My story isn't super silly, just unexpected in a way. I had been keeping track of my cycles for years, but my app was never accurate because my cycles are all over the place. Usually they're about 45-60 days apart, and I'd occasionally have a shorter one. Once I removed my IUD, I began to do research on how to recognize my fertile days, and I eventually decided to begin with OPKs to help me learn more about my body and how I feel when I ovulate.

The first cycle was uneventful. Every OPK I did was super pale, so I didn't learn much from them. The next month, I decided to start OPK testing right around the fertile days predicted in my app, even though I didn't expect it to be accurate. The strip came out super dark on my first test, and I decided to redo it the next day for comparison. Same result. Did another one on the third day, again the same result.

At that point I went online to do some research. I thought maybe I was in the days leading up to ovulation, and at worst I feared something was just really wrong wrong with my cycles (an idea initially sparked by the fact that they're usually so long). Then I saw in a forum that OPKs can give positive results if you take them while pregnant. I was skeptical, but decided to do a pregnancy test to rule it out nonetheless, and I got my pink line moments later. I was so surprised that I just sat and stared at it for a good 30 seconds before breaking down into a happy, sobbing mess.

I wasn't planning to take a pregnancy test until a few weeks later, so I'm really happy that I got to find out sooner, even if somewhat by chance.