Do women that have Polycystic Ovaries have a change in LH surge on an ovulation test?

Question

I am 22 years old and found out yesterday that I have Polycystic Ovaries. I have been off the pill for 5 months and periods have been irregular, except last month where it was a normal 4 day period but I hadnt had one in 60days prior. The doctor said to contact them in a 1 or 2 mths and let them know if I am ovulating, because if not they are putting me on Clomid. I just started taking ovulation tests this month and they have varried. 3 days before August 12th lines were noticable but not same color as control. Then August 12th the line was def. pretty dark, but not darker then control. Then the rest of the days after its been noticable or a very faint color. I dont know if I ovulated or not on the 12th, the night before I had a few drinks, and so when I woke up was a little dehydrated, but peed a few times before I took the test, and took it around 11am.
Any help would be greatly appreciated for as I am totally confused.
Thank yall for your time!

Thank yall for answering the question. I bought a basal body temp. yesterday and started to do it this morning. Thank again for yalls time and answers, they helped a lot!

Answer 1

Women with PCOS have a hard time using ovulation predictor kits. The reason is you can get many false LH surges-some women can have three in a cycle! The key is that the line must be as dark or darker than the control line. If it's not as dark then your LH surge didn't peak enough to ovulate. A good OPK is the clear blue easy digitals. It gives you a smiley face when your LH surge is found. Also, make sure you're testing at the same time everyday. Anytime after 11a is good. (the LH hormone slowly builds. Taking a test too early in the am can result in a false negative-happened to me!) A good way to track ovulation with PCOS patients is to track your basal temperature. You need to get a basal thermometer (found at walmart) You take your temp first thing in the morning before even getting out of bed. You will notice a thermal shift upwards of one degree if you ovulated. If you didn't ovulate you'll notice you never got a temp spike. It helped me more using the basal thermometer than the OPKs because I could definitely see I wasn't ovulating. However once I was put on Clomid, the OPKs worked out great since I was ovulating. Good luck!

Answer 2

OPKs can be tricky. It's easy to miss a surge or get a false negative if you don't do things just right. The line on the 12th was the darkest reading you had, but it wasn't darker than the control line, so technically it's a negative. However, drinking a lot of fluids and urinating within 4 hours of testing will definitely have an effect on the concentration of your urine.

Here's what I would suggest...get a digital test. That way, there's no guessing about those colors! Some tips about OPKs...test between 1pm-5pm--testing too early in the day may give you a false negative, test at the same time every day, don't urinate for 4 hours before testing, reduce fluid intake for 4 hours before testing.

My other suggestion would be to start tracking your basal body temperature (BBT). This is the ONLY way to truly know if you ovulate. OPKs detect an LH surge, not whether you ovulate or not. However, the thermal shifts in your cycle are a definite confirmation that ovulation has taken place. You can buy a BBT thermometer at a drugstore (Rite-Aid, CVS, Walgreen's). Also, when you go back in a couple of months, your charts will be really helpful to the doctor when reviewing your case, so bring them with you.

Good luck!!

Answer 3

I have PCOS and use OPK's and haven't had a problem.
The problem some PCOS women have is that the always get a pos opk.
Since you had 3 negs before the pos then you can safely assume that the opk's are working for you.
If the test on the 12th was as dark as the control then you probably ovulated that evening or the next day. When you get a pos it means ovulation should occur in 12-48 hours, with 36 hours being most common.

Answer 4

pcos manner poly cystic ovarian syndrome. it signifies that the man or woman is having cysts (a few unique development) within the ovaries. the motives might be many. it is going to motive very heavy bleeding for the duration of durations, or issues in perception. however there's remedy.

Answer 5

in general, Polycystic ovarian syndrome does have an effect on women's hormonal functions/levels.