Ovulation When:

Most women find it frustrating and inconvenient to target ovulation when you are trying to get pregnant. However, knowing when you ovulate is not as important as knowing the days before ovulation. That time period of maximum fertility is commonly called your fertility window. The probability of conception increases as one approaches the day of ovulation, with your cumulative probability of getting pregnant totaling 80% on the 4 days prior to ovulation. This is because sperm can live for 5 to 7 days in the reproductive tract ⁴ . Therefore timing intercourse appropriately before ovulation maximizes your chance of conception.
According to an article published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine, proper identification of your individual fertility window may shorten the time to conception from 6 months to one month for the majority of women (3 out of 4 women)^6,7.

OV-Watch Senses When Your Ovulatation Period Occurs

OV-Watch senses the chloride ion surge on the surface of your skin that comes approximately 6 days before you ovulate. That surge is an earlier indication of pending ovulation than LH. OV-Watch provides you your entire fertility window- the 4 days before and your time of ovulation.

Intercourse on the fertile days that OV-Watch provides doubles your chances of conceiving as compared to LH testing. The clinical trials for OV-Watch FDA 510K medical device clearance, conducted at Duke University and Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia, compared OV-Watch to the LH urine testing (since that was the only predicate device). The trial results concluded that OV-Watch is equivalent in predicting ovulation; however, this was only part of the results. Additionally, OV-Watch was shown to "provide the user with notice up to four days before ovulation during which the user may have the greatest chance of becoming pregnant".

That is why the cumulative conception rate is almost double with OV-Watch. To put it simply, 66% more pregnancies are estimated to occur by month 6 with OV-Watch over LH kits. Sandra Ann Carson, the President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine stated, “Although LH peaks accurately detect ovulation, they do not identify the pre-ovulatory fertile period. Up to two thirds of pregnancies are conceived at or prior to ovulation.” The OV-Watch is non-invasive and provides more notice for maximizing a couple’s chance of conceiving. This is in line with fertility experts' current thoughts that to maximum one's chance of conceiving, the sperm needs to be waiting for the egg (since sperm can live for up to 5 days in the genital tract and the unfertilized egg only lives for 12-17 hours5). OV-Watch’s ability to provide more notice also provides another distinct advantage: It lowers the stress level for a couple trying to conceive. Sometimes, that can make all the difference.

Learn more about when ovulation occurs and your changes of getting pregnant.

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