I wish the Apple Watch would do it too! Silly that the health app had a BBT component but no way to track it without manually entering.
I'm sure the Apple Watch 5 will have those special abilities. :/
The iFertracker automatically populated health kit
ETA - my type a bleeding edge tech self is super pissed that the series 2 doesn't track temps. FFS it's an expensive, thicker watch than I have ever worn, take my temperature GDI! I did use it for heart rate tracking since that is correlated to ovulation. As progressive as apple is, their attention to women still sucks donkey balls IMO
The iFertracker automatically populated health kit
ETA - my type a bleeding edge tech self is super pissed that the series 2 doesn't track temps. FFS it's an expensive, thicker watch than I have ever worn, take my temperature GDI! I did use it for heart rate tracking since that is correlated to ovulation. As progressive as apple is, their attention to women still sucks donkey balls IMO
does your HR seem to spike in the same day as you temp? I've quit temping but my HR seems to correspond with OPK. And decreases the way my temp did, 2 days before AF.
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Yes! They sent me a questionnaire to join but I didn't qualify (I think bc I'm essentially geriatric, ha).
ha! I don't qualify because I'm not temping. I would start back for the beta though.
I keep saying I'm going to start back up. Currently wondering when my period is going to start. First cycle back off BCP with Day 22 spotting for funsies.
I used the CB fertility monitor thing. It's listed in OP just forgot the name already.
I liked it once I actually figured how to put the sticks (I don't read directions well). However, I've never really had a hard time with OPKs, with the exception of Walgreens brand. After my lap last year I handed it off OSW. I can't remember if she was still using it when she got KU.
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OK so the white thing with the 3 metal circles is what goes in your mouth every day... at the point it detects what it detects, you have to start putting the "probe" (next to the tide to go pen) in your vag until the LH surge. WAY too much effort.
OK so the white thing with the 3 metal circles is what goes in your mouth every day... at the point it detects what it detects, you have to start putting the "probe" (next to the tide to go pen) in your vag until the LH surge. WAY too much effort.
How often do you have to "probe"?
I am much more confused by this device than I ought to be.
OK so the white thing with the 3 metal circles is what goes in your mouth every day... at the point it detects what it detects, you have to start putting the "probe" (next to the tide to go pen) in your vag until the LH surge. WAY too much effort.
How often do you have to "probe"?
I am much more confused by this device than I ought to be.
When you look at it online it looks so easy, analyze my spit and predict ovulation, reality not so east. Not totally sure how long you would need to do the probe part, will have to do some more research but I think it is a couple of days.
OK so the white thing with the 3 metal circles is what goes in your mouth every day... at the point it detects what it detects, you have to start putting the "probe" (next to the tide to go pen) in your vag until the LH surge. WAY too much effort.
Whoa. Yeah, I'm not game for all that. I'm a lazy SOB.
So you take the black microscope part out and put a drop of saliva from under your tongue on it (this is the part that I have no idea how to do). Let it dry for at last 5 minutes, then put it back on the tube. The button on the bottom is a backlight and you can adjust the microscope to focus on the sample.
So you take the black microscope part out and put a drop of saliva from under your tongue on it (this is the part that I have no idea how to do). Let it dry for at last 5 minutes, then put it back on the tube. The button on the bottom is a backlight and you can adjust the microscope to focus on the sample.
I have that thing. What part are you unsure about?
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So you take the black microscope part out and put a drop of saliva from under your tongue on it (this is the part that I have no idea how to do). Let it dry for at last 5 minutes, then put it back on the tube. The button on the bottom is a backlight and you can adjust the microscope to focus on the sample.
I have that thing. What part are you unsure about?
How do you get saliva from under your tongue without contaminating it? Just buy a pipette somewhere?
I have that thing. What part are you unsure about?
How do you get saliva from under your tongue without contaminating it? Just buy a pipette somewhere?
Oh I dunno, I never really thought about contamination. I just take some saliva from my mouth with a clean finger and dab it on. I clean the lens afterwards with soap and water. I found that it works better if you use a very small amount of saliva. Like just enough to wet the lens.
(ETA: Also, make sure it's completely dried down before you look into it. The less saliva you use, the faster/easier it will dry down. )
Last Edit: Sept 28, 2016 18:53:54 GMT -5 by lilsneezy
TTC #1 since August 2013 DX: Endo November 2014: Hysteroscopy, D&C June - September 2015: Clomid + Novarel + IUI #1-3 January 2017: Laparoscopy - endo removed
Oh I dunno, I never really thought about contamination. I just take some saliva from my mouth with a clean finger and dab it on. I clean the lens afterwards with soap and water. I found that it works better if you use a very small amount of saliva. Like just enough to wet the lens.
(ETA: Also, make sure it's completely dried down before you look into it. The less saliva you use, the faster/easier it will dry down. )
TTC #1 since August 2013 DX: Endo November 2014: Hysteroscopy, D&C June - September 2015: Clomid + Novarel + IUI #1-3 January 2017: Laparoscopy - endo removed
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