How to Monitor Your Fertility

There are some very simple and inexpensive ways to monitor your fertility at home - what this does is tell you, most importantly for ttc purposes, whether you're ovulating or not - some only confirm after the fact that you've ovulated (bbt charting - although sometimes if you've lucky, bbt charting tells you the day on which you ovulate as well), and some tell you in advance when you're about to ovulate (ovulation microscope and ovulation predictor tests).

I've posted some info about bbt charting and the ovulation microscope HERE.  I like these the most because they're very inexpensive, and they're very accurate as well - so I've read over and over in many different articles.  Bbt charting measures your daily temps, and besides letting you know what's cooking with your fertility, it also tells you a bit about your overall health - it's very useful.  As for the microscope, it's said to be 98% accurate.

The only equipment you need for bbt charting is a digital basal thermometer (a once-off cost of about R100) and bbt charts which you can google and print for free.  If you wish to use the ovulation microscope, you can get that for about R300 (at Dischem - also a once-off cost!), they're usually more expensive if you order them online.

So bbt charting and the ovulation microscope is a really good and very affordable way to monitor your fertility when you're just starting out.  Using fertility monitoring goodies can help you conceive quicker because you know how to time your baby-making sessions more accurately. :)

For more info on how these 2 goodies work and about what they can tell you about your fertility etc, see Monitoring your Fertility.