HELP: OPK positive but Pregnancy Test Negative 8 DPO

[BellySeeker]

Hello Ladies,

My husband and I are trying to conceive and this is our first cycle trying. I am all very new to this. So, my last period was on 4/11/16, and I did OPK on 4/23/16 and got a big fat positive. My husband and I had on the 19, 21, 23, 24 and 26. On the 24, I did another OPK test, and it was negative. Then on the 26 (3DPO), I started to have light cramping in my left pelvic area, and this continued to my mid pelvic area and radiated to my left pelvic area, and I am currently still experiencing those (they are not bad, just there), and I am currently 8 DPO.

I have been taking pregnancy tests like candy (even though I know it is too early), and on 4/28 my doctor allowed me to get a blood test, which was negative (5DPO). Now I have been doing just generic Amazon stick tests and I also did First Response (all negative), but then I took 3 OPKs on 4/29 and 3 on 4/30, and they were all very very very positive (test line was super dark compared to control line).

I took another OPK this morning (5/1/16, 8DPO), and it was positive again, and I took a generic and First Response pregnancy test, and they were both negative. I am still having these cramps, which is unusual for me, because I do not get cramps usually, even with AF. AF is due 5/9/16.

Any insight as to what is going on????

 

[2ducks]

You probably ovulated later in your cycle. You can have multiple lh surges in a cycle or have an lh surge in a cycle and not ovulate at all which is why OPKs can not definitively detect O. I would recommend that you start temping in addition to using OPKs so you can confirm your ovulation date.