/r/TFABChartStalkers

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This sub is for everything related to charting your cycle while trying to conceive.

Welcome!

Charting pros! We need your temping expertise! New to charting, have a question, or using charting as a way to avoid conception? Welcome!!!

This is a sub where anyone can share their charts, ask for advice, and compare results! If you haven't already, sign up for FertilityFriend for easy peasy charting (they have apps for that, too!).

How to share your FertilityFriend chart!!

Please be kind and respectful to one another! Harassment or cruelty will not be tolerated.

  • Charting Acronyms
  • AF : Aunt Flow (your period)
  • BBT: Basal body temperature or basal body thermometer
  • BC: Birth control
  • BD: baby dance - aka SEX
  • CD: Cycle day
  • CM : Cervical Mucus
  • CP: Chemical pregnancy
  • DPO: Cycle days past ovulation
  • EWCM : eggwhite CM
  • FF: FertilityFriend
  • FP: Follicular phase
  • HBC: Hormonal Birth Control
  • IUI: Intrauterine insemination
  • LP: Luteal phase
  • LPD: Luteal Phase Defect
  • MC: Miscarriage
  • O: Ovulating / ovulation
  • OPK : Ovulation Predictor Kit
  • TTA: Trying to Avoid (conception)
  • TTC: Trying to Conceive
  • 2WW or TWW: 2 week wait after ovulation
  • WTO: Waiting to Ovulate
  • General Parenting/Fertility Acronyms
  • BFP/BFN : Big Fat Positive / Big Fat Negative
  • BF(aint)P: Big Faint Positive
  • D&C: Dilation and curettage (surgery after a miscarriage)
  • DD: Darling daughter
  • DH: Dear Husband
  • DS: Darling son
  • ENDO: Endometriosis
  • FMU: First morning urine
  • FRER: First response early result pregnancy test
  • HSG: Hysterosalpingogram
  • IVF: In vitro fertilization
  • LO: Little one
  • MFI: Male Factor Infertility
  • POAS: Pee on a stick
  • PCOS: Polycystic ovarian syndrome
  • RE: Reproductive endocrinologist
  • SA: Semen analysis
  • SMEP: Sperm Meets Egg Plan
  • General Internet Acronyms
  • FWIW: For what it's worth
  • HTH: Hope this helps
  • IMO: In my opinion
  • IMHO: In my humble opinion
  • MFW: My face when
  • MRW: My reaction when
  • SO: Significant other

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Why are my temps dropping like this when I’m on progesterone suppositories??

So confused 😣

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2024/12/03
06:52 UTC

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Any of you stalkers see an O?

This month I stopped taking vitex cold turkey CD22 as it was worsening my acne & made my cycles longer (yay PCOS). I was having success on regularish 30-37 day cycles until vitex. I use temp drop if that helps as I’m a shift worker & wake up at weird times.

2 Comments
2024/12/03
06:12 UTC

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Opinions on ovulation?

I’d love help interrupting my chart! A couple of notes- cm started the 12th and ended the 18th. I have insights turned on with tempdrop and it thinks I ovulated the 23rd. I think I ovulated the 18th based on cm. I am also breastfeeding and this is only my 3rd cycle pp. When do you think ovulation occurred ?

2 Comments
2024/12/03
02:01 UTC

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11 DPO BFN, Implantation Dip at 9 DPO or 10 DPO? Is it too early to test?

Hi everyone. Long story short... I had a MMC in July (D&C) and had RPOC (left over tissue) that wasn't 100% gone until Mid October (had to take took cycotec).

This is the first cycle I'm TTC again and I'm so anxious. If you look at my chart, I had a two consecutive day BBT dips on 9 DPO and 10 DPO. Today at 11 DPO, my BBT shot up higher than before the dip.

I tested today with FRER at 11 DPO and got a stark white BFN. Does anyone know if it's possible I have to wait a few more days because MAYBE implantation just happened & it'll take a minimum of 4 days after implantation for HCG to rise high enough? In my last pregnancy that ended in MMC earlier this year I tested positive with a faint line at 10 DPO. .. .. am I out this cycle? Thank you for reading this..

