OV Watch

The first smart move they've made is by making this watch in a color that goes with all of my pajamas--Tiffany blue. The second is having an amazing customer service rep to answer your questions. Our communication follows below:

Dear OV Watch,

I have read that one of the major drawbacks of OPK's that detect LH surges is that during anovulatory cycles, sometimes your body may have more than on LH surge in an attempt to ovulate, but that ovulation may still not occur (and your temps will show no thermal shift).

My question about OV Watch--is the chlorine ion surge the same - can it be faked out several times? Will each surge be shown on there, without showing an O date? Or will the O only show when it is completely confirmed that you ovulated?

Thanks,
The Anovulatory Avenger

Dear Avenger,

Women will have several surges of Chloride ion during the cycle. One is about 6 days before ov, one is at ov and one is a few days before you get your period. See the graph attached.

The chloride ion surge is not a hormone surge, it is an electrolite metabolite. So, it is unaffected and unrelated to the act of ovulation. It is however, directly linked to estrogen, which makes you ovulate. Let me explain...This is a KEY reason why ov-watch works when other "things" do not. NO matter what kind of hormone "problems" you are having...low progesterone, low estrogen, no LH surge or many LH surges, OV-Watch will be able to tell you when you are fertile because the chloride ion surge happens regardless of hormone fluctuations.

Another key point to mention that answers your question is that it will only come 6 days before you ovulate and on the day of OV, if you are in fact getting the estrogen surge that makes you get the LH surge which makes you ovulate. So, if you see that the watch has read fertile day 1 then you got the chloride surge, YOU ARE FERTILE and you will most likely get the LH surge and then ovulate as long as you are ovulating normally. If you are not, ovulating normally and you are taking clomid to ovulate, your LH levels will rise with clomid and you will almost always be able to get a positive on those urine sticks as they detect LH. So, you will not know when you are REALLY fertile. With Ov-Watch, you will know when you are most fertile on clomid because it is unaffected by LH hormone or any hormones for that matter.

You will not get a false positive with Ov-Watch. Now, the ov-watch will render nothing if it doesn't get a chloride surge at all. So, if you use it and get no reading it probably means that you have high levels of estrogen all the time (which would prohibit the chloride from ever surging) and then you may have another condition that would prevent you from getting pregnant. That is not the issue here so, let's not go there. :)

One thing that I want to clear up is that your body doesn't have several LH surges. If anyone is getting positives on the urine sticks several periods during one cycle, then they likely have elevated LH levels which indicate a few things, most likely, Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome. So, that will prevent someone from ovulating and thus, from getting pregnant. There is always the random spontaneous ovulation from women with PCOS, but it is rare. They need to be on Metformin to control the insulin in their bodies and also clomid to make them ovulate. This patient CAN use ovwatch to get pregnant but will not get accurate results with OPK's . There is also the person who has high levels of LH and IS ovulating but they can never tell when they are ovulating because the kits always read positive. That person NEEDS ov-watch to tell when they are fertile. So, no, you don't get several surges during one cycle of LH.

If you are seeing that, let's talk so that we can get you on the right path.
I have to get on the road now but if you have any other questions, email me and I will get back to you later tonight or call my cell.



I sent her a reply with a very brief description of my situation (believe it or not, I can be succinct) to see if OV Watch is a good fit for me. If it is, it might just be the product that single-handedly saves my sanity.