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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Isis Scope Gang!!

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RubyMummy · 07/03/2006 10:33

Having recommended this fab little gadget for everyone ttc I wonder whether everyone who has now got one wants to join a thread and keep each other posted on our fern days etc?!

Find info \link{http://www.accessdiagnostics.co.uk\here}!

About me: Am ttc db2 but still bfeeding dd (9mths) about once a day. No af since giving birth so no idea if ovulating etc but have just started using my isis scope :o

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Piffle · 05/04/2006 16:28

Here is my top tips :)
2 hours after or before anything else bar water.
Take you finger and scoop some saliva from under your tongue, and blob it on, quite a decent layer, use more than one fingerful if need
Set it aside to dry for 20 minutes - infact forget about it - invariably when I forgot about it I had ferns!
I have hd ferns full and on and off since day 8 though - yes they are obvious.
Good luck xx

dizzy36 · 05/04/2006 16:03

hi, have just started using isis scope this month. I am on day 12 and all I see are blobs (usually ovulate around day 14). Am I doing something wrong....lick the lens, wait 15 mins then look through....thats it isn't it.

Are these fern shapes really obvious...I couldn't miss them could I? Is there anything that could give me a 'false reading'

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Rubymummy · 04/04/2006 21:26

10/4 i meant :)

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Rubymummy · 04/04/2006 21:25

LOL all at using obulation!! I had af from 28/3 - 2/4 so am hoping for ferns around 8/4. Praying I will obulate :o I am as confused as everyone else though as ferning doesn't seem entirely foolproof!
Hows everyone elses obulating going?!

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bobblehead · 03/04/2006 22:58

I'm confused too, I have partial ferning sometimes then it goes to blobs. Also seem to get more ferning if I test at night instaed of first thing. No full ferning though so no obulationSad

Piffle · 03/04/2006 21:44

It is confusing, I think I am mostly led by temps and CM tbh, I've had ferning on and off for a large part of the cycle.
This could mean I'm hyper fertile LOL but 3 yrs of ttc says not!
I am still getting partial ferning now.. 3dpo
It is confusing... Am now praying for good temps Grin

buffythenappyslayer · 03/04/2006 19:35

think have stopped obulating def now.only got spots today.funny thing is though have more ewcm,so am now officially confused!!!

teacups · 03/04/2006 19:30

AM feeling a bit Sad as I am on day 12 and not so much as a frond of a fern in sight. Maybe I am not obulating at all. Sad. Am still BD for Britain though just in case Smile so not all doom and gloom.

Piffle · 03/04/2006 11:58

I had partial ferning cd 13 14 full ferns 15 and 16, partial 17 and 18
Am cd 20 now
It all fits in with ov on cd17, when you add in post ov rising temps and ewcm etc...
Gosh its not romantic is it all this charting and watching...
But who cares if it results in a baby!!!!!!

buffythenappyslayer · 02/04/2006 15:52

hows everyones ferning going?love the word obulated!!!think that should be our new word on here!have we all obulated?see,it works!!!!
had blobs and few ferns past couple of days.so will wait and see if get af next friday (ish) now!

Piffle · 31/03/2006 16:01

top tip for money saving :)
My batteries ran out last night just as I got full ferning earlier GRRR
But whddaya know, hold the lense up to a house light. Perfectly visible
So I now take the batteries out when I'm not using it.

bobblehead · 30/03/2006 15:41

I seem to be getting very random partial ferning on and off for the last 10 days. No full ferning yet thoughSad

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Rubymummy · 30/03/2006 13:34

obulated?! great word! ovulated i mean!

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Rubymummy · 30/03/2006 13:33

PIffle - think i must have had same thing (assuming I obulated. Because I had ferns 2nd March and Af on 28th so unless post bf I'm having huge cycke i must have had ferns in between too (I stupidly stopped testing once i had one lot of ferns...)

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Piffle · 30/03/2006 10:25

I had partial ferns again last night I usualyl get ov pain about cd 15-17 (am cd16 today)
So it all makes sense - not sure what onearth caused the ferning early in my cycle though!

bobblehead · 29/03/2006 20:09

Mine says to test first thing, swish the saliva around your mouth first and put some on your finger from under tongue onto the glass. Sounds like you're doing it right though. How long have you been checking for? I have had some ferns, but it seems to come and go so I don't think mine are corresponding to ov (plus no af). Think its not unusual to have a few anovulatory (?) cycles before ov again.

teacups · 29/03/2006 18:20

I have only ever had blobs Sad. Can I just check that I am doing it right (it wouldn't be the first time I have got the wrong end of the stick)

Take top bit off and lick the underside (where you don't put your eye)

Wait 10 mins for it to dry.

Put back in lipstick thing and look at the blobs through the green light.

If no ferns ever, do you think I shoudl go to the GP and ask for a blood test? Have had 3 afs now since DD born (year old next week) but no ferns since i have used my thing....

bobblehead · 29/03/2006 16:20

Mine is covered in an odd pattern today- not really ferns though but not like the blobs they show for not fertile. Its very pretty, but don't really know how to describe it! D'you think I used too much saliva or something? Or does everyone have quite different patterns?

Piffle · 28/03/2006 15:16

I'm so confused, I think!
My cycle I alwats get severe ov pains on cd 15-17
Sp presumed I ov'd then in my cycle
Cycle varies from 27 days to 31 depending on which day I get the ov pains, usually 13 dys after the pains.
Now this month I have been temping (not very well but even so) I got ferns on cd 8 9 and full ferns on cd 12
DD has been desperately ill and we have been at hospitl with her both sunday and last night, so bding, very erratic but the best news is that dp is HERE, he would not leave his poorly dd.
today is cd14.
So it looks like I'm reassesing my cycle
Have just got Toni Weschlers Taking charge of your fertility in the post, so am off to scour that for tips!

bobblehead · 28/03/2006 14:56

SmileRubymummy! VeryEnvy

Think I will need to lie low aswell and stop obsessing. Have almost stopped my night feeds though so hoping I'll get af soon too.

buffythenappyslayer · 28/03/2006 13:01

got lens covered in ferns again today,but they look different to yesterdays!(they seem thready IYKWIM!)ive just managed to take a pic on my mobile and sent it to dh!they look really cool!!

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Rubymummy · 28/03/2006 12:00

Hello!! Been lying low trying to curb my conception obsession...however this morning I have.... AF!!!!!!!!! Couldn;t be more excited unless i was actually pg!!

LOL Anyway its bit weird as first af since July 2004. But at least i'm getting back to normal :o Is ov usually around 2 weeks from beginning of af or end of bleeding? I never know when day1 is :o Will keep you posted on ferns! Good luck all :)

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bobblehead · 28/03/2006 01:52

My instructions say that they are when there is ferns among the blobs, which shows you are slightly fertile and 2-4 days away from ov. When ov apparently the screen is covered in ferns. Is yours the same?

buffythenappyslayer · 27/03/2006 23:57

am thick,what are transitional ones?

bobblehead · 27/03/2006 17:46

Piffle, when you say never there first thing do you mean you go back and check after 3 hours or that you don't do the test first thing? I'm wondering if I need to leave mine to dry longer as sometimes there aren't even many blobs or anything!

I think bd when there are ferns and you won't go wrong!Grin