Clearblue Fertility Monitor - User Club

[SnowBells]

So… anyone else here using the clear blue fertility monitor? Not the normal ovulation test sticks, but the actual monitor.

Thought we'd form our little club, exchange stories of how it's going so far, and just support each other in this seemingly hi-tech business of TTC. Gosh - what did they do in medieval times? Did Da Vinci or Galileo invent a fertility monitor that was widely used, but yet to be uncovered?

Anyway, here are my stats:

• First cycle of using monitor;
• Started testing CD6 as expected from the manual;
• High on CD7, and am a little surprised.

Seriously wondering whether peeing after midnight on CD5 caused hormones to be low on CD6, hence machine 'thought' (detected, more like) there was a surge on CD7???

OR maybe this is ONE of the reasons why TTC was difficult - never did the deed before CD12 before.

OR the machine is still adjusting to my system.

What about you?

Hi all, this is my first month using the monitor. Our 2nd month trying to conceive baby number 2, I am very inpatient so started using monitor (it has been in cupboard since getting BFP for DS the day the monitor arrived last time we were ttc!)
I have a question though, I have been getting a high result since Monday, we have dtd 4 out of 5 days, I expected a peal this morning, day 17, but still high. Husband has gone away for 3 days for work conference, have we missed our chance this month? My cycles are always 28 days

Thanks Parsley. Yes it is shit. 2 MC's , one amazing DD5, now two Mc's again. Hope it will be third time luck again although am at the upper age limit lol .

Hermione - do you def ovulate every month? Not sure why has not shown you a peak? I have 28 day cycle so always thought my peak was day 14 but now realise it more like day 12. Sounds like due to the frequent bd you still have a chance? Good luck!

The sticks are £15 on amazon at the moment which is a about £10 cheaper than Boots.

Hello! Thought I'd join 'the club', I'm brand new to these forums, started TTC in December but because I'm a massive control freak I thought I'd buy a CBFM for this cycle
Really glad I did because there was me thinking I was ovulating on day 14 like 'normal' only to get 2 peaks-CD19 and 20. . . was really thrilled to get any peaks at all in the first month of use as I had heard it's common not to
Now I'm just waiting. . . af due on Thursday so hoping it won't appear!

Had to reset the machine this month since I started this thread. I missed out on one cycle in December as was away on business and forgot to pack the monitor. So far, I have only ever had highs, and no peaks, which is quite upsetting.

Sparkle I think it's common to not get a high in the first month.

parsley, the monitor gives you a high when it indicates a rise in oestrogen. It can be that this cycle you had an initial rise, but then a drop, then a rise and ovulation. This can happen now and again.

The monitor will have picked up the rise, gave you highs, but never detected a peak in Lh. It then 'gave up' on finding a peak, because it thinks you have reached the end of your cycle.

After this, you got your LH surge.

The monitor wasn't wrong, but does put a limit on how long your cycle can be. It therefore can sometimes miss ovulation when your having an out of character long cycle.

sorry, I meant sparkle, not parsley

Sparkle9
Reset it.

I think one odd cycle won't do anything. I had a weird cycle once and the times after that it was fine. In the next cycle it will start afresh with measuring your hormones.

Hi all, I think you've just been talking about this. I've just got my sixth high, I am on cycle three with the machine and wondering what's going on. I'll keep going but if there's no ovulation does it just keep giving you highs?

Hi All - I've been using the monitor for about 6 months now, and I've found it really useful (I was forever missing ovulation with OPKs).

Annoyingly, though, it often gives me a high straight off the bat from day 6 or 7, so while the peak bit is useful, the high reading doesn't help me any. I only had one cycle where it gave me a couple of highs like it's supposed to.

Anyone else had this? I'd be really keen to get it fixed given what someone said earlier about the second peak reading sometimes being too late...

It doesn't give me any peaks!!!! 14 days of highs though.

I think I may be one of those for whom this little machine does not work.

Hmmm, that's frustrating, SnowBells. I did have one cycle when it did that, but when I looked at the stick, it clearly showed a dark line. I tried a normal OPK and it was positive too. So are you checking the lines on the sticks as well? There's two lines. The one nearest your hand is the one that gets dark when you're peaking.

I also found I got more consistent results when I peed in a plastic cup and dipped the stick in - I can't pee in a straight line and peeing straight on the stick often messed up the lines (sorry if that's TMI!)

Mrs am wondering if that's my problem this month. Either too much or too little wee on the stick. Hate having to start-stop-start first thing though for the cup option. I am not awake enough!

Juniper how long is your cycle normally? Mine is currently 32 (used to be 28 before my miscarriage). This cycle I tested from day 8 and had 7 high days before peak yesterday and today (CD17 & 18) which fits with a 14 day LP. If your cycle is over 30 I wouldn't worry too much yet

Thanks parsley. It's been 28 days for about six months, previously was about 32 so maybe it's stretching out again? It's doing my head in as I would've expected to peak by now and the next few days we're going to struggle to fit in any dtd if I do get a peak. ARGH. Anyway, thanks for the reassurance, maybe tomorrow will be the day.

MrsNutJob

Check the lines all the time - a week ago, I saw VERY faint lines.

I never get positives on OPK, too…

But doctor says that my Day 2 hormones look fine...

juniper did you get your peak yet?

I'm on CD 16 and still no high peak yet! WTF

Last month went stright from Low to Peak on CD10. Cycles all over the place. Had a look in my diary last night and my Peak varies from CD 10/14/15/16. This is the longest it has taken to show up yet.

Have been testing on the IC too, nothing on them either.

Have ben DTD every other day since CD 6 as didn't want to miss my lead up to the peak.

snow you had any peaks yet?

Hope you are all having a good weekend. We have been badly hit by winds last night, several trees down, one just missing the house!!

Aaaaaargh!!!

CBFM showed highs from CD 9 to CD 24. It's now CD 25 and it is now back on Low. NO PEAK.

Had on-and-off cramping since around Wednesday. Might have been ovulation pain.

But Wednesday was also the last time we DTD, as DH's work has been quite stressful over the last 2 weeks. Darn it.

Does anyone know what the CBFM monitor detects to go from high to low??? I've read it automatically goes to "low" after 20 readings. but why ask for a test stick, if it's going to show "low" anyway???

hi atyourage, I got another high yesterday which sent me in a bit of a spiral of depression so OH and I agreed to knock it on the head for the rest of the cycle. We can't DTD until Wednesday now as he has an SA that morning so no point waiting for a peak anyway. Just going to DTD when we can after that. I'm starting acupuncture next cycle so might give up on the CBFM for a while...it's getting too upsetting.

Best of luck all. xx