DD is 18 months old, and we're starting to think about DC2. When we were TTC DD I temp'd religously and it worked pretty well for me. However, DD isn't that great on sleeping and when I've tried temping recently its been a complete non-starter. So I've got me a little saliva microscope jobby and I've been having a play.
Now, I have two questions:
- Where do you put the saliva?
I got an ISIS ovulation microscope but the instructions seem to contradict each other. Originaly I thought you licked the back of the removable lens, but then I couldn't focus on anything so I started trying to remember how lenses work and, IIRC, you can't focus on the back of the lens by changing the distance between the light source and the lens itself. But you can focus on the fixed slide - so I've started putting a sample on there instead, and I can now focus and see dots and lumps and lines. Where do other people put the saliva?
- Are fern patterns time critical? Somedays I think I see dots, then I check and hour or so later and think I see some baby ferns, but then a couple of hours after that its all dots again. The instructions say "wait 20 minutes", but things seem to change after that. When are you meant to read the result?
Any help appreciated