OvuSense Fertility & Ovulation Blog

OvuSense is amazing!  I'm now pregnant!   I have PCOS and we had been trying for 6 years with normal LH ovulation tests that never picked up anything. The consultants said we would never have kids and to consider adoption as we were not candidates for IVF or any type...

With advancing technology, we have come to rely on Apps for many things in our lives, be it shopping, music or social media and now even Apps for your fertility! Recently there has been a great deal of media attention surrounding the benefits of Apps and Monitors for fertility, but can they really help you get pregnant?

My patients tell me that they feel really confused as to which is the best fertility App or Monitor to use. Recent research studies have found that fertility Apps used alone are generally ineffective and do not accurately show a woman when she should try and conceive (Setton et al. 2016; Duane et al. 2016), resulting in even greater confusion.

In this blog I review the most commonly used fertility Apps and Monitors, explain what they are, how they work and who they are useful for.

Most importantly, I review their accuracy, including their ability to identify fertile days and ovulation, as well as considering the customer support they offer and the all-important cost. However, before I start it’s really important to explain one crucial difference between Fertility Apps and Monitors.

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If you are trying to conceive it’s very likely that you have given some consideration to your current health. You may have reduce or cut down your alcohol intake, stopped smoking if you were, started to include exercise into your daily routine, eat just that little bit more healthily and even started having daily green juices!

However have you actually spent any time considering how healthy and fertile your mind is right now?

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I'm Anca and here's my story.... For 10 years, my husband and I have been trying to conceive on-and-off.   In January 2015, I started taking inositol and my cycles came back with a bit of diet and swimming.  I would have a period about every 35-45 days. I used...

I'm Courtney, I have been with my husband 15 years ttc for 5 of those years and I'm now pregnant! I signed up for the OvuSense User Study recently to test their new App, not knowing what OvuSense was all about. But as women with PCOS, we get to a...

My name is Line and I'm pregnant!   Thank you Ovusense...after 5 years of trying... and 2 cycles with OvuSense, I now have this to show: When trying to conceive,  I took prenatal vitamins and my husband was on a variety of supplements like Zinc and B-vitamin.  In addition, my hubby managed got...

I'm Emily.  I used OvuSense for 5 months to see if I was ovulating on my own, or not.  I'm now currently 9.5 weeks pregnant!  Here's my chart the month I got pregnant.  My temperature never rose a lot with OvuSense but I was indeed pregnant :) Here is my...

I'm Erika and I have been an OvuSense user since June 2015 and found out I was ovulating later in my cycle than my doctor thought! I finally got pregnant in August 2015 after 6 years of trying!  Sadly, I miscarried after only 4wks. It proved to be the saddest day...

My name is Karen.  I don't know about everyone else but I just want to say a huge THANK YOU to OvuSense. They a) made this machine that is SUPER accurate b) made it affordable (relative to the cost of fertility drugs and treatments) and c) offer TONS of individualized...

Hi - I'm Rachel.  I have used OvuSense for one cycle now and know that my ovulation is not regular either. OvuSense confirmed ovulation for me within a week and showed that I have a short luteal phase which I can now work on. I may not have known this...