Tam

Wobbles

How you going on the patches?

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Steph x

Hi, wondered if anybody has any thoughts on the Clearblue ovulation and fertility monitors? Am at end of my tether now and have to know where I'm going wrong.
My periods have always been up and down, that is, until I miscarried in June this year.
Since then I have had a pretty accurate 28 day cycle but last month and this month have been a bit erratic, resuting in late periods, high hopes quickly dashed, followed by a dose of tears.
I thought I'd been 'doing the deed' on my most fertile days, but obviously not!! And I'm just exasperated by how bloomin' difficult this is turning out to be.
Any advice would be great. Thanks in anticipation.
Steph.

Arcanegirl

Ive not had any experience with those two, i tried another brand of opks but my cycles are irregular so it was hard getting the right time to get positive results.
Have you thought about charting? Its good to double check you ovulate and although it will be a guessing game at first you will start to reconise patterns and guess when you will ovulate.

You never know you may be getting the timing right but just not catching, even the most fertile person can take a few goes to get it.

ElliesMum

Hi Wobbles. Bloody patches keep falling off! Thats when their not irritating me and giving me red raw skin. Still not smoking though. Thought each day would get easier but its not. Would kill for a fag now!


Steph, cant help with your question. Never used ovulation monitors, sorry.

Caroline

Sorry for late reply just got back from hols. Clearblue ovpks are difficult to use. Have had a monitor for twelve months and think are pretty accurate. Used mine for contraception andwas reading at wrong time of day bd on 1st day not safe and got pg. Got mine cheap on ebay, hope his helps.

Wobbles

Well done

Wobbles

I've used teh Clearblue OPKs & highly recommend the monitors I'm not sure about but I figured if you have to buy the sticks for the monitors anyway you may as well just buy the OPKs an save on quite a cost for that machine!

try keep your cool hunny you know you maybe are bonking on the right days but stress & anxiety won't help the process :wink:

I'm 28 days (should be anyway) - I seem to Ovulate on day 13 (so far) So my mpst fertile are day 10 - 15

Good luck

Wobbles

You were using the OPKs at teh wrong time of day?

Caroline

Don't knw about opk's time of day to use. Got them to try pinpoint od to improve accuracy of monitor early on. With monitor I did temp first thing then checked it for day of cycle and if fertile and cso if needed to abstain/use contraception. I took that what it said in morning held for all day, but actually by approx 10.30pm the day changes to next cd so when ithought was safe, was 1st slightly fertile day, and that month I ovulatedd early by approx 2days as non fertile phase was earlier than normal , so where as on normal cycle would get away with being a day out, that month I didn't so got pg. Was a nice surprise though. Hope this makes sense Wobbs