TCOYF - follow on chart spotters thread

[MrsMcJnr]

Geek - how embarrassed am I? talk about teaching your Granny to suck eggs! so sorry. Does that mean though that you can solve my problem? I am trying to move my software to another computer without losing my past cycles, how can I move them?

Temp dropped by .3 this morning

Ready, I?ve had a look at your temps. They are so much easier to interpret if you just take one decimal place. I agree that you probably did OV on cd15 as all your temps after that have been higher and I would put your coverline at 36.15/36.2ish. So, your temps are still above your coverline and there is nothing to worry about on the temp front, even if it is lower than the previous days. You are only 13dpo so still early days. Hope that helps Try not to get too upset, it might be for nothing, hugs. You need to see what your own body does but the rule of thumb is that you add .1 for every ½ hour you under sleep and deduct .1 for every ½ hour you oversleep.

Greedy ? will go and have another closer look and come back.

3catstwo ? depends on the OPK. I?ve got all excited at a line before and then read that a faint line is a negative. Certainly is on the Boots ones. I?ll go and have a look at your chart too. Hope you feel better; migraines are so horrible aren?t they.

Greedy ? any reaons why that temp on Thurs 23/11 would be artificially high? Even if it was and you Ovd on Fri 24/11, you are still 14 or 16dpo today - remind me again, what is the norm for you cyclewise?

3catstwo ? do you think your earlier rising times have thrown your chart out? how annoying for you.

Snowydays - your chart is looking pretty exciting too!

Mrs - normal for me? good qu! i used to have 40 -45 day cycles before ds and dd, but since coming off the pill this time it took about 3 months for first af then 38 days, 30 days ,31 days and now THIS cycle.
just had heavier spotting but temp is still up. not sure how relevant it is taking temp at this time of day but i felt i had to check! i have also discovered another pg test at the bottom of my wardrobe, so i have 2, so as soon as my bladder refills i will be testing! i dont have any instructions though cos my friend gave them to me!
it isnt clear blue, not sure what make it is! i am assuming they all have similar instructions!

How do I round the temps to one decimal place? Up or down, or anything over.05 up and under.05 down?

Greedy - thinking of you and willing you to get that BFP!

Ready - always round down, I think! How are you?

Morning Ladies.

Sorry to see AF on your chart Greedy. Big hugs to you.

How is everyone doing?

Snowy, how long are your cycles usually?

Don't know what's going on with my temps this week. Everything points to Ov being on saturday but not temp rise on Sunday to prove it. By yesterday afternoon my cervix was low, closed and firm, so nothing more happening there (sorry if TMI).
Had EWCM late Friday night and sat morning. I'm sure it was Sat. Managed to BD only on Sat morning. DH is just so tired at the moment that this has been a poor cycle for BDing.
AF due on 21st so counting down now. My in laws are arriving on 23rd so I need to know by then as I won't feel comfortable finding out when they are here, either way.

It's a wet, dull and miserable day here.
No motivation to do anything at the moment. Christmas tree needles everywhere I look as DH picked up the tree yesterday. We kept changing our mind where it was going so we have a trail of needles. It looks lovely though. I just love the smell when I walk into the room.
I could sit by the tree and drink mulled wine all day (given the chance ).

Anyway enough of my rambling.

Big Hugs

Hi 3 cats what a festive pussy you are! I am right there with you by the tree sherry in hand!

Hi Greedy and Ready you ok?

I am happy with my chart this month it looks more normal using the software! Am also starting to think I may have stopped bd too early in previous months.

MrsMC how's your chart looking? I am off to see them all.

Hello ladies! So so so sorry MrsMcClaus, I'm obviously not as much of a geek as I thought, since I didn't actually notice this new thread until today . Though my excuse is that I've been trying NOT to go on mnet so much in the past week, and relax a bit instead.

So I'm heading into the fertile bit of my next cycle now. Expecting OV Saturday-ish, so looking forward to a week of BDing

Re moving your software MrsMcClaus (if you haven't already sorted this out)... Your past cycles are saved in a file called something.tcf so I think you need to find that file and copy it to the new computer. Then on the new computer run TCOYF, and hit "Search for existing database" in the File menu, and point it at that file. Note that I haven't tried this myself, so no guarantees, but if you haven't got that far yet, try it and let us know how you get on!

Sorry ladies, have to go so just a quick peek in here, Geek, such a relief to see you will post and check charts tomorrow x

hello all! i have finished sulking and i am back!
you look like you might have ov'd on sunday to me 3cats. that would be ok wouldnt it?
i wouldnt look at my chart for a while if i were you ladies cos it will be 36.4 36.4 36.4 36.3 36.4 till about march and then i might ovulate!
oh well, the joys of a long cycle!

geek - mrs was worried about you! she is a lovely caring lady isnt she

Hello again geek.
It took me a while to find the thread too.

Well I'm even more confused this morning.
I took my temp and was so pleased that it had finally gone up. Then did saliva test, thinking I know there will be no ferns - I was wrong, there were ferns.
Then checked CM, expecting to find a nice low firm cervix. No, it was so high I could only just reach. To my horror I had CM that could be classed as EW, not too sure, definately creamy though (TMI sorry). Now is it possible that my body got ready to Ov at the weekend but then didn't and is now having another go?
My peak day has moved to today.
I have no more OPKs so can't even try that one.
anyone got any ideas?

Will go chart spotting now.

Greedy and Geek hugs How are you getting on?

I am doing ok CD19 OV today chart looking better than previous ones but I want my temp to go up over the coverline tomorrow for it to make sense!

