Anyone not sure what their body is doing and when they are ovulating ect, and what to join me?

I'm going to start calling you Dr. Bananas. You're very helpful. I truly don't know where to start.Think I might log on to Fertility Friend....my really long cycle is just a pain and I feel so depressed about the whole thing.

thanks claire, i thought having a baby was easy too! how much harder is it when you really have to try?! lol...all those years trying to avoid getting preggers and now i want to be (again )..so does cd 1 start first day of period or last day? ie day one a new cycle, see i told you i was useless!

cd = cycle day. I think.
Luckily getting a bfp doesn't depend on knowing all these abbreviations. I thought you just had lots of sex & along came a bfp. Shows what I know.

girls im so silly i dont even know what cd means??? help!!!! what chance have i got for a bfp!!!! lol x

AnnasBananas I'd noticed my discharge reappearing having stopped taking the pill 4 weeks ago & assumed that was a sign of things getting back to normal so thanks for clarifying for me. Don't think there's any such thing as TMI on threads like this is there.

Your body gives you some clear signs before you ovulate, so that is something to start looking for especially if you have had something happen to reset'' your cycle eg implant removed, stopping bc pills or having a miscarriage (Sorry to hear your news, Barbie )

Firstly, sorry if this is TMI ladies...but right before ovulation your cervical mucus (discharge) will become clear, slippery and stretchy and will have the appearance of raw egg white. This will happen in the few days before ovulation. When the cervical mucus is at its most watery and abundant that is your most fertile period, and will be 1-2 days before ovulation. If the egg does not become fertilised you can expect to get your period in roughly two weeks from that date. So even if you don't know where you are in your cycle you can still look for these signs which will not only alert you to ovulation period but also when to expect your period.

Hormonal methods of birth control which stop ovulation eg the pill, implants, depo etc also stop this cervial mucus, so it wasn't something I had ever remembered as I had been on the pill for 12 years continuously.

Although following miscarriage and/or stopping birth control it can take anything up to six weeks for ovulation to occur so you may not see your first period for anything up to eight weeks.

Hi Barbie.. Welcome! Sorry to hear about ur m/c . Im so glad im not the only one not knowing about cycly length or ovulation!! Least not i know im not the only one who aint got a clue lol x
Good luck also x

hello lovely ladies, can i tag along too? just had a mmc at 11 weeks but will be looking to try again as soon as af shows up! i have no idea when i ovualate, the signs to look for or in fact even the lengh of my cycle, im so stupid! had a coil fitted 3 years ago and no bleeding since, had i removed 17th may this years 2 weeks prior to my wedding and then found out we were pregnant on the 30th june without really trying or having a af, so know im going to wait until first full cycle and try again but in the mean time im going to stick around to find out how too!!!!

that is v nice of you LMM. ty! just goes to show how clueless i was//am - due date calculated for may. hiya gem and goodluck!

It's nice to know I'm not the only one with no idea when they're ovulating or likely to see AF. With ds I got pregnant really quickly so never had AF or had time to worry about it.

Can I join?

I', also TTC #2 but i only had my implant removed on wed 10th september so i have no idea when i might ovulate or have AF (which is pretty useless?)

Im hoping my friend who has just found out that she is pregnant rubs off some of her luck on me lol. x

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Congratulations swottybetty. Hopefully you're the first of many.

psssttt... its tyaca with a new name. 'fraid i'm loving you and leaving you. two more tests and both BFPS [grins]. i reckon you uys have lucky charmed me. gl and i shall be checking in xx

rislip

Any spotting between periods should be investigated further to ascertain the cause. Its often not serious (it may be cervical erosion).

I know 12 friends, I kid you not. Actually 11 friends and my sister in law. Who always swore not to have kids!!! Anyway, I'm glad to see there are others here who don't understand all the terminology on the other threads.

Thanks Annas....I will start doing the temp way too. I have this really long and terribly unpredictable cycle. If not TMI, I get a few days of spotting before my full on period always starts. This is only new so I wonder what the hell it means.

LMM

PCOS does not ever go away. This will need careful management as well as the endometriosis (as this can also recur).

As you have two diagnoses to date I would seek medical help from a gynae sooner rather than later.

Here's the link, copy and paste it is the 'Charting Basic's tutorial and is very useful.

www.fertilityfriend.com/Presentations/ChartingBasics/

By the way you don't have to buy an expensive kit, a basic digital oral thermometer is all you need to temp, then just either write it down on a piece of paper or enter into fertility friend...hey presto.

No such thing as a stupid question either when you are just trying to achieve your dream...

Ladies, I have been where you all are!! I spent 13 months TTC'ing my first dd in 2003-2004 just went at it randomly for the first six months then my BF suggested learning fertility awareness which was like a lightbulb going off over my head. Learnt it, followed it and conceived dd 7 months later. It took only 4 months using this method to conceive dd2. Now I'm using it in reverse as a contraceptive, ie natural family planning (don't laugh it does actually work!!)

The luteal phase is the second half of your cycle and is measured from ovulation until the first day of your period and (generally) is 12-16 days an average is 14 days. Luteal phase length can have a bearing on fertility as a short luteal phase (less than 10 days) can be an indicator of low levels of progesterone which can make it difficult for the fertilised egg to implant.

The whole charting/temping thing may seem like a road you don't wish to go down but it's not difficult, it's free and I always felt at least I'm doing something towards TTC while I was waiting for a referal to the RE, it turned out I didn't need it anyway. What you learn about your fertility is invaluable.

One recommendation I would make is the website Fertilityfriend.com it's brilliant and FREE. You can enter your temperatures each day and it will show you on a graph when you have ovulated and therefore when you should be most fertile next month. It uses many factors such as body temperature, cervical fluid, cervix position and you can even enter your OPK results on it as well. It's very clever. There is also a 'tutorial' on there you can click on it gives a very easy to understand lesson on your cycle and when you are most fertile.

In a nutshell, your temperature increases after ovulation and stays at this (slightly) higher rate until your period, so if you take your temp every morning you will clearly be able to see when you ovulated.

I am happy to answer any questions I am passionate about fertility awareness and natural family planning!!