The Clear blue Fertility Monitor - Tips For Moms And Moms-To-Be

By Nancy Olsen

Trying to get pregnant should be a happy and exciting time for you and your partner; you shouldn't have to worry about getting pregnant. The Clearblue Fertility Monitor helps cut down on the time that it takes to conceive.

The neat thing about the Clearblue monitor is that is maximizes your chances of getting pregnant by alerting you when are most likely able to conceive.

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.

About the "M" Button:

The Clearblue's unique 'M Button' is activated at the start of your monthly cycle. It sets the beginning of a 6-hour time period for testing. You should press the button at the start of your cycle but only when it's convenient to test; the first urine of the day. In order to test different times in your cycle, you're free to change the day and/or time you press the button on your next cycle.

Identifying fertile days in your cycle is the job of fertility monitors. The Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor accurately signals more of these days than any other monitor on the market today. Your estrogen levels (E3G) are higher and your chances of conceiving are thus higher during the time in your cycle that is about ten or twelve days after the start. Because sperm can survive up to 5 days, your chances of conceiving are better during these pre-ovulation days.

Why the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor Is So Effective:

During this phase called the Follicular Phase (a.k.a. "pre-ovulation phase) a follicle that contains an egg starts developing inside an ovary. 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. It's when ovulation occurs when you are most likely to conceive, and the Clear Blue Fertility Monitor helps you pinpoint this time with ease. From this point forward only around 24 hours can your egg be fertilized, and it's this time that the Clear Blue is good at helping you pinpoint. During the 'Luteal Phase,' which is the fourteen days after ovulation, you are way less likely to get pregnant.

The Luteal Phase is the-- days after ovulation, and a time period when you are far less likely to conceive. (The remains of the follicle form what's called the "corpus luteum.")

How To Do A Test -

Before your first urine of the day (normally when you get up each morning), switch on your Clear Blue Fertility Monitor. Certain mornings the monitor will 'tell' you you need to do a hormone level test. After removing a test stick from the wrapper, you wet it in your urine stream (pointing the stick downwards) for about three seconds. Now after removing the cap from the handle of the stick, you place it over the end you just wetted..

You should now see a flashing red light coming from the monitor's test stick slot. This indicates it is performing some internal checks in order to ensure the slot is indeed ready to receive your test stick. Don't put the test stick into the slot until the 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. Now you should see a flashing symbol of the test stick on the display if you've inserted it correctly. It will continue flashing for around five minutes as it does the test.

So now all you do is wait five minutes until the test is over - indicated by the monitor - which point it will indicate for you to remove and discard the used test stick. The status of your fertility will then be shown on the monitor. - 31802

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