The Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor - The Good And The Bad

By Karla Brown

When a woman wants to get pregnant, she should not have to worry about her fertility or other things; it should be a happy time. A fertility monitor is great to have during this time. A good designed one, like the Clearblue Fertility Monitor, takes some of the potential stress out.

The big advantage to the Clearblue Fertility Monitor is that it is easy to use, yet is very advanced and increases your chances of conceiving.

The Clearblue makes use of separate, disposable one-time use test sticks. One of the sticks is wetted and placed into the monitor test slot, then wait for the test to complete. Most fertility monitors have a set tracking schedule built in, but with the Clearblue monitor you can easily program it to track your monthly cycle to the day.

So you have the greatest chance of conceiving; A low, high, and peak fertility status bars are shown in the monitor's display.

The exclusive "M" Button:

The monitor comes with an exclusive "M" Button which you press at the start of your monthly cycle, and establishes the start of the six-hour window of time in which you can do a test. It's important that this "window" includes a time when it's convenient for you to test your first urine of the day on both weekdays and weekends. You are free to change the time or day that you press the "M" button on your next cycle, in order to get more tests done at different times in your cycle.

The Clearblue Fertility Monitor accurately identifies more fertile days in your cycle than any other fertility monitor. About 10 or 12 days after your cycle starts is usually the most fertile time because your estrogen levels are higher. Male sperm can survive as much as five days, so your chances of conceiving are the best during these pre-ovulation days in your cycle

The Main Reasons For the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor's Ability To Identify Peak Periods of Fertility:

An egg begins developing inside an ovary during the 'Follicular Phase,' which is a time during these pre-ovulations days. The "LH surge" or rise in "Luteinizing Hormone" signals peak fertility during this time. Lasting only a couple days, this surge in this hormone is the most fertile time for you to conceive. Pinpointing this time with ease, the Clearblue monitor helps you identify this time when the follicle containing the egg bursts and releases the ovum. Only around twenty-four hours are you likely to conceive - when the egg is released. Identifying this most crucial time is what the Clearblue is all about.

During the 'Luteal Phase,' which is the fourteen days after ovulation, you are way less likely to get pregnant.

Normal Testing Procedure:

While in your testing 'window' and before your first urine of the day, turn on the Clearblue Fertility Monitor. Some mornings the monitor will indicate that you need to test your hormone levels. After removing a test stick from the wrapper, you wet it in your urine stream (pointing the stick downwards) for about three seconds. While maintaining the downward angle of the stick, remove the cap from the handle end and put it on the wet end..

At this point you should see a red flashing light in the test stick slot, which is the monitor performing an internal check to determine if the slot is ready to receive your test stick. Do not place the test stick into the slot at this time - wait until the red light has gone out. Simply hold the test stick by the cap and place the other end into the the slot, cut corner pointing down. Push it down until it clicks into place, lying flat. If you've inserted it correctly, the display will flash a small image of the test stick symbol for about five minutes as it performs the check of the urine.

At the end of the test, the display will indicate to remove and discard the test stick. The monitor fertility status symbol will show the level of fertility in one of three simple bars - low, high, or peak. - 33375

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