I might try to persuade DH to BD tonight just in case .

Oops crossed posts with you 3catstoo

It is confusing isn't it... I say go for it just in case. Peak looks very likely with the other signs. I am Peak today too!

We're both out tonight but maybe the earlier days are still up there

I think we may have been stopping bd too early. Its easy to tire dh out and make him feel like sperm factory so it's getting that balance I find hard. I'm off to look at the charts.

Het Catsoo I found your chart.. It's hard to tell... Maybe OV Monday and your body is playing tricks on you?
but have some fun tonight anyway

Hello all, thanks for worrying about me MrsMc, you're so sweet! I'm fine, just got so much other stuff on my mind that TTC is moving to the back burner a bit, at least until we're past Christmas.

SparklyTree - know exactly what you mean about BDing too much too early, I think we did that a couple of cycles ago. DH just couldn't cope with the idea of BDing AGAIN by the time we got to the day after OV! But then I told him that if he complained about BDing any more then I'd have to withhold conjugal favours for a couple of weeks while he recovered - that shut him up pretty quick So this cycle I'm only going to initiate it every other day, and hopefully keep at it until a bit later in the cycle.

3 cats.....go for it tonight too if you can both manage it, otherwise you will only regret it if you dont! it does get to be a chore sometimes doesn't it? i didnt ov till cd25 last month so we were going for it from cd11 ish and i got fed up in the end! not v. romantic hey!

snowy, my technophobic friend, your temp has gone up again today. yesterday didnt look good, but today looks good again!

Hello fellow chart-spotters...

Was wondering if someone could take a look at my chart and let me know what they think re. OV - it's my first proper month of charting and I got all depressed this morning because due to a) us being apart and b) us not getting on that well the BDing has been very low. Pouting this morning has since put only my second BD love heart on my poor little chart - but I'm not sure whether my temps mean much at the moment.

Had a weekend of late nights & drinking (not particularly well behaved!!) so didn't take my temp one day, and a couple of others recently have registered as disturbances.

Morning ladies.

Well I'm sad to say that we didn't manage to BD last night . We argued about the christmas tree instead! We rarely argue but this damn tree just won't stay in it's pot.
DH was tired and wanted to go to bed but I was afraid that if we left the tree it could fall on one of the children today as it's unstable. We've been sorting this tree out for the past 3 nights and we've both had enough. I could have thrown it out of the window last night. .

Now the s/w has moved Ov to Sunday (last). As you will see from my chart we only BD'd on saturday.

DH has a 2 hr journey to work and 2 hr journey home, everyday. He's only been doing it for 6 weeks but it's really taking it's toll.

Sorry had a bit of a rant.

Well I must go and chart spot now.

Back soon

Xmassycharlotte, your chart seems ok. Are you taking your temp at the same time each day?

I tend not to but then the s/w adjusts it and it seems to be fine.

It's still early days yet so keep going and see what happens.

How long are your cycles usually?

We've had a pretty poor month for BDing too. I'm sure everyone has an off month.
Once the s/w gets to know your cycle and you get to know when you are likely to Ov, it shouldn't be as stressful (easy to say, I know).
Although I still get stressed I feel I know my body and my cycle a bit better since charting. This is my 4th cycle of charting.
Christmas is stressful anyway so we're all probably getting a double dose of stress.

Snowy, your chart looks good today. Are we in for some good news? I do hope so. Fingers crossed for you.

Are you OK MrsMc? You've gone a bit quiet. We miss you when you disappear for a bit.

How are you doing Natty?
Are you busy over Christmas or will it be a peaceful one?

Love and babydust
3cats
xxxxxx

Hi We3cats...

Know how you feel when you're not doing enough BDing, or 'real life' gets in the way (I probably WOULD have thrown the tree out of the window, the way I feel right now!!)... that's kind of what we've been going through.

My dp is finding the pressure really hard; knowing how he SHOULD be feeling, and what we SHOULD be doing when we go to bed each night... it's not what he's used to and I think it might take a while to start to feel natural, doing 'it' TTC rather than just because we want to.

Hi 3 cats

I am well thanks, having a break from mn has done me the world of good, no tears when af arrived this month.

Aim to bd much more than we have been doing so am feeling more positive about this cycle. only on CD6 so am waiting to the weekend then aim for at least everyother day until CD23 ish maybe everyday if i can manage it and oH is willing.

Sorry have not had time to read through the thread, hope everyone is well.

xx

Sorry 3cats - our posts crossed! Thanks for looking at my chart.

Yes, I do try to take my temp at the same time each day, and as you say the s/w adjusts for the other days.

I noticed today that on the Fertility Advisor tab, it said that even though we BDd this morning, and I'm supposedly in my fertile phase, it said the chances of conception were 'Very Low'. Does anyone know why that is? Is that because it hasn't sensed OV yet? Surely even if the s/w hasn't detected OV there's still a chance of conception if you BD up to 5 days before?

This is only my second month of trying (sort of) properly - I'm certainly enjoying the process (at the moment) of charting each day and trying to understand the signs my body gives me. If only we'd been taught this when we were teenagers!! My cycles are usually 27/28 days. It's weird actually - I have always had quite long cycles (35+ days), and recently lost quite a lot of weight. Now my cycles are much shorter. I'm hoping it's a good thing, but who knows!

Yes - where are you MrsMc?! I know you've started a new job so no doubt you're doing the New Girl thing and Being Good! Hope the job's going well, anyway... but do let me know, as your cycle buddy, how things are bubbling along!!

Festive babydust to all xxxx