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Clearblue tests...LH
« on: January 18, 2006, 08:30:33 PM »
Has anyone used the Clearblue easy ovulation tests?  Any opinions? They are freaking expensive for 7 days of testing and no refills so if you don't get pregnant the first time you have to keep buying them.

I think I might stick to just using charts.   :-\\\\
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2006, 12:45:05 AM »
I never used them, but did ask my OB about them. She told me that unless I was rich, to just wait a few months to use them. If after a few months we weren't still pregnant, *then* bring out the kit. It won't hurt anything to use it of course, and could help you get pregnant sooner, but will definitely deplete your pocketbook!
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2006, 04:19:51 PM »
I used them.  TBH though temping is fine, though you need to do it a few months to start seeing a pattern and such as to when you ovulate.  After awhile I didnt need to temp either.  Though I used the sticks my SIL had left over since she got pregnant her first month.  I got pregnant as well the fist time I used hers as well.  though I had used them before and I also used the internet ones you can get off ebay.  They are much cheaper, but IMHO they didn't work as well.
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2006, 04:37:05 PM »
Well I tried one today though I know I shouldn't until later this week.  Glad I did because trying to get the thing in the stream is a pain.   :-X  I've got 6 more and fingers crossed won't need too many months of them. 

I'm using other methods as well... temp and cervical.

Sorry if this is TMI for people, but I am a bit of a research maniac.  Plus it might help someone one day.  :)

Oh and it's too funny because with the digital one you get a smiley face for when you reach your LH surge.   ;D
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2006, 04:48:50 PM »
Quote from: vnicepeeps on January 19, 2006, 04:37:05 PM
I'm using other methods as well... temp and cervical.

Oh and it's too funny because with the digital one you get a smiley face for when you reach your LH surge. ;D

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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2006, 04:53:22 PM »
Quote from: Mindy on January 19, 2006, 04:48:50 PM
You know, in my day......................................... ;)

I was WAY too lazy for all that stuff.  Plus, I've always been stony skint.  I was the one who couldn't afford a pregnancy test back w/Aillidh, so by the time I found out I was big time late. 
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2006, 05:01:46 PM »
I didn't bother either though if it had taken more than a couple months would have considered it. Temps and cervical stuff were all I needed.
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2006, 05:06:27 PM »
Quote from: balmerhon on January 19, 2006, 05:01:46 PM
Temps and cervical stuff were all I needed.

how does that work?  i knew about the sticks, but temperature?
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2006, 05:10:31 PM »
Your body temp rises just before you ovulate and drops when your period starts. I'm sure there's a link for it somewhere. But honestly, we thought it would take AGES for me to get pregnant (for some medical reasons) but the reality was all he had to do was look at me naked and I was up the duff!  ;)
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. ~ John Lennon

Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2006, 05:12:50 PM »
Quote from: balmerhon on January 19, 2006, 05:10:31 PM
But honestly, we thought it would take AGES for me to get pregnant (for some medical reasons) but the reality was all he had to do was look at me naked and I was up the duff!  ;)

all our first required was a £9.99 a pitcher red bull+vodka special down our local.   ;)
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2006, 05:18:42 PM »
Quote from: expat_in_scotland on January 19, 2006, 05:12:50 PM
all our first required was a £9.99 a pitcher red bull+vodka special down our local.   ;)

Yeah, yeah, brag brag brag! :P
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2006, 05:29:47 PM »
Quote from: Stacey on January 19, 2006, 05:18:42 PM
Yeah, yeah, brag brag brag! :P

it was a fun day!  ;D
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Re: Clearblue tests...LH
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2006, 10:42:38 AM »
I used Clearblue O strips and got pregnant the second month using them.
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