I'm ready for some positivity in my life and am trying my hardest to keep my chin up. Today I went out searching for a Clear Blue Fertility Monitor. You'd think they'd be easy to find. Not so much. I went to 5 different stores. Shoppers, London Drugs, Walmart, Safeway, Superstore. All either didn't have it in stock or had it locked behind the pharmacy counter which was closed. Finally I broke down in a fit of defeat and called ahead to find a monitor in stock. With a 40 minute return drive, and a small fortune, I secured a monitor of my very own. Yay.
I'm pretty excited about having a new gadget. Even if it is a small machine that you insert pee sticks into. I haven't read the directions just yet, but am led to believe that you are supposed to set it on CD1. Well today is CD4 so I'm hoping it will still work for me and just be skewed by 4 days. I plan to read up on it before going to sleep tonight. Plus I'm not overly worried as I believe (according to OPKs and BBT) that I've been ovulating really late. Like day 22, day 25 and day 46 kind of late. So I'm pretty sure four days won't make a huge difference on the monitor. I've heard it shows you a little graphic of an egg on the most fertile days. So cute. I can't wait to see one.
This cycle (which, I am sincerely hoping is not 57 days long, but rather a normal 30 range) I will be using the monitor as well as left over OPKs. I know it's a bit of a waste but I really don't want to miss it this time around. I hope that the smiley face will coincide with the words "high" and /or "peak" on the monitor. I will also be taking my BBT as per usual and plotting my data into graphical forms. Seriously, does anyone else get excited about charts and graphs? Or am I completely bonkers? I love seeing the visual aids.
I will post my findings throughout the days and weeks to come as they unfold. Wish me luck!
