Using Clearblue Fertility monitor - anyone else? 7 BFP's...

[Briss]

vkj, very sorry but let's hope next month will be your month! I find it easier to take bad news when I start planing what I am going to try differently next cycle. do you have any plans? new supplement to try or a different BD position?

 

[smilies28]

I'm so glad I found this thread!! My last two cycles have been 40 and 42 when they used to be 28 but I think it's. all due to the stress I've caused myself TTC as I had a miscarriage start this year. Do you think it's worth buying it?? How successful has it been? Also you think I should rely on it rather than charting??

Xxxx

 

[smilies28]

Id appreciate also if any of you could look at my post on the same topic!! Im new on here today so looking for as much advise/thoughts as possible from everyone
https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/o...ime-using-ovulation-kit-need-advise-best.html
xxx

 

[smilies28]

Hi ladies, spotted all day yesterday and turned red this morning and heavier so I went to the Early Pregnancy Clinic and had a scan, I have a gestational sac and its in the right place but no visible fetal pole etc and they estimTe am only 5 weeks which is a week less than i though based on LMP so I could still MC, have to go back in two weeks time but there is nothing else to except wait it out.

I don't know what to do with myself, torn between trying to stay positive and just want to get it over and done with if it's going to end in MC.

Poor DH doesn't know what to do with me either have just been lying on the couch all day..

Need some positive news from you ladies..hope the peaks and Os are leading to a lot of

Much to you all..

Pat I know what your going through, I have been through all of this year with my first MC. My prayers go out to you and all I can say is keep positive and strong and I pray that you are luckier then I was. Just don't give up hope!!!! Xxxx

 

[CaliDreaming]

I'm so glad I found this thread!! My last two cycles have been 40 and 42 when they used to be 28 but I think it's. all due to the stress I've caused myself TTC as I had a miscarriage start this year. Do you think it's worth buying it?? How successful has it been? Also you think I should rely on it rather than charting??

Xxxx

It is expensive, that's for sure, but for me it has really cut down on the guesswork in determining when I ovulate. Reading the opks had gotten pretty confusing for me and so were my temps. With CBFM I know that I will O within about 12 hours of my first peak.

Now it doesn't work as well for some ladies, so it's a hit or miss type thing. Some women have really long cycles and others don't get a peak for some reason even though they ovulate.

 

[PatTabs]

Evening ladies,

Well I have not been wallowing, in fact I actually dragged myself to the gym last night after at least 5 yrs..I hate the gym prefer classes etc but since we moved 6mths ago and I have a gym on the complex it's very naughty not to go!

I enjoyed but boy do I ache..am away with work for the next two days and then follow up scan Friday so let's see what happens.

Welcome Smilies, thank you...I'm banking on3rd time lucky! Re the CBFM well it is pricey but it really helped to understand my cycle, I got my first BFP in the first month using it, and strangely didn't use it for my second BFP so it's 50/50 really. Good luck whatever you decide.

Cali - how's the TWW?

Vjk so sorry

Moras - the monitor asks for 10days at a time so if you don't get a peak in the first 10 days it will carry on for a further 10. If you do get a peak I would stop testing after that as you will always get 2 peaks and there is no need to test after that as its just a waste. I have to admit am not sure if it continues for a third further 10 sorry! Good luck!

 

[vkj73]

Thanks Lady H.

I have a question about long cycles and cbfm. On the first cycle with the monitor, does it keep asking for sticks if you have a longer cycle?
I ask this because
1. My monitor asked for sticks from Cd7 till Cd25
2. FF thinks i ovulated on CD15, but not for sure
3. But i am still waiting for AF, and i know i am not pregnant

So i am worried that i might have O'd later but the monitor stoped asking for sticks too soon.
Have you heard anything on the monitor getting used to longer cycles? And how many tests it does?

i just had a 39 day cycle. if i remember correctly (it seems like forever ago now), i got a peak and high around cd 25-26. after two days of peaks, it went back down, and didn't ask me for anymore tests. it just showed lows all the way up to cd 39 when af arrived and i reset it.
i hope this helps.

 

[smilies28]

CaliDreaming thanks for the advise i think ill go ahead and buy it as im getting some money tomorrow so i may aswell take the opportunity of the extra money i got to spare!!

Thanks Pat ill shall bear that in mind, i think im going to go ahead with it and try something new! Fingers crossed for you

I will let you all know how i get on with CBFM

xxx

 

[morasmum]

Thank you vkj73 and patabs

 

[CaliDreaming]

Evening ladies,

Well I have not been wallowing, in fact I actually dragged myself to the gym last night after at least 5 yrs..I hate the gym prefer classes etc but since we moved 6mths ago and I have a gym on the complex it's very naughty not to go!

I enjoyed but boy do I ache..am away with work for the next two days and then follow up scan Friday so let's see what happens.

Welcome Smilies, thank you...I'm banking on3rd time lucky! Re the CBFM well it is pricey but it really helped to understand my cycle, I got my first BFP in the first month using it, and strangely didn't use it for my second BFP so it's 50/50 really. Good luck whatever you decide.

Cali - how's the TWW?

Vjk so sorry

Moras - the monitor asks for 10days at a time so if you don't get a peak in the first 10 days it will carry on for a further 10. If you do get a peak I would stop testing after that as you will always get 2 peaks and there is no need to test after that as its just a waste. I have to admit am not sure if it continues for a third further 10 sorry! Good luck!

