Over 40 Lh Surge And Ovulation

Even with the urine levels being delayed from the blood levels of lh i don t think it would show up that late on an opk.

Over 40 lh surge and ovulation. On average an ovulation prediction kit will cost you 15 to 50 dollars the price varies depending on what brand you buy and how many tests are included in. The closer one gets to ovulation the more wet and stretchy this cervical mucus becomes. Roughly 24 36 hours before ovulation lh levels begin to surge to a peak of 25 40 miu ml. Usually ovulation occurs around 36 hours after the surge give or take a few hours.

Or there is no trend. Ovulation is the release of a mature egg from the ovary. I only starting temping three cycles ago and don t know if i m even ovulating even though i have clear lh surges. Several days before ovulation thick slippery cervical mucus starts to discharge from the vagina.

For women over 40 especially those reaching the age of menopause the tests are invalid as they will always have increased levels of luteinizing hormone in their systems. Since normal lh levels vary between women another way of defining the lh surge is the first day of your cycle when lh concentration is three times the concentration of the six previous days. Kits are pricey. In other words do older women ovulate sooner closer to the opk say 12 24hs later or do they ovulate later say 36 48 or maybe even later.

Hi all i was wondering if anyone knows if there is any correlation between older age and the time between getting a opk and the real ovulation time. Nemo i m also late 30s and currently ttc 2. Women over 40 can take advantage of these changes. Some women in their 40s especially those approaching menopause have increased levels of lh in their systems at all times rendering the tests invalid.

A luteinizing hormone lh is then released referred to as your lh surge. My lp is only five days long atm but yes advice is contradictory and confusing but it s because unless you ve sone the temping you probably just have to consider yourself to be the average woman which means you are looking at anything. The egg needs the surge to do its final maturation process before release. Opks do not work consistently on women over 40.

The lh surge causes the egg to burst through the ovary wall within 24 36 hours and begin its journey down the fallopian tube for fertilization ovulation predictor kits opks work by detecting this lh surge. This hormone surge is what triggers ovulation about 24 to 36 hours later. However ovulation is not a prerequisite as a clear rise has also been demonstrated to occur within 24 h after the induction of an artificial lh and fsh surge by a single injection of a gnrh agonist during the early follicular phase scheffer et al 2000.