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My friend gave me her CBEFM

My friend gave me her CBEFM machine over the weekend. She only used it one month and just delivered her second baby. Question: Does this take the place of OPKs? Is it more reliable? She lost the manual so I have to pull the instructions off the website. Does Costco sell the test strips? Thanks!

Re: My friend gave me her CBEFM

  • I never saw the test strips at Costco. I got mine off of Amazon.  I used it in conjunction with opk's. 
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  • Luck you!

    I'm not sure about the CBEFM specifically, but I know for me, when I was using the OV-Watch, I still did OPKs and kept charting.  The watch wasn't always right, so I wanted to have other things like temps and OPKs to back up my suspicions. 

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    i don't know if they have test sticks at costco, the cheapest i have found is amazon. also, it does take the place of opk's. for the first 2 months i used it, i used an opk each peak day just to confirm and it was + each time. when you get a 'peak' that's the same as taking an opk. it's just better because it measures estrogen and lh, where opk's only measure lh. with cbefm, you know about O several days in advance.
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  • You have to make sure to do a HARD reset on the CBEFM to clear your friend's past data. I wrote out the instructions here.

    I got my sticks off early-pregnancy-tests.com for $40 I think. I also used cheapie OPKs combined with the monitor to verify O. Also keep charting/temping while using it to confirm O along with the machine.

    I never recieved a peak on mine, but I got PG the 3rd cycle I used it. My 3rd cycle was my first cycle I O'd before CD20 though....so if you have long cycles it might not work as well.

    HTH!

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    You have to make sure to do a HARD reset on the CBEFM to clear your friend's past data. I wrote out the instructions here.

    I got my sticks off early-pregnancy-tests.com for $40 I think. I also used cheapie OPKs combined with the monitor to verify O. Also keep charting/temping while using it to confirm O along with the machine.

    I never recieved a peak on mine, but I got PG the 3rd cycle I used it. My 3rd cycle was my first cycle I O'd before CD20 though....so if you have long cycles it might not work as well.

    HTH!

    Thanks for the directions!!!
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