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8 Comments
2024/12/02
22:25 UTC

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Should I have ovulated?

I am guessing I didn’t ovulate?? This is my first time tracking BBT (using my Apple Watch/natural cycles). I did get a “peak” smiley face in my clear blue ovulation test on cycle day 18 (Nov 28th). But temp never really raised. Please help.

6 Comments
2024/12/02
21:44 UTC

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Slow rise BBT

I normally ovulate on day 18 and I have consistent 29-31 day cycles, but for some reason my oura ring/ natural cycles clocked my ovulation at day 24 this last cycle. It's totally throwing me off and I'm hoping I didn't do all the baby dancing around the wrong time! That said, it still looks like my bbt was slowly rising at day 18, but can someone take a look and confirm/ deny for me?

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2024/12/02
21:09 UTC

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Post-excision Inito chart (higher than normal progesterone!)

I know Inito is mostly for trends but I am excited today. This is my first ovulation post and extensive endometriosis excision last month. Like, it took my doctor almost 5 hours extensive.

Without supplementation , I’ve never had a PdG reading above 20. Mostly below 10, often 4-6 post ovulation. And I’ve been using this damn device for a year. And, confirmed via blood, my progesterone was under 10 at 7 DPO.

My ovulation was pretty “strong” in terms of lots of EWCM and my estrogen maxed out on the device (also rare). I test with cheapies to get the LH surge first then do Inito because I am mostly looking for ovulation confirmation here, not fertility window.

I was blown away this morning to get a reading of 40/maxed out without progesterone supplements at only 5DPO. Last time I got a 40 I was doing 2 suppositories AND injecting .5 PIO.

HERES TO HOPING that my ovulation and body are working better and throwing healthier eggs and corpus luteum post excision.

2 Comments
2024/12/02
21:09 UTC

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PCOS is a wild roller coaster…like did I ovulate or not 🤣😭🫠

3 Comments
2024/12/02
20:09 UTC

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Am I out this month?

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2024/12/02
19:57 UTC

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BBT Rise but BFN - Looking for Some Encouragement

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share my chart and get some thoughts. My BBT went up today, but I got a BFN this morning. I know it’s still early, but I was holding onto a little bit of hope lol! Feeling a bit bummed, so any words of encouragement would mean a lot. Thanks in advance!

4 Comments
2024/12/02
18:14 UTC

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8dpo chart

Does this look reassuring for a BFP?! Testing negative as of 8dpo FMU. Anyone else have temps like this and get a positive?

1 Comment
2024/12/02
18:03 UTC

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How’s it looking so far?

This is my first time closely tracking my cycle while TTC, does this look promising at all? I know 7DPO is too early to test but I’m reallllly tempted to (even though I know I’ll just hurt my own feelings by doing so)

Can implantation happen on 4DPO? I didn’t think so but looking at other charts, people are claiming it can.

4 Comments
2024/12/02
17:39 UTC

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When/did I ovulate this cycle?

Planning on TTC in the new year. On a very low dose of a medication that can raise prolactin. My psychiatrist told me most women could still get pregnant on this dose, but I did have to go off of it to get pregnant with my first child because I was not ovulating. He said that my body may react differently to the medication this time due to previous pregnancy and I may be able to get pregnant while on it. Trying to gather some data so I know if I need to ask him to switch the meds during my next appointment in January.

Still breastfeeding my 15 month old a few times a day, period returned in August and this is my 3rd cycle since then. I’m pretty sure the first was anovulatory (started period within a week of the positive LH test). I think I ovulated last cycle (was not temping to confirm but based on CM + OPK + ovulation cramps, I think I had around an 11 day LP). This is my first cycle temping, using the temp drop because my sleep is pretty disrupted.

