Ovulation Tests as Pregnancy Tests ???
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Topic: Ovulation Tests as Pregnancy Tests ???
Posted By: VioletStar
Subject: Ovulation Tests as Pregnancy Tests ???
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 6:05pm
| Hey there, Have heard more than once that ovulation tests can be used as pregnancy tests... is this right??? |
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 6:57pm
| i dont think they can. I can recall reading in my instructions when i was using them that they are not fit to be used as pregnancy tests. |
Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 6:59pm
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They will show a positive result if you are pregnant, but you can not confirm you are pregnant by that as could be ovulation. There was a great site somewhere but I can't find it right now ------------- "> 
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Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 7:10pm
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http://www.peeonastick.com/opkhpt.html - found it ------------- ">
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Posted By: scarecrowfarm
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 7:16pm
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Basically the deal is that luteinizing (sp?) hormone is very similar to hcg. I believe it has 2 of the 3 components that hcg has if I recall correctly. So when you are pregnant an OPK will show up positive as those two components are present. However getting a positive OPK doesn't guarantee you are pregnant. You cannot use a pregnancy test as an OPK because the pregnancy test looks for all three components.
Okay I might have the number counts wrong, but hope this explains it somehow. |
Posted By: VioletStar
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 7:27pm
| Thanks for that Sarah Beth, and thanks scarecrowfarm!! :) |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 7:54pm
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I wouldn't do it, they test for slightly different things and if you got a positive OPK when you were hoping for a pregnancy BFP, you could be disappointed if it turns out to be wrong. -------------  |
Posted By: tropics
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 10:25pm
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I ended up doing about 5 opks when I was pregnant ...didnt know it at the time..thought the lh surge was pcos playing up! turns out I was pregnant, I think it picks up the same thing but cant use it the other way around? ------------- http://lilypie.com">    [/url]
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Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 26 October 2007 at 1:30pm
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The other TTC board I frequent has had a fair few number of girls confirm that OPK's can be used as HPT's. I do know that MOST of the girls that have tried it have all been around 5w+ pregnant. ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: tropics
Date Posted: 26 October 2007 at 2:26pm
Yeah I would have been about that peace  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> [/url]
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