How To Read Ovulation Sticks
That ovulation test you bought may look just like a pregnancy test but reading the results can be much more confusing.
How to read ovulation sticks. How do ovulation sticks work. You could even test twice a day once between 11 a m. But whether you test once or twice aim to do it at the same time. However in the run up to ovulation a certain amount of lh increases by a maximum of five times.
Most women have a surge in lh in the morning and those levels can be picked up in your urine about four hours later. The fertility monitor with touch screen will show you the low high and peak fertility results on the monitor and the connected digital ovulation test will give you clear results on both the holder. The bfp ovulation test strip helps you predict the time of ovulation and peak fertility. 4 2 out of 5 stars 205.
How you read an ovulation test will depend on the test you are using as each test will have its own way of presenting your fertility results. It is during the fertile time that pregnancy is most likely to occur. Between 12 48 hours on average before ovulation there is a brief surge in lh levels. Lh triggers the release of an egg from the ovary.
A day or two before ovulation urine based ovulation predictor sticks test a woman s urine for an increase in luteinising hormone lh which is usually present in the blood and urine. Be sure to read the instructions of your particular ovulation predictor kit since there may be slight variations on how they work. Generally however an ovulation predictor kit comes with a set of test strips or sticks. Get it as soon as wed jun 10.
The bfp ovulation test strip detects the lh surge in urine signaling that ovulation is likely to occur in the next 12 to 36 hours. Furthermore it may be more difficult to know when to begin taking ovulation tests for women who have irregular cycles. An ovulation test also sometimes called an opk which stands for ovulation predictor kit is a test that detects the presence and concentration of luteinizing hormone lh in your urine. Many women may expect an ovulation predictor kit to work the same way as a pregnancy test does with one line appearing if you are not ovulating and two lines appearing if you are ovulating 1 however ovulation tests almost always has two lines appear no matter what and must.
And again between 5 p m. The ovulation tests worked perfectly leading up to ovulation the lh line was getting darker and darker and then finally on the day of the lh surge it was indistinctibly darker than the test line indicating ovulation 3 days later than expected on my app. Use an ovulation test strip between 12 p m. Impatient 2 days before my period was due i took a pregnancy test and saw the faintest.