In this Issue
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The
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Vol. 3, Iss. 5 |
March 2008 |
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On March 28, 2008, Jack Luchese, President and CEO of OV-Watch
will be interviewed by Maria Sanchez of The Maria
Sanchez Show. You can listen LIVE 7:35pm EST/4:35 PDT. We will also be posting the interview on our site if you will miss it.
On April 2nd Dr. Andrew Silverman will be interview by Kim Hahn
on Conceive on-air
at 2pmEST/11amPST. He will be talking about how to use OV-Watch for gender selection and timing of IUI's.
On Friday February 15, 2008 The Tyra Banks Show aired a show on fertility that featured Trista Sutter, from the well-known ABC
series "The Bachelorette". Trista talked about how the OV-Watch helped her get pregnant with little Max after two years of trying.
We also gave away an OV-Watch to each lucky member of the studio audience. See the video clip of the show
here.
OV-Watch is proud to announce that Johnson's & Johnson's website, BabyCenter is now featuring OV-Watch in their
Preconception Boutique.
Click here.
OV-Watch was in the popular People Magazine's Oscar issue.
OV-Watch is mentioned in the PREPARING FOR PREGNANCY
section of the multimillion copy bestselling, doctor authored
pregnancy book,
"Your Pregnancy Week by Week"
by Glade B. Curtis, M.D., OB/GYN and Judith Schuler, M.S.
On page 20, the following paragraph can be found,
"OV-Watch is a device you wear on your wrist, like a watch, to help you determine when you're most fertile. The
device measures the concentration of chloride on your skin-chloride surge can be an indicator of increased fertility.
The instrument processes the information to determine your fertility status. When you read the OV-Watch, it tells you
whether you are fertile (preovulation), ovulating, less fertile (after ovulation) or not fertile. This toll is
lightweight and is worn at night. When you wake up in the morning, you read the results. If you're interested, ask
your doctor about it."
NEW LOCAL NUMBER
OV-Watch now has a new local number for Puerto Rico and other islands in addition to the 1-877-249-BABY. You can now also use 408-987-5510.
Let your doctor know about OV-Watch
If your doctor doesn't know about OV-Watch, you can help them get informed. Just e-mail your doc's
address to us, and we'll send them educational information.
Have a question ask us: email Lexie at lexieann@ovwatch.com with any of your
questions or comments. Your opinion counts!
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Ask Dr. Bates
I am interested in learning more about the OV-Watch, specifically in how closely in pinpoints ovulation time. While I appreciate
the uniqueness of the OV Watch in predicting the four most fertile days, that aspect of your product is irrelevant for me, as my
wife and I must use thawed frozen donor sperm via IUI to conceive. We are worried that our current methods of ovulation prediction
(OPKs, and the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor) will prove inaccurate next month when she begins a round of clomiphene citrate
and are seeking an alternative. Please send me information about how and how accurately your product predicts ovulation time, and
what sort of a timeframe it provides (i.e., ovulation will occur within 24 hours, 12 hours, 4 hours, etc.), especially any relevant
citations to scientific studies, or FDA trials information.
Aaron,
Thank you for your email. I appreciate your concerns and desire to accurately time the IUI. Ovulation detection methods that rely
on the urine LH surge definitely have the potential to miss ovulation or detect it sufficiently late to hinder the chances of
pregnancy. Dr. Vivian Lewis and her colleagues from Rochester, NY reported that more than 1 in 5 women on clomiphene citrate will
miss ovulation with tradition LH testing. Conversely, researchers at Emory University recently presented data that the OV-Watch was
more sensitive than LH testing in detecting ovulation after clomiphene in a group of women who were challenging to monitor response
to treatment. In your case, I would argue that the advance notice of approaching ovulation with the OV-Watch is important. Sperm
is viable in the female reproductive tract for several days, yet the egg has a very limited lifespan. Therefore, IUI before
ovulation is the key and determining the exact time of ovulation is not crucial. I recommend that couples using the OV-Watch have
their IUI on Fertile Day 4 to guarantee advance exposure to the sperm. (The watch reads Fertile Day 1,2,3,4 and day of ovulation)
Some specialist perform 2 IUIs with frozen or donor sperm. In that case, day 4 and day of ovulation would be reasonable. To be
complete I should mention that the gold standard for monitoring response to fertility medication is blood work (estradiol, LH
prospectively and progesterone afterwards) with an ultrasound to measure follicle growth. Many also use an injection of the
pregnancy hormone, HCG, to precisely time the IUI. If one wishes to avoid the time/expense of multiple visits to a fertility
specialist with ultrasounds, the OV-Watch provides accurate, ADVANCED notice.
Best of luck with your treatments.
Dr. Bates
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Special Offer
Our pregnant in 3 months offer has been extended due to popular demand.
Our newest special is Pregnant in 3 Months. If you don't become pregnant in 3 months
while using OV-Watch we will send you three additional sensors FREE. Please go here
for full the details. Hurry offer ends on May 11, 2008.
All free sensor requests must be made by August 31, 2008
Exchange Program
If you have our old style watch and are a customer you can exchange it for our new
style watch FREE. 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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OV-Watch is proud to offer a new section of our BabySteps
Newsletter called "Win It". Each month we will have a cool product for our OV-Watch moms and mom's to be. Feel free to send this issue of
BabySteps to your friends that want to register to be a BabySteps member by signing up here
and register to win this months "Win It".
This month's win it is the book
Preconception
Plain & Simple by
Audrey McClelland and Sharon Couto just answer the following:
Where do you go to get your preconception answers?
Send your answer to giveaways@ovwatch.com between March 18th - March 25th 2008
The winners will be contacted through email.
In February we gave away the Your
Pregnancy Week by Week book to Diana C. from MN.
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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. Tyra's had 2 successful pregnancies using OV-Watch and is happy to answer
your questions. If you're considering OV-Watch to get pregnant, we offer this service free of charge.
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