Hey Ladies...My name is Mandie... DH and i just had our baby boy, Zachary 5-10-07...
DH and I are currently on the "see what happens" basis....However i plan on taking
BC and we are WTTC for Aug. 2008.

I was wondering if someone could explain the charting and the temps to me????

How do you know when you are ovulating by taking your temp??? How does that work?
And how do you chart that???

Sorry for being so dingy! Id appreciate it if someone could just explain it all to me...

TIA!



EDIT:
I am on Losetrin 24FE right now...Will that effect me being able to get pregnant within 8 months or until Aug of 08'?


Mandie

[Tiff802]

I would suggest going to the sticky about getting started charting. It will give you a great overview, then you could go to fertilityfriend.com and sign up and they e-mail you 20 courses, one each day and they are really short and easy, it's all FREE! Unfortunately it would just be too confusing to try to explain it all, not to mention I would probably leave out info that you might need to know. Good luck!

BTW, I don't think you can effectively chart while on BCPs.

[MountainMomma]

First, I want to say hi, and welcome to the fertility charting board. I'm Stephanie.... one of your co-hosts here.

Temping doesn't tell you when you are going to O. It just shows you when you did AFTER the fact. Once you are more in tune with your body, you may be able to see a pattern that indicates that you are about to O. For example, I am noticing now that right before I O, my temps drop into the lower 96's. I may O tomorrow since today my temp was 96.7.

When you are temping, you are usually doing other things as well, such as using OPK's or charting your CM and/or your CP as well. These are also a good indicator of when you are going to O. CM is usually watery or eggwhite type right before you O, and CP is usually high, soft and open, which also tells you that you are about to O.

If you are interested in charting, I strongly recommend going to fertilityfriend.com and setting up a free account. They have a course via e-mail that teaches you everything you need to know about charting, and you can input your temps and other info there and see your chart. If you have any other questions, just let me know, and I'll try to help you.

I would suggest going to the sticky about getting started charting. It will give you a great overview, then you could go to fertilityfriend.com and sign up and they e-mail you 20 courses, one each day and they are really short and easy, it's all FREE! Unfortunately it would just be too confusing to try to explain it all, not to mention I would probably leave out info that you might need to know. Good luck!

BTW, I don't think you can effectively chart while on BCPs.[/b]

Im planning on coming off BCP's & just go with the flow as DH likes to call it LOL
I have been on them for a week & I ovulated last night & we DTD but I am not sure if the BCPs were
effective yet???

Best thing is to go to www.fertilityfriend.com or www.fertilitycircle.com and they will answer any questions you have.