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May 22nd, 2012
anneliduh
| 10:43 am - new and ovulation date interpreting
Hello all, I have been following this community for the last four-ish months since I found out about FAM, although I have just now joined. Besides reading the majority of the archives and TCOYF, I have done as much research as possible. With that consideration, I have been charting since February even though I was still on Depo-provera until the beginning of March. Since then I have had an anovulatory cycle (23 days) and two ovulatory cycles. First ovulation was cd 17 with an lp of 10 days. Wanting to find out my normal but still maintaining caution, I have been charting on paper and on Fertility Friend and Ova Ova. I was inclined to agree with Fertility Friend for ovulation on this particular cycle, but would love some or any input possible.
Here are the links:
https://members.ovaova.com/shared/458/4Kt8ZwsM
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3b79ab
Neither is showing that I started having tender breasts cd 18 which may be relevant. Also, the EW on cd 20 was poor quality compared to other days this cycle, although I could stretch an inch, it was thicker and more opaque and did not feel as slippery, and most of that day consisted of sticky CF anyway but ova ova emphasizes documenting most fertile fluid of the day regardless. And I'm still likely to be off due to coming off birth control. Feel free to ask any more details that may assist in determining my ovulation date.
Thanks for any insight you can offer. :)
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May 9th, 2012
The Coexist Cafe [thecoexistcafe.com]
 | 10:11 am - Why the crosshairs?
I'm 4DPO today, and today's temperature reading made FF draw dashed crosshairs on my chart. They were solid yesterday, so I was wondering if y'all would happen to know why they would change.
FWIW, I only tracked temps and BDing this month, so no other CP or CM to go by.
Thanks!
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April 16th, 2012
kshea333
 | 11:06 am - cervical mucus ambiguity
Hi all,
I'm new to this blog, so feel free to direct me to a past post if this is a common question or was covered recently.
I'm on my 7th month off the pill, which I was on for 11 years previously. Just over the last couple months my cycle's started to get more regular, and I actually have a somewhat regular length luteal phase now so I think my cycle is heading in the right direction. I'm TTA but was just tired of being on synthetic hormones and wanted to try something more natural. My partner and I are still using condoms, just b/c I like two forms of BC and aren't super confident I'm doing FAM correctly yet, but I had a question that maybe people here could answer and I could start feeling more confident about this method.
My main question is about cervical mucus. I have some trouble distinguishing between sticky, wet/creamy, and eggwhite. If it's really obvious EW, then it's clear, but sometimes the creamy can still stretch a little bit, or the EW feels sticky as it's stretching. There are definitely days when I feel dry or very sticky that I can tell I'm not fertile then, but most days I feel wet. Even if the mucus is sticky, I still feel some wetness and then am surprised when I go to check and the consistency doesn't match the feeling. Or other times I'll have a few days of very clear creamy and/or EW and be sure I'm fertile, yet my temperature doesn't rise for another few days and I'm sticky/dry until it rises.
Have others had this feeling or this chart pattern? Is it not as clear cut as the reading material makes it sound?
Any information on accurately charting cervical fluid would be very helpful, including techniques for checking or ways to remember (b/c sometimes I only remember a couple times a day and it feels dry even though maybe at other parts during the day there was something different but I missed it).
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April 8th, 2012
lauralareine
 | 01:46 pm - Window of time for thermal shift after end of EWCM?
This is my second month charting off the pill, and I have a question. What is a typical amount of time between the end of EWCM and the thermal shift? The day before yesterday I had a TON of EWCM and my temperature was 36.45 (Centegrade). Yesterday my temperature was 36.30 and I had only a little EWCM. Today I'm back to sticky mucus, so it would seem that yesterday was my Peak Day. Because of that it would have seemed logical for me to have my thermal shift this morning too. But instead this morning my temperature was down to 36.25. Is this normal?
(Sorry I don't have a chart to post! I chart on paper.)
I should mention that my fiancé and I are abstaining until I get the hang of this, so there was no semen that I might have mistaken for EWCM. I had a very obvious temperature shift last month so I did ovulate last cycle, but my CM was still so screwed up from coming off the pill that it was sticky all month. This is my first crack at figuring out how temping and CM work together.
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March 29th, 2012
amanda_ovaova
 | 03:14 pm - Ova Ova Fertility Charting
Hi There!
