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Vol. 4, Iss. 7 |
January 2009 |
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Acupuncture & Trying to Conceive
Mike Berkley, L.Ac., Doctor of Acupuncture (RI), Founder and Director,
The Berkley Center
for Reproductive Wellness has started a group for couples who are TTC. The main purpose of the group is to educate these
individuals about the benefits of complementary medicine as an adjunct to their A.R.T. procedures. This will be held in
New York on February 18, 2009. You can learn more about this and his other seminars
here.
Conceive Magazine
Conceive Magazine has put out a special year long issue on the art of getting pregnant. OV-Watch is featured in this
issue on page 32-33. You can get the full issue
here.
New Customer Service Hours
OV-Watch now has new customer service hours. Monday - Friday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Est.
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lexieann@ovwatch.com and we will get back to you promptly. If you need to
speak to us please leave your phone number and the best time to reach you and we will.
Tell Your Doctor about OV-Watch
Please share the news with your doctors! If you are using OV-Watch or want your physicians support to use OV-Watch or if you just
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Experience with OV-Watch" presentation by G. Wright Bates, Jr. M.D. click here
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You can also email us at professionals@ovwatch.com.
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Amanda
Our story is a bit different. We already had 2 boys and thought that a little girl would add a nice balance to our family.
After quite a bit of research I found that practicing the Shettles method would give us the best chance of conceiving a
girl but the timing would be a bit challenging. I researched the internet and found the OV-Watch. I was a bit skeptical
however after reading the success stories I was convinced that this would work for us. It took us 4 cycles to conceive
via the Shettles method and I'm happy to report that I recently gave birth to a beautiful little girl. I am convinced
that we wouldn't have been able to track the "right" girl conception time without this watch. Thank you!!
Carla
Why suffer the stress of trying to conceive??? I am 42 yrs old, very young and active but 42 nonetheless. After getting
married in June 07 we started trying to conceive. We both found the guessing of ovulation to be quite stressful, even
when charting and taking temps. After 4 months we conceived. But baby heartbeat stopped at 8 weeks 5 days. At my next
doctor visit I picked up a Conceive magazine. I saw the ad for OV watch, read about it and ordered it that day. I
decided at my age, I did not want to prolong the stress of conception any longer than necessary. I got pregnant on the
second try. And i think the only reason it was not the first was because my uterus was still healing from the d&c. So
simple. I am now 19 weeks and baby girl is healthy and moving about. Please do yourself a favor and get this product
You can submit your OV-Watch success story here.
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If you are a current customer with the old style OV-Watch, you can exchange it for our new style OV-Watch at an
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Please call 1-866-ovwatch and tell the customer service agent you would like to participate in the exchange program.
This is our way of saying thanks for being a customer.
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I have read that one of the major drawbacks of OPK's that detect LH surges is that during anovulatory cycles, sometimes your
body may have more than on LH surge in an attempt to ovulate, but that ovulation may still not occur (and your temps will show
no thermal shift). My question about OV Watch--is the chlorine ion surge the same - can it be faked out several times? Will
each surge be shown on there, without showing an O date? Or will the O only show when it is completely confirmed that you
ovulated?
Thanks, Meghan
Meghan,
Women will have several surges of Chloride ion during the cycle. One is about 6 days before ov, one is at ov and one is a few
days before you get your period. The chloride ion surge is not a hormone surge, it is an electrolite metabolite. So, it is
unaffected and unrelated to the act of ovulation. It is however, directly linked to estrogen, which makes you ovulate. Let me
explain... This is a KEY reason why ov-watch works when other "things" do not. NO matter what kind of hormone "problems" you
are having... low progesterone, low estrogen, no LH surge or many LH surges, OV-Watch will be able to tell you when you are
fertile because the chloride ion surge happens regardless of hormone fluctuations.
Another key point to mention that answers your question is that it will only come 6 days before you ovulate and on the day of
OV, if you are in fact getting the estrogen surge that makes you get the LH surge which makes you ovulate. So, if you see that
the watch has read fertile day 1 then you got the chloride surge, YOU ARE FERTILE and you will most likely get the LH surge and
then ovulate as long as you are ovulating normally. If you are not, ovulating normally and you are taking clomid to ovulate,
your LH levels will rise with clomid and you will almost always be able to get a positive on those urine sticks as they detect
LH. So, you will not know when you are REALLY fertile. With Ov-Watch, you will know when you are most fertile on clomid because
it is unaffected by LH hormone or any hormones for that matter.
You will not get a false positive with Ov-Watch. Now, the ov-watch will render nothing if it doesn't get a chloride surge at
all. So, if you use it and get no reading it probably means that you have high levels of estrogen all the time (which would
prohibit the chloride from ever surging) and then you may have another condition that would prevent you from getting pregnant.
One thing that I want to clear up is that your body doesn't have several LH surges. If anyone is getting positives on the urine
sticks several periods during one cycle, then they likely have elevated LH levels which indicate a few things, most likely,
Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome. So, that will prevent someone from ovulating and thus, from getting pregnant. There is always the
random spontaneous ovulation from women with PCOS, but it is rare. They need to be on Metformin to control the insulin in their
bodies and also clomid to make them ovulate. This patient CAN use OV Watch to get pregnant but will not get accurate results
with OPK's. There is also the person who has high levels of LH and IS ovulating but they can never tell when they are ovulating
because the kits always read positive. That person NEEDS ov-watch to tell when they are fertile. So, no, you don't get several
surges during one cycle of LH.
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OV-Watch is now on Facebook!
Join us
on our fan page & also check our
private group where you can
discuss your fertility and the use of OV-Watch
OV-Watch Blinkies
OV-Watch is pleased to offer our collection of "blinkies" for all our moms-to-be
and mom's. You can add to your e-mail or signatures in any chatroom and help spread the word about OV-Watch. To access the
collection,
- Go
to www.photobucket.com.
- Enter user name: ovwatch.
- Enter password: ovwatch2007.
- In the middle of the page, click on "ov-watch blinkies."
- Select your favorite/s and use them.
Message Board
Join us on our free message board and talk to other members about trying to get pregnant and other fun
topics. www.mybabychat.com
OV-Watch Blog
OV-Watch is proud to sponsor www.howigotpregnant.com,
a new blog for women to share their success stories and offer advice to
women trying to conceive. If you want to share your story of success or
your ongoing journey to motherhood, please feel free to visit
www.howigotpregnant.com.
Ask an OV-Watch Mom
Ask
an OV-Watch Mom allows you to get answers from someone who's been there. If you're considering OV-Watch to get pregnant, we offer this service free of charge.
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