How do fertility monitors work?
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| Sat, 10-11-2008 - 8:00pm |
Anyone know about cbefms and how they work? I've seen some ladies are getting a bfp by using these. I've tried to read up on how they work and so far I've figured out you poas like an opk and it gives you some type of reading like low, high and peak?
Would you O on the peak day? Does it give you more of a heads up that you will O thank an opk would? How does it figure this out? Also, would this be something that would work for very irregular, long cycles? Right now I am on cd 40 and STILL have not Oed. I am bding every other day just in case I O.
So, if anyone knows about these fertility monitors and how they work, let me know. I mean, if it can tell you when your fertile that would be great because it pretty much has been a huge guessing game for me so far. Also, I haven't had the greatest luck w/ OPKs. Thanks!


~Kimberly~
Hi!
This is from CB Easy's website regarding the monitor;
"The Clearblue® Easy Fertility Monitor is suitable for women whose natural cycle normally lasts between 21 and 42 days. The majority of women will need 10 Test Sticks in each cycle. However,women with irregular or long cycles (more than 35 days) may
have to use 20 Test Sticks each cycle in order to detect their most fertile time."
So I don't know for sure if the monitor would work past 42 days. Their website has a helpful FAQ section and you can call them and ask- I've heard nothing but good things regarding their helpline.
I bought my sticks from early-pregnancy-tests.com and paid around 45 to 50 bucks a box for the tests it had free shipping ( they ship really fast) and I got two free hpts!
You can buy them on ebay but be careful of sticks that are out of date and sellers with bad feedback. Many ladies here buy them on ebay and don't have any issues so just check around. I bought my monitor on ebay and I know of many places that have the monitor reset directions (even though clearblue claims you can't reset it and its for only one person blah blah blah...YOU CAN RESET IT!)
I'd advise NOT going to your local drug stores for the sticks because they charge like 15 extra bucks!
hth
My Chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/21d30b
~Kimberly~