anyone who's new to the Clearblue fertility monitor?

This is the first month I've used my CBF Monitor, will it start asking me to test about day 6?

Oh AF is due 15th Dec
TTC#2 for about 12 months now, used ovlulation sticks up until this month but found them really flakey as they sometimes show i dont' ovulate at all (which might be the problem :) )

AF arrived today so have set CBFM back to day 1, iloveberries are you on day 1 again too? I hope this is our month?!! :-) x

Morning all

Just updating the stats as I didn't add myself in:

SecretSparkle (26) TTC #1 TTC 1 cycle, cycle 0 of CBFM AF due 09 Nov
iloveberries: aged 31, DS aged 19months, TTC 4 months, cycle 1 of CBFM. AF due 19th Nov
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
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
hettyturner (29) DD 18mths TTC 6 cycles, cycle 1 of CBFM AF due anyones guess
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

Let's hope that mid-Dec swings by nice and fast - seems like ages away!

POAOS the first time today - here's hoping to some high readings soon. Looking through the thread it seems that people are getting high readings for a lot of the month. The ov calendar on here says to expect ov from this Friday so fingers crossed for some movement on that soon. Oh well if nothing else it might spur me and DP onto being less lazy/tired on the SWI front!

My cycle usually about 28 days long hence my worry about no highs - glad to hear i'm not the only one and it probably is right!!!

So glad I checked in, I was thinking that I was weird for having 20 high days and no peaks. I actually think the monitor missed ov; I have def post ov signs although my temps are all over the place.

Anyway we totally missed it this cycles (DTD EOD for a week then DD got ill and we haven't had a full nights sleep since...) so eagrely awaiting AF (who'd have thought) so we can start again.

maisie - I have had very long cycles this year - my last was 50 days! (mother nature's 2 fingers up to my buying the CBFM ha ha) I had no high the first cycle but fingers crossed for this cycle. They do say it tales the CBFm 1-2 cycles to get "to know" your cycle
iloveberries

Maisie55 were you cycles regular before? I was always 28 days but my cycles have been all over the place since they've come back, I'm still breastfeeding and not sure if this is the reason.
I'd say if you have the inclination then SWI during your low days! We are currently aiming for EOD during high days (have had 6 and expecting about 4 more) and on both peak days if they ever appear!

meant to ask also, do you all just SWI on when you get to the high and peak readings or do you SWI during the low readings as well just to be on the safe side?

Hi all, well I was very pleased to read the updates today as am on CD12 and no highs yet. Mrsherculepoirot do you have long cycles? since stopping BF'ing DS in March I've had 33, 37, 38, 39 and 38 day cycles so far, so am guessing I don't OV til about CD 20 ish, its reassuring to see that highs do finally appear though! it does get a bit worrying. Has anyone never had a high reading at all? That is my worry!!

Hooray mrsHerculePoirot!
I have long cycles and am not expecting to ovulate until the end of next week, but I guess that's why I got the CBFM as I don't really know. Am thinking maybe the CBFM just helps you get pregnant because it persuades you to SWI for 3 weeks! Ha!

He is, chocchip, and he's really smug about it! Makes it hard to eat sweets in front of him!

I had 2 high days before my peak. My first high day was on CD 15, and my first peak was on CD 17. I was worried I wasn't going to get any highs too, since they seemed to arrive so late in my ~29 day cycle. Chocchip, I think occasionally the monitor can miss your surge (peak) and will then give you a ton of high days and no peak. If you are using OPKs in the afternoon and temping, you can cross-check the CBFM for LH surge and ovulation, respectively. That's my only advice. Otherwise just keep SWI!

Hope all the rest of you are well!

Woohoo - day 16 and first high day, thought I wasn't going to get any!!!

Well sounds like he's in pretty good shape pupcake!
I'm on day 14 and the 6th 'high' day. How many high days did other people have before they got their peak?

