opk =hpt????

Yes i was talking about the latter, i checked it again after i posted and i can see a real faint 2nd line! so i dont know
I cant ring the company anyway, our ph has been barred for incoming calls only (ricks mum thought it was an expense we didnt need!!) and i have run out of credit on my ph, so prehaps on Monday when i get some credit or something, but cant do anything until then.

I did an opk last night, but as i had drank about 1/2 hr before hand (completely forgot til after) it only showed a faint or normal 2nd line.

So i have no idea LMAO im one confused person!! I will try another opk today, i seem to get the best results from 2-4pm!

Will let you know what happens there!

ok ive checked it again and the real faint line is there, but you cant see it at arms length anymore, sorta.
Damn it, i guess the only thing i can do is buy another hpt (will need help choosing brand please!) test tomorrow with FMU and see what that says.
What do you think?

I've used fortel ultra before and also another good brand is clear blue i think. You can get one that says if you are pregnant or not pregnant. Never used that one myself.
GL for tomorrow

is fortel a good brand? anyone had bad experiences from them before?

I've had false positives with them before but most times it's been right. I think it only happened a couple of times to me were it was wrong and that was not long after my m/c back in 2004.

ok i will try fortel, but if the chemist doesnt have them which brand should i go for next? Clear Blue?

what ones do they sell ?

Naomi try crystal clear, they are pretty reasonably priced and I have never ever got a false pos or evap line. Fingers crossed for you

also just worked out if i dont count the af i just had, im on CD42.

How long after you 'o' does it take for implantation? i thought it was like 8-12days or something? if it was 12 days then implantion would have been right on when af started, and thats like 2 1/2wks ago, so surley a dark + wouldve shown? I think i just dont believe i am pg..........

if i tell you the "signs" i have or have had last couple of weeks, can you tell me if they are real 'signs' or just normal iykwim but will put after explantation next to them.
*light AF - just a light af
*no cramping although slight niggly feelings - maybe didnt ovulate? or didnt notice the cramping
*feeling sick, threw up yesterday morning, felt queezy day before, and feel queezy right now - couldve been something ive eaten or a virus going around
*tired, feeling like bed at about 9pm or earlier every night for the last week and a half - havent been sleeping well anyway, could be just tired
*strong urine, unless i have drank heaps just before the toilet - havnt been drinking enough?
*feeling hot/flushed (dont temp) combination of everything, ie stress etc
*not feeling myself - a result of all of the above

ETA also *feeling bloated *going to the toilet frequently *very emotional!!!

ok fortel and then crystal clear

I dont know what they sell!! Cant remember even if my life depended on it LMAO

With all them symptoms i would say you are pg and maybe just O'd later than you think. What CD do you think you O'd ?
Not sure how long it takes to implant.

Naomi, believe it or not, there are a lot of women whose pg doesn't show up on HPT for weeks. The chemist always sell Crystal Clear and pregnosis

i wont use pregnosis - thats what i used when i got my fake +!

I think between cd 14 and cd 16

Is it possible to o more than once in a cycle?

wow i couldnt handle feeling pg but having hpt's deny it for weeks LOL i guess in that case the only thing is a BT!

I'd say the BT is the way to go really.
You can always go to the W&C to get checked out because of the bleeding and at least that way you would know in 3hrs what is going on instead of waiting till next week.

Naomi why don't you do a post asking who has had to wait a few weeks into their pg to get a pos and see what their experience is.

good idea Sarah! im off to do that now!!

Michelle - very true indeed, i will keep that in mind!

Naomi, Just from my personal experience, i have had a false+ twice with fortel, so i would never use them again, but thats just me, but thought i would let you know.

so do u recomend crystal clear? or is there another one you recomend?

is there even one safe hpt without the attached down points of fake +'s??? It is so fustrating, i get my first + on a hpt to find out its fake and then to find out its normal and that it would be actual weird if i didn have an expereince of a fake + in my life time! LOL
I def dont want to choose one when someone has had bad results with them, they scare me, and i dont want to use them iykwim?

