Which do you ladies think is more valid,
cervical fluid that is egg-white and
stretchy as a sign of ovulation, or those
predictor tests? I bought one from clear
blue easy, and it says my lh (lutenizing
horomone) isn't high enough to be
ovulating, but I still think I could be.
Can't tell by my cycle, because I went off
the pill and now my periods are totally
irregular!
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nancyms
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 166 Location: texas
Posted: 09-27-05 15:54pm
The kit is more accurate, but if you
combine the kits with checking your cervix
and charting your temp, you'll know every
month when you ovulate. You have to take
the kit everyday at the same time, and if
you miss a day and get a negative the next
day, you might have already ovulated or be
about to. The kits detect the hormone
surge 12-36 hours before you actually
ovulate.
Baby dust
nancy
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kath_08012
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 15
Posted: 09-27-05 16:01pm
Thanks, nancy!
I am going to try a combination of those
things...My cycle is super irregular right
now and I know that is making it harder.
I went off the pill in july and since then
I have had no idea when anything is
happening to my body!! Since we just
started trying, I think we're going to
just do the sex every other day thing and
watch and wait. Baby dust to you also!
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nnclyn
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 136
Posted: 10-11-05 23:02pm
In all honesty, your cm being of egg white
consistancy is probably a better indicator
of your fertility than the tests are,
unless you are using those tests twice a
day. Here's why:
if you are taking the test at 10 am in the
morning on day 1 and surge on day one at
around 5pm, then your am test on day 1 and
am test on day 2 will have missed that
surge.
If you test at 10am and again at 3 pm, the
3pm will pick up the surge.
I hope you were able to follow this.
Many fertility specialists will often
recommend to a patient being monitored,
that they take an opk test 2 times a day
just for the reason I have mentioned
above.
