CLEAR BLUE EASY MONITOR

[nina2249]

All right girls ! I have been thinking about buying this Clear Blue Easy Monitor. The cost of this product is $189.00 and the Test trips are $49.99 for a box. I have checked Walmart,Target,Walgreens as they don't carry it around me. CVS is the only one or you can order on online and pay shipping. So girls what do you think? Help me make my decision !!!!

[prevatt77]

I have a clear blue fertility monitor for sale is anyone is interested.  Send me an e-mail if anyone is interested.

Debbie

[vsentz]

It worked perfect for me! I loved to see the peak day! it was so cool to get the little eggie and know days ahead when 'M' was gonna come. I got pregnant using it.
I don't mean to sound all cheesy here but if anyone is interested, I am selling mine! =)
(for a lot less than what it is of course, and it is almost new! I just used it for a couple of months).

=)

[melimeli]

when I was having fertility issues I was on a board of gals and we all used it.. we all got pg with it too.. then we sent it on to the next one.. well we closed the board to newbies and 8 years later we still all use it.. all oof our kids are 6 and 7... most of us have also all met up in chicago...  we are from all over the us...  there are about 10 of us that use the board still regularly and about 15 in all.... it worked for us.. and we ranged from clomid, to iui, to ivf.. good luck

[nina2249]

Are you referring to the monitor Or the opk sticks that work well for you.

[nina2249]

Sometimes I thinks of crickets too (lol) Sometimes you just wanna tell the DR yea thats all I need to do besides a full time job. And to answer your question about using other opks I've tried the Walgreens  brand and there lines are so faint. But I think next time hopefully not(lol) Im gonna try( CBE )Clear Blue Easy they have a smiley face on them to let you know the highest surge detected.

[mrskmoore2]

Yes it does... day 14 and day 15 are both my highest levels of LH.

[Savanha]

Nina...

I haven't tried the FR opks, but may check them out. Your RE gave you some very good info, I'm going to try that method. ;o)  The five days before & 3 after sounds good. I had a Primary Doc tell me to BD fr. CD10 to CD19...Every Day! ;o) I just looked at him. (think of Crickets Chirping) ;o)  Have you tried the noon & 8pm check with other opk brands? I'm going to put some of the instructions you shared to test next cycle...if there is one...hopefully NOT.;o)

[nina2249]

Well some of the votes are in. (lol) I use the FR opks and there dead on. And I always BD 5 days before I O and 3 days after I keep my DH busy . Sometimes I skip every other day. I use the touch, feel ,look opk stick method . I was told by my RE to test twice a day.12 pm (lunch) and before 8 PM Thats what I do. I had a early OPK on CD10 At noon the test line was almost the same color a little less. But When I tested at 8 pm the lines were dead on same bright color.

[Savanha]

Nina...

Looks like all votes are in. ;o) I still wanted to add mine. I like it because it gives the window when the rise takes place so that you have some idea of bd planning...however, like Kiki said...she got bfp on low bars.

The monitor has pretty much been accurate for me as far as I know. I did the back up test with the CBE digital & my Ov days were the same, but I only tested it one time. As a matter of fact, the CBE read + only one day, but the monitor 2days. I used it one time when it read HIGH & I ran out of sticks before the peak.

I am currently using it & have gotten a High Reading since CD8 (very new/early for me), but I'm going to go the distance to see when peak shows. I don't know if I'd recommend buying it. I'm so thankful to the person who sent it to me for free (met her on Medhelp), but the sticks are still so expensive. This will be my last box...I have enough for 1 more cycle after this one.

Here's A Shower Full of RSSBD Spray for ALL...

--Savanha

[nina2249]

Thanks for the info. Wow something so expensive and yet not that reliable. I'm gonna stick with the POAS.. You guys are great what would I do without my Med help girls... (LOL)

[tina1111]

The monitor is good. But, very expensive and you can only test one time each day at the same time. If your surge is earlier or later, you will miss it. Out of a yr using mine, it only worked about 1/2 the time. You can look in my pics and see the comparison photos of the monitor to the Answer brand ($20 for 20) opks and the CBE digis.  I usually use the cheap ones until I get a questionable pos then back it up with a smiley. There have been many cycles where I get a smiley and "low" on the monitor. Temps confirmed o.  Personally, I would save my money. I bought mine new off ebay for about $100 and bought my sticks there, too. I haven't used it in quite some time.

[nina2249]

Yea I agree with kiki as well. When I told my DH that I was putting a survey on here to ask what other women preferred over another he laughed. And when I told him so far the outcome was the opk sticks, he was like cool they just saved me money we both laughed . Thanks for your input.

[nina2249]

Your so funny. So does explain that explain why your DH is moody... (lol) Thanks for the info. I will go online and take a look at the web sight.

[FaithNHim]

Nina,

I agree totally with kiki...she was a big help to me when I was going through this same situation. I also use the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor. However, during this cycle I remained on Low for a very long time (very unusual) but after receiving good feedback from  few ladies I decided to purchase the sticks. The sticks detected the surge BEFORE the monitor because I used the sticks later in the day and did not wait to read the monitor the following morning with first morning urine.

