Charters Anonymous Volume 6. Charting and shagging our way to victory!

my ridiculous chart

Ordered some new batteries anyway £1.59 for 10 with free delivery so bound to be good at that price If LO isnt the battery then I have no idea why my chart is so strange. This morning forgot to take my temp (amazing I had stopped thinking about it) and was awake at least an hour before I remembered. Though really was awake an hour before my usual temp time but went back to sleep - oh dear!

Got my silver lining booked in anyway. Should be seeing gyn with results soon then af is due. So if its all bad news then at least I can have a few and let my hair down as have a night out arranged

no temp for me today, was up at about 1am with poor DS and his latest cold and didn't think there was much point taking it then. turned out i didn't get 2 hours sleep in a row after that, never mind 3!

in TMI news, my cervix does seem softer so should be eggulating soon. have been on the daily SWI again this cycle, think poor DH is traumatised...

FX for a later Bfp vintage.

vintage that is strange....maybe you could just be a late riser in pg hormones......shared a bottle with DH last night, no idea when i ended up taking my temp, think i fell asleep again before the alarm went and forgot to note down the results....thermo claims it was same as day before...hmmm... decided best to ignore it for today...oh well, it's not crucial time so it won't matter....

EPO, I seem to have mine as part of my Omega 3,6&9 supplement,122mg. Aware that i shouldn't take after ov, so will need to get some more pure Omega 3 tablets. If i cant get pg, at least I'll be super healthy

weimy then again, you might just be too busy with your pg and new baby

Sorry about AF AuntieD :(

Hi scrummy

Well just did a test (not FMU) and a BFN. Dunno what's going on - maybe being ill messed my cycle up. Will test again if nothing in a few days. Think I will have a glass of vino tonight to commiserate.

Hi auntied I've been doing lots of googling about tests (and Dr Google might not be reliable..) but the impression I get is that day 3 tests are better for FSH and LH? Day 21 tests are more about the progesterone (which you should definitely get back from the GP). Have you had day 3 tests?

EPO - if you do a MN search there are a few posts about this. I think it would be regular dose (one capsule) every day until you ov and then you would stop.

Sorry about AF auntied also I have been taking 500 somethings I think.

welcome back scrummy! No news about job and no real back up plan but I can examine during the summer.

Showing as 4dpo because I fibbed about my 1 dpo temp

Evening all! Back from hols, all nice and relaxed (sorry for gloating ). i was hoping I'd come back for some positive news, and there it was - A BIG congratulations Truffkin, I had a feeling about you.
Welcome to MrsS and Molly!
MrsA glad to see you're still with us. I was really sad to read about your difficult birth though. Being your first too, must have been scary. Not at all surprised that you feel apprehensive. I do hope that this time will be different.
I've known from start it doesn't always go to plan (i apparently nearly killed myself and my mum and we both still carry the battle scars - she could never conceive again and i've got on-going respiratory problems, which by the way is the reason I temp vaginally, which in turn might explain my higher temps). Sorry, didn't mean to scare anyone....
I also learned over the weekend that my mum gt menopause at 40! I'm 38! So the panic button was hit, but i must have been psychic, as I'd just ordered home FSH tests, so jumped at it this morning - BFN! (yes, got a little home lab going here)
weimy still keeping my FX for you for your job. Have you got a plan B?
jaggy keep up the relaxation work!
vintage just stalked your chart, i think its time to POAS!
MrsD really hope you'll get your BFP this month!
auntied if we don't get our BFP this month, I'll be going through what you are now. I hope you get your results quick

Off to watch OBEM. Glad to be back! www.fertilityfriend.com/home/Scrummybumb

Sorry AF arrived AuntieD. I'm sure your results will be back soon.

Hello all
I temp at the same time on week days unless I have to get to work early - weekends are a different picture.
I guess I'll just have to see if my temps go up tomorrow or the day after as I think ov was today.

Hello

How are you all?
My chart www.fertilityfriend.com/home/332dc0 has been all over the place this month. Gawd knows what is going on

Anyone got any BFPs?

Gah... I am really annoyed (and unnecessarily so!)

