Lady-Comp Fertility Monitor - Fahrenheit
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Lady-Comp Fertility Monitor - Fahrenheit Details
Manufacturer: Valley Electronics GmbHBrand: VE Valley-Electronics GmbH Germany
Model: LCF1001
Product features:
- Easy to Use, 30/Seconds Per Day for Natural Family Planning
- 99.3% Accurate: Red light = fertile, Green-light = infertile
- Natural: No drugs, No side-effects, No test sticks, No effect on mothers milk
- The 'Intelligent' Fertility Monitor for precision ovulation tracking
- Easy analysis of the cycle with data capture and result print-out
Customer Reviews of Lady-Comp Fertility Monitor - Fahrenheit
Customer Review: Effective and Educational
Summary: 5 Stars
Effectiveness: I've been using Lady Comp since September of 2009, and I'm very pleased that I made the leap from birth control pills to this device. It's amazing how much you learn about your body when you combine this machine with fertility education!
Pros: Body is returning to "normal" after hormone imbalance, I am much more aware of what's going on with my cycle (and discovered an imbalance in progesterone because of it), no more stressing if I miss a pill (as the LC keeps me aware of my fertility at all times), long-term savings over the pill if the unit lasts for more than 18 months, relatively easy to assimilate into my lifestyle.
Cons: Have to use condoms during the fertile days (7 for me), and having alcohol or lack of sleep affect the temps. It's also a bit of a leap of faith to trust something so important to a machine, so I would highly suggest utilizing the Companion Info below.
Design Flaw: My first thermometer (measurement needle with cord) started to short out and I got crazy readings during Month 4 of use. I wasn't sure if this was my cycle acting up, so I called Rax Medical for help. They said there is a slight design flaw with the cord and that if the cord gets stretched out too much or too far that it will short. I ordered a new one ($40-something), and everything returned back to normal with readings. They have very helpful customer service. My suggestion for a more convenient unit without this design flaw would be to have the thermometer be a plug-in - similar to a memory stick - that you can unplug to take measurements and then plug back into the device to upload the info. This would be really convenient because if the plug-in thermometer had its own memory, you could unplug it and throw it in your purse for a long weekend or vacation and then come home and plug it back into the unit to upload your temps and process the info. Of course, this would really only be convenient for those whose cycles were stable and predictable, but it would take care of the cord problem and make it easier for travel.
Companion info: The guide that comes with the Lady Comp is helpful for the machine, but you really, really need to get the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler as a companion to using this device. I'm not trying to get pregnant, and this book has soooo much information about cycles and the two other methods in addition to temperature (cervical position and fluid) to watch for when using a natural birth control method. I've consulted the book so many times when I had a question about an odd temperature or the reason my patterns in temps were changing. I also decided to "chart" my temperatures using an Excel spreadsheet so that I could monitor any changes or patterns, and that's how I discovered that I have a short luteal phase (and wouldn't have known it was short except for the book). I thought I was pretty learned about the human body, but it was an eye-opener to leaf through this book. I don't think I'd feel as comfortable using the Lady Comp without it. I would also highly suggest doing the charting as the book describes it. I don't check cervical position, but I do monitor fluid as I find it comforting to have a "back-up method" just in case. This is especially helpful if you can't take your temp one day because of a celebration the previous night or because you got up several times the night before (as this would create a higher than normal reading). You may also want to buy a $10-20 basal thermometer to use as a backup just in case something happens to your Lady Comp. That way you can continue charting and monitoring your fertility just in case. Although, the $10-20 thermometers are not as accurate with readings, they can still help you determine when your in the luteal phase and safe to enjoy a green day.
In conclusion, buy the book, get the Lady Comp, and take the leap into a hormone free life!
UPDATE 1/30/11: Still working out great, but I forgot to mention in my first review about how drinking can affect your temperatures and "mislead" the system. The manual that comes with the book is a bit misleading in that it says that it takes abnormal temperatures into consideration when you have a fever or drink in excess, etc.; however, later in the manual is says not to measure your temp if you know you have a fever or drank the night before. My advice: don't measure that day if you haven't ovulated yet. (It's less important during the luteal phase since your temps are higher anyway). If you aren't sure if your temp is going to be too high, use your backup basal thermometer ($10) to see where your temperature falls. My rule of thumb for temp changes due to drinking (they don't define what "drinking in excess" means in the manual) is that if you can feel the next morning that you drank the night before, your temperature is going to be affected. Two drinks probably won't affect it, but waking up with a slight headache, stomachache, etc. is the sign that your basal temperature is probably going to be higher than normal. I would especially avoid measuring (or drinking for that matter) if you are within 4-5 days of ovulation (estimated or known). I say this because I imbibed in my first month of LadyComp use right around the 12th day, and the system automatically assumed that I ovulated on day 13 because of this. Since then, it's taken about a year for the system to slowly adjust and realize that I actually ovulate on day 17. (Luckily the book was helpful in enlightening me, or I would have been confused by the LadyComp readouts.) This isn't a big deal, but it meant more red days for me in the beginning and necessitated the charting.
Description of Lady-Comp Fertility Monitor - Fahrenheit
Trying to get pregnant? Can't take the pill? LadyComp is the best tool for supporting Natural Family Planning and the Fertility Awareness Method. Developed and manufactured in Germany, Lady-Comp has enjoyed tremendous confidence among women and their physicians as Europe's most trusted and recommended fertility monitor. A computer programmed with data from 700,000 cycles, the Lady-Comp sensor captures Basal Body Temperature and then analyzes, learns, and predicts the user's cycle with a 99.3% accuracy rate. With consistent compliance, the device indicates infertile days and provides insight into the fertile window of opportunity before, during, and after ovulation, and retains user data for each day of the previous nine months. No other fertility monitor has the capability to so easily and precisely support natural family planning and the Natural Fertility Awareness method. Now available in the U.S. Lady-Comp is shipped INSURED PRIORITY MAIL FOR ALL CUSTOMERS.Fertility Tests
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