PULSE BIOLOGICAL WATCH.

`Honey, my watch says it's time to ... make a baby.'' You could be speaking -- or hearing -- those words, if only you had the OV-Watch fertility predictor, which looks like a normal runner's-type digital watch but instead tells women the six days per month during which they're primed for pregnancy.

Forget those nasty urine sticks or the ultra-traditional temperature-taking method. Those methods can miss the critical four-day period before ovulation, also known as prime time for making babies, according to device-maker HealthWatchSystems.

How does it work? The OV-Watch uses a patented biosensor, which detects chloride ions in a woman's sweat. (You do sweat, don't you? Trust me, you do.)

Studies have shown that these telltale ions surge three days prior to the estrogen surge, four days prior to the luteinizing hormone surge (which is detected in urine tests) and five days prior to ovulation, collectively known as prime fertility time.

In fact, according to research done at Duke University, 66 percent more pregnancies occur, on a monthly basis, for women using the OV-Watch as compared to those relying on the old-fashioned urine sticks.

The catch? It may look like a Timex, but the OV-Watch costs $189, which includes a three-month supply of ion sensors. But considering the price of fertility treatment at a doctor's office, that's small change. And you can be sure the guy in your life will be intrigued by a digital watch that says, ``It's time to do it.''

And for those moments when you don't want nosy co-workers, neighbors, store clerks and mothers-in-law to know you're ``Fertile,'' as the watch display reads, a push of a button turns the OV-Watch into a traditional timepiece, so you won't be late for ... oh, never mind.

Available at Amazon.com, Drugstore.com, and OVwatch.com.

-- Steven Rosenberg

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