How can I better predict fertility if I have an irregular cycle length? I'm 32.?

Question

I came off the pill last year&attended a Natural Fertility course in July 06 to learn how to chart my cycles & once my cycles evened out my average length was around 35 days but they are never the same length. Since Oct 06 we have been half-heartedly TTC. I also came off Prozac @ this time & that completely screwed my cycles up for 4 months. Apparently Prozac acts on your pituitary gland which also regulates your hormones & therefore ovulation. Prior to coming off the Prozac my cycles were 35 days, 32 days. After coming off Prozac my cycles have been 47, 35, 43, 34 and 37 days long. At the moment I am up to 36 days of my current cycle&haven't started my period yet. Charting is all well & good but it's basically too late once you find out you've ovulated.
I want to know how I can BETTER PREDICT FERTILITY since my cycle lengths are never exactly the same length.
Clearblue Fertility Monitor-would this work?
Ovulation prediction kits-do these work with irregular cycles?Suggestions?

Answer 1

Ovulation predictor tests work by detecting an LH surge that occurs a day or 2 before ovulation. You can buy them on-line for much cheaper then you would in the store. I would buy a whole bunch, and take one everyday until you get a positive result. I buy mine at www.early-pregnancy-tests.com They are really cheap and ship the same day you order them. I also buy my pregnancy tests from there also for very cheap. You can get a combo pack, 15 ovulation tests and 5 pregnancy tets for $16.99 and with free shipping. They work really well.

Also, when you see that you have egg white cervical mucus (clear and slippery), this means you are fertile and you should have sex every day until it turns back to the creamy white sticky mucus.

Or you could just have sex every other day after your period ends until your next period. That would gurantee that you had sex during your fertile time. Good luck.

Answer 2

I bought an expensive ovulation predictor and it wasn't really helpful to me. I tried for two years to conceive. Finally! I bought Taking Charge Of Your Fertility- I'd read other books trying to learn how to chart my cycle (mine's +/- 33 days) but this one was really the BEST-it's my reccomendation for everyone trying to make a baby! Good Luck....

Answer 3

You can better predict your ovulation date by monitoring your temperature using a Basal Thermometer, tracking your cervical mucus, keeping track of your cervix position, and/or using ovulation predictor kits.