[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

Just curious which fertility sign you weigh in as most important.

And if your signs are in conflict which do you go with?

[ShawnaCAN]

I voted "something else" because the whole mucus pattern trumps everything else. In order to confirm my fertility Peak with charting system we use (Billings Ovulation Method), the mucus pattern has to meet the following criteria:

CM must:
1. Develop and changes over a matter of days, becoming more wet
2. Become slippery
3. Dry up drastically

1 and 2 could happen, but not 3 - so no Peak. 1 and 3 could happen, but no 2 - so no Peak. 2 and 3 could happen, but no 1 - not the Peak. See what I mean? I can get an positive OPK or cramping with any of those scenarios, but the mucus pattern lets me know if the ovulation attempt was actually successful or not. The overall pattern is what counts for us. It's important for me to be really strict about it, because my cycles are complicated and I have so many warm-ups before ovulation really does happen. Evaluating the mucus based on that criteria lets me know if it was real or not. Temps are generally helpful in that regard too, but they are prone to variability due to other factors - so mucus comes first, temps back it up. If they don't agree, I go with mucus.

[~Jess~]

I voted temperature because all the other signs CAN mean impending ovulation, but only a temperature shift confirms it. As far as when to time intercourse, I think that fertile cm is the most important sign. I try to dtd whenever I have ewcm.

I voted other, because I use a combination of temperature shift and CM changes. My temps are wacky and using both helps me get good confirmation.

[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

Well I put positive opk. I like charting but I think that opks are what most doctors recommend when trying to conceive. I like to use charting to confirm that the opk was correct though. I know that opks sometimes are positive and you try to o and then don't. But I think it gives you a good idea of when you will o. Then I like to look at temps and then cm. I know cm is important and I pay attention to it but the last few cycles I haven't really noticed fertile cm right when I o'd. I don't know why but I just didn't see anything really. I noticed it a few days before I o'd though.