What does a OPK test result look like AFTER ovulation?

[UrbanSimplicity]

I tried one out of curiosity to see if I'd ovulated yesterday - i know, i know, not what they are used for..... But does anyone know what happens to LH after o? does it drop off immediately? taper off? i had 2 lines, with the test line lighter than the reference. Does that (definitely) mean I have yet to have the surge?

thanks

[sarahkristin]

Hi Urban, I'm not sure about others, but here is what happened to me. I had lighter lines up until I got the positive, then lighter lines after. I took one today at cd 28 just for kicks and got almost no line. I got a faint positive on cd 20, on cd 21 and 22 it was a dark positive, and cd 23 was back to light positive. Fertility friend puts me ovulating on cd 20 based on temps. Do you chart your temps too?

I'd suggest taking a few more days of the opks to see if the line gets darker or lighter.

[karmab]

there's no way to tell from that alone. because we always have lh circulating, in more or less amts and even in the luteal phase, an opk will pretty much always show a second line. that's why it has to be at least as dark as the control to be a positive to show a surge. it can even be almost positive, and not mean anything, although lots of women do fade in and fade out.