CBFM Question

[mummmypirate]

Hiya, using this for the first time this month in preparation to really go for it next month, got my 1st peak today and had some questions:

1. Keep reading that to save £, it's worth recycling old sticks after 1st peak because monitor is pre-programmed to give you 2 peaks , 1 high and then back to low whatever readings it gets on those days. What to people think about this?
2. How quickly does the monitor adjust to your cycle, i.e. can I expect it to ask for a lot fewer sticks in Month 2?
3. Do you ALWAYS start a new box of sticks for each cycle as recommended in the instructions

Ta in advance x

Hiya

I used the CBFM and it worked great for me. I read on here about how it automatically gives a second peak and then a high after it detects a peak, so I did what others suggested and just reused old stick after the peak.

Mine asked for fewer sticks in month 2 - my cycle is regular and 28 days, dunno if that made it easier for it?

I ignored the advice about new box each month as I thought it was a con, and it didn't seem to make any difference.

HTH :)

Thanks LD, I'm also on a 28 cycle so should get through fewer sticks in Dec. I actually answered my first qn this morning - put in an unused stick and still got a 2nd peak.

oooh, this is interesting. so just use an old stick after the first peak so it registers a stick has gone in?

Louisdog - so you got your BFP with the CBFM?

I am yearning for those 2 little lines!!!!

It's good to know about the re-using the stick thing isn't it? But what a con, when it asks for two more sticks that it doesn't even look at! I could hardly believe it when I heard!

Yeah I was very very lucky and got my BFP this month :)

Hope CBFM works its magic for you guys as well!

congrats louis

any tips? ;)

i can't believe i asked that a few minutes after posting something somewhere else about how as long as you shag at the right time it's luck

Thanks! I think I was just lucky (plus we religiously SWI'ed when the gadget told us to, which is quite sad lol!)

I just had my BFP using the CBFM too (only my 2nd month using it). In fact, we only got to SWI on one day that month and it happened to be the 'peak' reading day.

I didn't know about using old sticks though. I never had a double peak in a month so not quite sure about that. However, the first month I used it I had to use tonnes of sticks. After that there was only about 7 days it asked for. I never started a new box. Definite con.

Good luck! :)