Please help

LynneD · #1 March 7th, 2008, 07:30 AM

Okay, I am trying out three different online fertility trackers. Fertility Friend says I ovulated on the the 3rd, TCOYF says I O'd the 4th, and fertility circle says I O'd on the 2nd. The 2nd or 3rd makes sense to me but the 4th seems way off. Which tracker do you all feel is more reliable? Please any input would be great

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TIA

#2 March 7th, 2008, 07:49 AM

DO you have a link to your other charts? it seems really early for you to have O'd, so I am curious...

LynneD · #3 March 7th, 2008, 08:14 AM

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DO you have a link to your other charts? it seems really early for you to have O'd, so I am curious...[/b]

I don't have a link yet to the other charts. I should have mentioned that I think I had a chemical pg with my last cycle . I won't go into all the details of why except it was an unusual cycle symptomwise and af was so heavy and clotty. I've asked other's opinion here and they all seem to think the same thing. Anyway, usually I ovulate on cd 13, 14 or 15, so I was definately surprised to start seeing fertility signs the day after af stopped. Everything happened just like it normally does mid month ie: ewcm, cp and positive opk - just really early.

It looks like if I put in another high temp for tomorrow in TCOYF it changes my o date to the 5th which makes absolutely no sense to me.

ShawnaCAN · #4 March 7th, 2008, 08:23 AM

Ovusoft is usually the least prone to false interpretations, but all fertility tracking programs can produce false interpretations sometimes. It's a good idea to learn to make the interpretations on your own (by taking a course or reading a book) and then you'll know when the charting programs are wrong, and you'll know which one to believe!

When temps and CM don't match up, CM always trumps temps. The last day that you experience slippery mucus (or even just a slippery feeling, even if there isn't much visible mucus) is the day closest to ovulation. Ovulation usually occurs ON the last day of slippery mucus, or up to 2 days afterwards. Charting only gives us an estimate of when ovulation occurs, the only way to know the exact day is to have daily transvaginal ultrasounds. Charting gives us a darn good estimate though, because it tells us the window during which ovulation likely occurred and this is accurate +/- 2 days. So if there is a discrepancy between programs by a day or two, don't worry about it. That's close enough.

Don't sweat the early ovulation, every woman is bound to ovulate earlier or later than usual from time to time.

LynneD · #5 March 7th, 2008, 08:30 AM

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DO you have a link to your other charts? it seems really early for you to have O'd, so I am curious...[/b]

Were you looking for my previous months charts or the other two website tracker charts? I only started temping this cycle but as I mentioned before I have a very predictable cycle (this month aside of course)

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Ovusoft is usually the least prone to false interpretations, but all fertility tracking programs can produce false interpretations sometimes. It's a good idea to learn to make the interpretations on your own (by taking a course or reading a book) and then you'll know when the charting programs are wrong, and you'll know which one to believe!

When temps and CM don't match up, CM always trumps temps. The last day that you experience slippery mucus (or even just a slippery feeling, even if there isn't much visible mucus) is the day closest to ovulation. Ovulation usually occurs ON the last day of slippery mucus, or up to 2 days afterwards. Charting only gives us an estimate of when ovulation occurs, the only way to know the exact day is to have daily transvaginal ultrasounds. Charting gives us a darn good estimate though, because it tells us the window during which ovulation likely occurred and this is accurate +/- 2 days. So if there is a discrepancy between programs by a day or two, don't worry about it. That's close enough.

Don't sweat the early ovulation, every woman is bound to ovulate earlier or later than usual from time to time.[/b]

Thank-you!