 Reviews
Detecting
Your 'Estrogen Surge'
Review of the OvaCue Fertility Monitor
Fertility monitors, ovulation microscopes, and urine ovulation tests all function
on the same basic principle: they detect subtle changes in levels of reproductive
hormones that occur right before you ovulate. While traditional urine ovulation tests measure a sudden and short-lived increase in luteinizing hormone (the
LH surge), other diagnostic kits detect more gradual increases of the hormone
estrogen (estrogen surge) that take place over an extended period of time (about
seven days). A relatively new product, OvaCue, falls into this latter category,
allowing you to predict ovulation about five to seven days in advance.
OvaCue works by detecting this gradual increase in the hormone estrogen. Unlike
the LH surge (which is like a sudden hormone "spike" that lasts only
a day or two), estrogen increases gradually - more like a "bell curve"
than a brief lh spike. The result of this slower, steady build up in estrogen
is that you are able to detect signs of ovulation several days to a week before
you ovulate. Lh tests typically provide 12-36 hour's notice of impending ovulation.
Ovacue provides up to a week's notice. The advantage is that you can better
plan and prepare to time intercourse in order to increase your chances of conceiving
a baby.
So how does OvaCue work? OvaCue is a sophisticated but simple-to-use electronic
fertility monitor that uses saliva samples to measure qualitative changes in
the concentration of electrolytes (salinity) in saliva. By measuring electrolyte
changes in your saliva (which are caused by an increase in the hormone estrogen)
OvaCue can tell you when you will be most fertile - the best time to conceive.
OvaCue accurately predicts ovulation far enough in advance so couples can accurately
time intimacy around a womam's most fertile period. OvaCue provides clear digital
results (no ambiguity here) and is the only ovulation testing method that lets
you know when your fertile time begins - and ends. With OvaCue, you
can learn your daily fertility status (Low, High, Or Peak), the beginning and
conlusion of your fertile period, and you can anticipate ovulation up to seven
days in advance. Even if you can't imagine parting with your lh strips, OvaCue can be a fantastic complement to lh testing and bbt charting.
Simple to use, just touch the OvaCue oral sensor to your tongue for five short
seconds. In only a minute you will receive your test result. Test once a day
- that's all that is required. The result is stored digitally and with the OvaCue
fertility monitor, your personal fertility data is electronically tracked for
instant recall. In effect, OvaCue is both fertility test and electronic ovulation
calendar!
For increased accuracy, Ovacue offers an optional vaginal monitor sensor to
help confirm ovulation and fertility. The vaginal monitor sensor detects similar
changes in electrolyte activity with enhaned accuracy. The manufacturer of Ovacue
recommends the vaginal sensor, but it is not required that you purchase this
accessory. Finally, OvaCue is FDA approved, 98% accurate, and as you already
can guess, completely mess free. Endorsed by doctors, OvaCue adds one more impressive
tool into our fertility charting mix.
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