Lara310809
Mum of 3 girls
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Hello all, I'm not actually TTC but I have a good reason to drop in unannounced
Long story short, my gynaecologist has put me on the oestrogen patch to hopefully cure my migraines, which seem to be hormonal - caused by heightened levels of progesterone we think.
The idea behind my using the patch is to sort of smooth out my hormones by throwing extra oestrogen into the mix, to match or even overtake the amount of progesterone in my body; I assume particularly after ovulation, although I use the patch throughout the entire cycle.
I temped when I was TTC babies 2 and 3, but it's been a couple of years now so my knowledge is rusty, and I'm not sure I could have figured this out even then.
My question is, do you think I would be able to see a difference if I temped now, with the oestrogen patch? I still have my old charts, so I know what a regular cycle looks like. I'm just wondering if the additional oestrogen in my system would be reflected in my temps - by keeping them lowered, I assume, therefore maybe showing that perhaps I didn't ovulate?
I am also on the Mirena coil; although that hasn't stopped me from ovulating. I'm not sure if that would skew temp results.
Any advice greatly appreciated
Long story short, my gynaecologist has put me on the oestrogen patch to hopefully cure my migraines, which seem to be hormonal - caused by heightened levels of progesterone we think.
The idea behind my using the patch is to sort of smooth out my hormones by throwing extra oestrogen into the mix, to match or even overtake the amount of progesterone in my body; I assume particularly after ovulation, although I use the patch throughout the entire cycle.
I temped when I was TTC babies 2 and 3, but it's been a couple of years now so my knowledge is rusty, and I'm not sure I could have figured this out even then.
My question is, do you think I would be able to see a difference if I temped now, with the oestrogen patch? I still have my old charts, so I know what a regular cycle looks like. I'm just wondering if the additional oestrogen in my system would be reflected in my temps - by keeping them lowered, I assume, therefore maybe showing that perhaps I didn't ovulate?
I am also on the Mirena coil; although that hasn't stopped me from ovulating. I'm not sure if that would skew temp results.
Any advice greatly appreciated