I think with you keep having fake +'s your best bet would be to have a BT done. At least it would save you some $$. If you go to the hospital you won't have to pay.

With Both of my pregnancies, i could not fault Confirm, both times i used them and they have never given me any sort of a faint line each month i test, except when i was infact pregnant, and there not too badly priced either.

i agree with shellstar, confirm is great and also crystal clear have been fantastic with me, but fortel is a big no no for me iwll never buy them or recommend them. Everytime i used them i always got a faint positive, but was never pregnant!!! I rang the company to complain and they said they know it can give false positives and it is due to the acidity of your urine, so why not fix them???????

I got on this forum...read it, and took an OPK (I had a lot of them!). It was a little lighter than the control line. So, the next morning, I took another one--same thing happened. I figured I should just take a real pregnancy test, and it was POSITIVE!!! I TOTALLY believe in this! I have already had a blood test just to confirm, and it was positive!

Good Luck to all!!

Ok OPk = ovulation predictor Kit and Hpt = home pregnancy test

OPk is to determine when you have ovulated. You need to start them a couple of days before you ovulate to make sure you know when you ovulate. If you take a OPK too late in your cycle it will show you ovulated "Yes" but when ? it may have already passed and you are too late...

Justawaiting - an opk will only turn positive when th LH (lutenising hormone) surge is happening. OR when HCG (pregnancy hormone) is present in your urine or in the presence of some rare medical conditions. An opk will only show positive for the period of time that your LH surge is occuring. So, if you have a positive opk and your period is due it is possible and probable that you are pregnant. However, as the other women have said a pregnancy test showing a positive result is really the only one to count on.

Flowerchild thanks for the post !!! really really interesting I did not know that.

Heather

Is it possible to get no line on a OPK but still get a + HPT ?

definitely because a lot of the OPKs are not as sensitive as the HPTS!

good luck.

beccas

Thanks Flowerchild
I've said it before, and i'll say it again - you learn something everyday from this place.

I am a little over 9 weeks pregnant, and I tested with an OPK first. It wasn't as dark as the control line. After that, I did an HPT, and it was instantly positive. For me, when I wasn't pregnant, the second line on OPKs didn't show up, so it was weird for it to come up--and that is why I finally tested with an HPT. I have tested with OPKs that I have left over randomly so far in my pregnancy just to see, and they definitely got darker as I went. Now they are to the point that they can't get any darker! Point being that it is a good (but not definitative) sign that you are showing a line on the OPK. Testing with an HPT is definitely the only sure way to know.

Hi all,

My Dp and I agreed I wouldn't not test until sunday which would make me 12DPO. Sneaky me decided to get around this by doing an OPK :lol: Now yesterday when I tested i got a faint 2nd line, no biggy to me as I'm getting faint lines all the time on OPKs. But i decided to test again this morning to compare. The 2nd line is darker.

So my question, if i'm pg should the 2nd line get darker?

Any help would be appreciated :D

Sounds good, Bron. And your chart is looking great. I have a very positive feeling that this is your month! *sticky vibes* *sticky vibes*

Thanks for replying Kerry.

Oooh and congratulations on your pg! :dance:

In the interests of science (yep, I was plain curious :p ), I just tried an opk and second line was nice and dark. Bron, if you've got a second line coming up and it's getting darker, I'd be trying an extra sensitive HPT tomorrow morning. I'm sure you'll see a BFP. It might be faint though. :D Lots of *sticky vibes* coming your way!

Kerry a secret for you,me (and veronica) i did a HPT this afternoon and got a faint faint +ve. I know it wasn't FMU, so who knows...but I'm definately going to test again tomorrow morning...


I hope no one else is reading this thread! lol

WOOHOO, Bron! Lol, I'd just posted in your TTC journal and thought I'd check back here. I'm thrilled for you :dance:

bron good luck testing in the morning :dance:

Don't worry Bron, i'll keep it a secret lol.. I'll cross my fingers for you too.