was almost as dark, then on the day after I had cm (presumably ovulated) the test strip LH line decreased. The second line never got as dark as the control line so I am worried if my LH is not enough. What does this effect? Has anyone else experienced this? or should I try another brand? PLEASE HELP!

Leanne

First time TTC

[visitor1]

I was doing the same the month i fell PG with #3...only i never got a +ve read in 14 days! I say it was the brand i was using. Cos i must have O'd at some point

[Lea79]

Thanks Kimbaz,

I might try another brand and see what happens.

Lea

[AJC]

lea79 - I never had any luck with opk's until this month when i bought some midstream ones off the internet. They worked fabulously & I got my first ever +, the test line was almost twice as dark as the control line.

[Lea79]

Hi girls!

Thankyou for all the advice. I was a bit worried that my hormones were out of balance or something like that. I will try a few different brands and see which suits me best. Sounds like a plan to me!

Leanne

[~Raven~]

With OPK's you will get the darkest result 12 - 24 hours before you O. The hormone surges then and that is that the test detects.
Also the time of day you are testing could be a problem. I'd never get good results if I tested before 8pm. I actually had a -ve one at 5pm then I did another at about 8.30pm and it was amazing how dark it was then.