If at first you don't conceive...shag, shag and shag again. BFP due in April.

[DrewsWife]

Well here we are. Again!

Month 5 ttc #2 with a nearly 18yo DD

I know right. Only got til tomorrow to start using it before its too late for this cycle as well!

tooth I get about 3 days of pains around ov. Feels like a huge bubble stuck in my lower left side. Makes doing a wee hurt never mind doing the deed! Why are our bodies so weird like this?

rpopz what does a fertility monitor do? Do I need one?! (don't say monitor fertility!) [Wink]

Ha Victoria that is the perfect way to describe it!

Its a clearblue one, just a fancy opk I think, but it monitors another hormone as well as LH so it tells you 5 fertile days rather than one... Some how! Another thing to pee on/ in!

I have been using the clearblue monitor too. It's really helped me identify my days. The first month you will use it every single day so it gets to know you. Months after that will use about 10. I have used it 3 months now and I love it.

I start just after my period. And hubby and I love to put the stick in the monitor and watch. Lol.

Using the opk they only give
Me a couple of days info and even at that I'm confused by them.

I'm hoping it does the trick for us otherwise I'll seriously start worrying!

I'm hoping so. But will likely be next month. I still like using it. Gives me a feeling of having some control over this

Yeah I think that's what I need too, some control!

Thanks for the welcome everyone

My period is due sat no signs of pregnancy and test this morning was negative so losing hope :(

On the plus side I am planning to eat a bucket of pate and drink some decent coffee when the fat lady sings!

Hope everyone has a good day today and those with ex issues get them sorted quickly

Victoria I have just got a fertility monitor as well and started using it on Tuesday....so far no smiley faces...but I do feel more in control especially since my cycle hasn't settled down after coming off the pill. I'm using it everyday until we go away on holiday on Sunday and hoping something happens in that time to indicate I'll OV before we go! Otherwise we might just need to skip this month and try again next month.

So these monitors, how long do they last? And how much do they cost?

Omg

Just looked them up on amazon! They cost a small fortune and all sorts of stuff comes up. Digital ov, 20 pack - so are they single use?!

Saw the monitor for £50. Yes they are single use. But they are worth it. To know exactly when you ovulate is worth it in my opinion

Sticks are single use not the monitor

I got the monitor off ebay for 57 quid (in boots they are 167!!!). It lasts as long as you want to use it I think! The sticks you pee on are single use, they're about 20 quid for 20... you use less as time goes on and it "learns" your cycle. Are you contemplating one Victoria? X

Search "clearblue fertility monitor" - you do get a lot of nonsense coming up... the actual monitor looks like a little smartphone/ computer tho. The sticks are just like opks I think. X

Ah, interesting, have been thinking about an opk this month but got very confused in the shop. They seemed to say they were no good for someone with pcos?

I got a pcos diagnosis years and years ago and before ttc took dianette for it, but never had cysts and no trouble conceiving the first two darlings so not sure I really have pcos iyswim... main symptoms are hairy chin/neck and male pattern thinning hair.

Not sure whether to buy or not.... anyone else got pcos?

Hmm, googling it seems like since I do have regular periods it is worth a try....

I think with pcos you sometimes get elevated LH levels (which is the hormone detected by opks in case you didn't know already) so maybe that's why they're not suitable. But I have been diagnosed with elevated LH so prob no point in my buying a monitor. I've not got pcos though as ive had a scan. Mystery. I've bought opks this month just to have a go and see what it shows. DH was moaning about the £9 I paid for them never mind £60+!

This is the one I have Victoria....www.amazon.co.uk/Clearblue-Advanced-Digital-Ovulation-Test--Pack/dp/B00BSNL77I/ref=sr_1_1?s=drugstore&ie=UTF8&qid=1396535481&sr=1-1&keywords=clearblue+ovulation+test

Ah I see, thank you victoria!

Fwiw, I have no cysts, they diagnosed it on the basis of hormonal tests. Must be 15y ago now though. Think I might give them a go and see. I'm cd6 now so better get a move on... has to be better than peering at my pants every morning!

oh and if you take your basal body temp, is that just orally with an ordinary thermometre bit dim here?

Regarding your much earlier question Victoria... the clearblue fertility monitor says I am on cycle day 3 as period started on Monday... my period tracker app says I am on cycle day 4... So who knows how you're supposed to count!!

wiltingfast its a basal temperature thermometer you need....they are more accurate. I've seen them on amazon....

Rpopz you go by first day of period.

I use apps too but I don't find them accurate.

First day of period is day one.