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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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anyone who's new to the Clearblue fertility monitor?

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iloveberries · 26/10/2011 08:44

Hello - after a while of TTC with nothing but a chemical pregnancy I have purchased myself a shiny new CBFM in the hope it will make things a bit less stressful. I was an advocate of just having SWI everyother day but in reality that it quite a lot for me and DH and the poor thing works very long hours so not always possible.

I'm starting this thread for anyone else who's started TTC using the CBFM in the hope we can give eachother a little support etc.....

I'm on day 5 today so think i have to start POAS tomorrow......

Anyone out there who wants to join the journey?!!

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pupcake · 23/11/2011 20:13

Just wait? What's that? I'm unfamiliar with the concept! Grin

I actually tested this morning and it was a BFN. Not sure if I will try again tomorrow, or just try to hold out a few days before retesting tomorrow. Even though it was a BFN, I'm still hopeful, as it's possibly (probably?) to early anyway to get a BFP.

MrsHerculePoirot · 23/11/2011 20:31

Oooh good luck pupcake!

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iloveberries · 23/11/2011 20:47

Good luck pupcake!

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Chocchip88 · 23/11/2011 21:03

I'm just the same, can't resist testing all the time! Think 10dpo is def too early to tell. Exciting times!!

Chocchip88 · 24/11/2011 07:23

I got a peak! I am overly excited Grin

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iloveberries · 24/11/2011 08:32

get on it chocchip OBEY THE BONKOMETER (thrust)

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SecretSparkle · 24/11/2011 08:49

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lettingitallgonow · 24/11/2011 11:44

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

Chocchip88 · 24/11/2011 12:33

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?

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iloveberries · 24/11/2011 15:46

it means you're about to - i think between 24 - 36 hours so i would dtd on both your peaks and the day after (if you and DH can manage!!)

best of british ;)

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Chocchip88 · 24/11/2011 17:37

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

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iloveberries · 25/11/2011 08:11

Good luck chocchip x

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lettingitallgonow · 25/11/2011 14:03

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?

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pupcake · 25/11/2011 19:31

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

secret too much!!

chocchip how has all the "bonking" been going?? Grin 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!

pupcake · 25/11/2011 19:31

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

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iloveberries · 25/11/2011 21:36

oh pupcake that is shit.

gutted for you :(

CD5 here - no news.

just keeping my place with you lovely ladies

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lettingitallgonow · 26/11/2011 08:26

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

lettingitallgonow · 26/11/2011 08:38

What dies bfp and bfn stand for??

Chocchip88 · 26/11/2011 08:52

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!

Zara1984 · 26/11/2011 18:09

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???

Chocchip88 · 26/11/2011 18:44

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!

eggandtoastedsoldiers · 26/11/2011 19:10

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

HettyTurner · 26/11/2011 21:26

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 Grin

HettyTurner · 26/11/2011 21:29

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