When I first started trying to get pregnant last year, I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I thought that just keeping track of my most fertile days of my menstrual cycle was enough. I'd never even heard of an ovulation fertility monitor before.

Boy, was I wrong.

It turns out, my cycle is somewhat irregular, so my hormones don't peak when I expect them to. I was way off on my Peak Fertility calculations.

So I started doing a little bit of research on the Internet. Actually, I did a lot of research. And I found out a lot more about getting pregnant with an irregular cycle than I realized even existed.

I got in touch with a mother of four children (I figured, hey, she's obviously had success!) who told me how she had gotten pregnant so many times with her irregular cycle.

Do you want to know her secret?

She used an ovulation fertility monitor.

Unlike a pregnancy test, which only tells you if you're pregnant, an ovulation fertility monitor helps you keep track of your high fertility and peak fertility days during your menstrual cycle.

So I decided hey, it can't hurt to try one myself. After all, I was at my wit's end trying to get pregnant for eight or nine months. Enough was enough - I obviously needed some help.

So I ordered an ovulation fertility monitor from Amazon for about $150. The minute it arrived in the mail, I gave it a try. Five minutes later, I got an accurate reading on my estrogen and Luteinizing Hormone levels. According to the ovulation fertility monitor, I should start trying to pregnant in just two days.

I followed the ovulation fertility monitor's readings to a "t." I feared I wouldn't have any success.

But then about three weeks later, I noticed a few changes in my body. Nothing serious, just something a little subtle. I took a pregnancy test and "Voila!" I was pregnant!