Posts Tagged ‘ovulation kits’
Day 9 and Something Wrong!
Story! More insights into my health I guess. During the last week in April this year I had to deal with a monster UTI. My doctor actually thought it might even be a stone. So I had an ultrasound and all that. Spent my days drinking tons of water. Had a reaction to one antibiotic and had to be placed on another. So, overall it was yucky and drawn out, but it went away in the end. So, you can imagine my panic when yesterday morning I woke up feeling another one coming on. Ah! My Dr. had warned me to make sure and call her at the slightest hint of a UTI to prevent another yucky experience. So, that’s what I did. Her office got me in the same day and I left there with a perscription in case it got worse over the next couple of days. So, right now that’s what I’m dealing with. My fault totally I’m sure though. I live in the desert (100+ degree weather most of the summer) and I know I don’t drink enough water. You’d think I’d learn my lesson!
A quick review of the First Response Ovulation predictor:
Pros: Easiest to use. No messy cups and clear directions.
Cons: Unless you pee in a disposable cup (or have a nice little trickle going on?) you can get some back splash from holding the stick in your urine stream. Yucky. Only 5 tests in the box.
-Jessy
On your mark…get set…
Ok, so this is me right now. (Geez…OK! so this is actually me this summer…like a month ago. Right now it’s 11:39pm my time and I’m in PJ’s aka not something you want to see!) Much of the information you read on preconception and pregnancy refer to “DAY 1″ or the first day of your period. I am currently not on day one (thank ZO <–my brother and the god of technology in my life). I am on day 6. In order to provide you with some handy first-hand ovulation testing info I’ve decided to try out 4 different methods of ovulation testing. Here are the tools of the trade (so far):
They include: A basal digital thermometer, OvuCheck saliva testing strips, Answer pee (excuse me, urine) test strips, and the little plastic cup that comes with each. On day 8, or Wednesday for me, I’ll start the First Response Ovulation checker as well (which looks just like a pregnancy test).
I’ve been testing with Answer since day 5 and OvuCheck since today. Both have been negative for me so far. The pee test is kind of gross because you have to pee in this little cup (one day a woman will design these and make them big and spill proof), stick the strip in it and then set the strip on a flat, non-porous (so, not on a piece of TP, or tissue) surface and wait. The spit test is better because I get less grossed out by my own spit, but would be much more convenient if the test didn’t involve spitting into the little cup and then dipping the strip in there.
So, pros and cons to each:
Answer: Pro – comes with 30 strips so you can test the whole month & easy to follow instructions with pictures. Also comes with coupons for their brand pregnancy test. Cons – yay! I can reuse the pee cup woohoo! (ew…Or not!) & all listed above.
OvuCheck: Pro – comes with a disposable cup for each test, uses spit instead of urine, only takes 1 minute to process. Cons – only comes with 5 tests. Would be nicer if you could just stick the strip on your mouth.
Basal Thermometer: I’m using a Walgreens brand thermometer. This is actually my second (my puppies got ahold of the first one…woops.) I should’ve started on day 1, but I didn’t. I started taking my temperature about 2 months ago and got tired of forgetting to do it so I quit, but I’ll start again tomorrow. It is an important guide, and may be useful in the months to come if this month is not a successful one. The biggest cons I found with this in the past though were: the position your suppose to hold the thermometer in in your mouth is a bit unconfortable (kind of like when the devil…I mean dentist makes you bite down on those extra-sharp edged things when taking x-rays), and just remembering to do it BEFORE you get out of bed. You’re suppose to do it before ANY physical activity first thing in the morning.
K, well now it’s tomorrow so I better get some sleep.
But…I’ll be on here almost first thing in the morning (I have temperatures to take, cups to pee in and other cups to spit in yah know).
-Jessy
