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Old January 28th, 2009, 02:48 PM
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I purchased MB about 2mths ago and was not impressed with it at all I used it everyday as the instruction said to so as you can tell the changes and whether you are ovulating or not but through the cycle there was ferning appearing everywhere mostly only on half of the lens and when I was meant to be ovulating I was seeing dots it was so unpredictable I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Any suggestions on what does work????I am trying for a boy.
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Old February 6th, 2009, 09:29 AM
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Perhaps I should have read looked into it a bit before buying a 'Maybe Baby'....

I too am struggling to figure it out. I seem to have ferning everyday without fail, it looks the same whether it's in the morning or evening, but I'm yet to see any dark full ferns. Well at least I think I am? I tried having a quick look on google the other day to see if I could find any examples of photos of what ferning looks like or something similar, but no luck. Does anyone know where I might find such a thing? Although, now that I'm writing this I suppose I could email 'Maybe Baby' and ask them.

I think I've now tried everything I can think of except for a fertility specialist. So perhaps I might have to give in and head down that route.
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Old February 11th, 2009, 02:33 PM
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Hi to all
Im really unsure where to go from here weve been trying for bubbz now for 2 years thought MB would be the way to go but reading this i think not...
Im bit confused with all the letters what does CPK etc mean.. sorry but im really wanting a baby and needing some tips . Thankyou for your time all. x
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Old February 14th, 2009, 09:20 PM
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Hi, all,

I've been using MB for about two months now, and this month, like last month, have had 'full on ferning' daily, since a few days after I thought I ovulated. That is, I had nothing, just rocks, then a few days of ferning, a few transition days, and then I've been ferning for about 4 days now. Has anyone else experienced this?

A friend of mine has been using it for the same amount of time and has only had one day in two cycles which looked to her anything like ferning, but nothing as clear as mine, so we are both pretty confused at this point. When you have it, though, ferning is very definite, but it does very much depend on the amount of saliva you put on the lens. Not too much, but more than a smear, and you do need to let it dry a lot longer on most days (depends how hot it is) than 10-15 mins. If you want to see some image examples of what ferning looks like, do a Google search for 'ferning' and then choose to limit the search to Images.

My husband also used the MB once and showed clear and strong ferning, so we're not sure whether testosterone also crystallises when dry in a fern pattern?!!

In any case, OPKs don't seem to give me a clear result, so I have just purchased a Clearblue Fertility Monitor (which analyses both LH and Estrogen) via Ebay and sure hope that it works as well as everyone says it does!

Good luck to everyone.

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Old May 1st, 2009, 07:10 PM
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Maybe Baby is a load of ****e! what a waste of $70!!!! i havent spoken to one person for who it has worked....
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Old June 7th, 2009, 10:00 AM
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Hi All, I just bought this. Doesn't sound like it's had a good review. I'll give it a go though.
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Old June 12th, 2009, 04:04 PM
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I was sold MB by an extremely enthusiastic lady in a pharmacy. She basically told me it was fantastic, so I was all excited when I bought it. I think it's rubbish, personally. At least, it doesn't seem to be working for me. I get full ferning on days that I know I'm not O'ing, and nada when I think I am! This month I used both MB and OPK to see if there was a difference, and got a positive with the OPK on day 18, around about when I'd expect it, and nothing from MB! I'm really disappointed in it, cos it sounds so good, and it's pretty expensive...
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