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for the Ovacue Fertility Monitor

More: The facts about saliva-based fertility monitors.

OvaCue Fertility Monitor^® is the only practical method that both predicts and confirms ovulation.

Compare the various types of fertility monitors fora accuracy, convenience, and value.

Timing and accuracy are linked

True advance notice depends on the accuracy of the method. Only OvaCue Fertility Monitor gives you sufficient notice with virtually no false positive readings:

I recently purchased the Cue and want to tell you what a wonderful product it is. My husband and I tried to get pregnant for over a year.

We were very frustrated with urine sticks and temperature devices. We used the Cue once and are now expecting our first child. It was such an easy device to use. I don't think I would have gotten pregnant without it.

Thank you for making such a wonderful device. It has made my dream come true.
--Michelle H.

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Practicality and value

You have probably studied various methods of increasing your chances of conception. Perhaps you have tried many of them. If so, here is what you've found:

Ultrasound: Nothing beats ultrasound for precisely determining the time of release of the ovum. The problem is that ultrasound cannot predict ovulation, only confirm it. Therefore, unless you are being scanned several times a day, you are unlikely to receive confirmation in time to do anything about it. While useful in a medical context to establish whether you are indeed ovulating, ultrasound is expensive and impractical for planning conception.

Blood serum LH: Measuring LH in the blood is an excellent method for predicting ovulation in a medical context. It can give several hours notice of ovulation, allowing a reasonable amount of time for deposition of semen. However, the necessity of frequent blood sampling makes it expensive and inappropriate for home use.

Urine LH sticks: After LH has peaked in the blood, it eventually makes its way into the urine and can be measured by a urine LH stick. The problem is, that by the time LH makes it to the urine, it is usually too late for sperm to be deposited in time to reach the egg while it is still viable, even if intercourse or AI occurs immediately. Not only does this method often provide insufficient advance notice, but frequent urine samples are required and stick color changes are not always easily interpreted. In addition, in America's NIH Phase II study, using various urine LH tests, a positive reading was not reached at all in 24% of the cycles we tested.

Temperature: You can't beat the price, but measuring basal body temperature (BBT) is useful only for confirming that ovulation has occurred. Again, it's too late. At best, you can establish a pattern to your cycles and hope to guess correctly next month.

Ferning microscopes: Makers of these tools have picked up on the fact that salivary characteristics can indicate the onset of ovulation. However, the accuracy of these products is dependent on the user's ability to interpret the results. In addition, extraneous factors such as stress—and even the process of collecting saliva itself—can distort the results. For more information, view our special summary on saliva fertility monitors.

OvaCue vs ClearPlan.

Simply speaking, OvaCue's Electrolyte Method™ is more accurate, and therefore provides better guidance for timing conception. According to the ClearPlan Physician's Manual, its positive signal falls outside the fertile period in over a quarter of the cycles tested.

In addition, many women find the daily handling of urine samples to be undesirable. And then there are those test sticks to buy. And buy. And buy...

Fertility monitors comparison summary

	OvaCue/Cue II w / vaginal monitor	Clearplan Easy	BBT	Home urine LH kit	Serum LH Assay	Ultrasound
Predicts ovulation	Yes 5-7 days	Yes 1-5 days ¹	No	Yes 0-24 hours	Yes 36 hours	No
Defines complete window of fertility²	Yes	?	No	No	No	No
Accuracy	98%	72% ¹	?	94% ³	~100%	~100%
Confirms Ovulation?	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Home use?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Monthly cost⁴	$40 - OvaCue $31 - Cue II	$30-44 ⁵	--	$25	~$75 per test	$125-225 per test

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