The process of getting pregnant is pretty straightforward. But the results of your actions don’t always give you the outcome you’re looking for. Attempting to figure out on your own when you are fertile enough to get pregnant during your menstrual cycle can be challenging at best and impossible at worst. The days are gone when you had to do this completely by yourself though, as many companies provide fertilization tests that monitor the different body fluids for fertility. Many women choose a urination test stick method while others monitor their cervical fluids. While both of these methods can have a high rate of accuracy in predicting levels of fertility so can a saliva ovulation monitoring system.

Knowing that your level of fertility is at its highest level by testing your saliva, getting pregnant becomes much easier. Saliva ovulation predictor tests have been around for years. Their rate of accuracy can be over 98%, depending on the brand, giving you an increased opportunity for conception. Some saliva-based systems such as the OvaCue Fertility Monitor, are designed with a small hand-held computer device and a sensor. Others, like a saliva-based fertility ovulation microscope such as the Fertile Focus are small lipstick tube-like devices which are simple in design but have a very high accuracy rate in determining when you are about ovulate.

Each month during your menstrual cycle your estrogen levels increase. At the beginning of your cycle your estrogen is very low, and testing your saliva indicates that. As you move toward ovulating in your cycle your estrogen level begins to increase in small incremental amounts, and can be seen or monitored in concentrated levels within your saliva. Saliva ovulation monitoring kits work by collecting saliva and either analyzing it or viewing it to see the increased levels.

The computer versions of saliva ovulation monitoring kits gathers the information, analyzes it and displays the results on a screen, predicting that you are either not fertile, fertile or ovulating at this time. Saliva ovulation microscopes require simply that you place a small amount of your saliva on the glass end of the microscope, and give it five minutes to dry. Once the saliva has dried, simply place the microscope up to your eye and look for design patterns in the dried sample.

If you see no distinguishable patterns in your dried saliva sample it indicates that you are still at the beginning of your cycle and not very fertile. Having sexual intercourse at this time would have a low probability of getting pregnant. If you see small somewhat leaf-like patterns beginning to appear in the dried sample this indicates that your levels of fertility are beginning to increase. Having intercourse at this time gives you a high probability of conceiving.

Within 24 to 72 hours of beginning your ovulation the concentrated levels of estrogen in your saliva have reached their highest peak. By taking an saliva ovulation test using your microscope at this time should show a very distinguishable crystallized “ferning” design pattern. The estrogen indicator should actually look like tiny little fern leaves throughout your dried sample. This indicates you at your highest level of fertility and should have sexual intercourse at this time should you desire to get pregnant.

Saliva ovulation monitoring systems are simple, accurate and easy-to-understand. They require no additional purchases of monthly test sticks or sensor pads for continual use. Both the computerized saliva-based ovulation test monitoring kit and the less expensive saliva ovulation microscope are both easily portable to be used anywhere throughout the day giving you an up-to-date results as to whether you are fertile enough to conceive or not.