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    smores    September 17, 2011   Texas

    I just started charting last month.  I found it really helpful and interesting.  For the first time in my life, I feel like I know a little more of what my body is doing instead of feeling like it's all a big mystery.  Last month my chart behaved and seemed pretty straightforward.  Here it is: 

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    This month however I can't figure out what the heck is going on.  My thermometer went beserk early in the month, so I had to get a new one.  I got a actual BBT instead of just a regular one.  Because of the craziness, I had to discard a few days of temps.  FF isn't showing that I ovulated, although I thought I did on Day 13 or 14.  But today my temp dropped WAY low.  This is all causing me to way overanalyze and be paranoid about what's going on.  Those of you who are more experienced with charting, do you think I ovulated?  If so, what could be the reason for my temp dropping SO low today?  I know I need to see what happens the rest of the month.  I'm just too analytical to not be going crazy trying to figure out what my lady parts are up to.  Here's this month's chart so far:

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    redsmarties    May 2010   Ontario

    @smores:  To me it looks like you MAY have ovulated around CD12-13, however, there isn't a clear shift. If you temperature today had stayed up, Fertility Friend would probably have given you crosshairs to indicate ovulation. What would happen if you entered a fake high temp for tomorrow, somewhere around 97.3? Would it change anything?

    Unfortunately, it looks like the only thing to do is wait. i wouldn't panic - charts rarely ever look perfect and are hardly predictable. Good luck!

     
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    smores    September 17, 2011   Texas

    Thanks for your input! I just tried to put that in for tomorrow. It didn't give me cross hairs, but when I put increasing temps for the next 3 days then it gave me cross hairs and had that I ovulated on cycle day 14. This cycle is just so different than my last cycle temp wise and I'm feeling so odd compared to my normal mid-cycle symptoms.

     
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    redsmarties    May 2010   Ontario

    @smores:  How long have you been off BC? Or were you ever on it? I know that cycles post-BC are super crazy - mine didnt regulate until at least 6 months post. If you've already ovulated, Fertility Friend will most likely pick that up, but I'm pretty sure that you haven't, because its rare to get a totally positive OPK AFTER ovulation...unless you're fairly pregnant. Hope that helps!

     
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    smores    September 17, 2011   Texas

    I've been off BC since October. Every cycle has been 27-29 days. I'm not using OPK's right now, so I don't know what those would show.

     
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    Mrs Green Grass    August 14, 2010  

    Some people get a dip after ovulation...it's not very common though.  Charting can be so frustrating because you need more data to make better decisions and you have to wait to get more data...  I bet you did O since you think you did, hopefully the rest of the temps will be where they should be.

     

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