[BeckyM]

What are your thoughts on charting?

I found Fertility Friend to be helpful learning all about charting. Ovulation Calendar and Ovulation Chart - Fertility Charting

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Have you Charted?

Would you chart?

Pros/Cons on charting?

[LauraTTCat42]

I wish I did chart, but it is something I just can't put my heart into and stick with.

[*SamF*]

I never could do it, but then again I sucked at taking my temperature everyday too.

[shockandawe]

I've not been able to do it either. Honestly, stress is such a huge factor with this. The more I tried to control/intervene when we were doing fertility treatments, the more impossible it seemed to be to make it happen.

This time, we're not charting and doing temperatures or anything like that. But I am watching the calendar, and doing ovulation tests. And in between I'm trying to maintain that "if it happens it's wonderful. If it doesn't, that's okay" frame of mind.

[BeckyM]

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I felt charting was great for me. Temping quickly became a habit for me, so that too wasn't an issue. Learning the signs to look for (CM & CP) helped me greatly with my stress levels when we were TTC all those months before getting pg. Especially since I had those erratic cycles - Long cycles, delayed Oing, several cycles where I never did O, and OPKs never worked for me either. And it allowed me to see that I had a short LP. After a few cycles of charting, even with my erratic cycles, I could see the pattern. I knew to expect to O around CD29ish (got as early as CD19ish once I started metformin with my PCOS), and I also knew that if I got beyond CD40 that I wasn't going to O and would then see the doc for progesterone to end the cycle. All of that knowledge, plus the charts I printed, also let my doctors see what was going on with my body too.

I don't chart everything right now, temps & that, cause we're not currently TTC and also that we cannot get pg with MA. But from all that I did learn when I was charting everything, I know that I O'd a couple of days ago and AF will arrive next Fri/Sat for me.

Even if you don't want to chart, I still think Fertility Friend has great info to read about our bodies and also I recommend the Taking Charge of Your Fertility book too.