BBT and ovulation confusion!

[wildjasmin]

Hi all, just looking for a bit of guidance really!

My OH and I are TTC for the first time, I’m 32 and he’s 33. I’ve been off the pill for years now and have been tracking my periods since coming off. Last month we DTD around the time when the app (Flo) suggested I might be ovulating but nothing. I spoke to a friend and she suggested using Natural Cycles and temping to get a more accurate picture.

I’ve attached a pic of my chart. I’m worried I might not have ovulated this month as I haven’t had a significant spike and now my temp is going down again. Also I haven’t noticed any CM at all really. Alongside temping I also tried Clearblue ovulation tests and got flashing face for about 8 days in a row but no solid.

Just feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all really so any thoughts would be really helpful! Anyone else have wobbly charts like mine yet still manage to O? As you can see we’ve been at it plenty just in case 😂 Thanks all!

How long are you're cycles normally?

They’re fairly consistent, average is 27 days :)

I was going to say maybe you ovulate later but with 27 days length I doubt it. Are you taking the temp same time before you do absolutely anything?

Plot twist too, this morning I’ve had some light pink spotting. I’m currently on cycle day 20 and my period has never come this early before… feeling super overwhelmed by all this unknown!

Thanks! And yes, I take my temp first thing in the morning after I wake up, before doing anything or getting out of bed

Ok you could possibly be having a longer cycle this month looking at your chart I wondered if you were going to O around today as youve had that drop which is why I asked how long they usually are. Do you have any ovulation tests to do? You can get spotting around ovulation

Thanks so much @bringmearainbow I haven’t got any ovulation tests in but will nip out and test just in case!

Try and get some line ones not the clear blue as they will just start with a blank circle the first time you use them and won't be much help. Post a pic if you need any help deciphering the line opks. You're doing everything right with the temping it took me a long while to decipher it but eventually you'll see a pattern or hopefully not because you'll be pregnant 🙊

@bringmearainbow negative on an LH test, so I guess this bleeding is just my period a whole 9 days early which I’ve never had before! I’ll see soon enough if it gets heavier today/tomorrow, but a little confusing as that would make this cycle only 20 days long so who knows when I may have ovulated!
Typical that this is the first month we’ve put some leg work into really trying- frequent sex since period, ovulation tests, bbt tracking. Oh well, there’s always next month hey!

@wildjasmin gosh that's so odd ☹️ love how our bodies just love to put a spanner in the works 🙄