Re: ClearPlan Fertility monitor, fresh Urine, wrong time???
From: Penhead (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 07:33:21 -0500 (CDT)
Melissa,
I also use the monitor. Once when we were on vacation (in a different
time zone), I had a similar problem. I did "save" the morning urine and
tested at the approrpriate time. It seemed to read everything fine.
Best of luck!
--
Penhead
At Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Melissa wrote:
>
>Hello everyone, I hope everyone is doing well. I just had a quick
>question and I hope that I pose it correctly.
>I wanted to even see if I ovulated or not so I purchased a Clear Plan
>Ovulation Machine. Well if anyone of you uses it, hopefully you will
>know what I mean.
>Now read the directions, but I must have missed something and now I
>can't go back.
>OK, I started my last period on August 14th at 8pm is when I saw the
>spotting, so I knew I started. Well I pressed the M button to let the
>machine know I started my cycle. Well I found out that I should have
>pressed it the day after I started. So that I could give it first thing
>in the morning urine to test. Now when you use this machine, it will
>only ask for a specimen in a 6-hour window as when you press the button.
>So I can only test from 5pm-11pm. After that I can test it. So my
>question is can I urinate in a container from the morning and save it
>for the test at night? Or does it need it fresh, but if it does, it will
>be later night urine. But will I get accurate results by using the
>saved urine in the machine?? Or should I just use the urine at night to
>do it, does it lose (stupid word) potency in the air? I know to do it
>correctly next month. But I just wanted to check. Thank you SO much!!
>God Bless
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