Ovu-Tech
Fertility Detector
(Saliva Method)
For years we have been trying to locate a
fertility awareness product that was briefly available and then disappeared
from the market.
Now it's back and we'd like to offer it to our
readers because we believe it is one of the simplest, and most effective and
reasonably priced products a woman can use to enhance her awareness of her
cycles. The Ovu-Tech can be useful if:
- You're trying to become pregnant.
- You're trying to avoid pregnancy.
- You want to determine whether you're ovulating.
- You want to enhance your awareness of your menstrual cycles.
During a woman's menstrual cycle, there are only
about three days when her egg is available for fertilization. Sperm can
survive up to 72 hours (3 days) in the vagina and uterus, so if sexual
intercourse occurs up to three days before a woman is fertile, she can still
potentially become pregnant. Thus, there are about six days per month (3
days prior to fertility, and 3 days of fertility) that a woman can conceive.
When tracking the days of the menstrual cycle, the
first day of menstruation, or bleeding, is called day 1 of that cycle. The
cycle ends when the next period begins, anywhere between day 17 and 35 (with
most women it's around day 28). The egg may become available for
fertilization by sperm at anywhere from day 3 to day 14 of the cycle. Thus,
if a woman can identify those few days when she is fertile, she can prevent
or enhance conception.
It is scientifically well-established that hormones
filter into saliva and that during fertility a ferning pattern can be seen
in saliva under a microscope. Just prior to or during fertile days the
sample will typically resemble "ferns," while during non-fertile days, only
random and shapeless dots will be visible.
The Ovu-Tech is a hand-held mini-microscope about
the size and shape of a lipstick holder. If you want to check whether you
may be fertile you simply:
- Make sure you haven't had anything to eat or drink for 20 minutes.
- Put a small amount of saliva on the lens and allow it to dry.
- Insert the lens into the microscope and push a little button to
illuminate the lens.
If you are just about to become fertile or if you
are fertile, you will easily see a beautiful crystalline ferning pattern
under the microscope. This is an easy and convenient way for you to monitor
your hormonal changes and enhance your awareness of your menstrual cycle. If
you track your cycles and fertility on a calendar, soon you will have a keen
awareness of where you are in your monthly cycle, and what is happening
hormonally in your body.
Cycle awareness can be especially helpful for women
who tend to have anovulatory cycles (no ovulation occurs and thus there is
infertility, and no progesterone is made). If you know that you haven't
ovulated in any given cycle, and thus your ovary won't be producing
progesterone, you can then supplement with progesterone that month and avoid
estrogen dominance symptoms such as PMS.
The ovulation kits that measure hormones in urine
to determine fertility tend to be expensive, messy, and can only be used
once. In contrast, at the cost of not much more than one ovulation kit, the
Ovu-Tech can be used over and over, and has a lifetime manufacturer's
warranty.
Whether you are trying to conceive, avoid
conception, or just determine each month when or whether you are ovulating,
the Ovu-Tech is an important and useful tool for fertility awareness. |
