Clearblue fertility monitors - Info needed please

[RahRah1]

Hi

This is my first month using a CB monitor.

I'm not sure I'm using it right as I was expecting a high by now.

The instructions say wee on the stick and then place in the monitor.
But today I realised the urine had not gone down the stick as when I took the stick out the test window then started turning blue (downwards) and then produced one clear line.

Does anyone else get lines on their test sticks?

Do I need to make sure the test window has urine in before testing? Can't see anything on the instructions.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Rah - did you leave the stick in for the right amount of time (until the monitor said to take it out)?
Sometimes mine goes down the stick REALLY quickly and sometimes much slower but I've only had once where it didn't seem to work at all.

One blue line indicates that no surge has been predicted anyway so that should put your mind at rest that you haven't missed anything!

I was VERY surprised one month when I didn't OV until CD23 ....usually around 17, 18 or 19.
Last month I was AMAZED to find out that I'd (naturally) OVd on CD15....got hopeful...needn't have bothered!!!

The amount of HIGHS often changes from person to person and month to month.
One month I only got one high and another cycle I got 6 or 7.

HTH.
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Hi Rah, I am on my second cycle now with the monitor. My first cycle I had 1 low day, about 8 high days, then finally a peak around CD16. My second cycle I haven't had any peak - just a lot of high days - although I know I did ovulate around CD12 as I have been temping and checking for other fertility signs, and am now 11 days post ovulation and have not had one peak reading yet! During your first cycle, the monitor adjusts to reading your hormone levels. Sometimes the monitors can take time (I guess more than one cycle in my case) to read your hormone levels, and sometimes if you test first thing in the morning for example, you can miss an LH surge which marks a peak day. One line on the stick is a negative reading, but normally the monitor should read it without you checking anything in the test window. The instructions just say to keep it on a horizontal surface when you insert the stick and while it is reading the result. Also, you could just be OVing later in your cycle than you think, or this cycle in particular, have you been temping or anything as well?