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These are really simple to use and easy to read for women tracking their ovulation for the first time.You put one of the sticks into the device, dip it, replace the cap and leave it flat. After a few minutes, you get a result: an empty circle means you are not yet in your fertile period, a flashing smiley means you are approaching your fertile period, and a solid smiley face means that you are about to ovulate within the next day or so. You test once a day until you get the solid smiley. The solid smiley stays in place for two days to cover the likely ovulation period, then disappears. You don't have to test again until next cycle.All you need to know is that when the flashing smiley appears, it's a good time to start having regular sex if you want to conceive. When the solid smiley appears, it’s a great time to have sex and you should aim to do so to maximize your chances. Once the test goes blank, you have left or are leaving your fertile period and you are unlikely to get pregnant by having sex.I have found these to be accurate predictors of the fertile period and ovulation: I’ve used these for 4 months alongside tradition ‘cheapie’ ovulation tests, BBT temping, and other methods of detecting ovulation, and the results line up perfectly with other results.These tests CANNOT tell you if you have actually ovulated or not – that is not what they are for. Nor can they pinpoint the moment or even the day of ovulation, as this is very difficult to do. What they will tell you (by analysing the rise in your hormones) is that your body is preparing for ovulation, so that you can identify your fertile period and know when it is best to have sex. If you already know when your fertile period is and you’re having regular sex throughout the month, you don’t necessarily need these.They are expensive to buy, and you cannot buy extra sticks without buying a new pack which comes with a new device (which is a bit annoying). However, I was happy to pay the price for these because of how easy and simple they are to use and because I trust their accuracy.It is important to follow the instructions carefully, as well start using them at the right time. You don't want to start testing in the middle of your fertile period, as you need to test for at least one day before so the reader can get a baseline. You don't want to start testing from the first day of your cycle either, as that will be a waste of sticks and money. The pack's instructions will suggest the best time to start testing, and the free app can also help with this.I don’t buy these anymore because I have become comfortable with reading the cheapie sticks and other bodily signs of fertility, so I don’t feel I need them. However – if anything strange starts happening with my cycle or fertility signs, and ovulation becomes confusing to detect, I would start using them again.

These tests are very useful for detecting your earlier fertile window but I do think cheapie LH strips are just as good for detecting peak. There is a lot of misunderstanding in the poorer reviews about how to use them.I want to start by start by saying that the low reviews referring to using their husband’s urine or dipping it in water and still having a flashing smiley are misunderstanding how these tests work. The first day you test is always negative, which is why it’s important to start before your fertile window. This measures a baseline from which it can detect an estrogen surge (flashing smiley) and an LH surge (static smiley). Once it has detected an estrogen surge and you have flashing smiley, it will display this UNTIL you have a LH surge and it changes to a static smiley. The static smiley will then stay on the screen for 48 hours because there is no need to test after this point. Because if this, once you have a flashing smiley, you can dip it in whatever you want and it will continue to flash a smiley. It will not measure any drop in estrogen because it’s not designed to do that. It is assuming that once it has detected your estrogen rise, that it will continue to do so until your LH surge.I think these tests are great for detecting your early fertile window, but in my case I wondered if it started flashing too soon. I got 5 days of flashing smiley before the 48 hours of static. If I’m not pregnant this month we will maybe wait until a couple of days into the flashing smiley before having sex as we tired ourselves out! Perhaps alternate days during flashing smiley would suffice next time.If you have very regular periods, I wouldn’t spend your money on these. If your periods are a little irregular (mine are 28-32 days) they are very useful for pinning down your fertile window for that month. I will definitely buy these again.EDIT - I just wanted to add that after 16 cycles I am pregnant this cycle! I’ve had an early loss before so it may not work out but I’ll be ordering these again if it doesn’t.