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How accurate are OPKs for pregnancy testing?

post #1 of 6
6/3/10 at 12:39am
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Seems like I remember reading that you can use OPKs as pregnancy tests, as well. Is this true? How accurate are they?
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post #2 of 6
6/3/10 at 12:45am
Well, by the time you would get a positive on an OPK, you would have a blaring positive on an HPT since the OPKs are not as sensitive - but yes, you can use them.

http://www.peeonastick.com/opkhpt.html

The only thing is that you can have a line show up pretty much at all times on an OPK and I know a lot of women have a darker (but not positive) OPK right before AF - so it's kind of a crapshoot - I'd just stick to HPTs.
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post #3 of 6
6/3/10 at 12:59am
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bummer I got all excited today.
Thanks for the info!
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post #4 of 6
6/3/10 at 12:07pm


for me they were correct. They have to be + like if you were getting ready to O + looking to be used as a hpt.

I was missing a bunch of temps and was using target brand opks thinking i was about to O. well after 5 days of + opks, someone suggested a hpt.

i took it and it was blaring + on what turned out to be 14dpo. I had started getting + opks on what was 9dpo.

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post #5 of 6
8/7/10 at 2:42pm
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I was waiting to hit the 2nd trimester to announce.... but I was right the OPK as a pregnancy test worked just fine for me
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21034989@N07/4864917982/
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post #6 of 6
8/8/10 at 3:09pm
Congratulations!!!
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