[Jessica C]

This is my first time charting. I have a rough idea what I'm looking for with regards to the thermal shift, but......After being on BCP for 3 years and then coming off of them late January I'm nervous that I'm annovulatory and I'm afraid that that's what I'm seeing. From what I've read you have to go thru a whole cycle to know if you are indeed annovulatory. And then, sometimes, I look at my chart and overlay it on others and it looks good. Good enough to the fact that it looks like I might actually O. I don't know what to think. Can somebody help me? Even if you have to tell me that I'm crazy. Thanks!

[ShawnaCAN]

Unfortunately, there's just no way to predict at this point whether you will ovulate soon or not. The temp pattern doesn't tell you anything about when or if ovulation will occur, it only confirms ovulation after it happens. Your body is going through a big transition to sort itself out after the BCP, so hang in there! I know it's far easier said than done, but try to give your body patience.

ditto Shawna!

[melissa29624]

I know that coming off BCP can really mess your body up....

Good luck with having patience about all this..if you are anything like me, you'll need it!!

[-alisa-]

Charting is stressful the first month, but after you get the hang of it, it's not so bad. Since you haven't recorded any fertile cervical fluid, I would guess you're not going to ovulate for a couple days. You can't always use that as a predictor though. But your temps came down nice after AF, and hopefully you'll ovulate soon! You could try using OPK's so that you have an idea if you're going to ovulate, before it happens. Then you can use your temps to confirm ovulation. Good Luck!!