anyone who's new to the Clearblue fertility monitor?

Thanks choc that's helpful.

JN018 I think in your position I would wait to see the doctor. If you're not ovulating then the CBFM isn't going to help you until you are, 15th Dec isn't too far away (although I know every day seems to drag when you're TTC).

atomant you use either 10 or 20 sticks each cycle. On the first cycle you start using them on day 6 so I suppose if you have had your 2 peaks and high day within the first 10 days then you would just use the 10, if not it will keep asking until you use all 29. The CBFM then starts to 'learn' your cycle so I think will then just ask for the sticks around the time you had highs/peaks last time so hopefully you'd only use 10 sticks a cycle. Does that make sense?!

I'm mulling over it too. I've got a docs appt on 15th Dec because I'm not sure I'm ovulating. I've been using some cheapie sticks so that might be the trouble but my cm doesn't seem to be changing anymore either. Is it worth me investing in a CBFM? Or should I just wait to see the docs? Part of me just wants to feel like I'm actively doing something and have a bit of control over the process. Any thoughts? x

Not quite joining yet, just mulling over whether to buy one or not (it's in my basket on amazon & I'm about to hit purchase!) Been TTC %232 for 6 months & I feel it's time to try & take a bit more control of things. Can I ask without derailing your thread, how often do you buy the sticks?
TIA

Hi All!
loulou I got my first high on day 9 but didn't get a peak until day 18. Some people have highs the whole cycle, no peaks, some straight from low to peak. There doesn't seem to be much pattern.

Hello egg! Nice to see another June-July-August-2012 flier in here :) You can start the monitor on day 1-5 (or is it up to 6?) of your cycle - doesn't have to be the first AF day but you need to set up what number day it is so that the clever thing knows to ask you to POAOS on day 6.

I'm on CD 11 currently, still getting low readings. As a quick straw poll, when did/do you ladies normally get a high/ovulation reading? I know cycles differ a lot - just interested in seeing how much ov varies really :)

Can I join the party ladies? AF has just arrived. This was our 7th month ttc%231. So if I buy a CBFM now will I not be able to use it until my next cycle? What happens if you don't start charting with it on day 1?

I can now add in when AF is due, yay!

SecretSparkle (26) TTC #1 TTC 2 cycle, cycle 1 of CBFM AF due 21 Dec
iloveberries: aged 31, DS aged 19months, TTC 4 months, cycle 2 of CBFM. AF due 21st dec (all i want for christmas is a BFP)
Crystaltea36 (27) TTC no.1 TTC 3 cycles, cycle 1 of CBFM AF due 21/22 Nov
pupcake (34) TTC #1, TTC 4 cycles, cycle 1 of CBFM, AF due 24 Nov
hettyturner (29) DD 18mths TTC 6 cycles, cycle 1 of CBFM AF due 1st Dec
MrsHerculePoirot (33), DD aged 23 months, TTC 11 months, cycle 1 of CBFM, AF due 3rd Dec (I think!
Chocchip88 - DS 12 months. TTC for 3 months 1st month on CBFM. AF due 9/10 Dec - possibly
Floordrobe (26) TTC#1 3 cycles, 1st cbfm cycle, AF due Dec 12ish
Maisie55 (32) DS 18mths TTC 3 cycles, cycle 1 of CBFM. AF due 16 Dec
Nearlymumofone (34) DS 15 months TTC 3 months awaiting cycle 1 of CBFM
1sttimeBlondie (34) TTC no 1 TTC 4 cycles, cycle 2 of CBFM AF due 12 Dec
Loulou (27) TTC #1, TTC 4 cycles, cycle 1 of CBFM, AF due 13 Dec

Still no AF for me and BFN (even though I know I completely missed ov - I'm actually mental). So I'm taking progesterone tablets so I can start clomid next cycle and then (fingers and toes crossed) I'll ov and get a peak and we won't miss it and I'll have a fab new year's pressies.

I quite fancy a September baby

Can I join in? I was reading online that you start the first day of your af so will begin next month with the cbfm. No luck after trying for a year, hope this helps

Welcome zara! I think unless there are issues with a low sperm count then doing it as often as possible is the way forward! Enjoy!

Hello again everyone! So excited - got my CBFM in the post last week from Amazon AND DH and I have decided to move up TTC#1 to next month! AF is due on the 9th so my bonkometer is not getting a trial run - it's going to have t hit the ground running and help get me updiffed!

Question - are you meant to have sex every day (or even 2x a day, morning and evening!) you get high/peak? Or does that wear out the sperm supply???

pupcake I'm sorry, it's so frustrating.

letting BFN is big fat negative and BFP is big fat positive ie positive or negative pregnancy test.

pupcake that makes sense with ovulation.

Now have 2ww stretching out in front of me. Must keep busy!

What dies bfp and bfn stand for??

Could you jump from 1 bar yesterday to the full 3 bar, start getting jiggy, the following day?

OH, and I tested yesterday and today, and BFN.

letting that sounds exactly right - glad it is working properly now!

secret too much!!

chocchip how has all the "bonking" been going?? To answer your question, I know FF says most women ovulate on the 2nd peak day, but some women also ovulate on the day they see their first peak. This makes sense because a peak reading is determined by the CBFM detecting the LH surge, and surging LH might be detected on it's way up, midway through, or on it's way down. So, if you start to surge in the afternoon on CD 14 for example (and therefore the CBFM didn't have an opportunity to pick it up that morning) and your CBFM picks it up the following morning on CD 15, you might O on CD 15 (your first peak) rather than CD 16 (second peak). Does that make sense? That's why it's also good to cross correlate with CM and temperature.

So thank you all very much for all your good luck wishes, but I think I'm out this cycle. Boo. My temps are still up (strange), but I started spotting yesterday at 11 DPO, and am spotting more today. I am just waiting for red flow to start before I officially call it CD 1 today. Onto the next month!

Yay it asked me to test this morning :)

And yet another stupid questions ;) once it's read the stick does your machine turn it's self off (it was after about 5 minutes)? Once I took the stick out and turned it back on again it didn't ask me to do a stick again so it must have read it and it was telling me I was 'low'

Is this right?

Ok thanks. So tonight, tomorrow and Sat? Good grief I better get a BFP this month!

That explains it letting, hopefully it will ask you soon and hopefully your cycle fits in with the other woman's!
Bonkometer will be obeyed tonight! Does the peak mean I am ovulating today or that I'm about to ovulate?

Oh crappy sticks!!! I bought the 'bonkometer' (ace name btw) second hand and haven't re-booted it. Just switched it on and pressed the 'm' button when AF arrived :S (the batteries were out so presumed it would be ok)

I now find out I have to 'hard reboot' it by pressing and holding the 'm' button until it completely resests.. It now looks like it thinks i'm the 'other woman' (giggle) and hasn't asked me to test on day 6..

I'm off to buy some ovulation sticks in the meantime, but I'll keep looking and test when it asks me to test.. Bloody flipping modern technology - looks like the 'bonking' is the easy part :D