Is there any way at all to predict ovulation with pcos. I have heard you will get a false + on opk. I am so confused. I am on 2000 mg of metformin a day, which is supposed to make me regular, but I am not.

My RE recommends opk's and says they work just fine. I haven't had any trouble with them. HTH.

Jessica

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My DR has me taking OPK but also said that there are risk of false + because of PCOS. You just have to try it. Do the tests and watch your chart, if you are getting blood work done every month too that would help determine if the tests are accurate. (Coming from the girl that had + OPK way before her chart showed O)

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I used OPK's but got a lot of false +'s. I found that my chart was a better way to tell. Also I wonder about those new saliva testers???

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I don't know--I've been using OPKs when I was pretty sure I wasn't ovulating, just to check, and they were negative. In about two weeks I'm going to ovulate, so I'll use an OPK and let you know what happens. I agree that bloodwork is a good way to tell.

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It's very hard to say with PCOS. I have never gotten a true positive when using OPK's. The best way to know if you are ovulating is by getting your progesterone checked. I used to go once a week for the blood test to see when I was going to and did ovulate. If you are charting, this will help you predict when you should ovulate the following month, but you really won't know for the current month because a lot of the time your temperature just drops a little and then rises. By the time your temp rises again (if in fact you are ovulating) it is usually too late. If your doctor has you on metformin, then he/she should monitor you in some way to see if it is working. If you are having normal cycles while on metformin, then to determine when you ovulated just count 14 days back from CD1 and that is your date of ovulation.

They worked for me I have used them for three months now. I think I have PCOS but my RE just said my blood test results reflect PCOS. She never said yes you have it. But I think I do. Anyway they worked for me so far.
Dani

Just because you are on 2000mg of metforming doesn't mean you will ovulate. Doctors hope you will but it is no guarantee. The first month I was on it I ovulated and then nothing for two more months. I didn't ovulate again until I was on 100mg of Clomid along with the metformin. Also, I never got a positive on an OPK. I had to chart to determine when and if I ovulated.

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