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128 of 129 people found the following review helpful:
Thank heaven for little boys....
I bought this monitor after 8 months of trying to concieve. I have very irregular periods so the thought of a machine telling me when I was ovulating sounded great.
About the machine: You have to program it to start during your period. So, if you buy it in between your cycles, you need to wait until your next period to begin using the monitor, however you...
Published on November 6, 2005 by Jennifer Rossi
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373 of 398 people found the following review helpful:
Don't put all your eggs in one basket!
I am not advising that you purchase or not purchase this monitor. I simply need to tell you of my experience if you do use it. I was very excited to find a tool that would take the human error out of reading the ovulation test sticks to determine the LH surge, therefore predicting the peak days of fertility. I used this monitor every month for over a year with one...
Published on May 30, 2002 by germakj
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128 of 129 people found the following review helpful:
Thank heaven for little boys...., November 6, 2005
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
I bought this monitor after 8 months of trying to concieve. I have very irregular periods so the thought of a machine telling me when I was ovulating sounded great.
About the machine: You have to program it to start during your period. So, if you buy it in between your cycles, you need to wait until your next period to begin using the monitor, however you can program it up to day 5 on your period, meaning if you buy this and you are anywhere from day 1-5 in your menses, you can program it for whatever day between those five days you are on. If you purchase the monitor and you are on day 3 of your period, the monitor will allow you to program day 3 and start from there. For me I had a bit of trouble figuring out the programming but to be honest Im not that mechanically inclined, but I did eventually get it.
You start testing when the maching tells you to, so you won't be testing everyday. This helps because it saves $$ on the sticks. You pee on the stick in the morning (first morning urine for best results, as opposed to afternoon urine with OPK'S) at the same time every morning. There is a 3 hour window that is allowed. So if you set your clock for 7am, but you really have to pee at 5:30, you pee at that time so the urine is concentrated. The 3 hour window can go either way- before 7am or after, just as long as its the first urine. The machine will give you either a low, high or peak (with a little egg next to the peak days) reading. The instructions advise you to baby dance on high and peak days.
Now for the cons. Its pricey! The machine itself is expensive, much, much more then OPK's and the sticks are pricey as well. When you buy the machine it will come with a certain amount of sticks, but then you need to buy refills which can get costly.
Did it work?? For us it worked. I was able to get pregnant the second cycle using this monitor. It showed that I was ovualting on day 10, where I figured I was around days 12-16, so we were way off. With the new found knowledge of when I was actually ovualting we got pregnant with our little boy.
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373 of 398 people found the following review helpful:
Don't put all your eggs in one basket!, May 30, 2002
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
I am not advising that you purchase or not purchase this monitor. I simply need to tell you of my experience if you do use it. I was very excited to find a tool that would take the human error out of reading the ovulation test sticks to determine the LH surge, therefore predicting the peak days of fertility.I used this monitor every month for over a year with one successful pregnancy (ending in miscarriage). The very thing I liked about this tool is possibly what prevented my getting pregnant sooner. I relied too much on the accuracy of the monitor! The machine reads the stick and displays the "fertile day" sign. If there are any errors in this reading, you won't know because you can't read them yourself. You must rely totally on the accuracy of the machine. Whereas, with the simpler ovulation predictor sticks, you can read them yourself; see the line to determine if it is darker or lighter than the test line and can compare it with sticks from one day to the next. After trying to conceive for so long, I found myself only focusing on the "prime fertile days." I didn't have the energy to "try" if the monitor didn't say I had to. I think by narrowing my target to the 2 or 3 perfect days that this machine predicted, caused me to actually miss my fertile days. I think the machine was wrong. I came to this conclusion one month when I decided to check behind the monitor by using it simultaniously with the ovulation predictor sticks. The monitor read my LH surge as day 12 and I read the sticks as surging on day 18. If I had not checked behind the machine, so to speak, I would have missed my actual peak time. By NOT paying attention to the monitor readings, I persevered and kept at it until day 18 and this was the month I got pregnant. I'd recommend that if you do buy this monitor, use it as a guideline and not as the gospel. Use it to indicate your fertile days but don't stop there. Don't just "try" on the fertile days. The one pregnancy I did have was due to "trying" even after the machine said it wasn't productive. One final note, the sticks for this machine are bought in boxes of 30 and are very expensive. You MUST use 10 per month dictated by the machine. Purchasing the box of 5 or 7 ovulation predictor sticks is actually less expensive and you need only use the number of sticks until you see the "peak." These kits are complete as is (just add urine!) and do not require the purchase of an expensive machine. Good luck!
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61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
Pregnant after one cycle!!, September 25, 2004
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
My husband and I tried for several months off the birth control patch with no success. I am 35 and had always assumed I ovulated around days 14-16. I bought the monitor on the recommendation of friends (among our set, it's resulted in several pregnancies!). I wasn't able to use it immediately at the time I bought it, because I was too far along in my cycle. The first time I did use it -- bingo! We're pregnant. It turns out that I was ovulating on days 11-12.
The machine is simple and easy to use. I know that it's expensive and that the cost may be off-putting, but it is certainly cheaper than consultations with fertility specialists. I also have a very demanding job and was not consistent with keeping up with my charting, etc.
This is such a sensitive issue for so many people. I think we need all of the help we can get. Good luck!
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
Great investment!! TWO beautiful children!, June 24, 2005
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
I HIGHLY recommend this monitor. It took all of the guesswork out of conception, giving me ACCURATE readings of my peak fertile days. And as a mommy of Advanced Maternal Age (over 35) believe me, I needed to take the guesswork out of baby making. I used this monitor to conceive my TWO beautiful children (28 month old and 8 month old). You could say I am a TWICE happy customer!!!
