Clearblue Fertility Monitor

The Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor maximizes your chances of getting pregnant by providing an advanced monitoring system that is very easy to use: 

A test stick (you can purchase more separately) is used to monitor hormone levels in your urine.  After wetting a stick, you simply place it in the test stick slot and wait for the results.  But an important feature of the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor is that you can easily program it to follow the days of your monthly cycle.  This maximizes your chances of getting pregnant.  Each test shows a "fertility status" on the screen, based on the test results - low, high, and peak - displayed using 3 bars.

The exclusive "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 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 Easy Fertility Monitor accurately identifies more fertile days in your cycle than any other device.  The most fertile time in your cycle is approximately 10-12 days after the start.  It's at this time that your Estrogen levels (E3G) are higher and your chances of conceiving are thus higher. Because sperm can survive up to 5 days, your chances of conceiving are better during these pre-ovulation days.

Why the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor Is So Effective:

During these "pre-ovulation" days - called the Follicular Phase - a follicle that contains an egg starts developing inside an ovary.  At this point a rise in Luteinizing hormone signals peak fertility.  This lasts for only a couple days and is the time frame that your chances of conceiving are the highest.  But the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor helps you pinpoint this time with relative ease.  Ovulation occurs at this point - when the follicle containing the egg bursts and releases the ovum.  There is only about 24 hours from this point forward that the egg can be fertilized, so this is the point that your monitor will help you pinpoint. 

The 14 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.

At this point you should see a red flashing light in the test stick slot, which is the monitor performing an internal check to determine if the slot is ready to receive your test stick.  Do not place the test stick into the slot at this time - wait until the red light has gone 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.  If you've inserted it correctly, the display will flash a small image of the test stick symbol for about five minutes as it performs the check of the urine.  So now all you do is wait five minutes until the test is over - indicated by the monitor - which point it will indicate for you to remove and discard the used test stick.  The status of your fertility will then be shown on the monitor.