I just wanted to add that after several cycles, when the machine 'knew' me i actually missed a stick or 2 and still got a positive reading and got pg so it seems it was able to read the information correctly anyway... which i didnt think it'd be able to!
I always just held it midstream, placed cap on and placed it straight in the cbfm right away..
Im now waiting to get af after my mc so I can start using it again, although on the web site it says to wait 2 cycles..im impatient so Im not gonna

Hopefully it'll work
