ANOTHER CLEAR BLUE MONITOR QUESTION

Ok last month was the first month i used it and like it said it asked me to test on day 6 ( even though i got this monitor form someone else it reset itself) Then this month again it asked me to tets on day 6, i thought after the first months its day 9 to start testing. I also never got my PEAK on last months test i only got high form day 10 al the way tpo my Af.So hopefully nothign is wrong except for teh fact that i think I put to much pee on teh stick.. BABY DUST TO ALL>

Thanks for everyone who read s and answers this.

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I didn't use mine for two months (we were going on vacation and something else and I knew I wouldn't be able to test consistently during the window), and when I started again, I tested for a few days (it may have been ten but I'm not sure) but went from low to egg and then it didn't ask me test again.

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I used it for the first time last month.. and it asked me to start testing on day 6. This month, it only started asking me on day 8. Since I'd gone on vacation and was sleeping in.... the days weren't changing fast enough when I woke up upon my return. In other words- that was not necessary for you to know- LOL, I've got the gift of the gab sometimes... anyway- I would be curious to know why you didn't have a peak? Do you think it's b/c it was someone else's? They say not to give it to someone else or use someone else's... not sure about that one.

Baby dust to you!!!!

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i think it could have been a few reasons

1) it could be b/c its someone else's
2) It could be b/c i was putting to much pee on teh stick( LOL)
3) This is the one im hoping is not true- that maybe i am not pvulating, although it did move to high so who knows just not PEAK

BABY DUST TO ALL

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Ok let me try to explain how this monitor works......Basically when the monitor gets to know you, it will automatically go on "high" about 5 days before your LH surge. Since sperm can last about five days...in the right cervical fluid.....(atmosphere)......that is the time, you should BD.....(fertile phase) However, when it's someone else's machine, it will ask you to start testing earlier, perhaps, if they ovulate earlier than cd14.....if the monitor is brand new,...it will start asking you to test....around....cd9.... 9+5=14...and 'textbooks' state that ...women ovulate day 14...HOWEVER, any woman who has been ttc, knows that the TEXTBOOKS don't apply to most of us. When the monitor reads your LH ......it will reach PEAK.....even if your LH is there for only one day...the monitor will show...PEAK FOR TWO DAYS...(again this is a computerized monitor, it's doing what it's programmed to do...it doesn't individualize ). Now, many times the monitor...needs 3 cycles to get to know you...that's a huge disadvantage of it. I am going to post the picture, I have of the test strips and how to read them...so , you can sort of look for an increase in you LH by hoping the line nearest the urine.....is the darkest. TWO LINES.....the same darkness does not mean LH surge, the way an OPK can ...although ideally, you want the testing line to be darker using an OPK as well. It's all very confusing and it takes awhile to learn your body. I highly suggest...using opks and temp charting, as well as using the monitor. At least in the beginning, to get to know your body. If your monitor doesn't show you, a Peak but your temps shift .....and become biphasic or triphasic, then you can clearly see ovulation has occured. If you are under a doctor's care, you can go in at what you feel is 7 dpo and see what your progesterone level is to confirm ovulation. Btw, you don't need much pee on the stick...put under your urine for about 5 seconds...that's it...as long as the urine is moving across, the window.....you have 'enough' check for that, before you put the stick in.....if you think there is too much urine or too little...you might want to pee in a cup and insert the stick that way, for about 15 seconds. You have more control that way , and it might be easier for you.

Message edited 7/17/2005 12:48:12 PM.

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wow thank you for tha detailed explanation. i plan on using a regular OPK as well during teh first few montsha nd also i started to pee in acup b/c i definitly think i was putting too much on teh sitick. Thanks so much really apprcciate it

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