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Hi all,
Ok I have been using the microscope at work and I calculated I would be ovulatingon the 9/9 and there were ferns on the slide then. Now a week on there still is (on a fresh sample of course) is that normal? How long does it continue to fern for??
OK, basically when I started using my microscope I had partial ferns up til I got a full fern and now I have nothing.
I still use it everyday, as it states.
"Even though you think you know your ovulation pattern, you have to assume that when it gives you a full fern you are about to ovulate" Well thats what I was told anyways.
So in other words, you can still get full ferns or even partial ferns after ovulation.
Are you temping?
Basically ferns only tell you when you are fertile...Maybe baby does not predict Ovulation. The best way to pinpoint when you O is to temp.
You are fertile from 4 days before O to 2 days after according to MB's fact sheet.
I usually have partial ferns and full ferns for about 3-5 days.
No I'm not temping, I really don't want to get to full on with charting my cycle. IMO thats when things start to go wrong... anyway. I did another saliva slide this morning and will have a look at it tomorrow if I get a chance to go up to work. I use the microscope there.
I think what I might do is BD as much as I can (or want) from when AF finishes and then stop a day or so after the ferns start to show up. I just want a girl....
FionaJill
MaybeBaby also measures other hormones not just LH surge hence why you would get ferning for a while.
Temping without MaybeBaby is actually more accurate according to my specialist who told me to stop using MaybeBaby as it never gave me an accurate reading... I did become pregnant by just temping (however miscarried)... OPKs are recommended to use also as they just measure LH Surge, however I never get a positive OPK. Hope that helps.
Bel
I have had ferns ranging from 5 days in a row to about 10 days.
Sometimes the ferns are there one day and gone the next. Sometimes I think one of the little ferny things must have slipped down the side so I try and clean it really really really well to be certain they can't hide as I don't get why they can be there one day and they go and then they come back again. Hmmm
Hope all goes well for you :D
I'm not using maybe baby or anything like that, I just spit on a slide and look at it under the microscope at work.
The main reason I don't think temping would work for me is I would always forget to do it. Don't you have to do it when you first wake up? I first wake up to DS so I am up and about before my eyes are open basically.
Thanks for the information though. Its all useful :)