Re: How much can you trust an OPK?

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Sounds anovulatory to me. Why not do bbt charts as well as opk. BBT charts are much cheaper than opk

At Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Stacy wrote: >
>I had laparascopy on Aug. 2 to remove an ovarian cyst and ovarian
>drilling (no PCOS) just polycystic ovaries. Anyway, he checked tubes
>and everything was fine. The cycle before surgery was a regular 28 day
>cycle with + OPK on CD 19 after months of annovulatory cycles after
>stopping bcp's. Anyway, cycle after surgery was 6 weeks with +OPK on CD
>33 with no pg. I assumed the surgery messed that cycle up. This month
>I started testing on CD 11 (faint line), the line gradually got darker
>with darkest on CD 25 (not +) and it is now CD 30 without a +OPK and the
>line is barely there. I felt a pinching feeling over left ovary
>yesterday, cervix is lower, and there is some ewcm but not a lot. Do
>you think this cycle was annovulatory and I should just start over or do
>you think I should keep testing? I have an Rx for Prometrium to induce
>AF if I need to. These OPK's are costing me a fortune and are so
>frustrating, but dr. didn't want me to come in for another 3 mos. and
>my type-A personality just has no patience. Thanks for any advice and
>sorry so long.......
>
>--
>Stacy
>

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