Hi Pat! Good to see you are doing so well and good for you on getting back to the gym! I need some of your motivation to rub off on me.

Nothing remarkable has happened in my 2ww and I haven't felt any implantation cramps like I felt when I got pregnant with dd, so I think this cycle is a bust. I am waiting for the results of my thyroid testing to come back. I have been incredibly tired these past few days, and I suspect that I may be hyperthyroid. I am hoping that I am because that would explain why I'm not getting pregnant and is supposedly an easy fix.

 

[vkj73]

I'm so glad I found this thread!! My last two cycles have been 40 and 42 when they used to be 28 but I think it's. all due to the stress I've caused myself TTC as I had a miscarriage start this year. Do you think it's worth buying it?? How successful has it been? Also you think I should rely on it rather than charting??

Xxxx

i think it's totally worth it. with our first, my cycles before i got pg were, 38, 36, and 36.

i've never charted before...i don't think i have the patience.

i'm going to keep giving the cbfm a chance.

 

[vkj73]

vkj, very sorry but let's hope next month will be your month! I find it easier to take bad news when I start planing what I am going to try differently next cycle. do you have any plans? new supplement to try or a different BD position?

thank you briss.
well, i'm trying to be proactive by going and getting blood work tomorrow.
they recommend testing around cd3 (it'll be cd4). so, that way i'll know how my fertility levels are.

i think i'm going to stop all alcohol intake sooner than later. for example, the last few cycles, i've had drinks right up to ovu'ing. i most likely won't ovulate for another 3 weeks, so i'll probably cut it all out in about 1-2 weeks.

i've drastically cut down on caffeine. i had my first 1/2 caff latte yesterday in about 2-3 weeks.

i'll keep taking my prenatal and b6. i don't think i'll do the spirulium this time.

and lastly, i don't know if i'm going to do acupuncture this round. it gets expensive, and the herbal pills 3x a day before ov and after are just too many reminders that we're trying.

how about you?

 

[morasmum]

I cut down on coffee too .... i miss coffee !!!!!

 

[Briss]

sounds like a plan, well done on cutting coffee! I have been trying to drink it only on weekends for the last 2 months, it's still quite hard for me it seems like all week I am just waiting for it to be over so I could get a cup of coffee. I am so aware that it's Thursday and I still have 2 more days to go through...

I feel AF is around the corner, the due date is Monday but I think it may get here earlier.

My main focus is DH, if he can make certain changes i.e. quit beer I think our chances will improve dramatically so I will be trying to encourage him in that. he finally got referral to urologist (took me 3 months to persuade him!) now I just need to make sure that he books an appointment and actually goes there.

I will take EPO more seriously this cycle will start from CD1 cos my last cycle was a bit short and EPO usually helps delay ovulation and lengthen my cycle.

I was thinking of acu but it seems so expensive here in the UK, the cheapest I found is 50 pounds a session and they do not even specialise in fertility

 

[laustiredttc]

hey briss i totally agree, i looked at acu as well and they are very expensive and normally they ask you to go every week for the first month, wayyyyy too much atm!

 

[luckylecky]

CD24 for me today don't think this will be a fruitful cycle, had a hot night, that usually happens a few days before AF arrives.. bummer, I'll have to buy another box of sticks.
Think I might reduce the wine intake next from now on.. anything might help!

 

[PatTabs]

Hey ladies, hurrah for Friday nights, it's been a long week...

Hope you are all doing well

I had a follow up scan today and they confirmed its a incomplete MC as they saw a dark shadow so a little bit left, I have to just let it go naturally alas. The odd thing is I have lots of EWCM and swear I had O pains this afternoon. Not sure if thats even possible?!?

So annoying not knowing what to do, as had decided going back to BDing quite quickly.

Cali - any news on your thyroid check?
Lucky - you are not out til the witch arrives, FX

 

[CaliDreaming]

So sorry about about the news today. I know you must be ready to move on. Did they tell you whether it was okay to proceed with TTC?

My thyroid results won't be back until Thursday. I had been anxiously checking twice a day and then I read the paperwork again and found that they aren't available until three weeks after they are drawn. I have six more days left of waiting.

 

[AuCa]

Hello ladies,

mind if I join in? I just started using my CBFM 2 days ago (I'm in my 30s, TTC for our first child), and I was hoping to get some support/chat with women who use it as well.

I was a bit confused today as it already gave me a "high" reading this morning, on CD8. I tend to have longer cycles (between 30 and 40 days), so I was definitely not expecting a "high" before CD15-20.
Do you think this is because I am using it the first time, or does this mean that I will likely ovulate much earlier this cycle? (I am assuming most women get a max of 5 days of "high"?)

 

[CaliDreaming]

Hello ladies,

mind if I join in? I just started using my CBFM 2 days ago (I'm in my 30s, TTC for our first child), and I was hoping to get some support/chat with women who use it as well.

I was a bit confused today as it already gave me a "high" reading this morning, on CD8. I tend to have longer cycles (between 30 and 40 days), so I was definitely not expecting a "high" before CD15-20.
Do you think this is because I am using it the first time, or does this mean that I will likely ovulate much earlier this cycle? (I am assuming most women get a max of 5 days of "high"?)

Hi AuCa! It could be because it is your first time using it. A lot of women get more than 5 days of high and some even get highs the entire cycle. Hopefully that won't be the case for you though.