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

[Lady H]

Hi All, I have 9 CBFM sticks left that expire in May this year. I'd love to mail them over to one of you regular thread posters that uses them. I don't want anything for them and am happy to pay the postage, unfortunately though I will have to say UK address only.

First to PM me gets them is the only way I can think of to be fair. Sorry outside UK ladies, I'm sending you dust and wishes instead.

 

[Minimin]

Hey ladies
I'm thinking of dusting off my CBFM again. Just looked at stick prices and MY GOD they have gone up. TTC DD in 2010 they were £13. Where do you ladies yours from. I'm looking at amazon but wondering if there is anywhere cheaper.
Many thanks

Minimin

 

[CaliDreaming]

I get mine from amazon. I'd definitely be interested if there is somewhere to get these sticks cheaper!

 

[Briss]

CD 7 for me and got HIGH again! I have not seen a single LOW for 6 cycles now, it's really disturbing, I O early and have shorter cycle and nothing seem to change it. Am I really on my way to menopause despite all the vitamins, acu, herbs etc…

 

[Briss]

CD 7 for me and got HIGH again! I have not seen a single LOW for 6 cycles now, it's really disturbing, I O early and have shorter cycle and nothing seem to change it. Am I really on my way to menopause despite all the vitamins, acu, herbs etc…

 

[PatTabs]

CD 7 for me and got HIGH again! I have not seen a single LOW for 6 cycles now, it's really disturbing, I O early and have shorter cycle and nothing seem to change it. Am I really on my way to menopause despite all the vitamins, acu, herbs etc…

Briss sorry to hear you so blue, why do you think no lows = menopause? I thought the CBFM should be clever not to potentially ask you to POAS until you got a high? But am not so au fait with all things menopausal. How long is your cycle?

Minimin -I opt for amazon too as the cheapest.

AFM I haven't put new batteries in my CBFM yet but it looks pretty dry now, just went with OPKs this month mgd to BD CD 6 8 10 11 and 12 with +ve OPK on CD11 so got everything crossed but you never know hey? It helped that DH and I went to Paris for the weekend

Throwing lots of to you all... we need a BFP for the year to get us on a roll!!

 

[CaliDreaming]

Briss Don't let your test results and CBFM readings get you down. You just need one good egg to get pregnant. Doctors really don't know everything about what FSH, AMH, etc levels mean.

PatTabs, good luck this cycle. I'm hoping that your CBFM falling in the toilet is a good omen--meaning you won't need it anymore!

As for me, I'm 6 dpo. I didn't really use my CBFM because I'm being monitored on Clomid and used a trigger to ovulate.

 

[PatTabs]

Thanks Cali..Right back at ya

 

[vkj73]

hello briss,
i sure hope things start looking up for you!

pattabs, paris for the weekend? how cool!

just wanted to say hello to everyone.

i got a peak on cd 16 and 17. today is cd 20.

can't tell either way.

to you all!!!

 

[Briss]

Thank you ladies, I can always rely on you to make me feel better!

I do not think no lows = menopause, I actually think my CBFM is spot on. It's just before my cycles were 26 days on average but ever since I had this lap/hystersocpy they became shorter and no matter what I do they do not get back to normal. 24 days is rather short. I used to get 24 days cycle 1-2 times a year, but now most of my cycles are 24 days. So CBFM usually asks me to POAS from CD 6 and if I get 1-3 lows then I know I will ovulate on CD12-13 and will get a 26-27 day cycle but when I start off with HIGHs it means I will get a peak on Cd9-10 and O early = short cycle. My FS told me my cycles are nothing to do with the operation and that it is a natural decline confirmed by my high FSH, I do not believe this but every time I see a short cycle ahead I cant help but think she might be right

 

[Jean40]

It's just so frustrating at times, Briss.

One of my friends has PCOS and has went through menopause and is done at 45, but she never wanted kids so she's kind of relieved to have it done and over with and she actually lost weight now that her hormones aren't messing things up, lost 35 pounds.