Buttt not sure how good the temps are because I got an ear infection I think around CD13 and didn’t start antibiotics until CD18. Never had a fever but was taking advil — not sure if the ear infection could be the cause of the higher temps on CD14-15? Also my sleep environment is not super consistent in terms of temperature. Wondering if attempting to temp is just a pipe dream. I also didn’t experience any ovulation day cramping this cycle like I did last cycle, but again, not sure if that’s because of the advil.

If I exclude the higher temps on CD 14-15, FF bumps my ovulation day back to CD18. If I include them, it bumps it forward to CD20 — which seems really late after my first positive OPK on CD17?

Thoughts?

1 Comment
2024/12/02
16:55 UTC

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What’s going on?!

I have been using an Oura ring to track my temps this cycle… what is going on?! Today is 1 day late and I maybe had the faintest positive on a pregnancy test but not enough to be certain. And I think I ovulated on November 22nd so maybe 10 DPO.

4 Comments
2024/12/02
16:16 UTC

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did I ovulate?

this is my first time tracking my BBT. I feel like I expected my rise after ovulation to be more noticeable or continue to rise. I always get positive OPKs and AF regularly comes 14 days after my peak. Just looking for some opinions on if I ovulated this cycle.

2 Comments
2024/12/02
16:12 UTC

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Very Early and Slow temp rise??

Hey:)

Usually I ovulate around 28 days after a new cycle started and the temp rises in a single night. Now I already have a temp rise after 14 days and it rose in little steps over a few nights. What does it mean or why does that happen?

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2024/12/02
15:48 UTC

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3dpo dip?

I have never had a dip like this before and I have been tracking for 9 months. I had a very clear temp shift post ovulation. I usually have a slow rise with a LP of 11 ish days. Of course I understand temps fluctuate based on a number of variables but any advice is welcome!

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2024/12/02
15:25 UTC

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Does this cover line look right?

I just had fertile mucus last night and wondering if maybe Tempdrop is wrong with my temp shift and maybe I haven’t ovulated yet?

0 Comments
2024/12/02
14:48 UTC

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I'm new here! Looking to make sense of my chart/fertile window

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Hi! I'm new here so I've just been studying up/staring at charts. My predicted ovulation date has changed a few times this cycle and i'm not sure what to believe! I thought I ovulated early when my temp shot up on CD10, but i've also felt a slight cold coming on... Then I thought I was ovulated around CD13 when I noticed EWCM. But then I got positive OPKs morning and night on CD17 and again this morning CD18.

Also want to note that I only slept three hours on CD 15, so I figured that caused the temp drop, which further led me to believe I was on the rise until the drop this morning.

Anyone had a similarly wacky chart before?

3 Comments
2024/12/02
14:33 UTC

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I need words of encouragement

This is my second medicated IUI cycle with unexplained infertility and the last two days I have just been drowning with hopelessness and losing my “why”. I am 10dpt9dpiui and my temp has been declining even on progesterone. I tested out of my trigger this morning.

We have one more IUI cycle before moving on to IVF.

8 Comments
2024/12/02
14:26 UTC

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New/late to charting. 10DPO BFN. Missed 2 temps on 7&9DPO cause I was sick. Advice? Am I out?

1 Comment
2024/12/02
13:44 UTC

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Troll troll away

13 dpo

1 Comment
2024/12/02
13:09 UTC

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Implantation Dip?

Still BFN with morning urine. I have a clockwork 27 day cycle. My last pregnancy (ended in chemical in Oct) I got a BFP on CD8, so maybe I’m just being antsy… cycles have been regular since.

3 Comments
2024/12/02
12:46 UTC

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Long, slow rise, no peak opk and yet ...

7 Comments
2024/12/02
09:37 UTC

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My LH surge has never been this high. Thoughts?

1 Comment
2024/12/02
09:27 UTC

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Did I ovulate? Had a strong pos opk on Fri but no major temp rise. Never had this before.

6 Comments
2024/12/02
08:11 UTC

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Help?? Early and slow Ovulation??

Normally my cycle is 5 weeks+ but now my temp started to rise very slowly only 11 days after my last Period ended??

What does this mean? Please help ty!!!

0 Comments
2024/12/02
05:58 UTC

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