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 Easy Fertility Monitor helps reduce 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 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
Technical Reasons Behind the Clear Blue Fertility Monitor's Effectiveness:
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 days afterwards are called the Luteal Phase, when the remains of the follicle forms the "corpus luteum." During this phase your chances of getting pregnant are much lower.
Performing A Routine Test
Each morning simply switch on the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor while in your testing window and prior to your first urine of the day. Some mornings the monitor will indicate that you need to test your hormone levels. This is done by wetting a test stick: Remove a new stick from its wrapper and hold pointing downwards in your urine stream for about three seconds. While holding the stick pointing downwards, remove the cap from the handle and put on over the wet end of the stick.
A flashing red light in the slot where the test stick is to go just means that the unit is doing an internal check to ensure it's ready to receive the stick. Make sure you don't put the stick into the slot until the light goes 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. A correct placement of the stick into the monitor will be indicated by a flashing test stick symbol for the time it is doing the test - which is around five minutes.
You will be prompted to remove the stick and discard it after around five minutes. This will be indicated on the monitor's display. The monitor fertility status symbol will show the level of fertility in one of three simple bars - low, high, or peak.
Cathy has been writing helpful articles on fertility for years now. Learn more about the signs of infertility and what to do about it at http://www.clearbluefertilitymonitors.com
