Pregmate 50 Ovulation and 20 Pregnancy Test Strips

We got this kit a year ago to help my husband and I start a family. It worked excellent and helped me predict my ovulation. Both the ovulation and pregnancy tests it comes with are accurate. We had to have an ultrasound to test my ovulation once and the tests were spot on. Similarly, I used the pregnancy tests many times hoping I was pregnant and then they registered beautifully (several times to confirm) once I was pregnant (also confirmed with ultrasound). I was a few days (around 32 days of my cycle) and the pregnancy strips registered for me that early in the pregnancy. I used a small cup (disposable works great to reduce having to clean up) to collect a small bit of urine, followed the directions to dip the strip in for 5 minutes, dumped out the pee in the toilet, and set the strip flat on top of the cup just to keep things clean on my counter. All the strips seriously worked every single time. ***if the ovulation tests are showing you aren’t ovulating for over a month, talk to your doctor because it doesn’t mean the strips aren’t working...you’re just not ovulating. I’ve seen people complain that the strips don’t work because they aren’t registering when they’re ovulating. You’re just not ovulating, most likely. It’s not that uncommon and a doctor can help figure out why and hopefully solve why you aren’t ovulating. That being said, these strips are so helpful because they help you plan when to try (or I suppose avoid) getting pregnant, but they can also help detect if you’re not ovulating. Not ovulating obviously prevents you from being able to get pregnant. This is why my friend suggested these strips to me because it helped her find out they had been trying to get pregnant but that whole time she just wasn’t ovulating. I would also always confirm with several pregnancy strips that you are pregnant and then I never used a different test to confirm, but you could. After several positive pregnancy strip tests and being over a week late on my period, I set up an OB appointment to confirm the pregnancy. *People think these strips are too cheap to be accurate but I’ve worked in labs where these are very similar to how hospitals and other labs test pregnancy. They use very simple strips just like these. They’re great!

Using these strips is not as easy as just peeing in a cup and testing yourself. I had to do a lot of outside research to find out the best way to use them. I thought I got a box of duds because I kept getting negatives or ones that looked slightly dark but maybe I had too much water before taking it. And then one day - BAM! - no doubt about it; it was positive. I'm grateful for these strips because I found that I ovulate a LOT later (like a week later) than I thought I did. The other reviewer got it 100% spot on - when it's positive, you will know it! Here are some helpful tips I found from various TTC sites: 1. If you don't know when you ovulate, start testing yourself once a day beginning on the first day of your cycle. 2. Continue testing once a day until you get to about day 10 of your cycle. Switch to testing twice a day until you get a positive. This is because most women have a 28-day cycle, and ovulation typically occurs on day 14 give or take a day or two on each side. However, you may find out (like I did), that your cycle is longer or you ovulate later. 3. Most women surge at 8am and the hormone begins to be detectable 4 hours later in your urine. So when testing, test no earlier than 11am. For your second test, take it before 6pm. That seems to be the agreed end time of when the LH is best detectable. 4. Try to limit your intake of fluids 1-2 hours before you test. This is to minimize the risk that your urine is too diluted to detect the LH. I chose to start keeping a log in the off chance that I didn't get a positive for an entire cycle. I read on a few sites that if you don't get a LH surge after testing for 2 months, it's good to check in with your OBGYN to ensure there's nothing truly off with you. I wanted to make sure I kept a picture of each strip to show my doctor. The app in my picture is called Premom and is pretty easy to use - I'd recommend it if you decide to keep track of your results too. The best piece of advice I can give, as a control freak myself, is relax. It may seem like the tests are faulty, or that you're never going to get that positive, or that maybe there's something wrong with you and you're not producing enough LH (trust me, I went through all the emotions too!). But if you just keep with it, you'll get there! I wish you all the best of luck!

I love these test strips. Both the LH and the HCG test strips by Pregmate are easy to use, reliable, fast (results in 5 minutes), and affordable. Each test is individually sealed with its own desiccant (drying agent) to keep it fresh, and has instructions printed on each, individual test packaging, as well as 2 pamphlets inside the box (one for LH tests, and one for HCG tests) that go into greater detail, perfect for those unfamiliar with what a positive or negative test looks like in regards to the number of lines, present, and how dark they need to be. For a positive LH test, the test line needs to be as dark or darker than the control line, and for a positive HCG test, there just needs to be two lines present; it doesn't matter how dark or light they are. I highly recommend buying a pack of cheap 3 oz "bath cups." They work great with these tests, and a pack of 200 is usually under $4 if you purchase them locally, rather than online. Overall, these Pregmate tests are a great value. If you're wondering which brand to buy, save yourself time, and just buy these. Definitely two thumbs up from me!