Clearblue Fertility Monitor users!

glad to hear it i hope it works for you all aswell xxxx

nadinetd.........I think that it was your lovely news inspired this thread.
Well done.

hi ladies
glad u all got ur clear blue monitors i bought one last month and bingo it worked 1st month after trying for 8 months, very scared as only 5 weeks and m/c before at 6 weeks no symptoms yet which at 5 weeks is apparently normal, good luck to u all lots of hugs xxxx

I reckon it must be the clomid then that's affecting the reading.
I had a bit of a shock yesterday!!!

I'm going to use it this month and probably next (although I am tempted to give myself a month off totally) and then it's IUI in the new year so the monitor will be no use to me then either.

I do like the fact that you can have a month or two break from it and still use it.
Holiday or work in USA Artoo?

Mine is in the post! Have decided now to start mine in the new year but I will be watching this thread with eager anticipation! Very best of luck to you girls and I will probably be asking you all sorts of questions when I get started1

coggy - are you on clomid this month? Clomid can give an extended HIGH reading on the CBFM before the PEAK arrives.

Without clomid I usually get 3 HIGHs before my PEAK. With clomid I was getting a LOT more (5, 6 or 7 days).

Might explain it anyway

I'm not using my CBFM this month as I was in the USA when AF arrived, and couldn't set it for a good time whilst over there. I'll be back on it again next month whilst I wait for my first IVF cycle (where it will be no help whatsoever!).

Good luck to all the monitor users this month!

Hugs,
Artoo.

Thank you for your timing advice that's very helpful

Gosh it sounds complicated. Dh read it and said it learns your cycle?! What if it misses the key days would it be worth doing OV tests in between or does that defeat the object (and break the bank)?

I can't wait to start using mine.

I am MIGHTILY confused now!!!!!

Last month:
CD6.....LOW......first wee test asked for
CD14.....HIGH
CD15.....HIGH
CD16.....PEAK
CD17.....PEAK
.....................nice and simple........but....

This month
CD9.....today.....first wee test asked for.....HIGH!!!!!!

How?
I usually OV around CD17/18.
We are going to be exhausted by then!!!!!

You have to start it at a time that will be suitable every day eg. weekdays and weekends.
It gives a 6 hour window tho so not too bad.

I set mine at 8:30 so that I can test anytime three hours before or after...........5:30am (let's hope I NEVER have to get up that early) to 11:30 (that's more like it!!! )
HTH.

Hi all I have bought one too but need to wait until CD 1 to use it which is in a couple of weeks. What time of day do people use it? I am hoping it will help me make sense of my cycle. At the moment i am doing daily OV tests instead.

No not yet...CD8 today and I'm hoping it won't ask me until CD10...although I have a feeling that it will tomorrow.
I'm sure I read somewhere that it would start sometime from CD5 to CD9....so we shall see in the morning!

I'm not sure when it would be happy to stop.
I guess after it has had the two PEAK days and then one LOW.....in which case I should just about get away with ten sticks!!

The instructions say that some people have more than 5 days of HIGH so don't worry Kitkat....just keep on weeing!!!

I'm on CD7 of my second month using the CBFM.
I OV late and have a very short luteal phase which makes getting pg tricky.

Last month my PEAK days were CD16 and 17 so earlier than I usually show on normal OV tests.
We'll see this month!!!!

Good idea to start this thread KitKat and welcome to MN Dipstick.

Hi I'm patiently waiting for AF to arrive so that I can start to use my CBFM. Had a m/c a couple of weeks ago so not sure how long it's going to be...

I'm a newbie, been a bit of a lurker these past few weeks and trying to pluck up courage to join the ttc after miscarriage thread.

Good look to everyone using the CBFM... let's hope it's worth the expense!