[HannahBanana]

I have a question about crosshairs. I don't really understand them. Do they just provide a visual for when I am fertile or not? I don't quite understand what they are for, and why they move so often! Can anyone clarify this for me?

[ShawnaCAN]

I have a question about crosshairs. I don't really understand them. Do they just provide a visual for when I am fertile or not? I don't quite understand what they are for, and why they move so often! Can anyone clarify this for me?[/b]

They provide a visual to show when you've had a thermal shift. A thermal shift is the rise in your temperatures that occurs after ovulation. To confirm ovulation, you need 3 temperatures which are higher than the previous 6. The vertical line is supposed to land on your estimated ovulation day, and the horizontal line is drawn between the higher and lower temperatures to make that shift from low to high more visible.

The CH's move so much simply because Fertility Friend tends to get overly excited about insignificant (and scientifically unverified) things - like temps dips. It just likes to jump the gun and suggest that maybe ovulation has occurred, when in a lot of cases - it hasn't yet. You shouldn't see moving CH's on your Ovusoft chart as much, it's a more comprehensive charting program with fewer false interpretations.

CH's just pinpoint ovulation (with FF), they don't show you when you are fertile. You are fertile from the time your mucus first begins until 3 days after ovulation is confirmed. With Ovusoft, you should get bars that show your fertile time...but those aren't the CH's - they are just bars.

[HannahBanana]

Thank you Shawna!!! That definitely cleared things up!

[sjkduke]

When I was TTC, those darn crosshairs use to get me so upset! Just obsessing and obsessing over them.......good luck to you, and I hope you don't get too obsessed with them like I did!