I will do that next cycle.....I ovulated VERY LATE this cycle, almost 10 days late so I know AF will not come as it should.....I hope all works out well for you.

[SeeingSpots]

Yeah, that saliva microscope was a joke... I had my husband spit on it and it said HE was ovulating! :) Hahaha.

I don't know the name of the cheapies, but if you go to that www.savontests.com site you'll see them (I think they are called "5S Ovulation Tests").  I just bought the regluar strip tests (where you pee in a cup and dip the strip), not the midstream plastic ones or the cassette ones.  They are essentiall the exact same thing, except some people get grossed out peeing in a cup and dipping, so they make those other types in the fancy plastic housing so you don't have to touch the strip. (They are the same ones you get at "Dollar Tree", except you get almost 2 for the same price if you order them online versus in the store, although you have to figure in the shipping... but if you are ordering a bunch, like I did, it still comes out cheaper.)

Incidentally, and NOT that I'm comparing you to an ape mind you :), but when I worked as a Zookeeper for the San Diego Zoo for 10 years, we had to determine the ovulation cycles of our Orangutans and Bonobo Chimps (some were previously on Depo-provera, so we were tracking to see when they'd start ovulating again, and others we were trying to determine their cycles for introducing them to a new male or for artificial insemination).  Anyway, point of my rambling is that even with these expensive and endangered species, we simply used the cheap bulk OPK sticks to determine ovulation.  I'm happy to say that I got to hold my fair share of chimp and orang babies to show for them! :)

[nina2249]

I thought about the saliva microscope and was like nah! What were the names of the cheapies you were using. Looks like I'm leaning with staying with opk sticks. I have bought cheapie pregnancy test at the Dollar store and they work great. Thanks for the info.

[SeeingSpots]

I just ordered the cheapies off of www.savontests.com with my first and second son, and then some cheapies off of ebay for my current pregnancy.  I also tried using that saliva ovulation predictor microscope where you either see "ferning" or not (it was NOT the most accurate for me.)  Anyway, the cheap OPK's worked great and had a 25mIU/mL sensitivity; these combined with the obvious see/look/feel resulted in my pregnancies every time.  After my 1st son I was breastfeeding and started using OPK's around 6 months (when I introduced some solids), and bingo- got the positive OPK and got pg without ever getting my menses back. Ditto for my current pregnancy with my 3rd son- no period, just a positive OPK and resulting pregnancy.  The cheapies ran about $0.55 each, so when I thought I was getting close (purple line was getting darker), I didn't feel bad about "wasting" a few by testing several times throughout the day.

[nina2249]

Thanks for your input. Has it worked for you.does ot pin point your best days.

[mrskmoore2]

I like the monitor, but I didn't like the price. I brought mine off ebay.. brand new for a lot less. Good luck!

[nina2249]

It's amazing what RE likes and dislikes as far as a product goes. My Re says FRs or CBE. I have never tried Walgreen's brand. Thanks for your vote just trying to figure my options out.

[nina2249]

Well my cycles are dead on 27 to 28 days. Ovulate every 13 to 14 cd. But when I had the miscarriage in Dec. It threw my cycle off by a day or two. not to bad. Like I was telling Adgal I use FR opks but sometimes I find it hard to read the lines. And a friend told me about the monitor I read some info but after reading your info i see you to use the CBE digital opks. I'm gonna have to try this one. Thank you for your info.

[nina2249]

Thanks for your input. I use the FR OPKs and it's $48.00 for 20. I'm gonna try the ones you have when I'm done with my FR's.

[YvetteY]

OPK kits worked just fine for me.   I would say very accurate too.......I used the walgreens or CVS brant.  Clear blue easy tooo expensive.    My RE's office like the Walgreen's brand.

[kikicoates78]

Nina~
     I invested in the CBE Fertility Monitor, and it did not work for me, the cost was not an issue, it's much cheaper than the alternative of seeing a RE. I have a very normal cycle always have, 28 days ~textbook~ The first month I got my monitor it was dead on just what I had expected, I ovulated cd14. Well the next cycle it never showed my peak, as well as the next and the next. I thought O NO, I'm not ovulating that's why I'm not getting pregnant. Well we saw the Re and he had me continue with the monitor b/c mostly it is a good tool, but to also follow up with the CBE digital OPK's, they aer a little pricey as well. I was hesitant, thinking it's the same thing this is a waste of money!!!
Well my monitor was reading me at low, but I decided to start my OPK as the Dr wished for "back up" THERE it was my smiley!!! I was surging at that point, while my monitor said NO! So I called the Re went in and sure enough my Follie was @ 21, I went in the next day and confirmed "O" as my egg was gone, well that monitor once again missed my surge. It did read the rise in estrogen and took me to high fertility, but it stayed there neer reading peak............That is the cycle after 5 long years that I finally got my BFP!! It was the digital smiley faces that did the trick! Yes they are 50 bucks a whack too, but they are a little less restricted as far as time constraints on testing. If you have more questions yell at me and we will talk, You see it is a good tool, but I think it is very easy to miss your surge, and if you aer like me I always waited till I saw the surge to BD, as that's how the specialist suggest!