Has anyone tried the Clear Blue Fertility Monitor? I have been using their "advanced" ovulation kit- the one with the blinking smiley face/solid smiley face. It is okay, but I am not sure if I should be spot checking to make sure that I don't ovulate later then when I actually get the solid smiley face (my BBT charting is not very good) If you have used the monitor- is it better then the OPKs?
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I know this is a really popular kit. Maybe take a look at this thread for some answers?
http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/clearblue-easy-fertility-monitor-1
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@Claire.Peonies: yes. We tried it and used it to get pregnant the first time. I'm actually selling mine because we didn't use it the second time due to DH working out of town, so it was a waste for me to keep buying sticks, etc. since he was always gone when it was time to get busy.
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I used it and also got pregnant the first month on it (our third cycle)... it might've been a fluke but I have long-ish cycles (36-38 days) and don't ovulate til CD 18-22, and it def helped
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i used the monitor.i never used opk's before but from what i know about them, it seems like it's a bit of a guessing game of whether it's positive. so i wanted something to tell me for sure if i was ovulating or not! hehe. i used the monitor on my 5th month trying and got pregnant that cycle. not sure if it helped since my cycle is pretty regular, but i liked having some kind of confirmation that it happened.
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I have one. Honestly, I don't know that it is worth it for me. But I don't O normally on my own & take fertility meds. Those sticks add up! I've spent a couple hundred on the sticks alone and I buy them off eBay! But we've been trying awhile. I have had better luck using cheapies a couple times a day & charting.
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@Claire.Peonies: I've used the CBFM and it was pretty good - not the same as their advanced OPK kit at all. They have stricter guidelines about when to start using the monitor, which I think leads to a more accurate interpretation. The regular digital OPK, on the other hand, is pretty accurate for an OPK. (I've used all three!) The advanced kit once gave me a peak reading when every other OPK was negative...and my BBTs backed up the negative OPKs as well. Basically I've found anything is more accurate than that advanced OPK kit!
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I loved using the CBEFM. It didn't help me get pregnant (due to other issues we found out later) but it was so much easier to use than OPKs. You start on a certain day and use it every day at the same time and there's no risk of you missing your ovulation window. I always got peak days each month too, which helped me know that it wasn't bad timing that was preventing us from getting pregnant. So if you use a CBEFM for a few months and don't get pregnant, talk to your doctor!
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