Clearblue advanced fertility monitor (new one with touchscreen)

[Ladyboluna]

Here is the amazon link:
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00H4Y9EW0?cache=08e8a426eb0e0075448c734d03dde78d&pi=AC_SX110_SY165&qid=1406417637&sr=8-4#ref=mp_s_a_1_4

I've ordered it today as today is 12th month of trying after having AF. Has anyone used it or interested in using it? I like how it works it all out for you as I don't want to spend all that time stressing over learning how to chart myself. You poas when it tells you and insert the stick into the machine and it interprets it for you. Gives you a few high chance days and then the lh surge days. Measures oestrogen and lh. Also can test for pregnancy. You can input when you dtd too and a light and alarm can remind you.

I really like gadgets and technology anyway. If it works I don't care how much it costs. Anyone have any experience with it already? I don't think it's been put long.

Oh my gosh, I need to vent. Just got back from OH's parents house...and the MIL says "I've got a present for you. Let me go get it"...I'm baffled but also secretly excited. My other half is confused also...Back downstairs she comes and she says "close your eyes and hold out your hands"...So I do...I open my eyes and what do I find...

A pack of pregnancy tests!!

Seriously?!?! Every year she gets something to hint at us having children and every year I have to fake a laugh. She doesn't know what's been happening and tbh neither myself or my other half wish to tell her because she's a busybody and genuinely loves having a good stir of every situation. However, why on earth would you give that to someone as a gift??

Ugh. Feeling utterly fed up today. I've been grumpy and crying for the past 3 days. My stomach is churning constantly and I just want to hibernate until the new year. :(

I hope everyone is having a better time than I am right now with family dramas etcetera. Also, is anyone aware as to when to monitor will ask for a pregnancy test?

Warmest Christmas Wishes xx

Hi Bertie sounds really bad for u MIL went too far. Have u hinted or mentioned ttc? Maybe it was well meant if so. Monitor won't ask for the preg test u can use them if at don't some tho. I'm relived I got a peak yesterday so least am ov. Am now panicked cause we used durex play lube grrr lol. Bertie have a few wee drinks and enjoy your Xmas hunni x

Hello everyone, first time posting in this thread. I wonder if anyone can help, I have got the CBAFM but i'm on CD9 and not had a high yet. Is this unusually late?

Yes I truly did feel she went too far but hey. We have done our obligatory visit to theirs and it's back to work for me today so don't have to see anyone.

As for the monitor I didn't get a high until day 12, see my post.

Jellypi yes this is normal i get highs from day 10 until peak around day 15. Bbt shows a jump today so think i am ov so maybe doc was right. I just need to chill. Think I'll have a break next month from tracking as getting bit obsessed and stressing myself out which probably doesn't help me. Bertie hope you are ok I felt bit crap yesterday kept thinking how zmas is crap without kids and is this it pmsl.

Haha Mikeysmom same as me "obsessive" haha. Well today was the day of AF and it hasn't come, think I'm being too hopeful gutted I didn't realise I could test this morning. Boo hoo. It said when it turned it on that I could have tested between 5 and 11. hopefully tomorrow I will need to test ;) Be a total miracle mind lol xx

Thanks for your replies :)

I got my high on CD11, and again today on CD12. Setting myself up for a number of highs now until I hopefully get my peak!

jellypi if you're anything like me you'll be a woman possessed when you get a peak haha I know I was!! Unfortunately for me my OH was away on a training course on my first peak day but we DTD 15th I got peaks on 16th and 17th and he got back the evening of the 17th and we'd obviously missed each other so we DTD then ;) So it's just a waiting game. We've both been feeling unwell for a week now and I was due on 28th so thinking I've got a bug and it's messed with my cycle perhaps. Was overzealous today and tested got a negative can't say I'm surprised I can do without feeling rotten though!

I have my fingers well and truly crossed for you all but I'm definitely taking Mikeysmum's advice and just enjoying "us"

To be fair it is my DP that is the one obsessed at the moment. He is so focused on us having a baby he is the one checking the monitor in the mornings etc and saying we should be doing it religiously EOD!

Still no peak on CD 13! My cycles are 26-28 days so if I don't get one tomorrow I guess I will assume I have missed it (unless I have a LP defect)!

Hi,

This is my first month of using the monitor. We have been trying for 3 years and have been through failed IVF but have decided to try naturally again. I did use the old Clear Blue monitor years ago but thought I'd give this one a go!

