[monkeymama2]

Hi Ladies,
this is my 2nd time posting. I'm TTC for #3 though I frequent the NTNP board since that's how we started. This is my 2nd month charting, and first month using OPKs (per doctor's instructions). I see my doc again next Thursday. My chart last month looked fairly normal. This cycle has been all over (see below). No cross-hairs yet, but majorly positive opk on Sunday. I put a + for saturday too but really Sunday was the day it was much darker than the control line.

My question is, why don't my temps show ovulation? I WAS temping orally, then switched to vaginally, which I then read you shouldn't do--oops. So CD 20 and on is vaginal. And I wonder why my temps were so erratic and now since CD 23 more stable? My typical ovulation is CD 19-21 so this is fairly late in the game for me. I took another OPK today just to check and it was NEARLY positive. Could my LH surge have been a long one?

Ok, if anyone could take a look and see if they can make sense of it, I would greatly appreciate it. I've already had my hormone levels checked and everything was normal. A normal cycle length for me (since weaning my son) is 30-33 days.

103dcd Ovulation Charts

[Miss. Impatient Bevis]

OK so here is my input:
I think temping vaginally is an awesome idea, and im glad you decided to do it.... although yes changing half way between a cycle can be bad.
I tend to get more than 1 pos OPK also and when i researched it, i pretty much learned that i was catching the surge going down also and the OPKs that i was using were too sensative for me, so i switched from answer to answer test strips.
I also never count an almost positive as a positive at all because well... it just doesnt count so nar.
Im thinking that you are real close to O or did O yesterday.
can i ask a question??? Why did you discard some temps??

[monkeymama2]

Hi Krista!!
I need to take the first + opk off my chart---I meant to, just forgot! I discarded the 27th and 28th because I was in Colorado at the time. Different time zone, I woke up at strange times, and frequently (had my 3 year old daughter with me), the room was HOT, I am used to sleeping in a cold room etc. Basically I thought they weren't reliable enough. Time-wise I was probably 2 hours off from when I'd normally temp. I had a reason for discarding the 19th too, but I can't remember what it was! I think I woke up late. Or temped late???

I realize now I shouldn't have started temping vaginally until next cycle. But since I'm this far I figure I'll stick with it and that way there's only one place where I've switched instead of two.

You may be onto something as far as OPK sensitivity. I WAS using cheap ones I got on amazon, but I used them up! Then I bought Answer brand mid stream, and that's where I got my first pos (extra dark test line). I got some FR mid stream next and that's what I got a nearly pos on today (have only used the one). It was darker than I had ever gotten on the strips. So maybe next cycle I'll go back to cheap ones and just buy more.

[Miss. Impatient Bevis]

oh yeah keep those temps discarded.
The OPKs are throwing me off though, i was thinking that you Od on CD 22 and im sure if you take the Pos OPKs out FF would put it there too.
Im really at a loss of what else to tell you. I would keep with the vaginal temping because like i told you in NTNP, it really evened out my temps.