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.