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Clearblue Fertility Monitor
Hi All
This is our 2nd month of trying to conceive for our 1st baby - we are not using anything - just going with BDing every other night. My cycles are not very regular (around 32 days on average). My Hubby wants us to try the Clearblue Fertility Monitor in a month or so if we have been unsuccesful. I'm 35 so a little worried of the age thing!
Has anyone used this Fertility Monitor? Are they easy to use? Any advice please?
This is our 2nd month of trying to conceive for our 1st baby - we are not using anything - just going with BDing every other night. My cycles are not very regular (around 32 days on average). My Hubby wants us to try the Clearblue Fertility Monitor in a month or so if we have been unsuccesful. I'm 35 so a little worried of the age thing!
Has anyone used this Fertility Monitor? Are they easy to use? Any advice please?
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ther fantastic and so easy to use,there a bit steep money wise i think but you get the stickes cheaper on amazon then in boots
all you do is use fmu pop it into the machine when it asks and it reads it for you,you just bd
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Masters Pharmacy online were doing a great deal on the sticks just ??13 a box or something like that x
Basically, it works like this.
What you need
The Monitor
One box of 20 test sticks
Batteries!
Set the batteries in the monitor
Decide what time you will normally want to run the test. This is normally first thing in the morning, so decide the time you want to normally get up. You have a 6 hour testing window, and this will be three hours either side of the first time you press the button telling it that you have your period. So, if you press the button at 6am, you will be able to test anytime from 3am to 9am
On the first day of your period, turn the monitor on and press the little button mark M (for menses) - Remember, this tests the window for testing too.
Don't worry if you missed the first day of your period, you can press the M button at any time.
Every morning thereafter switch on the monitor. On cycle day 6 it will flash up a symbol telling you to do a urine test. The strips are midstream, so you just get to pee on a stick, no need to collect urine in a jar or anything like that.
When it reads your fertility, it will give you a indication of one of three levels, low, high and peak (suggesting ovulation)
Most women will only need to use 10 sticks in a cycle, but those with long cycles might need 20 (a whole box)
When your period is approaching, it will flash up a little warning when you check it in the morning.
If your period arrives, you then press the button on the first morning you wake up after your period arrives, so if you find you start bleeding in the middle of the day, you still count the next morning a CD1.
So.... its really easy, and in simplistic form it's basically it acts in the same way as ovulation prediction kits, but does all the counting etc for you.
I would really recommend them. If nothing else, the are certainly cheaper then clearblue ovulation tests once you have the monitor, and are much easier to work with.
I'd also recommend buying a BBT thermometer and using this in conjunction. Boots do them, though they are cheaper to buy online, and there are a number of sites that allow you to track your temp. I personally like medhelp.org, though lots of others prefer fertility friend.
Good luck, and keep up the baby dancing If you haven't already, look into the Sperm Meet Egg Plan. It'll help you time things well.
Decision is now made. Does anyone know the best place to get one? A little cheaper?
Adelcia - What's the Sperm Meet Egg Plan please?
1. Buy 10 OPK tests PRIOR to cycle day 10
2. Starting on cycle day 10, do one OPK test EVERY DAY
3. Babydance (BD) EVERY OTHER DAY starting on cycle day 10 (hips elevated for 10-30 minutes after each BD session)
4. When you get a +OPK, babydance that day and the next 2 days in a row (so 3 days in a row total)
5. Skip one night and babydance once more the next day
6. Take a home pregnancy test (HPT) 15 days after the day you ovulated (or most of you will start taking your HPTs at 10-12dpo!)"
From
http://www.fertilityfriends.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=130110.0
Basically, it maximises your chance of getting pregnant, but without the constant BDing of doing it every day. It's reported to be very good
Some people start bids at 0.99p!
I bought it brand new off Amazon with a box of 20 sticks - so managed to save a little money from the shop price.
Broody
18+5
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