Hi ladies,

My name is Britanie, I'm a sahm of 2 little girls, Vae who is 23 months and Sophia who is almost 4 months.

We are wttc until March 2008 .. I wanted to start charting now just so I can get the hang of it before we start ttc.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated .. I have no idea how to temp .. Although I've been reading about it online and know so far that it's important to keep your thermometer by your bed and temp every morning at the same time I think it's going to be very difficult for me and I envy those who are successful temp'ers !

Thanks ladies !
I look forward to getting to know everyone !

[HannahBanana]

Hey! Welcome to our little corner of the internet!! I still sort of new as well, I'm on my third cycle. I recommend reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility. I swear by that book!

Thanks !!!
I'll look for it !

[lucidity03]

Hi! After I figured all of it out, charting has now become second nature!

You sound like you have the basics down - temp first thing in the morning and don't move before taking your temp!

DH is sick of hearing about my temps.

You can get tons of good advice on here if you have any questions. It's a great thing that you're temping before TTC. I wish I had done that to better understand things. But, I don' t know if it'd work anyway since I was on bcp and you don't O on bcp.

[sjkduke]

HI and !!!!!!!!!!

I think it's great when people aren't yet TTC, but want to start charting to understand their bodies better! As HannahBanana said, the book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility is a great way to get started.

If you have any question, don't hesitate to ask!

Thanks so much for the warm welcome !

[samspain]

Hi Everyone, I have been recommended this site (I am normally on the TTC #1 board). I am only on cycle 2 of trying, but I think starting next cycle I´ll try charting, so I am researching and finding out what I have to do.
Anyway, with what I´ve read, I can start the CM inspections right away, and we´ll see what happens. I don´t know if christmas and new year is the best time to start as we are travelling and visiting etc.

[Erin80]

Hi Britanie and welcome to the site! Everyone here is SO knowledgeable!
I'm on my first month of temping......that's awesome that you're going to do it a couple months before TTC though, you'll know your cycle SO well hopefully you'll get your BFP right away in March!
My only issue with it is the 3 solid hours of sleep you're supposed to get before temping. I'm weird that way, it's like my body anticipates it, wakes me up and hour and a half BEFORE I'm supposed to temp, then I can't go back to sleep! Next month I'm setting the alarm for 4am! Right now it's set for 6am, but I seem to always wake up around 4:30 or 5. Should be safe if I set it for 4, but that's going to suck waking up that early every day just to temp!
Anyway, good luck and welcome again!!!!

welcome!!

[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

Hi Britanie! glad to see you over here. Welcome!