My new monitor says peak fertility!

tobi4 · #1 June 3rd, 2010, 05:37 PM

So from my reading of what is supposed to happen is that with this clearblue monitor it should show you low fertility, high fertility and peak fertility because it picks up the rise in estrogen and then the lh surge. Ive also read that you should get a few days of high and then peak. Well, yesterday cd9 I got my first high fertility reading then today its peak! Im not entirely sure what this means. I mean I know that peak means get bd'ing lol but with only the one day of high estrogen does that mean there could be a problem with not enough days between high estrogen and lh surge?
Please help me!!!

Celena · #2 June 3rd, 2010, 06:22 PM

No yours sounds just like how mine does... it's low low low the high high peak peak high the low again. So you get a bigger picture of your fertile days than with OPK's alone. It measures 2 hormones to detect your fertile and most fertile days.

Go get busy lady!!!

markswife · #3 June 3rd, 2010, 06:37 PM

less typing, more BDing. Go catch that eggie lady!!!!

MeganMomof5 · #4 June 3rd, 2010, 06:45 PM

I'm no help, but do you take OPK's too? I just started my monitor today, and I can't wait to start peeing on sticks!!! GL and happy BDing!!!!

tobi4 · #5 June 3rd, 2010, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Celena

No yours sounds just like how mine does... it's low low low the high high peak peak high the low again. So you get a bigger picture of your fertile days than with OPK's alone. It measures 2 hormones to detect your fertile and most fertile days.

Go get busy lady!!!

Thats what I thought was supposed to happen, a couple days of high before peak, but mine didnt do that. It was 1 day high, then peak. Im asking cause I have no idea how its supposed to work really, but could there be a problem with my estrogen levels?

Celena · #6 June 3rd, 2010, 07:27 PM

That has happened on a cycle or two went from nothing to BAM! peak fertility! It's ok, doesn't mean anything is wrong Tobi, our bodies can fluctuate so much

tobi4 · #7 June 3rd, 2010, 07:58 PM

Ok good, Thank you Celena, I was feeling anxious. I still am a little lol, but not as much now!

Annette, and Megan ... Thank you! lol, We are trying!

Oh and the fertility monitor sticks double as an opk. I dont know if any of the others are like that, but in the window of the sticks you can see how the test lines went from barely visable to being the same as the control line.
Oh and I forgot to say, we are also trying preseed this time around!

martilynne · #8 June 3rd, 2010, 08:06 PM

I hope the monitor and presseed are the right combo to get your sticky BFP! I hope you catch that egg!!!

tobi4 · #9 June 3rd, 2010, 08:16 PM

Thank you Marti! Im going to come stalking to see how you are doing!!

markswife · #10 June 4th, 2010, 04:54 AM

we used preseed the cycle we caught the egg so I hope it works for you too, Tobi. Come on BFP!!!

lex1078 · #11 June 4th, 2010, 07:48 AM

Is this your first month using the monitor? If not, then I wouldn't worry. Like Celena said, our bodies fluctuate so much. I hope you catch that egg this month!!! Good luck!!!

funnygal · #12 June 4th, 2010, 09:57 AM

OH, good luck Tobi! Have fun catching the egg!

tobi4 · #13 June 4th, 2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lex1078

Is this your first month using the monitor? If not, then I wouldn't worry. Like Celena said, our bodies fluctuate so much. I hope you catch that egg this month!!! Good luck!!!

Yep, this is the first month using it. Wow, the test line is even darker today, and as expected peak again today. What a fun toy! Wish I bought it months go! lol

MeganMomof5 · #14 June 4th, 2010, 01:50 PM

oh your making me so excited to get mine going!!! I have a question...I'm on CD 3, do I just let it go every day till CD 6 when it will start asking me to test? I turned it on and it was on the right cycle day, so I didn't do anything with it...Do you just turn it on and check it daily?

tobi4 · #15 June 4th, 2010, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MeganMomof5

oh your making me so excited to get mine going!!! I have a question...I'm on CD 3, do I just let it go every day till CD 6 when it will start asking me to test? I turned it on and it was on the right cycle day, so I didn't do anything with it...Do you just turn it on and check it daily?

I love that you are excited to start!! You are doing it exactly right, and it will ask for the first test on cd6. I totally cheated with mine lol, I wanted to make sure I wasnt ovulating at some weird early time, so I set it 2 days ahead lol. Im on cd11 today but my monitor says cd13. I figured for consistency next month I can do the same thing and it wont know the difference. (If we have to next month!)

I totally wish I was temping as well, so I could keep track and have an even better idea of how everything is working.
Good luck Megan, it really has added some excitement back into ttc. I gotta tell you, Im glad it did, cause I was starting to hit that emotional wall. Plus I feeling super great about the preseed, sometimes its so hard to get into the mood when you 'have a purpose'. Never in my life did I ever think that would ever be a problem.

That stuff is amazing, and takes some of the pressure off.

MeganMomof5 · #16 June 4th, 2010, 02:54 PM

oh yay!!!!!! I hope it works for you...I'm telling you, i've read many reviews and I think out of the hundreds that i Read only like 2 were bad (and to me it sounded like they had problems, nothing to do with the monitor imo)....I also started temping yesterday again and I have like 60 OPK's to take at the same time...I hate TTC, but yeah the monitor is so exciting...I still haven't told DH I bought one lol...so monday I will start testing on it...yay!!!!