BBT - Do you adjust?

[dachsundmom]

Absolutely, trying to match CM to OV is not reliable at all...some women will never see EWCM.

 

[mouse12]

do you know i got married in june this year and this ttc business is far more stressful than planning the wedding was, definitely! all i want is a period with ovulation and ill be happy.

the ewcm thing, although it looks like i havent ovulated, is the fact that i had some ewcm for the first time a good thing, or just meaningless?

 

[dachsundmom]

Honestly, IDK...it certainly means your body is having a hormonal shift of sorts and is probably trying to OV, but is not being successful.

You might want to start using OPKs; I know you might go through a lot of them at first, but it will be something to base the guessing off of....

 

[mouse12]

I have been doing OPKs on and off. I sometimes get a light control line but have never had a positive. The strongest control line I have had was on Sat evening, the day before the ewcm. Foolishly, I didnt test again until Wed as I had visitors so was trying to forget about all of this. The one on wed had a line but not positive, then thursday was lighter than wed and I havent done one today but will soon.

Ok, so call me crazy (if youre not already) but I changed my chart. Reason being, I started temping on Oct 31, for 12 days, then stopped as I went away, and started again on Nov 2. The chart you looked at before started from Nov 21, so I went in an inserted the others. This reduced my coverline from 36.32 to 36.28, but still shows the same ovulation day. Do you think this makes any difference and should I leave these figures in or take them back out again?

 

[dachsundmom]

Ok, I just went back and read your original post...so, you have not had AF since coming off of BCP? Was it Cerazette? And, has your doctor offered you anything to induce AF?

I don't think you are crazy at all....I like that you have added the 10/31 chart to the 11/21 temps...You can leave all of them in there, since there has been no AF to interrupt your chart.

My gut tells me your body is trying to OV and keeps failing; it will keep doing this until something gives. I am certainly not saying you haven't OV yet, but I am more concerned about your lack of AF.

 

[mouse12]

my GP wont refer me to a specialist until the end of Jan when its been 6 months as he said it can take that long to get af. The other thing is up until the beginning of Nov I probably wasnt taking in enough calories, perhaps about 700 a day (silly I know, just hectic schedule means I forget). However, since realising that this could be it and that my body fat was too low (18%) I have consciously been eating more, and body has gone up to 20%. So, what Im thinking / hoping is that things are now kicking into gear as a result of that. But perhaps thats just wishful thinking. Even if it hasn't worked, at least me, Ben & Jerry have rekindled our love for one another!!

 

[dachsundmom]

I think you just hit the nail on the head!

 

[mouse12]

temp went down again today so ive changed all of my temps back to the actual readings (i.e. i didnt adjust any of them). So, I haven't o'd, however EWCM is reappeared this morning and CP is v high. So confused. I also have a headache - is that a symptom of anything? I donmt normally get them you see.

 

[dachsundmom]

I have no idea about the headache.