CONTENTS The Clearblue Fertility Monitor must be used according to these instructions. The Clearblue Fertility Monitor is How Does the System Work? an in vitro diagnostic medical device designed for home Understanding Ovulation and the Menstrual Cycle use. Not for internal use. Store in a dry place at room temperature.
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Clearblue Fertility Monitor Helps Maximise The Chance of Conceiving Your Baby. The Time in Your Life for Children Now that you have reached the time in your life for children, the Clearblue Fertility Monitor can help you by identifying the days you are most likely to become pregnant.
The Clearblue Fertility Monitor gives you comprehensive, personal information that is unique to you. You can relax as the Clearblue Fertility Monitor will count the days and tell you when to test. It will even warn you when your period is due. This allows you to prepare for your next cycle, or, if you think your period is late, to test for pregnancy.
Understanding Ovulation and the Menstrual Cycle FALLOPIAN TUBE UTERUS LINING The Menstrual Cycle • The menstrual cycle is the process during which your body prepares for pregnancy. Hormone changes during the cycle trigger the ovaries to release an egg. • The eggs are contained within fluid-filled cavities called follicles. Both ovaries have many follicles, each containing an egg.
How the Clearblue Fertility Monitor Helps How the Clearblue Fertility Monitor Helps You How is the Clearblue Fertility Monitor Designed to Help You A TYPICAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE Become Pregnant? PEAK Day of Ovulation • The Clearblue Fertility Monitor monitors estrogen and LH.
Limitations on Use The Clearblue Fertility Monitor is suitable for women whose natural cycle normally lasts between 21 and 42 days. The majority of women will need 10 Test Sticks in each cycle. However, women with irregular or long cycles may have to use 20 Test Sticks each cycle in order to detect their most fertile time.
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(each lasting 21- 42 days), before using the Clearblue Fertility Monitor.
Status Number Button In your pack you will find your Clearblue Fertility Monitor. You will need to buy a pack of Clearblue Fertility Monitor Test Sticks and four new AAA alkaline batteries before you can get started. You must wait until your next period starts before using the Clearblue Fertility Monitor.
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Fertility Monitor Inserting the Batteries • The Clearblue Fertility Monitor requires four AAA alkaline batteries to operate. For optimal Monitor performance, use four new batteries that are the same brand. Using the diagram inside the battery cover to help you, insert the batteries making sure the + signs are in the correct position.
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Switching the Clearblue Monitor On and Off • Once you have inserted the batteries, you can turn the Monitor on and off by pressing the white On/Off Button on the top left hand corner of the Monitor. When you turn the Monitor on you will see a red light flash in the Test Stick Slot and the Display Screen will briefly show the full range of symbols.
Determine the Correct Testing Window PLEASE READ POINTS 1-4 BEFORE SETTING YOUR ‘m’ BUTTON 1. You can start using the Clearblue Fertility Monitor on the first day of your next PRESS ‘m’ BUTTON -3 HOURS +3 HOURS cycle, but not before. The first thing to do is to set the ‘m’ Button.
Setting the ‘m’ Button Initial Display • If your period starts in the night, or in the morning before your chosen ‘m’ Button setting time, press the ‘m’ Button that morning. If your period starts, after your chosen ‘m’ Button setting time, WAIT until the following morning before pressing the ‘m’...
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Peak Fertility. In subsequent cycles the first test day will vary between cycle day 6 and 9, according to what the Clearblue Fertility Monitor has learned about your cycle, and you will still be asked for a test every day for 10 or 20 days.
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Hold the Sampling End To Perform a Test of the Test Stick pointing downwards in 1. Remove the Test Stick from its protective foil wrapper and use your urine stream for 3 immediately. seconds only 2. Hold the Sampling End of the Test Stick pointing downwards in your urine stream for 3 seconds only.
Testing Inserting a Test Stick • You should only insert a Test Stick when you see the Insert Test Stick Symbol • Switch on your Monitor. You will see a red light flash in the Test Stick Slot. This is CLICK Monitor checking the Slot is ready to receive a Test Stick.
