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Hello, just wondering if anyone used the clear blue fertility monitor? what was your expierences with it?  did it work good and did you like it? im getting excited i just bought one to use in the future! (not TTC until may, ack! seems soooo far away!) also i have heard tht it takes a couple of months for it to to get use to your cycle?

I used one along with charting and found it useful.  I relied more on my temperatures than just the monitor but I liked being able to see how often they lined up with each other . . . which was most of the time.  It will take a few cycles to learn you and more acurately predict your cycles so you don't have to pee on as many sticks per month.  One word to the wise: make sure when you pee on the stick you get the absorbent side in the stream.  I didn't even notice until month two that one side was absorbent and the other side was covered by plastic and I was too sleepy one morning to notice and wasted that day's reading.

@Mrs Green Grass: Yep, a misread or error.  Sucks when that happens but I promise, you'll never make that mistake again! 

thanks everyone! im happy to hear that poeple like it!

@ms:march congrats! thats really encouraging to here!

This is our 5th month of TTC and I finally broke down and bought these off Amazon...felt weird buying at the store like the cashier knew what I would be doing lol....So I am currently coming to an end of the TWW so we will see if it worked for us this month....I will keep you updated....good luck to you :)

 I havent started using it yet (will start soon though, once my next period starts!) i will let ya know my stats! i figure i want to give it a few months before we start ttc to get use to my cycle.

In 5 months of using it I had a peak detected 4 of the 5 months.  It wasn't the first month that never gave me a peak though, it was something like month 3.  I'm glad I was also charting so I had a comparison and could see that things were still doing what they were supposed to.

@umagirl i got mine on amazon for the fertility montior and a pack of 30 test strips for 138. (both were new) def check online, alot cheaper!

update: i just started using thhis month and I was so surprised to get my first high on day 8 (totally thought it was wrong bc it was the first month and seemed early to me ) well i got 5 highs and then got an egg! i was so shocked to have gotten a egg on my first month using (since i thought most people dont) plus i just always thought i ovulated later in my cycle.. i was soooooo excited to see that little egg though!

i dont think it wuld be weird to purchase- if itsused.   you would just  do a "hard reset" o the monitor and it should work properly, it might take a little longer though to get use to your cycle.

@umagur: since its your first month and its getting use to your cycle, its prob normal to have a bunch of highs. do you normally have long cycles?  also dont be alarmed if you dont get a peak (egg symol) the first month, its common not to get one.

ok so here are my stats so far

feb. 5 days of highs (cd8) and then egg on cd14

march- 4 days of highs then egg on cd15

april -5 days of highs and then egg on cd16 (starting to ttc this cycle!) offficially just started the TWW.

is it normal to not ovulate the same time each month? also, is it ok to get different number of high days from cycle to cycle? (like cylce one i got 5 then cycle 2 i got 4)

@Umagirl: thanks hoping that hte the tww doesnt feel like forever for me!  def trust the monitor, your phone app could be est. a "average" cycle length, and not your specifically, it sounds like you have a short luteum phase.

ughh so this month is completly out of whack for me, i dont know whats going on... for the last 3 months ive averaged between 3-5 highs and then get a egg. got an egg on ctycle day 14, 15 and 16 for the lsat 3 months... nott his month, this month ive am currently on CD 20 and have had 8 highs and still no egg!! WTH? is going on with it? anyone have any ideas? THis is my 4th month using the monitor.. im getting worried i wont ovulate this month plus i heard anything after ovlating after day 21 is considered late ovulatioon adn makes it harder to get pregant! (god i have got to stop googling things, its making me nervous!!)

Well it looks like this month is back to normal! last month i didnt get my egg til cd 21. this month i just got it today on CD 13. :) only thing is i only got 2 high days before i got my egg. is that normal? I thought you were suppose to at least get a couple days notice of high days before you get your egg?

Also does anyone else stop testing after they get their first egg? Ive heard that it goes on autopilot after you get the egg symbol.

@umagirl: I had a month like that in May where i thought i wasnt going to peak bc i normally peaked around cd15-17 aBUT i finnally got  a peak on day 22. so dont give up hope yet, you still will prob peak!  Its a good sign that you have gotten peak the last couple months (esp the first month!) i dont know anything about reading the test strips but i know tehre are some clear blue fertility forums that you can google that hacbe whole posts that talk about it.