I'm new to Live Journal, and am still figuring out how everything works. I thought I would create my first post under the FAM page because it's something I'm very passionate about.
I recently founded Ova Ova, a new fertility charting website. To keep it short, Ova Ova offers a modern, user friendly charting resource for women either looking to achieve a pregnancy or use natural birth control.
Anyways, I thought I would introduce myself to the group. If anyone has ANY fertility-related questions, please feel free to send me a message. I'd love to help out if I can.
Cheers,
Amanda
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March 23rd, 2012
lauralareine
| 01:13 pm - Temps not dropping with menstruation
Hello all!
This is my second month charting and the first period I've had since I went off the pill. Right now I'm four days into my period and my temperatures haven't dropped at all. They have stayed firmly in the same post-ovulatory range as last month's cycle.
I know that TCOYF says it's normal for temperatures to stay elevated for a little while into your period but I thought they'd go down by now. My fiancé and I have been abstaining while I get the hang of charting so I can't be pregnant. I do have a nasty cold, so could that be it? I haven't had a fever but I guess it could have elevated my temperatures a bit.
Does anyone else have experience with this?
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oceansolitude
 | 06:13 am - Low temps
I just started charting again after quite a break for various reasons. I started to freak out that my pre-o temps have been 96.9-97.1, lower than they were when I charted previously by about .2 degrees. I have had my thyroid tested multiple times and it has always been normal, but I was starting to get worried I might be getting thyroid issues. I then realized that I am waking up fairly early (5:30) and used to temp at 6:30.
Am I right in assuming that the temp change is only because it is earlier in the morning? TYCOF said that your temp can rise .2 degrees every hour. Does it work in reverse too?
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March 16th, 2012
majortom_thecat
 | 01:38 pm - eating kelp, longer cycle
Hi! I'm wondering if anyone has experience with eating kelp to lengthen their luteal phase? I've been munching on a little dried kelp every day for the iodine. It helps with fibrocystic breasts. I haven't been taking my temperature so I don't have exact science here, but my cycles are usually about 23 days and I usually feel that I have my peak fertile days by day 11 or 12, going by fluid, which used to neatly match ovulation on my chart when I was temping. The eggwhite always dried up with the temperature rise after the dip. So I usually have about an 11 or 12 day luteal phase after peak fluid.
This cycle, I'm on day 28 and and had my last egg white fluid 16 days ago. Could kelp have that big an affect that quickly? Pregnancy is not ruled out. My birth control method is basically scar tissue (tubal cautery) about 8 years ago. Thanks!
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March 10th, 2012
lauralareine
| 09:39 am - No CM change after coming off HBC
Hello all!
I'm new to charting - I started doing it on February 6th and went off the birth control pill on February 15th. Since then I've watched my temperatures get back to normal and I had a very clear thermal shift on March 7th. (So yay! I'm glad I'm ovulating again!)
However, I have a bit of a problem. I've been keeping track of my CM and CP since I started charting, but there has been no change in either. (I used to keep track of them before I went on the pill, so I know what the differences used to be.) The CM has stayed rubbery and tacky and my cervix remains low and closed.
Is this just from going off the pill? I've read that it can take a while for things to get back to normal. I was only on HBC for two months, but I guess that's enough time for it to have an effect. My boyfriend and I plan to use FAM to TTA but there's not much point if I have no CM change to track.
(I should add that he and I are abstaining until we get the hang of this charting business.)
Thanks everyone!
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March 6th, 2012
recuntulous
 | 06:34 pm - Funny Chart!
Hi there!
I've been using FAM for 4 years and have never been pregnant. I'm not afraid I'm pregnant now, I just wanted to share a funny thing my chart has been doing lately, which is looking really really "triphasic" or even quad-phasic this month. Ha. It's like I've been ovulating in steps, which was really exaggerated this month, so I decided to share! Does anybody else do this? I know, I know, I don't temp every day, but I also don't have a lot of sex either (two busy people here), and if we use a condom we're very careful.
Also, if anybody charts on paper and is sick of printing a new chart every month or wants to chart on paper but doesn't have a printer, it's really not that hard to write your own chart up in one graph paper notebook you can buy for less than $2!
( Chart after the cut )
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