Home pregnancy test sensitivity by test timing and cycle length with real-world use among pregnancy planners who conceived

The Mira fertility monitor's LH surge and urine E1-3G levels correlated strongly with the ClearBlue Fertility Monitor's LH surge and low-to-high shift in both postpartum and perimenopause transitions, supporting at-home urine hormone monitoring for fertility tracking.

Validating At-Home Urinary Hormone Measurements in Postpartum and Perimenopause Fertility Transitions — Bouchard et al., Women's health reports · source ↗

• urine
• self-collection
• validation
• fertility
• hormones

All five at-home urine ovulation predictor kits demonstrated high accuracy (92–97%) when compared with blood LH levels, though sensitivity varied widely from 38% to 77% with Clinical Guard the lowest. Patient experience was comparable across kits, though Clinical Guard was slightly less favoured for future use.

Similar accuracy and patient experience with different one-step ovulation predictor kits — Vanderhoff et al., Fertility and sterility (paywalled) · source ↗

• blood
• urine
• self-collection
• validation
• venous-agreement
• acceptability
• fertility
• hormones

This retrospective case series found that a protocol combining home-based urinary hormone testing with a smartphone application supported fertility management and family planning without unintended pregnancies. The findings suggest that integrating self-collected urinary data with digital tools offers a viable decentralised approach for ovulation prediction.

Helping Patients to Predict and Confirm Ovulation with the Use of Combined Urinary Hormonal and Smartphone Technology: A Proof-of-Concept Retrospective Descriptive Case Series — Leiva & Ecochard, Seminars in reproductive medicine · source ↗

• multimodal
• self-collection
• fertility
• hormones
• urine

In subfertile women, urinary microbiota profiles correlated strongly with vaginal profiles but contained fewer species, indicating that vaginal sampling is preferable for predicting fertility treatment outcomes.

Clinical Applicability of Microbiota Sampling in a Subfertile Population: Urine versus Vagina — Koedooder et al., Microorganisms · source ↗

• urine
• self-collection
• fertility
• microbiome

Quantitative at-home urine monitors clearly demarcated luteal phase transitions, luteinisation, progestation, and luteolysis, and identified anovulation across three clinical scenarios. This proof-of-concept suggests self-collected urine hormone measurements could help women target fertility interventions without clinic visits.

Using Quantitative Hormonal Fertility Monitors to Evaluate the Luteal Phase: Proof of Concept Case Study — Bouchard, Medicina · source ↗

• urine
• self-collection
• fertility
• hormones