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hippolover · January 2012

Hey Ladies
I read TCOYF. I am so lost. I am finishing my 2nd master's degree, so maybe I am just lost.

I get that you chart by temp and CF. I get that I do it every morning. I got the rigtht thero and OPKs off Amazon.

I guess I don't understand what the temps mean?

Help? Luckily I am still doing 2 more months of BCPs but I wanna start now to get into the habit.

one2andnow3 · January 2012

I use fertilityfriend.com they are good about charting and explaining bbt. I just know that when your temperature is higher you are ovulating.

hippolover · January 2012

Thats what I thought. I signed up with them, and I need to use them more. How do you tell which days to avoid having sex or using a barrier?

Kate504 · January 2012

When your are on the BCP you will nt be able to see fluctuations like you will off of it.

A dip in temperature followed by a rise (at least 2/10's of a degree) higher than all temps the previous six days and staying at or beyond this level for at least 3 consecutive days shows that ovulation has occurred.

Hope that helps a little. Your temp can drop for one of the three days, but rise again and you could have still ovulated.

Kate504 · January 2012

To TTA you wait until you see the rise over the coverline, that is what we were taught in NFP, but you also look at CM and another factor that FF and TCOYF doesn't talk about.

Kate504 · January 2012

It also depends on your cycle length and when your fertile window starts

hippolover · January 2012

So when my temps spike=have sex

How do I know when I need to stop having sex?

Kate504 · January 2012

If you are tta, yes. Tta and stoping having sex would depend on when your fertile window started which is different for everyone. Obviously you would want to avoid a few days before and after O, which is why you wait for 3 days of increased temps to be in the clear after O. You are in the clear on the evenings of dry days before O I found this thread on this site that may help you it goes over stuff we learned in our NFP class and help with tta http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?22136-Charting-to-Avoid-Volume-4-No-babies-right-now!

Kate504 · January 2012

FYI it takes at least 6 charts to see trends/get a good view of your cycles. Since you are just coming off the bcp soon it could take longer mine are just starting to seem to normalize, but everyone is different.

sassygirl5401 · January 2012

Jen after your chart for a while you'll begin to see what cycle days are "go days" if you want to get pregnant. I've seen some ladies from the getting pregnant board recommend having sex every other day around ovulation time but some say every day.

Since I've been temping for a while I know pretty much when would be go time. I typically ovulate anywhere from cyle day 18 to 22, so I would start having sex around cycle day 14 to maybe 24.

Here's a link to my charts so you can see the pattern that has developed over several months of charting. http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/35116d

Hope this helped!

hippolover · January 2012

Thanks Ladies-
It seems I will have to mutter my way through this. Kate that link was pretty helpful! Thank you!

sassygirl5401 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Thanks Ladies- It seems I will have to mutter my way through this. Kate that link was pretty helpful! Thank you!
Posted by hippolover[/QUOTE]

I keep TCOYF by my bed, I've had to flip through it a few times to remind myself when are go times and when no times are lol

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