How Much Do You Know About Ovulation Test Strips

An ovulation test — also called an ovulation predictor test, OPK, or ovulation kit — is a home test that checks your urine to let you when you’re most likely to be fertile. When you get ready to ovulate — release an egg for fertilization — your body produces more luteinizing hormone (LH). These tests check the levels of this hormone.

By detecting a surge in LH, it helps predict when you will ovulate. Knowing this information helps you and your partner time sex for pregnancy.

This test is most often done to determine when a woman will ovulate to assist in difficulty in getting pregnant. For women with a 28-day menstrual cycle, this release normally occurs between days 11 and 14.

If you have an irregular menstrual cycle, the kit can help you tell when you are ovulating.

The ovulation home test may also be used to help you adjust doses of certain medicines such as infertility drugs.

Ovulation predictor kits help couples plan for pregnancies but come with pros and cons. Advantages of using an ovulation predictor kit include:

• Ease of use. Ovulation predictor tests are easy to use and work much like home pregnancy tests. Each kit includes several test sticks or strips, which let you test multiple times.
• Effective detection. Ovulation tests are 97% accurate in detecting an LH surge, making them highly effective at predicting ovulation.
• Convenience. Other ovulation detection methods require you to be committed every day. Ovulation predictor tests can be conducted more quickly and conveniently.

Disadvantages include:

• Limited detection. Ovulation tests detect LH levels, but they don’t give you an exact date of ovulation. Eggs may not emerge even after an LH surge.
• Problems testing women over 40. Women over 40 and women near menopause have high LH levels. This makes it less likely an ovulation predictor kit can give accurate results for this age group.
• Issues with fertility drugs. Women using fertility drugs such as the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) may cause ovulation tests to deliver inaccurate results.

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