Anyone using Persona to Conceive this month ?

Don't worry Trace, I got my first egg sign on day 20 in my first month. I don't think Ov is exactly 14 days before next AF for everyone. Mine seems to be more like 10 or 11 days before no matter how long my cycle is.
HTH
There's still time.
Are you peeing on the stick or in a pot? A pot seems to work better as you have more control over how 'wet' it gets. This can effect the results.

well day 17 and no egg sign,

Sorry SS and Jag, very frustrating.
I feel I need to concentrate on finding out what's up with me, if anything is, before thinking anymore about baby number 4.
I feel depressed at the thought that it could be fibroids. I seem to have alot of the symptoms. My mum went down this route too and ended up with a hysterectomy at 38. I'm thinking of the worst case scenario and getting very emotional. That's why I want my GP to sort out what is wrong asap. It didn't seem to register with him when I said I wanted another baby.
I'll see the nicer doctor at the surgery if I get too down about it.

Lots of luck to everyone for March.

3cats.

Sorry about your AF too . Looks like we all have similar cycles. I did the same thing last month. I even told my mom i thought i was then spent the whole weekend in tears & feeling stupid.

Hiya All,

Sorry to hear of AF Jag123, got mine today also feeling really fed up and very stupid, had really convinced myself this was the month, felt symptomatic and allsorts!! It's becoming soul destroying month after month, sorry to whinge I know we are all in the same boat - think I may be too obsessed with it all but can't switch off my head! I may also give persona a miss this month, egg symbols have been predicatable for the last few months.......until day 6 arrives and then I will be racing to chemist!! Good luck to everyone trying

Sorry that your GP appointment didn't go very well. Did you tell him you were ttc, how silly of him to suggest the pill if you did. Can you go to see a nurse instead. I sometimes find them more helpful at our surgery.

As for me AF arrived this morn . I've pressed the button on Persona but i'm thinking about giving the tests a miss this month. For the last 5/6ish month i having been using i get my egg sign about the same time & i haven't missed any eggs. Before that the opks showed the same time cd12/13/14. AF arriving about 14 days later so i seem to have a regular cycle. I think that i am just getting caught up with it all too much.

Hopefully we will both have better luck this month

J

Well after a visit to the doctor I am furious.
His sollution to my 'spotting' problem was to go on the pill!!!
Of course I said no. He now wants to do an internal once current AF has finished. He said as I'm due for a smear test in April he will do it at the same time as the internal next week. What a treat for me !!!!! Now I have a whole week to get worked up about it.
I can see how the pill will regulate my cycle but I can't imagine it will stop the painfull intercourse (another symptom I've developed in last few months) and it certainly won't help my chances of conceiving.
Sorry I'm ranting now, I'm so annoyed.

spotting not potting !!

Hi Jag,

Fingers crossed for you this month.

AF arrived properly this morning.
I'm off to see the doctor later about my funny cycles and the potting before my AF. Have other symptoms too so I called NHS direct yesterday and was told to get the next available appt with GP.
I'm nervous and worried now.
Have to be there at 11.50 so will update you later.

Hi All

Sorry about AF (if its properly arrived) 3Catstoo

Haven't got much to add still haven't checked Persona since egg signs but i think that AF is due at the weekend no symptoms of anything so we shall see.

Hope everyone else is ok

Take Care
J

Hi All,
CD35 for me. Slight signs of AF but not in full flow.
Af arrived on day 27 last month so gone doolally again.
I used a saliva monitor but didn't get any results in the first month. Started using persona and the saliva monitor started giving the same results. This month was a weird one though with no egg from persona and lots of posative days on the saliva monitor.
I got my Persona on ebay for £18 incl postage.
Hope that helps.

It was the clearblue one, you had to pee on a stick, certain days to see if it was the best time to conceive, it took 1 month, it was really good, ds2 cme along then.

yes i think so

Hi
I used an ovulation kit for my ds2 and that worked,is it on the same lines?

hi i am on day 13 and since day 6 its been red, this is my first month on using, is this normal?

I'm just joining this thread for the first time, recently I've been using an ovulation microscope (lick and look for ferny patterns)and not seeing much in terms of ferns, even though I'm on CD 16... and was wondering whether it is worthwhile getting a Persona too? are many of you using both? also, have people bought theirs from Ebay - does this work out OK? thanks for any advice and good luck to all for a happy outcome this month

I'm happy with the accuracy of Persona at the moment as I can feel when I ovulate and therefore know the machine if giving me the egg sign on the right days. However I have a friend who was using it as contraception and she got pg within 3 years. Although another friend used it for 10 years and didn't get accidently pg.

It is probably right to use it as a general guide. I personally think it is better to use Persona as a contraceptive machine rather than trying to concieve with it, but I am keeping going with it as we ttc, as surely having some idea of when you ovulate is better than having no idea. Contradicting myself really aren't I!

Hi ladies just checking in. It does make you wonder how accurate the Persona is. I think that you can only use it as a general guide.
Not sure what day i'm on but no symtoms of anything so prob no good. Then again was convinced last month but wasn't so you never know.

Take Care
J

I have red days from day 6 to day 17 usually. My egg sign does not always show, but when it does it is normally day 14 and 15. I usually have to test on day 6 and then days 9-15

on day 9 and its still red

I just thought you would all be interested in this. Went to see OBGYN today to see if I ovulated, and according to the ultrasound, I did - about CD14/15. Today is CD16.
However, the egg sign on Persona came up on CD15 and today, CD16. According to the booklet, an egg sign means you should ovulate within the next 1 or 2 days, but it appears that I ovulated earlier than that.
Anyway, now the counting/waiting begins.

That's good news Eldestgirl.
CD 29 for me. After no egg and loads of red days I got a grren day on day 28. Not sure how the machine figured that one out. I guess it's far too late to Ov now so perhaps that's why.
Well my parents are coming to stay for a couple of days so probably won't post.
Wishing you all heaps of baby dust.

Trace2, the yellow light flashes when you have inserted the test stick correctly and it means the machine is calculating your fertility. A red day on day 6 is quite normal.
Hooray! I have an egg sign on day 15. Faith restored!

trace, I get a red day on day 6, If you didn't do the test right it usually gives you a red day to err on caution. Other posters may find that they have a green day depending on their cycle. For me the red day matches up with a calulation I have to with my temping to establish my first fertile day

help on day 6 and its a red day, is that normal?