(Closed) Can anyone help me make sense of this chart?

posted 4 years ago in TTC
Post # 1
Member
35 posts
Newbee
  • Wedding: February 2015

Hi everyone!

After a few crazy years in which the pharma companies kept switching up my generic BC, I grew tired of feeling as though my mood depended on which pill I’d get this month. Also, to be honest… I was just tired of taking pills, and calculating my next period, etc. I’ve been on the pill for so long that I was curious about how my body functioned independently. So I stopped taking BC on Dec 10. My basal thermometer arrived a few weeks later and I began charting to get an idea for how things worked.

So my chart is all over the place and I’m at the point where AF could come any day. Do you have any idea what is happening with my body? Today’s temp (not on this chart) was 98.3 so it seems to be steadily rising. I know that waiting and continuing to chart is my best strategy, but having just come off the BC, I’m very nervous about whether I’m “normal” and what could be happening. When is your temperature supposed to drop after ovulating? Have I ovulated? What is happening? haha. My BF and I have not been careful so I don’t really know what to think at this point.

Post # 3
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3920 posts
Honey bee
  • Wedding: August 2013

@palmtree23:  It’s possible you ovulated on CD23 or on CD 25. It would help FF determine this if you start charting other things as well- OPK’s or cervical mucus. It gives more information to base the O date on.

right now, you are 7DPO (days past ovulation). Most people have a 12-14 day luteal phase, so you should have 4-5 days before AF shows up. Generally the day before AF shows up, you will get a drop in temperature.

Post # 4
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1915 posts
Buzzing bee
  • Wedding: August 2013 - backyard in the woods

I think CD23 myself, with CD25 as a fallback dip. I also agree with @Glasgowbound: . If you chart other signs, like cervical fluid and use OPK’s it makes it much easier to determine O.

Post # 5
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35 posts
Newbee
  • Wedding: February 2015

@Glasgowbound: @aqualov  Thank you guys so much!!!! this was my first month charting so I was just trying to get used to that. Really appreciate your advice 🙂

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