I had Day 21 bloods done last week and phoned the GP practice today to get the results. Receptionist tells me they are all normal, so I start cheering and then think that it would be a good idea to ask for a printed copy of the results.... then I sen the DH to collect the printout.

So, he arrives home with the papers and I find that all the results are there except the hormone tests... LH, FSH, progesterone, testosterone & oestrogen... ie. the ones I really need to know about! So, I phone the surgery back and apparently they have no record of the other results so I am assuming they are not yet back.

So, now I have gone from feeling happy about normal results to panicking about what the rest of them say.

Also, stupid AF arrived today.

On a completely separate issue. I am thinking about taking Evening Primrose Oil this month which I think is meant to increase EWCM. Do any experts know how much I should take and how often?

Ta for listening ladies :D

Hi mrsden - I've been really rubbish at taking my temps at the same time each day this cycle. I've had quite a lot of late nights recently, and wasn't sure whether it was better to take temps at the same time each day, or after the same number of hours sleep - so I went for the latter. But that, combined with some boozy nights (I did try to stick to the 2-units-per-week rule, but spectacularly failed this cycle!), has probably resulted in the weirdo chart.

Welcome molly I think it can take a while sometimes for hormones to get back to normal after stopping contraception so that might explain your chart. Also, are you being consistent in taking your temp at the same time every day? Because taking at different times or after different amounts of sleep can really affect temps in some people, in others it has no difference. And alcohol or some medication can affect temps too.

Welcome molly ! I'm not too sure what to make of your chart , but there are lots of very clever people here who will be able to make suggestions :)

See www.fertilityfriend.com/home/33debd if you want a laugh!

Hi all,

Can I join? DP and I are TTC#1, on cycle 1 of trying (but cycle 2 of charting). shakes hands all round, kisses cheeks, introduces self etc

Apparently 'Lo' just means the thermometer is ready to use (www.babyhopes.com/digital-basal-thermometer.html). I had the coil removed in January, and for the first month, my chart was fine - clear temperature shift and ERTD 15 DPO - which was a real relief, as I'd been on the pill before that and hadn't had "real" AFs for over a decade. But this month, my chart has gone INSANE. Temps all over the place, from 35.8 one day to 36.8 the next. Should have ovulated 3 days ago, and had one day of temperature rise, but they went right back down after that. Poor DP is getting a bit weary of me leaping on him at every opportunity! :) I just hope it's only my body getting used to no contraception, and that things will settle down in a bit....

Bossy mine flashes low too but I didn't think it was refering to the battery, not sure what tho

FX vintage

Don't even look at my chart it's terrible, apparently having a low battery can affect accuracy and mine has been flashing LO since the day I got it avoided buying a new battery out of principle with it being new but will have to find the instructions and see what kind I need. Regardless of that though if theres an egg and swi then it doesnt matter what the chart says

level are you being consistent about when you take your temps? If not that might explain why your temps are so up and down. I find even 30 mins makes a difference to mine, so I have to take it at exactly the same time every day. I think it affects some people more than others.

I've just got to hotel in San Jose. No AF yet and I didn't buy a test. Will find a chemist in a couple of days if no sign.
Bit shattered so will catch up with you properly tomorrow x

ooh I'm by it too level

Hello everyone. Congrats to the BFPs!

My charts go up and down too much. I pretty much only got mine to show ov by discarding a out a whole load of high temperatures.

What does anyone think??

www.fertilityfriend.com/home/level

Sorry AF got you ifatfirst and mrsden - though mrsden like you I was just glad when AF finally showed up. The extra wait this month just prelonged the agony...

Sorry about temp drop auntied and the tears - I've been very tearful all weekend. Sometimes the sadness (hormones?) just gets a bit overwhelming

Any news from vintage?

And belated congrats to truffkin!

My day 3 tests were delayed by pesky AF so only did them today. Should get results back by the end of the week. Has anyone else had them done? Not really sure what to expect and am a little nervous about finding out whether there is a reason I haven't managed to get upduffed.

jaggy I will try and not poas with you! Lost count how many months I really really felt sure it was going to be bfp, so sure I have poaEXPENSIVEs!

Im going to have to look at TCOYF again as not even FF has a chart that looks remotely like mine! Could be a gradual temp increase maybe. I think I probably have ovulated but might make the effort again tonight