Multiple LH Surges?

[notagoddess]

I thought I had ovulated because of +OPKs and two days of higher temps, but this morning my temp was low again. I used an OPK and it was almost positive. In the few months I have used OPKs, I've had multiple LH surges on two of my longer cycles, and I think that's where this cycle is heading too.

I have some questions about having more than one LH surge:

Why doesn't the body ovulate with the first surge? Isn't the surge supposed to force ovulation?

Do the multiple surges harm the eventual ovulation in any way?

Is it possible for multiple surges to result in the last surge being out of sync with other hormones? I'm asking because although the OPK looks almost positive, I don't have any fertile CM and my cervix is low.

I haven't seen too much information about this, so any thoughts would be appreciated!

[Rama]

Feb 10, 2016 10:13:25 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

I thought I had ovulated because of +OPKs and two days of higher temps, but this morning my temp was low again. I used an OPK and it was almost positive. In the few months I have used OPKs, I've had multiple LH surges on two of my longer cycles, and I think that's where this cycle is heading too.

I have some questions about having more than one LH surge:

Why doesn't the body ovulate with the first surge? Isn't the surge supposed to force ovulation?

Do the multiple surges harm the eventual ovulation in any way?

Is it possible for multiple surges to result in the last surge being out of sync with other hormones? I'm asking because although the OPK looks almost positive, I don't have any fertile CM and my cervix is low.

I haven't seen too much information about this, so any thoughts would be appreciated!

Yes, you can have multiple surges in a cycle.

There may not have been a mature enough follicle to ovulate yet? The surge indicates that you are trying to ovulate, but that you actually are ovulating. That's why they're a secondary sign.

I don't think it has any effect on future ovulation and I'm not sure what you mean by out of sync hormones. They're triggered by each other, not on a schedule. So your progesterone won't kick in until after ovulation/estrogen won't drop.

If you don't drink much, that would effect your tests, too. Is there any other reason why you may have had the temperature spikes?

[notagoddess]

Feb 10, 2016 10:24:33 GMT -5 Rama said:

Feb 10, 2016 10:13:25 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

I thought I had ovulated because of +OPKs and two days of higher temps, but this morning my temp was low again. I used an OPK and it was almost positive. In the few months I have used OPKs, I've had multiple LH surges on two of my longer cycles, and I think that's where this cycle is heading too.

I have some questions about having more than one LH surge:

Why doesn't the body ovulate with the first surge? Isn't the surge supposed to force ovulation?

Do the multiple surges harm the eventual ovulation in any way?

Is it possible for multiple surges to result in the last surge being out of sync with other hormones? I'm asking because although the OPK looks almost positive, I don't have any fertile CM and my cervix is low.

I haven't seen too much information about this, so any thoughts would be appreciated!

Yes, you can have multiple surges in a cycle.

There may not have been a mature enough follicle to ovulate yet? The surge indicates that you are trying to ovulate, but that you actually are ovulating. That's why they're a secondary sign.

I don't think it has any effect on future ovulation and I'm not sure what you mean by out of sync hormones. They're triggered by each other, not on a schedule. So your progesterone won't kick in until after ovulation/estrogen won't drop.

If you don't drink much, that would effect your tests, too. Is there any other reason why you may have had the temperature spikes?

What I was thinking with the out of sync hormones, is that estrogen levels are supposed to rise until ovulation, right? And the effect of that estrogen is high/soft cervix and fertile CM.

I had both of those with the first LH surge. But now, I don't have any fertile CM and my cervix is low. 

[ghostmonkey]

Almost positive =/= positive. Almost positive is not a second surge. This is not horseshoes or grenades- close doesn't count.

[notagoddess]

Feb 10, 2016 13:06:51 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

Almost positive =/= positive. Almost positive is not a second surge. This is not horseshoes or grenades- close doesn't count.

Very true. I'm going to keep testing to see if there is a second surge. Right now I can't say.

I did have 2 definite surges in at least 2 recent cycles, though.