Clear Blue Fertily Monitor - worth paying for?

Catzpaws

carolineb23 wrote: »

I too have suffered an ectopic (resulting in the loss of a fallopian tube)and have been using a CBFM for 5 months. Still not pregnant. I have regular cycles, I'm getting highs and peaks every cycle, and I'm ovulating pretty much exactly when I thought I was. If you have irregular cycles or aren't sure when you ovulate it's proabaly worth it but for me, already knowing a lot about my cycles, I don't think I'd pay for it (I've borrowed it from a friend). Personally, having not had any success after 5 months using it, I also find it really disheartening reading all the reviews from people who've got pregnant using it 1st go as there seem to be loads of them!

Hi Caroline, really sorry to hear that you also lost a fallopian tube. It's awful, isn't it? It happened to me 1.5 years ago and still often feel really sad about what happened. I also find it difficult not knowing how the lost tube has impacted my fertility and, actually, whether the remaining tube is ok - arrrgh!

Fingers crossed it happens soon for you...

xx

Britwife

kazzah60 wrote: »

I too used a ftertility chart and thermometer when trying for a baby
dh and I had been trying for 6 years and were finally put on clomid after I was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome

my GP was EXCELLENT - she gave me the most wonderful piece of advice in connection to the temperatrure chart and thermometer

she dsaid that everyone would state that your body temp rises when you ovulate - BUT that just before you ovulate you will see a DIP and your temperature will go down a degree or so - if you make love when your temp goes down you are more likely to get pregnant, because you will have sperm in your system WHEN you ovulate.
I was very sceptical - but after three months I became pregnant

after ds1 was born the same GP advised me not to leave it too long before trying again as I may not be so lucky the next time- so we planned on the usual 2 year gap and started trying with thermometer and chart when ds1 was 5 months old- thinking it would probably take 6-8 months to get pregnant again

er - nope - caught the first month and had ds2 14 months after his brother!

i really hope this information will be helpful - it may be that the ovulation predictor things works in a similar way - but if you can't afford it a fertility thermometer and chart should only cost a couple of pounds from a good pharmacy
good luck

Sorry, but that is not true. I have been charting for years and I rarely get a dip. I know that FF will look for it but it doesn't mean that everybody is going to have one.

But I do recomment temping because it will tell you if you are ovulating AND your luteal phase.

SingleMumOf2_3

Also.. after 2 years of ttc it got me down trying for my first.. so the best advice I can give.. is just DTD every other day.. never miss it.. and maybe not think so much about ttc. that way everyday is covered.. so wouldnt matter when you ovulate.
But if you do follow the ovulation timings etc.. I had a friend who used something called "preseed" which is like lube but helps the swimmers get to where they need to go.. I think it means less fall out (sorry tmi lol). But worth a little look online and a read about?

SingleMumOf2_3

I apologise if you are not meant to post link but can I also recommend twoweekwait.com it was fantastic help when I was ttc. So many tips and tons of people going through simular.

kazzah60

Britwife wrote: »

Sorry, but that is not true. I have been charting for years and I rarely get a dip. I know that FF will look for it but it doesn't mean that everybody is going to have one.

But I do recomment temping because it will tell you if you are ovulating AND your luteal phase.

perhaps you don't get a dip because you are not going to ovulate?
as far as I am aware not every woman will ovulate every month

ema_o

I can recommend them, got mine secondhand on eBay and will prob sell it on once I've had the baby. Altho can't recommend the kicks in the ribs that are keeping me' awake atm!
For me it just made life easier, I tried taking my temperature and charting but I just wasn't v organised with it. I only vaguely told oh about it which took the pressure off him.

donteatthat

Plans_all_plans wrote: »

You can monitor your ovulation yourself by buying fertility charts and a thermometer. You need to have a fairly regular cycle for this method to work. Have a look here for more info http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/basal-body-temperature-charting.html

Interestingly my husband and I use this method as contraception!

So did I until I got pregnant!

Jen151

Hi catspawz, been thinking about getting one of these myself, e-bay seems like a good option to make it a bit cheaper. Reading the reviews of them on Amazon it looks like a great product

As fanta & welshpolarbear said, check out the trying for a baby thread, theres lots of us TTC over there x

Walk_Me_Home_Cheddar

I bought one after we'd been trying for almost twelve months, mainly because I had no idea if or when I was ovulating and as I was already in my thirties I didn't want to hang around if there was a problem. I did try the ovulation kits from Clearblue first (mainly because of the cost) but found them frustrating to read and something of a false economy as I was starting to use them around the usual time of ovulation and ended up buying extra because I either hadn't ovulated or wasn't 100% sure. I had cycles that varied in length (and it turns out I often ovulated quite late in the cycle). I got pregnant the second month of using the Clearblue fertility monitor and will use it again when we want to start trying for number 2. A friend who also had an ectopic loaned if from me and is now pregnant. When I'm done with it I'll probably sell it on although I won't get what I paid for it as I think it was about £99 when I bought it!

Good luck OP, whether you buy it or not.

Britwife

kazzah60 wrote: »

perhaps you don't get a dip because you are not going to ovulate?
as far as I am aware not every woman will ovulate every month

Sorry, don't mean to sound rude, but that is really wrong to come on here telling women if they don't get a dip that they aren't going to ovulate.

The dip has nothing to do with it. You MUST have a thermal shift and remains high. I KNOW I have ovulated because every month I charted, I had the signs as well as my thermal shift.

You can read on fertility friend and probably tcoyf and both will state that only some women are lucky enough to get a pre O temp dip. I have yet to see anywhere where it says you MUST have a temp dip to ovulate.

Again, I apologize but I don't want someone whos been trying to conceive and look at their chart and panic because they didn't get a temp dip and then go running to their GP to get answers.

The average women does ovulate every month but perhaps there is one month a year when you may be annovulatory. I wouldn't have been pregnant 6 times (2 losses) according to your data because I don't dip.