How Do Clear Blue Ovulation Sticks Work

A day or two before ovulation urine based ovulation predictor sticks test a woman s urine for an increase in luteinising hormone lh which is usually present in the blood and urine.

How do clear blue ovulation sticks work. This spike of lh is called the lh surge. The clearblue digital ovulation test detects the rise of the ovulation hormone lh luteinizing hormone 24 36 hours prior to ovulation and identifies the 2 best days to conceive in a given cycle. Only brand with a re usable reader. Ovulation prediction kits are easy to use.

If you would like to use a clearblue ovulation test and are wondering when you should start testing this tool can help you. How predictor kits work. It s more accurate than calendar and temperature methods 3 and gives you unmistakably clear results on a digital display. Ovulation predictor kits work by detecting the levels of lh hormone in your urine.

Ovulation kits are similar to home pregnancy tests you simply urinate on the test stick activating a chemical that can detect your lh surge. Lh stands for luteinizing hormone. As ovulation approaches lh spikes in order to push the egg into the final stages of maturity. Cons of ovulation prediction kits.

Good luck hope this helps x i had the clear blue fertility monitor and it did pick up all my fertile days so did the ovulation tests. If your cycle length varies by more than 3 days then it is possible that you may need to start a new pack to detect your lh surge. Ovulation prediction kits do not test for ovulation. Measuring basal body temperature will only tell you you ve ovulated after your ovary has released an egg and since eggs only live for 12 24 hours it may be too late to start trying that month.

How do ovulation sticks work. Most opks contain between five and nine test sticks. Just answer the two questions below and let us tell you when you should start testing. The number of test sticks in a clearblue digital ovulation test pack is sufficient for most women with regular cycles to detect their lh surge.

About 36 hours after the lh surge ovulation occurs. Hi everyone i just want to share our experience with clearblue digital test first of all we tried for nearly a year to get pregnent but nothing happen then decided to buy some ovulation test and see if it gonna work for us i baught the cheaper clearblue non digital test in which it was hard for us to findout the exact ovulation day so we missed first month next month i baught expensive high. If you have ovulation test sticks left after detecting your first lh surge then you can use them with the same test holder to identify your fertile days next cycle. However in the run up to ovulation a certain amount of lh increases by a maximum of five times.

Some months though it didnt pick up anything but i did still ovulate and conceive after 18months trying naturally.