Guessing isn't good enough. Because your body is unique, you cannot rely on "usual" or "average" predictions. These products offer a scientific clinical approach that will enable you to learn when you are ovulating, and thus enable you to make informed decisions about family planning.

Reliance on averages or guessing isn't good enough for women serious about achieving (or avoiding) pregnancy. Because your body is unique, you cannot rely on "usual" or "average" predictions. Saliva Ovulation Prediction Microscopes will enable you to learn when you are actually ovulating, and to make wise decisions about your own body.

Daily and at approximately the same time each morning. Usually on arising and before consumption of any food or water. Smoking should also be avoided prior to testing as the chemicals present alter saliva. By using a Saliva Ovulation Prediction Microscope daily for the first few months and keeping a careful record of your test results, you will learn the changing patterns and timing of your unique fertility cycle.

Saliva Ovulation Tests detect hormone changes that occur prior to and during ovulation. As estrogen increases, "ferning" or crystal patterns can be viewed in dried samples of saliva. These patterns indicate that ovulation is about to take place. The duration of your most fertile time lasts from several days before ovulation to 24 or so hours after ovulation. The duration of a woman's fertile period is typically around six days, ending 24 hours following ovulation.

Test on a daily basis and record results on a fertility chart or calendar. Test first thing in the morning - but never after eating, drinking, or brushing your teeth. These activities may interfere with results. If you test later in the day, try to wait at least two to three hours after eating or drinking.

When instructions are followed, determining fertility through ovulation microscopy has been shown to be 98% accurate.

Generally, ovulation will take place 12-48 hours after the LH surge is first detected (using afternoon urine samples), though 36 hours is considered to be the average length of time following the LH surge.

By definition, ovulation is the process of an ovary releasing an egg from the follicle - permitting the egg to float down the fallopian tubes. Directly prior to ovulation, a dramatic hormonal change takes place - the LH Surge. LH (or Luteinizing Hormone) is the hormone that actually facilitates ovulation: it causes the egg to separate from the ovarian surface. Ovulation predictor tests function by detecting this LH Surge, thus alerting the woman that ovulation is imminent.

You must use ovulation tests for several days prior to when you expect to be ovulating. Using the test instructions you can narrow down the dates when you should be ovulating, then use the tests to determine exactly when it will occur.

Yes. To avoid unwanted pregnancy, you should abstain from unprotected sexual intercourse during your fertile days. Your fertile period starts about 4-5 days before ovulation, and ends about 24-48 hours after it. For more information, see Ovulation and Contraception.

No. Each test result should be read independently of any other test. When the LH surge occurs, that particular day’s test will show positive results. No. All urine based LH tests are intended to be used with each test independent from any other test. Once a positive test is obtained testing should be stopped. the LH surge has begun. Test results, including the color or intensity of test or control lines, cannot be compared or correlated one test to another.

Ovulation status is assessed by noting menstrual cycle length and regularity. If you have a cycle length shorter than twenty six days, it is useful to do a basal Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) test on the second day of your menstrual cycle to see your egg reserve. If you have intervals between menses of longer than 34 days, poly cystic ovarian disease (PCOD) is suspected. This is confirmed be finding a ring of small follicles in your ovaries on ultrasound scanning.

The ovulation predictor kit is designed to detect luteinizing hormone, or LH. In elevated quantities, LH causes ovulation. During the menstrual cycle only a small amount of LH is made, but in the middle of the cycle LH briefly and dramatically increases. This increase is called the "LH surge" and precedes ovulation. Conception is most likely to occur within thirty-six hours following the LH surge.

It is possible to miss the surge. If you have a test line that is fairly dark one day then very light the next, you may have missed the actual surge. If your thermal shift occurs, you probably ovulated. It may be a good idea to test twice a day when you feel that you are close to ovulating. Another possibility is that you didn't hold your urine long enough (resulting in a diluted sample).

Ovulation tests work by detecting LH in urine that increases as ovulation approaches. Using tests allows you to monitor this increase until it peaks. Shortly after that time, ovulation will occur, which is the best time to get pregnant.

Our ovulation tests detect as little as 25 mUI of LH present in urine. This is among the highest sensitivity on the market.

Serum is the specimen of choice for cotinine measurement since it is subject neither to bacterial degradation nor sample concentration. Cotinine can also be measured in saliva in concentrations similar to those in serum; however sample collection is cumbersome as is sample extraction. Most cotinine is excreted by the kidneys into the urine, where it is concentrated about 10X higher than it is circulation. This makes it the specimen of choice for determination of passive exposure.

The examination components provide the quantitative values to determine if the applicant/incumbent’s current medical status meets the medical standards.

With the ovulation microscopes, you simply apply saliva to a slide and wait five minutes. The slide is then inserted into the magnifying scope, allowing you to identify the fern-like pattern and predict ovulation. This ferning pattern can be easily identified when examined under the power of the microscope, helping you predict fertile or infertile times in your cycle. Saliva Ovulation Test TIP! Test first thing in the morning - but never after eating, drinking, or brushing your teeth.