Bbt confusion

[Angel022605]

Hey everyone,
I'm a little new to charting bbt and have a question. According to ff I've already ovulated. In fact I'm already 3 DPO. I have a 29 day cycle and Aunt Flo lasted 5 days. I'm on cd 11 and ff predicted I ovulated on cd 8. Is that too early? I'm only 30 yrs old. I thought you ovulate closer to mid cycle. I don't have any infection either. Any answers will be greatly appreciated. 🙅

 

[jumpingo]

can you link your chart in a post? might be easier if people can see what you and FF are looking at

personally, i am temping/charting symptoms for the first time so i have no idea when i ovulate, but have roughly 30day cycles, AF lasts for 5-6 days and based on CM this cycle, i am guessing i will ovulate soon and i'm on CD12 right now. so, you could be an early ovulate-r too?

 

[Angel022605]

I don't know how

 

[jumpingo]

so, you probably have to set up your "home page" on FF, which i sort of did while just clicking around a couple days ago but i think to set it up:

hover on "Sharing" at the menu at the top
click on "Setup" and then just follow instructions
(mine is already set up, so i'm not sure what it looks like when it's not set up anymore...sorry!)


then to share it on BnB:
go to the FF homepage
on the left side click "My Chart"
all your calendars/charts should be there?
underneath the chart, there are a bunch of gray buttons
click "Share"
then they give you a bunch of boxes with code in them
the 3rd one down ("bbCode Code") is what i usually copy and paste into my posts
if you want to add it to your signature, you can do that too

 

[Angel022605]

I think I got it attached with my sig

 

[Angel022605]

Testing my signature

 

[jumpingo]

angel, the link takes me to FF, but there's nothing on it...

 

[Mintastic]

Yeah the link isn't working for me either.
I just wanted to say that I love that you said you are "only" 30. Lot's of 20-somethings on here making 33-yr-old me feel old - that gave me a smile

 

[Angel022605]

I'm sorry guys. I'm new to FF and this forum. I do all of my posting in this forum on my mobile app and I do all of my charting on FF mobile. The only other way I can show you my chart is via personal email. As far as my original question I think I just may be an early ovulater. The last 2 months we didn't BD until close to mid cycle and this cycle we BD sooner. Hopefully soon enough to catch the egg. Anyways I'm sorry nothing popped up with my signature. I'm also glad I made someone smile when I mentioned my age. I know it can help with answers. If you have anymore questions/problems/suggestions either message me here or my personal email is [email protected] and put your BnB name in the subject. Thanks guys. ��

 

[jumpingo]

angel,

no worries! no need to apologize! there are lots of people who don't share their charts (or they don't chart at all) i just thought it would be helpful to answer your question. i just started temping this month and FF is saying i ovulated at CD10, which i thought (think?) is early too - maybe we are just early ovulators!

what CD are you now? i'm CD16 (6DPO) and just trying to wait it out until i can test!

keep us posted!

 

[Angel022605]

I'm on cd 18/10 DPO. I've looked back the last 2 months(before I started bbt charting) and we've bd mid cycle when according to my CM was most fertile and it makes since we might be ovulating early and missing the egg. I've also got another question for the experts. I've read on FF tidbits that if you're not preg your bbt stays elevated for 10-16 days and(from what I understand) if it remains elevated you can be. My bbt remained elevated for 8 days and for the part 2 days it's been low. Did I hit my luteal phase or am I preg? Any thoughts/suggestions would be helpful

 

[jumpingo]

I'm on cd 18/10 DPO. I've looked back the last 2 months(before I started bbt charting) and we've bd mid cycle when according to my CM was most fertile and it makes since we might be ovulating early and missing the egg. I've also got another question for the experts. I've read on FF tidbits that if you're not preg your bbt stays elevated for 10-16 days and(from what I understand) if it remains elevated you can be. My bbt remained elevated for 8 days and for the part 2 days it's been low. Did I hit my luteal phase or am I preg? Any thoughts/suggestions would be helpful

well, i'm definitely no expert. only my first month temping but i have read as much info i can on FFs website, trying to figure out my own chart!

after ovulation, a lot of people have what they call triphasic charts, which means temperatures rise at ovulation and then 8-10 days later they go up again, so your chart looks like stairs, in a way.

FF says
1. you can have a triphasic chart and NOT be pregnant
2. you can have a triphasic chart and BE pregnant
3. you can NOT have a triphasic chart and BE pregnant

so, basically, having a triphasic chart doesn't mean you are or you are not pregnant, sadly. a home pregnancy test or a blood test are the only ways to REALLY know if you are pregnant or not. BUT, they did try to analyze the data they do have to see if there was a correlation and it looks like there is a tiny one, but not enough to say triphasic=pregnant (it's mostly more of an after-the-fact kind of study to see if triphasic charts were more likely to result in pregnancies. here's the page: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/Triphasic-Pattern-and-Pregnancy.html)

as i understand, if your temperature stays high for 16 days in a row (so, until 16DPO), the chances of begin pregnant are pretty good. thing is, most people around here (or maybe just people on the message boards *i* read!) seem to take a pregnancy test before 16DPO. if you can wait until 16DPO, and you haven't gotten your period, more power to ya! i'm at 9DPO today and trying to resist testing...

 

[Angel022605]

This is all too confusing to me. AF is due 8-8 and FF says I can test 8-5. I'll let u know what happens.

 

[jumpingo]

yeah, it's a lot of information and data that sometimes seems contradictory and even more confusing the more you read

either way, hope it goes well and let us know how you go!