However you may find that you get positives all the time if you have PCOS as your body tries and tries to ovulate but can’t so you have high LH levels all cycle long.
if you are seeing a normal cycle of OPK’s and regular surges once a month for a few days and no more, its unlikely you would have PCOS.
For determining blocked tubes you’d need to go to your dr and ask for them to do the HSG dye test where they inject dye into your tubes to see if there are blockages but unless you been ttc over a year not sure they’d do that just yet. They will also want to test your partners sperm before doing invasive tests on you, but again not until you have ttc for over a year.
i would try charting and temping alongside using a clearblue fertility monitor and preseed if i were you. if the charts and monitor detect ovulation you are likely fine.
i can also personally recommend these methods alongside a low dose of junior aspirin daily throughout your cycle and progesterone cream from ovulation
The opk can not determine if you have blocked fallopian tubes, the LH is made in your pituitary gland and so will be throughout your body to stimulate your ovaries to ovulate.
If you are not getting positive opks, you’re probably not ovulating.
if you still have your periods, the ovulation test will more than likely be positive. my sister had her tubes blocked and got a laperoscopy and within the next month, she got pregnant out of 5 years of ttc. talk to your doctor about getting on hormones and getting a laporoscopy
First, a tubal blockage and an OPK test have nothing to do with each other. The OPK test is designed to detect an LH surge, which is hormone action. You will have an LH surge whether you have a blocked tube or not.
If you’ve been trying for over a year, it’s time to go in and get tested… you AND your partner. A good doctor worth his/her degree will run tests before dolling out fertility medication. Taking meds if you have a blocked tube is a waste of time and money, so you should rule that out before doing anything.
Blocked tubes have no effect on ovulation tests, which measure hormones in your body and nothing else. Those little sticks have no way of knowing what your tubes look like.
If you’re not already charting your cycles, start now. Fertilityfriend.com makes it easy, and it’s free.
If you appear to be ovulating normally but still can’t get pregnant even with well-timed sex, then your doctor will have you do an HSG, where they squirt dye into the uterus to make sure the tubes are clear and there isn’t any scar tissue or anything.
November 30th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Blocked tubes would have no effect on your OPK.
However you may find that you get positives all the time if you have PCOS as your body tries and tries to ovulate but can’t so you have high LH levels all cycle long.
if you are seeing a normal cycle of OPK’s and regular surges once a month for a few days and no more, its unlikely you would have PCOS.
For determining blocked tubes you’d need to go to your dr and ask for them to do the HSG dye test where they inject dye into your tubes to see if there are blockages but unless you been ttc over a year not sure they’d do that just yet. They will also want to test your partners sperm before doing invasive tests on you, but again not until you have ttc for over a year.
i would try charting and temping alongside using a clearblue fertility monitor and preseed if i were you. if the charts and monitor detect ovulation you are likely fine.
i can also personally recommend these methods alongside a low dose of junior aspirin daily throughout your cycle and progesterone cream from ovulation
good luck
November 30th, 2009 at 5:02 am
The opk can not determine if you have blocked fallopian tubes, the LH is made in your pituitary gland and so will be throughout your body to stimulate your ovaries to ovulate.
If you are not getting positive opks, you’re probably not ovulating.
November 30th, 2009 at 5:02 am
if you still have your periods, the ovulation test will more than likely be positive. my sister had her tubes blocked and got a laperoscopy and within the next month, she got pregnant out of 5 years of ttc. talk to your doctor about getting on hormones and getting a laporoscopy
November 30th, 2009 at 5:02 am
First, a tubal blockage and an OPK test have nothing to do with each other. The OPK test is designed to detect an LH surge, which is hormone action. You will have an LH surge whether you have a blocked tube or not.
If you’ve been trying for over a year, it’s time to go in and get tested… you AND your partner. A good doctor worth his/her degree will run tests before dolling out fertility medication. Taking meds if you have a blocked tube is a waste of time and money, so you should rule that out before doing anything.
Good luck.
November 30th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Blocked tubes have no effect on ovulation tests, which measure hormones in your body and nothing else. Those little sticks have no way of knowing what your tubes look like.
If you’re not already charting your cycles, start now. Fertilityfriend.com makes it easy, and it’s free.
If you appear to be ovulating normally but still can’t get pregnant even with well-timed sex, then your doctor will have you do an HSG, where they squirt dye into the uterus to make sure the tubes are clear and there isn’t any scar tissue or anything.