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Testing Inserting a Test Stick • The Test Stick will not be recognised until correctly inserted. The symbol will be displayed until the Test Stick has been properly placed and recognised. • At the end of 5 minutes, the Monitor will ask you to remove the Test Stick, which should be thrown away.
Following a missed test you should perform all further tests requested by the Monitor. Fertility Status: What does this mean? • The Clearblue Fertility Monitor will display your Fertility Status using three bars which correspond to three different levels of Fertility: Low, High and Peak. The Monitor will...
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• If you have sex during this Peak Fertility time, then you have the greatest chance of becoming pregnant. • The Clearblue Fertility Monitor identifies your days of Peak Fertility by detecting the surge in LH, which triggers ovulation to occur approximately 24-36 hours later. Peak Fertility will be indicated on the day of the LH surge, as well as the following day.
If the ‘m’ Symbol flashes for several days, and you think that your period is late, you may have conceived. You can find out if you are pregnant by using a Clearblue Pregnancy Test. • Clearblue Pregnancy Tests give you a clear result that is more than 99% accurate from the day your period is due.
Symbols and Errors: Practical Advice Reinsert the Test Stick. Remove Your Test Stick. This symbol will appear if you This symbol may appear if your Monitor was remove the Test Stick from the Test switched on with a Test Stick in the Slot or Stick Slot before the Monitor has your Monitor was not ready for a test.
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Stick Slot and turn your Monitor off. Turn the Monitor on again and if the Disposing of the Fertility Monitor: Remove the batteries from the Monitor and symbol appears, put the Test Stick in correctly dispose of them according to the appropriate recycling scheme. Caution: Do not until it clicks into place.
Your Questions Answered How accurate is the Clearblue Fertility The Clearblue Fertility Monitor has been shown in laboratory testing to be 99% accurate in detecting the LH surge in cycles in which an LH surge had also been identified by a reference Monitor? method.
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Always read the manufacturers’ instructions for any medication you are taking before using the interfere with my test result? Clearblue Fertility Monitor. Most medications should not affect the way the Clearblue Fertility Monitor works. However, certain medical conditions and medications can adversely affect the Please Note: Some medications are performance of the Clearblue Fertility Monitor.
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What if I am unable, or forget to set the ‘m’ If you are on day 2, 3, 4 or before your chosen ‘m’ Button setting time on day 5 of your cycle, simply hold the ‘m’ Button down at your chosen ‘m’ Button setting time, and release it when the Button on day 1 of my cycle? correct day number is shown on the display.
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Your Questions Answered My Monitor did not display a Peak There may be a small percentage of cycles in which you do not see Peak Fertility status. Fertility Symbol this cycle. Possible reasons for this are, for example, a test may have been missed or performed What does this mean? incorrectly or you may not have ovulated this cycle.
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Can I use Test Sticks from different packs? No. Always use Test Sticks in sets of 10 from the same pack (LOT). The Clearblue Fertility Monitor works by comparing the current day’s test reading with those of previous days. As there are slight sensitivity differences between Test Stick LOTs, optimal performance is achieved when the Test Sticks are used in sets of 10 from the same LOT.
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Your Questions Answered Ideally you should set your ‘m’ Button so that your Testing Window permits you to test using How do I test if I work night shifts or travel between time zones? your first urine after waking, which may be in the afternoon. If your sleeping pattern changes temporarily during your testing period, you should collect a sample of your first urine upon waking.
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For a definition of these symbols, refer to the symbols section. Since it tells me when I’m fertile, can I use No. The Clearblue Fertility Monitor is designed to tell you when you are most likely to conceive. the Clearblue Fertility Monitor as a...
How to Start Using Your Monitor Again Read the following notes first. • Check that you are still suitable to use the Clearblue Fertility Monitor. • Reprogramming your Monitor erases all the previous information stored about your cycles and is not reversible.
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Please read instructions before use. This device is for home use. Keep out of the reach of children. Store at room temperature. www.clearblue.com Clearblue Careline Advisors available 07:00 – 15:00hrs Mon-Fri, excluding Bank Holidays. UK - 0845 6076596 IE - 1890 882 885 Call charges vary;...
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