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The
OV-Watch® Newsletter |
Vol. 2, Iss. 5 |
July 2007 |
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OV-Watch & the American
Pregnancy Association
OV-Watch is now
recognized by the American Pregnancy Association. You can see us here.
This is what Brad Imler, Ph.D. President of the
American Pregnancy Association is saying about timing of intercourse:
"In
order to maximize your chances of conception each month, intercourse needs to
take place during the 4 days before ovulation, which are the most fertile days
of the cycle, so that the sperm is waiting for the egg. "
Since
OV-Watch is the only device that can alert a woman to the 4 days before
ovulation, then WHY use anything else??
OV-Watch & Hot Moms Club
The Hot Moms Club personally
invites you to be a part of their brand new super community, create a profile,
meet amazing moms, be eligible for prizes and much more! This new community
just launched and it will grow and
expand....... it as an opportunity for you to be one of the first people to
give your feedback and make hotmomsclub what you want it to be...Jenn Carter,
who is an OV-Watch mom, has created a section for all of us who are trying to
get pregnant. Take a moment and join the new HotMoms "TO BE"
Club! Hot Moms Club We
will give an Hot Moms Club prize
pack to 5 OV watch members who sign up, which includes hot moms tanks and tees
for the whole family, an autographed copy of the Hot Moms Handbook, and Hot Mom
song CD.
Trista Sutter's Baby Shower
Trista Sutter who used
OV-Watch to conceive her and Ryan's first child had a baby shower. The shower
was held on June 16th in Beaver Creek,
CO, that our own Jenn Carter
attended. The baby is due in late August. See pictures from Trista's baby
shower here.
Enter to win the gift bag from US
Weekly that was given out at her shower here.
Featured Success Story
I
just found out this morning (6/21/07) that I am pregnant. My husband and I have
been trying since April of 2005. I could not understand those ovulation sticks
and was so frustrated. Then Babycenter.com sent me an email about the OV-Watch
and I was so excited to order it right away. This is my fourth month using it.
I was in New York
(away from my husband) when the watch showed Fertile Day 1 and I was very
worried. But I was back at home by Fertile Day 4. I guess all I needed was to
relax on my vacation and relieve stress. One week after I returned from my trip
(and did not know I was pregnant), we ended up buying two Yorkshire terrier
puppies (10 weeks old). After realizing how much work they were, I thought that
now would not be a good time to become pregnant. Of course, after three years
of trying, it happened right after we got these puppies. I guess that is why
they say that it comes when least expected. We are thrilled and very thankful
for the OV-Watch. I highly recommend it to all of my friends and cannot stop
talking about it! Thank you so much for everything!
Ryann
Read
more OV-Watch success stories here!
See special
offers for more great deals from OV-Watch!
Special Canada News!!!
- Great news we now ship to Canada! Call
1-866-ovwatch or go to
www.ovwatch.com to find out more information!
- Join us on our free message
board and talk to other members about trying to get pregnant and other fun
topics. www.mybabychat.com
- OV-Watch is proud to sponsor www.howigotpregnant.com,
a new blog for women to share their success stories and offer advice to women
trying to conceive. If you want to share your story of success or your ongoing
journey to motherhood, please feel free to visit
www.howigotpregnant.com.
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- Our May 1st online chat
hosted by the American Fertility Association with Dr. Bates was very helpful in
answering questions on Optimizing Fertility with Ovulation Detection see the
full transcript here
- We will
be doing one question a newsletter on ask the doctor email Lexie at Lexieann@ovwatch.com
- If you have specific
questions regarding PCOS please email Lexie at Lexieann@ovwatch.com and include
in the subject line PCOS Q& A. We will
be doing a virtual seminar with Dr. Bates on PCOS in the near future.
July's Q &A
Dr. Bates,
I am using opk's,
charting my BBT and using the OV-Watch. All three are coming up with different
ovulation dates. What would cause this? Amanda
Amanda,
All three of those methods of
ovulation detection are testing different things. While LH urine kits look for
the presence of lutenizing hormone in the urine 12-36 hours before ovulation,
and BBT tells you a temperature rise after ovulation has occurred, OV-Watch
detects the chemical surge of chloride ions on the skin approximately 6 days
before you ovulate, which is an earlier predictor of a woman’s fertility.Urine sticks predict
ovulation by detecting your LH surge. That surge typically comes about
24 hours before you ovulate. If you did not get a positive on your urine
sticks, you are part of the 30% of women that don't from time to time. In
fact, urine testing for the LH surge may miss ovulation in up to 1/3 of
women (23- 32%) and 1 in 10 women (9.7%) may see false
positive results. “Even if the LH surge identifies a day with
good probability of conception, the brief window of time identified,
prospectively limits the opportunity to have multiple acts of intercourse
before ovulation.”
If you are taking
your temperature to find when you have ovulated, the rise in temperature only
indicates that you have ovulated. No conceptions have been documented in the
medical literature on the day after ovulation. In fact, recent evidence
indicates that charting your temperature is a highly inaccurate means to
detect ovulation. The lowest point of the temperature and
subsequent rise may occur up to 6 days before ovulation but can also
be seen 4 days after ovulation when there is not a chance of pregnancy.
Good Luck,
Dr. Bates
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recent OV-Watch news clips
OV-Watch is pleased to announce our collection of "blinkies" you can
add to your e-mail and help spread the word about OV-Watch. To access the
collection,
- Go to www.photobucket.com.
- Enter user name: ovwatch.
- Enter password: ovwatch2007.
- In the middle of the page,
click on "ov-watch blinkies."
- Select your favorite/s and
use them.
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Update your OV-Watch for Summer
If you're currently an
OV-Watch customer, we'd like to give you a special gift: our latest OV-Watch
absolutely free. When you call 1-866-ovwatch to order your next package of
sensors, tell the customer service rep that you want to participate in the
watch exchange program. We'll ship your sensors and new watch to you ASAP.
That's all there is to it -- our way of saying "thanks" for being a
customer.
July Special Offer
Buy Fertility Predictor Value Kit 3 and get $25 off
and a free sensor valid only at www.ovwatch.com.
through July 15th use promo code 25free1
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your story: We'd love to
hear how OV-Watch has helped you conceive.
- If you've got a comment on
the newsletter or an idea for a story, please share
it with us. Chances are that if you'd like to read about a particular
topic, others would, too.
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