Hi Chocchip, I know, I know - patience is not my virtue. My DH isn't really making any changes, but he is in tip top shape, very fit, nonsmoker, doesn't drink very much or very often, and eats really healthy (huge # of fruit and veg every day and avoids a lot of processed foods). He normally takes too many vitamins (he is a little excessive) and recently stopped all vitamin supplements, so now I'm trying to get him to go back to taking just his multi. I'm also trying to get him to wear different underwear (he likes the boxer briefs, but they seem pretty tight) but he's not really open to that. He has 2 kids from his first marriage, so I think his swimmers are OK, or at least they were. He's 42 now, so we'll probably get him rechecked out if another few months go by with no BFP.

I'm sorry crystal could still be a bit early to test though, you never know!
pupcake no advice I'm afraid, I think the main thing I need to do is lose weight but that might have to wait until after Christmas, I'm not doing anything other than SWI and CBFM right now. Give it a couple more months though! Is your partner making any changes?

crystal that's a bummer - I'm sorry. How many days post O are you? Could it be too early to test? Also, apparently the most important 2 days to SWI are the two days immediately preceeding O. Some ladies seem to O on their first peak, others on their second peak. So don't feel bad about not SWI on the peaks, because you still had pretty good timing, if you ask me. How long have you been trying?

I've also given up caffeine - mostly. I will have the occasionally cup of tea, coffee (with lots of milk to water it down), or diet coke, but it's not a daily thing. Maybe 4 times a week? I've also pretty much cut out alcohol, but will occasionally have a glass of wine (one only), if we are out to dinner. Lately though I've been really scaling back on this.

Anyone know what the deal is with baby aspirin? Why people take it/what it's supposed to do? And how much you are supposed to take? I know - I'm obessessing. I can't help it.

I'm out too, just got a BFN, again. I said to myself I wouldn't test unless AF was late but couldn't resist and bought the first response thing, AF due on Tuesday so is pretty clear it's not going to happen this month again. Feel so useless, SWI all the week it was on 2 bars, but missed the peak days as was worn out from SWI 5 days in a row previous! Just feel like it only takes everyone else 3 months or less around me. Sorry know you're all going through similar, just have to whinge to someone!!

pupcake I have given up all caffeine except my one cup of tea in the morning as read this makes it harder to conceive. Have only just started it, miss my 10 cups of tea a day though!!

Aw, berries! That stinks. I'm sorry. I was hopeful that you might get your BFP this month after all. I agree, temps crashing is not a good sign. How many days post O are you?

mrsherculepoirot were they outdated when you bought them? If so, call the help line - they've sent replacement sticks to other ladies that has happened to. Might not help you for this cycle (and in my opinion, I would not use outdated sticks), but will help offset the cost of buying another set.

Hello to everyone else!

Question for you all... so every month that goes by and I'm not knocked up, I keep adding something new to my TTC regimen. First it I just tried to SWI nearly every day in the middle of the cycle, around the time I thought I might be ovulating. For cycles 2 and 3 I used OPKs. For this cycle, I started temping/charting, using preseed and the CBFM, and still did the OPKs, just in case the CBFM missed my surge (which it didn't, but it was late by 1 day, compared to the OPK). As of a couple of days ago, I just also started taking a B-50 complex (in addition to my multivitamin) because I've read that it can lengthen the luteal phase, and I feel that mine is on the short side (~11 days). Not too optimistic it will help this cycle, but am hopeful it will help in future cycles - assuming there are future cycles! Next month I may also try evening primrose oil. I know this all sounds like a lot, and I guess it is, but I am really eager for this to happen. (Aren't we all.) Are any of the rest of you doing anything else aside from CBFM? Just curious.

Have a great weekend lovely ladies! Anyone testing soon?

Well I remembered to turn the monitor on and set it as day 3 of my cycle - and also realised I don't need to POAOS till day 6 so all good so far!

berries - posted a message to you on the plane :)

iloveberries so sorry to hear that! I wish there was something I could say to make it better but will be thinking of you and fingers crossed for a BFP in your christmas sticking

I'm sorry iloveberries so disappointed for you : (

mrsherculepoirot BFN is big fat negative. I always think that use by dates on things like that are just to get you to buy more, but I don't actually know for sure. Do you think you would have ovulated by now? Do you have long cycles?