Description
OvuCardª Ovulation Predictor Test is a rapid test used for the detection of Luteinizing Hormone (LH) in urine to predict your time of ovulation.
What Is Ovulation?
Ovulation is the release of an egg from your ovaries. You are most likely to become pregnant in the few days around your ovulation. Your body makes a substance called Luteinizing
Hormone (LH) that triggers the release of the egg. During most of your menstrual cycle, your body only makes a little LH. But around the middle of your cycle, your body suddenly increases the amount of LH for a few days. This sudden increase is called the “LH surge,” and it usually causes you to ovulate. Ovulation usually takes place within 40 hours after the LH surge begins. You should understand that you might not have an LH surge or might not ovulate every menstrual cycle. Even if your menstrual bleeding begins when you expect it to, that does not necessarily mean that you have ovulated. After ovulation, the amount of LH in your body will return to its normal level within 2 days. Unless you get pregnant, this cycle of increase and decrease of LH will repeat again after your menstrual period ends.
