[*~*Lindsey*~*]

I am new to this charting thing. I was going to start the end of July, but decided to wait until my next AF which started yesterday. DH and I are TTC our first together (I have one of my own), now I have a question, I have been reading the lessons that fertility friend has givin me, I am on lesson 5, and plan to get a few more in before I go home for the day. I leave at 4:30.

But I didn't take my temp yesterday, and I didn't take my temp today, is that okay if I start temping tomorrow?

Another question I have is it wants to you record intercourse, and as some of you may know with a little one intercourse is hard to get in with them, so its mainly at night after they are sound asleep, so when I record intercourse, lets say we DTD on a Tuesday late night, do I record that intercourse on Wednesday? Is that how that works?

AND about CM do I have to check it during AF? And do I check it just once a day every morning?

Welcome to the board!! How old is your little one?

Try to temp, check your CP at the same time everyday... once per day.

Monitor your CM when you visit the bathroom during the day and mark down the most fertile at the end of the day.

Even if you miss temps, pick it up again when you remember or when you can, it can still help you alot more than having none at all. As for BDing, I'm a person who thinks.... if it's before I go to sleep for the night then it's today... if it's after I wake up tmor...it's tmor. Hope that made sense?!

[MamaAnna]

Some women never temp during AF so you should be fine. I do it to stay in the habit, but that's my personal preference. You can start tomorrow and your chart should still read clearly.

As far as CM and CP go you don't have to check those during AF. Who wants that mess? Just try to start after AF leaves so you can see what your pattern is throughout your cycle. As Fiona said, do it at the same time each day and for CP do it in the same position.

With BD'ing I draw the line at midnight. Some women mark anything after 7pm as the next day, but anything up until 11:59 I'll mark as PM that day. The important thing is being consistent.

I hope this helps!

[*~*Lindsey*~*]

Hello and thank you! My DS is 5. He will be 6 in January. My DH and Ijust got married August 2nd, and I am having the baby blues, so we are now going to actively TTC!

Okay wait, so I don't record my CM until at night after I am done checking it throughout the night?

Basically, you can record CM anytime, I used to wait till mid-afternoon/evening so I had all day to see what it was going to be like, but then I didn't go looking for it... I recorded what would appear on the toilet paper or what I'd find on my finger after checking CP. I hope that made more sense!

[*~*Lindsey*~*]

Okay thanks so much! I will start temping tomorrow and start checking my CM after AF leaves me!

[MamaAnna]

CM you can just observe pretty easily and then you record the most fertile that you had that day. For some women though it's the same all day so it makes it really easy. I don't check it myself because I can't tell the difference. If you can though more power to you!