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Continuous High Readings - Fertility Monitor
This is my second month of using the Clearblue Fertility Monitor. My first month I started testing on Day 6, and went through 19 test sticks all reading high, before getting my period on Day 24. I realize that during the first cycle, the monitor is getting to know me. Now I'm nearing the end of my 2nd cycle, in which I had a low reading on day 6, continued by all high readings. I am now on day 21 of my cycle and on the 15th stick in a row reading high. I'm starting to worry that either there is something wrong with the monitor, or there's something wrong with me. I'm 35 years old, and don't feel like I have the luxury of waiting a few more months to see what happens. Is this normal at all?
karen
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mikaylad
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11 years ago
You may also want to switch to afternoon tests instead of morning tests, using urine that's sufficiently concentrated (you shouldn't have peed in the 4 hours prior to peeing for the test, and shouldn't have drunk a lot of liquids in that time). Because LH often rises in the wee hours of the morning, for some women it might not have had time to accumulate in the bladder in sufficient concentration to trigger a peak reading by the time of the first-morning-urine test. And it may have dissipated by the time of the test the next morning. Some women have better results switching to an afternoon/evening testing window.
Or, perhaps your LH levels are not high enough to go over the monitor's pre-set threshold for LH. This is the case for a minority of women. The threshold will work for the majority. but not all. CBE has a more sensitive device out: the Advanced Digital ovulation test. This measures estrogen and LH, too, but the peak display will come when LH rises significantly above your personal baseline levels. A more sensitive test could work for you when the monitor does not.
If you've been peeing straight on the stick, you could also get better results if you pee in a cup and then dip the stick for a *timed* 15 seconds. Peeing straight on the stick carries more risk of missed peak if you inadvertently undersaturate or oversaturate the paper.
I hope this helps.
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melissa_newport
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sally
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6 years ago
Hi Melissa,
Your results are what we would expect tosee if you carry on testing after Peak Fertility. There is a second risein estrogen after ovulation so it’snormal to see more High Fertility days if you carry on testing afterPeak, High Fertility will then continue to show once found. There is no value in continuing to test after you first seePeak Fertility – you have found your most fertile time. You can save anyremaining test sticks to use in a future cycle if required.
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