My cycles are normally 26-28 days but I have only just got my first high and I am on CD18!

Wishing everyone lots of luck x

Butter Peak indicates you are ovulating within 24 hours I think, so it could be any time after the peak.

I've still not had a peak. CD 15!

congrats :) How many highs did you have?

Had myself a bit of a cry yesterday...AF turned up... :( We were at a friends house and she went through years of clomid etc to be told she could not have children and miraculously she conceived months later. Even she started to tear up when I was talking to her and explaining how I felt.
Ladies I just feel like a total disappointment as a fiancée, a woman and a human. Why do our bodies not just work correctly as they should. I'm finding it so difficult to be around people who are pregnant as I feel resentful something I never dreamt I would. I'm always so incredibly happy when people announce they are expecting but right now I feel nothing short of a witch.
Thinking I might just have to suck it up and go to the doctors but I'm also wanting to give it another month of trying with this monitor. I'm in two minds... :/

I've started running and i'm considering some yoga just to help me clear my head of it all and relax.

I'm so hopeful for you all xx

:( big hugs boo it's really tough isn't it. How long have you been trying for? I would be tempted to go to the docs if it's more than a year. You are in no way a failure, these things are just tough for some people. You are in good company at least x

I used this for the first time last month - found it very good. Gave me 2 high days and 2 peak.

Does anyone know when it will ask for a pregnancy test?

Hi ladies

I'm new to this site & wondered if I could join? It's my first month of using advanced cbfm I've had my first high today on cd14 was a bit suprised as I assumed I ovulate today. We've been trying for approx 3 years on & off & currently going through fertility treatment after a yr break. Do you know how long after I will get a high?

So firstly happy new year ladies and i hope you all had a wonderful Xmas.

Just catching up as been major busy over festive season and wanted to check into see how you all are?

bertie I really can empathise with you on how you are feeling and I think your definitely doing the right thing by proactively seeking ways to clear your head. Before Xmas I was a walking hormonal wreck that was obsessed with TTC, since then iv started to relax a little and try to be more positive (I know easier said than done). Keep your chin up hunni and do whatever it takes to put your mind at rest - if that means having a chat with your GP then I reccomend you do that or the little gremlin jumping up and down in your brain won't stop. jellyp is right you are by no means a failure, it's just something that a few of us go through (I know it's not fair).

kellie1234 I think on my first month I got 19 highs and no peak and the second month 3 highs and two peak. From what I read, it may take the first month for the machine "to get to know you" so don't worry too much on first month. I think the machine shocks most people as for years they assume they ov on a certain day but find that's not the case. I always thought I ov on cd 14 but turns out this month was cd 20 so iv been concentrating on the wrong week every month for over a year.

Good luck ladies xx

So happy to see this little beauty this morning :) so far I've had 2 lows 1 high & 1 peak. I literally gave out a little squeal. How long after this would I actually ovulate?

I seem to have spoken too soon, have my husband an early morning wake up call after having my first peak, but unfortunately he couldn't finish, I'm gutted, this is something which never happens. Will I miss my ovulation or have I still got a fighting chance if we try again after 4am (we're both working until then) some advice would b appreciated

Arrr that's great. Don't give up yet hunni! They say you ovulate 12-36 hours after the machine registers its first peak. You've still got tonight and tomorrow so....... I think your still in with a very good chance

Perhaps your husband felt a little pressured , maybe try not saying Your peaking until after you've done the deed so he doesn't get the "I've got to do it feeling". Fingers crossed for you hunni

Thanks miss monkey Well I finished work at 4am & managed to dtd :) hopefully I'm still in with a chance, I'll test again tomorrow & see what the monitor says. Hopefully it's just another day of bedding I'm exhausted

Got up ready to test this morning& it's stopped asking but automatically showing peak? Is this right?

Erm I read that it will automatically give you a second peak once it's picked up the first but mine still asks on the second day of peak then carries on asking after too. I also read somewhere that the machine works in groups of 10, so if after the first 10 days of asking it hasn't yet given you a peak it will ask for another 10 days, even if you peak on 11 it will still keep asking until it's had 20 (that is a waste if you ask me so once iv had my peak I feed the machine old sticks instead of wasting new ones). So in answer to your question I'm not sure, you may have a dodgy machine, so it may be worth giving clear blue a call and see what they say