Special Report: Baby Blues

Thirty-three year old Lisa Hurwitz has two beautiful daughters.But a year ago when she and her husband wanted to expand their family she had trouble getting pregnant.

Lisa Hurwitz
"When you really want to have a baby, sometimes it's hard when it doesn't happen right away."

Lisa tried ovulation predictor sticks but they didn't really help.

Lisa Hurwitz
"They weren't working, sometimes the line isn't clear, sometimes it's a fake line, and you don't know if that means if you are ovulating or you aren't ovulating."

That's when a friend recommended the Clearblue Fertility Monitor.

Just like ovulation sticks it uses a urine sample.The difference: you calibrate it with your information, and it's easier to read.

Lisa Hurwitz
"It shows you one block for low fertility, two blocks for high fertility, and three blocks with an egg for peak fertility. So when you get to the three blocks with an egg, in the next 24 to 48 hours, you'll ovulate."

Dr. Hope Ricciotti says, her patients who have used the monitor have been very successful.

Dr. Hope Ricciotti, Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Center
"There's a little more guess work with the sticks and while I definitely highly recommend the sticks, the monitor again, it just takes another level of guess work out."

Dr. Hope Ricciotti, Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Center
"I think especially for women who are older, you don't want the reason you're not getting pregnant is because you're missing ovulation."

But the monitor has one major drawback, it's price tag. The price tag for the monitor is $200.00 $50.00 for the sticks.But for Lisa says it was worth every penny.

Lisa Hurwitz
"I'm very luck, I don't know if it works in the first month for everyone, but I do know that it does work and it just takes a lot of frustration away from people when they really want to have a baby."

The Clearblue Fertility Monitor is available over the counter at most drug stores. As for Lisa, she is expecting a baby boy any day now.