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For opk should you count cycle starting from spotting?

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Dr. Daniel Rychlik answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

No: It should be counted from the day of regular flow. Can i also ask are you doing OPK tests for pregnancy?

Dr Refai agreed

Answered 2/13/2015

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