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ns1011
I'm wide awake
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Nic
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CBEFM users - think i have a problem
I'm not sure what to do 
When I set my monitor on CD 1 I set it at 9am so that my six hour time frame would allow me to test at 6am when I get up during the week, but I would have until noon on weekends (we like to sleep in).
My problem is that tomorrow I have to travel for work so I will be leaving my house at 545 and therefore getting up around 5am which is outside my testing time. I definitely can't skip it bc I am in the middle of high readings.
I thought maybe of bringing the monitor and a test stick with me and taking a test first chance I get but that would mean holding my pee in ALL morning which is not ideal since DH and I will BD tonight and I usually go right to sleep after so spermies have time to get where they need to go.
Any suggestions as to what I can do?
TIA
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Posted 3/10/10 8:24 AM  |
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our-secret
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
Will DH be home from 6-12? One time I was not going to be home during my test window, I pee'd in a cup and left it for DH to test for me during the correct window. It worked out perfectly.
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| Posted 3/10/10 8:28 AM |
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ns1011
I'm wide awake
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
Posted by our-secret
Will DH be home from 6-12? One time I was not going to be home during my test window, I pee'd in a cup and left it for DH to test for me during the correct window. It worked out perfectly.
Hmm. I didn't think of that. Thing is, DH is not exactly a fan of all my little TTC "techniques" and would much rather let nature take its course  he goes along with it for my sake bc I am a control freak. I guess I could try asking him and he would prob do it for me but he might moan and groan about it too.
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| Posted 3/10/10 8:36 AM |
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our-secret
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
Posted by ns1011
Posted by our-secret
Will DH be home from 6-12? One time I was not going to be home during my test window, I pee'd in a cup and left it for DH to test for me during the correct window. It worked out perfectly.
Hmm. I didn't think of that. Thing is, DH is not exactly a fan of all my little TTC "techniques" and would much rather let nature take its course he goes along with it for my sake bc I am a control freak. I guess I could try asking him and he would prob do it for me but he might moan and groan about it too.
It is worth asking. If he knows you are using it and how much $$ you spent on it, he may just do it. Good luck.
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| Posted 3/10/10 8:51 AM |
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zoe282
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
Yikes thats a dilemma. I agree that you should ask your DH. Darn test window!  Tell him to suck it up! lol 
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| Posted 3/10/10 9:01 AM |
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TryinTC
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
I would def ask DH because I had this exact prob last week and I think I screwed up my whole cycle on the monitor bc of it. We were catching a flight early and there was no one staying behind to test for me so I ended up just peeing on the stick and then bringing it with me and popping it in the monitor when it was time. Well according to my temps I ovulated that day so I should have gotten a peak reading... but because the stick sat around I only got a high reading that day. I missed my surge and have now been getting high readings for 10 days straight. Thank goodness I temp or I'd never know I ovulated on time and I'd think something is wrong with me!
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| Posted 3/10/10 12:38 PM |
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ns1011
I'm wide awake
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Nic
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
Posted by TryinTC
I would def ask DH because I had this exact prob last week and I think I screwed up my whole cycle on
the monitor bc of it. We were catching a flight early and there w
as no one staying behind to test for me so I ended up just peeing
on the stick and then bringing it with me and popping it in the
monitor when it was time. Well according to my temps I ovulated
that day so I should have gotten a peak reading... but because the
stick sat around I only got a high reading that day.
I missed my surge and have now been getting high
readings for 10 days straight. Thank goodness I temp or
I'd never know I ovulated on time and I'd think something is wrong with me!
So the monitor def won't ask me for the stick even just an hour earlier?
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| Posted 3/10/10 1:10 PM |
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TryinTC
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
Posted by ns1011
Posted by TryinTC
I would def ask DH because I had this exact prob last week and I think I screwed up my whole cycle on
the monitor bc of it. We were catching a flight early and there w
as no one staying behind to test for me so I ended up just peeing
on the stick and then bringing it with me and popping it in the
monitor when it was time. Well according to my temps I ovulated
that day so I should have gotten a peak reading... but because the
stick sat around I only got a high reading that day.
I missed my surge and have now been getting high
readings for 10 days straight. Thank goodness I temp or
I'd never know I ovulated on time and I'd think something is wrong with me!
So the monitor def won't ask me for the stick even just an hour earlier?
Unfortunately not. All it will show is the reading from the day before. The day in your cycle is even listed as the day before. I guess the monitor knows it's the next day when it hits the time frame. We were leaving the house at 5:50 so I was hoping by some miracle I had set the time frame a bit earlier this month but no.. instead I actually set it later because I kept turning the monitor on every few minutes on the way to the airport and the damn thing wouldn't turn. Then at around 6:45 or so it finally did. By that time I could see that the lines on the stick looked so different than what they did when I first tested an hour before.
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| Posted 3/10/10 1:20 PM |
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KMCGK
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
I've been in a similar situation before and just brought the monitor with me and a stick and tested the earliest I could. IMO I don't think an hr makes that big of a difference. I used to get up in the middle of the night to pee say at 3 or 4 and then test at 6 and it was fine. So if you pee when you wake up at 5, then see if you can pee again at 7 or so. I believe once you pee on the stick, it's only good for 10 minutes. It will tell you to re-test again.
HTH!!
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| Posted 3/10/10 1:48 PM |
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lilbean
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
or you can bring the pea with you...lol gross I know but...
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| Posted 3/10/10 1:49 PM |
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ns1011
I'm wide awake
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Nic
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
Posted by KMCGK
I've been in a similar situation before and just brought the monitor with me and a stick and tested the earliest I could. IMO I don't think an hr makes that big of a difference. I used to get up in the middle of the night to pee say at 3 or 4 and then test at 6 and it was fine. So if you pee when you wake up at 5, then see if you can pee again at 7 or so. I believe once you pee on the stick, it's only good for 10 minutes. It will tell you to re-test again.
HTH!!
So if I take the monitor with me it's ok if its not FMU?
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| Posted 3/10/10 2:34 PM |
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zoe282
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
It should be FMU..what if you went to the doctor and got one of those good cups with the lids?? lol
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| Posted 3/10/10 3:11 PM |
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ns1011
I'm wide awake
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Nic
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
Thanks for all of your responses. 
So I started to explain my dilemma to DH over dinner and I wasn't halfway thru my speech when he asked me:
"Do you want me to POAS for you?" I bursted out laughing. Then in all seriousness he told me to leave hin my "sample" in a solo cup and he will take care of it.
Of course I had to explain the process to him TWICE along with written out step by step instructions - but I gotta say that it made me so happy that he offered to do it without me asking.
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| Posted 3/10/10 9:58 PM |
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ItsaJoya19
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Re: CBEFM users - think i have a problem
Posted by ns1011
Thanks for all of your responses.
So I started to explain my dilemma to DH over dinner and I wasn't halfway thru my speech when he asked me:
"Do you want me to POAS for you?" I bursted out laughing. Then in all seriousness he told me to leave hin my "sample" in a solo cup and he will take care of it.
Of course I had to explain the process to him TWICE along with written out step by step instructions - but I gotta say that it made me so happy that he offered to do it without me asking.
so funny!!!! glad it worked out and that was really sweet of your DH for offering before you could ask!
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| Posted 3/10/10 11:06 PM |
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