For those who claim it gave inaccurate readings: did you test EVERY day, because missing a day will yield incorrect readings; are your cycles IRREGULAR, because this product won't help you if your cycles run over 40 days; and did you perform your test within the proper WINDOW of the day, because, again, if you tested outside of the specific time period your results won't be accurate. The directions are very specific!!
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
I have babysat the little results from this monitor :-), January 8, 2006
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
This monitor really can help some people.. I just happen to be one of those people who have seen the results of this monitor.
It is easy to use, honestly the instruction manual is kinda overwhelming.. BUT it has a lot of required troubleshooting info.. if you get an error on the screen what to do etc.
Basically you set the monitor for whatever time you want to test and every morning you test at that time or two hours around that time.. You pee on a stick click the cap over the pee area and put it in the monitor.. it just SNAPS in place. It reads it then tells you weither you are Low, High or Peak.. VERY Clearly and it's easy easy easy to follow and read. You don't have to sit and look at it waiting for a response you can go about getting ready for your day come back and take the stick out and read your status.
I found that it just let's you know EXACTLY when you should try to conceive. I learned some months you peak and some you don't and that is just a normal thing..happens sometimes. My Sister-in-law had problems conceiving and she tried it and got pregnant about 3 cycles into using it. I've got two friends that have used it as well and both have newborns now. It's fast and easy.
On a side note.. I have also seen the stresses it puts on couples.. TONIGHT'S THE PEAK NIGHT ETC... Personally I think you should keep "that" info to youself.. don't want to deal with performance anxiety!! I also found that just making sure during peak and HIGH that you are doing the "baby dance" makes conceiving a higher possibility.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE: These monitors CAN NOT be reset. So if you buy one off of ebay or borrow from a friend.. it will still think you are her..with her cycle time and all the other info it learned from her. SO your first month you may find that you are using A LOT of sticks for it to get used to you and figure out when you ovulate. Customer Service told me the first months reading may even be inaccurate with a borrowed monitor.
Also from Checking EVERYWHERE for the best stick deal amazon has just about everyone beat AND they offer free shipping on the sticks!! :-)
Good Luck!
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
Worked for Me!, June 9, 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
I bought this monitor after trying over a year and a half to get pregnant. I have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and I got it after about 6 months of Glucophage treatment for the PCOS. I got pregnant the first cycle. It turns it I was ovulating later than I thought I was by doing the temperature chart alone. Even though Clearplan site says it is not accurate for PCOS people I believe it made the difference for me. I know it may seem like a lot of money, but for me it was worth it. I figured if it didn't work the money was well spent anyway. The first month it just seemed like we had sex every day starting about 2-3 days after my period ended for about 20 days in a row. Also, the waiting at least 15 minutes with your hips elevated after sex. Good luck to all of you who are trying!
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
Buy this monitor!!, April 6, 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
After I came off of birth control pills, my first two cycles were irregular (ranging from 33-40 days) and I could not tell whether I was ovulating. We tried to get pregnant for one month without using any monitors or temping, but I miscalculated my ovulation date by a week and so it didn't work. I decided to buy the monitor so I could know if/when I ovulated and I also started charting my temp & cervical fluid. The monitor gave me my first high fertility day much earlier than I thought it would based on the length of my past two cycles off of the pill, and if I hadn't been using the monitor I would have had no idea that my fertile period started so early. It gave me my first peak reading four days later, and my second peak day corresponded with my temp rise so I knew I had ovulated on that day. Now, three weeks later, I am very happy to say that I am pregnant!! This monitor is great!! Due to my irregular cycles, I would have had no idea when I was fertile were it not for the monitor.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
Worth the money!!, January 8, 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
I had a miscarriage last year. Since then, my husband and I have been trying to conceive again, but with no luck. We bought the monitor and used it for one month. We're now pregnant!!! This product takes the stress out of trying to conceive. You don't have to think because the monitor does it for you!
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
Warning - This Maching Actually Works Too Well, March 26, 2007
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
As an "older" couple (mid-late 30's) my wife was worried that she wouldn't be able to get pregnant. We were hearing horror stories from friends who'd been trying unsuccessfully for a year or more. To top it off and add to my wife's stress level, her mother was sending her articles on how drastically fertility rates drop with age.
A couple friends had used this monitor with amazing results, and though we hadn't started trying to get pregnant yet, I purchased this monitor in the hopes of improving our chances (and my sanity - since my wife was getting wound up worrying that we wouldn't be able to conceive).
The plan was to use it one "practice month" so that the machine could learn her cycle and she could get use to it, and then get serious the next month. Well, guess what? Using the machine she got pregnant that first "practice" month.
It was truly a mixed blessing because I was looking forward to at least a month or two of hard work but instead my part was done before I ever really got started (husbands should take this into account). In all seriousness though, the relief on my wife's face was well worth the expense of this little gadget. We were sold on this device and used it again, with similar results, to conceive our second child.
I will add a caveat though. We have a friend who was not successful using this device. In the end it took her 3 invitro sessions to finally get pregnant and have her baby, so I'm thinking other issues were involved, but I want people to know that while this device works surprisingly well, no device is 100% guaranteed.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
Skeptic turned believer!!!, March 15, 2005
This review is from: Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Health and Beauty)
I just want to start by saying we had been trying for quite some time and I purchased this with little hopes it would help. I ordered this in the beginning of January and I am happy to say that we are expecting our 1st child!!!!! I have always used those other sticks and thought they were fine but I was testing at the wrong time or the "end" of my peak time. It is more $ than the regular sticks, but it will help you to narrow down your peak and fertile days. Our 1st month using it it worked and showed me I ovulate earlier than I thought, I recommend it if you have tried other methods besides medical. Good Luck!
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