I was never actually diagnosed with PCOS, but I've had a couple ovarian cysts rupture and all my GYN would ever do is put me on BCPs, then I would lose weight, so the more I look into it, the more I think I do have PCOS, but a mild form. I definitely have had weight issues since I was 13, I do have insulin resistance. Since I have been diagnosed with celiac disease and had to completely change my diet, I had lost 30 pounds, then the weight loss stopped. In the last month, after loads of research on insulin resistance, I added more chromium picolinate to my diet as well as inositol. I lost 5 more pounds and changed nothing in my diet. In the last couple weeks, I also added L-argenine 500mg twice a day, which is supposed to help with high blood pressure (which I have and nothing has reduced it this time, not even Rx meds) and also helps with PCOS. Still waiting to see what happens, I got another week to wait (well, I will be testing, I can't hold out that long). I will post all the vitamins/supplements/teas I tried if this works. Trust me, it's a bunch.

 

[FireBaby]

Jean have you tried myo inositol?
I don't have PCOS but I've been taking it and noticed it has added a couple of days to my cycle (a good thing) and my temps are higher now during the LP so I've got to think its helping with progesterone....

 

[Jean40]

Yes, I'm taking inositol for the last month. I didn't like the way it made me feel at first, but I lowered the dose and take it with food now, usually just 1000mg/day.

 

[Briss]

I put a stick into my CBFM this morning but completely forgot to take it out and check the reading, is it going to mess it up? I am sure I was going to get another high this morning, just wondering if leaving the stick in for the entire day can potentially affect my tomorrow's reading (which is supposed to be peak)

 

[CaliDreaming]

Briss, I've done that before many times. It won't affect tomorrow's reading, but if you wait too late (e.g. until the next testing window) you won't be able to get the reading for the stick that was left in the machine.

 

[Briss]

thank you Cali, my testing window expired about two hours ago so I guess I will just have to assume today was another high and hope it will behave tomorrow. our strategy for this cycle is to BD 2 days before peak (done), wait two days then BD on the first peak (hopefully tomorrow) and second peak, then skip one day and BD again

 

[vkj73]

hello ladies

i forgot to mention, since i got a peak on cd 16 and cd 17,
i didn't even pos when it asked on cd18. i figured we were
already bd'ing when it was the best time.

fingers crossed!

 

[Briss]

got my peak today CD10, a bit early I would prefer to get it tomorrow but still considering that I left a stick in there yesterday I am just happy it's still working and it did not ruin anything. Hubby is not cooperating, said he will get home too late for any BD tonight, but tomorrow might be too late as I likely O tomorrow or even overnight

 

[vkj73]

briss, glad you got your peak

i found this info on https://www.americanpregnancy.org/gettingpregnant/understandingovulation.html

"An egg lives 12-24 hours after leaving the ovary"

so if a peak means you could ovulate in 24-36 hours, and an egg can last 12-24 hours, it would seem like you still have a great chance! try to bd tomorrow morning and/or tomorrow night

good luck

 

[Briss]

I am in a bit of a panic today, we were saving DH's sperm for 2 days so we could BD on the first peak which we did but late at night and this morning I got a temp rise, I checked 3 times and put down the lowest temp I got (I will play with it later when I get cross hairs) but it still looks like I O yesterday which means we totally missed it on the other hand I did not sleep well, was tossing and turning all night barely slept for a couple of hours in total which may explain the raised temp this morning. shall I ignore it? besides I never O on my first peak, I O either on my second peak or on the high after that and also I really hate the idea of O on CD10 it will probably be clear when (or should I say if) AF shows up cos my LH is 13-14 days so I will just count backwards to confirm O.

VKJ, thanks for the info, I know that an egg lives 12-24 hours but it also may take sperm ages to get to the egg that's why we are trying to BD before O so they had time to get there.