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Ovulation monitor as good as IVF?

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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone has had experience with fertility/ovulation monitors before and could comment on how successful or useful they are in trying to conceive?

I have heard of a UK/European based ovulation monitor that takes 20,000 temperature measurements a day, is very small and discrete and worn under the arm, and there's no need to manually chart out the temperatures as all the data is wirelessly transmitted to a group of fertility experts - who advise you on when the best time to conceive is for a year and are available 24/7.

In a recent study I read, 242 women were tested using only this ovulation monitor and they had similar pregnancy rates to those undergoing IVF at 1/10th the cost. Do you think insurance companies in the US would cover such a medical device?

Any comments would be most welcomed!

Matty
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replied March 3rd, 2012
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Of course there are many many reasons for infertility. This will only help if a woman cannot tell when she is ovulating.

Ovulation predictor kits (OPKs) have been available for a longtime at much less than 1/10th the cost of IVF. Even less than the cost of just visiting your family doctor once.

Take care and best of luck TTC.
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