https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:51:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reuse-clearblue-digital-opk#post-30579 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:16:59 +0000 Sunshine1810 30579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cokiezombie: Which is SO awesome! They are expensive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reuse-clearblue-digital-opk#post-30571 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:12:04 +0000 cokiezombie 30571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunshine1810 - makes alot of sense! so that means this month i lucked out and caught my LH surge on time, and only used 1 stick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reuse-clearblue-digital-opk#post-30133 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:13:39 +0000 Sunshine1810 30133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: Honestly, I am sure that Clear Blue just says that to cover themselves or to keep you buying. I don't think it matters what pack the sticks came in. They are all the same so I don't see how it would make a difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reuse-clearblue-digital-opk#post-30020 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:07:15 +0000 tequiero21 30020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>weird, i used to use old readers all the time. i'd save them from other packages because i'd lose the current one. didn't seem to affect my results (i always followed up with the fertility monitor tests).... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reuse-clearblue-digital-opk#post-29963 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:39:25 +0000 Sunshine1810 29963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update: Apparently you can reuse the monitor as long as you are using the left over sticks that came with it (i.e. if you buy one with 20 sticks and use 10 one cycle, you can use the other 10 with the same monitor your next cycle).</p> <p>You can't use new sticks with the old monitor however. If you run out of sticks, throw the monitor out and start on a whole new pack.</p> <p>The test does store your results. It will only show a positive if there is an increase in LH since your last test. This is why they tell you to stop testing after 1 positive with the digital tests, because it is unlikely that the next time you test, your LH levels will be as high as when you surged, but it doesn't mean there is no LH at all. Chances are, you will test negative right after a positive.</p> <p>My guess is that even though you got a smiley face on your first test this month, it is correct because by that reasoning your LH level would have to be as high or higher than it was the last time you tested positive. </p> <p>Hope this helps a little! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reuse-clearblue-digital-opk#post-29954 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:19:20 +0000 Sunshine1810 29954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yikes I did the same thing this month because I didn't use all my sticks last month. I never read that you couldn't do this. I had a positive yesterday, but had been testing for 4 days prior and had all negatives. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reuse-clearblue-digital-opk#post-28898 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:52:24 +0000 winniebee 28898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never heard this before - I used the clear blue digital OPK and reused the reader on occasion. I never had a problem - my surges seemed pretty much right on with my other ovulation (and now I'm 15.5 weeks pregnant, so I think they were accurate!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/reuse-clearblue-digital-opk#post-28784 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:28:52 +0000 cokiezombie 28784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last month I used a brand new Clearblue Digital OPK, and amongst the box of 20 sticks, I used a handful and got a smiley face.<br /> Since I have a long cycle (33-35 days), I wasn't supposed to start testing until Wednesday. But since I was working from home yesterday, i decided to test using the reader and new sticks from the previous pack and to my surprise I got a smiley face!<br /> But after some googling, I've been reading mixed results on reusing a digital OPK (new sticks are okay, just not the reader) because it supposedly compares your LH surge to your previous reading? So now I'm not sure whether or not to believe that I had a LH surge yesterday. Any insight? </p>