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Filipenko - yeah really easy. You can't start it until CD1 then you set it up (tells you exactly what to do in the booklet). The first cycle it'll ask for a stick on CD6 you pee on it, put the lid on the end you pee on, turn on the machine, insert the stick and 5 mins later it'll tell you to remove it and then gives you your reading.
The reading is either a low, high or peak fertility. I get quite a few highs because I have PCOS and have higher than normal levels of LH but it also tests for estradiol which is when it gives you the peak.
You usually get a peak followed by another peak (which seems to be the day I ov) then a high, just to make sure you BD and then you'll get lows. Depending on the length of your cycle, it'll ask for either 10 or 20 sticks, so if you have a shorter cycle than me, you'll get two cycles out of a box. I know a few women who after the first peak, just reuse old sticks or don't switch their machine on. This is only my 3rd cycle using it and I think the first two it's learning your cycle so I used new sticks.
I am a bit anal though and after I've got my reading I write on the cycle day and L/H/P on to the stick. I don't really know why but sometimes I line them all up so I can see the difference on the lines lol! I've kept all the old sticks too for some unknown reason but I think I should really start to just throw them out after AF arrives.
Lola - that's crap timing. Make sure you BD lots before he goes away so that you're covered if you ov earlier than normal.
The reading is either a low, high or peak fertility. I get quite a few highs because I have PCOS and have higher than normal levels of LH but it also tests for estradiol which is when it gives you the peak.
You usually get a peak followed by another peak (which seems to be the day I ov) then a high, just to make sure you BD and then you'll get lows. Depending on the length of your cycle, it'll ask for either 10 or 20 sticks, so if you have a shorter cycle than me, you'll get two cycles out of a box. I know a few women who after the first peak, just reuse old sticks or don't switch their machine on. This is only my 3rd cycle using it and I think the first two it's learning your cycle so I used new sticks.
I am a bit anal though and after I've got my reading I write on the cycle day and L/H/P on to the stick. I don't really know why but sometimes I line them all up so I can see the difference on the lines lol! I've kept all the old sticks too for some unknown reason but I think I should really start to just throw them out after AF arrives.
Lola - that's crap timing. Make sure you BD lots before he goes away so that you're covered if you ov earlier than normal.
not something I normally do as I can barely lift my head off the pillow in the morning never mind BD. I think my OH would have heart attack
Now i just have to wait for the postie 
and so will dh be when he finds out what a bargain i have got, thanks emum!! 
I hadn't thought of that!!
