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My fellow charters..
So I have made the decision to stop temping until towards the end of my cycle. (That date being estimated based on my last 3 or 4 cycles). That way I can see if my temp is up. I might not even temp then though, and just test around when I think I would be late.
I am having the hardest time convincing myself to stick with this though. I didn't temp this morning, but now I am second guessing myself! DH said he is fine with whatever - he would like it if neither of us knows exactly when I ovulate, but also would like to know exactly when my period is due. I totally agree with him, but obviously you can't have one without the other haha.
I am trying not to be such a control freak, talk me down!!!
Re: My fellow charters..
I don't know what to tell you. Are you trying to keep your ovulation date a mystery so that you don't feel pressure leading up to it to have sex and get pregnant?
We are not TTC but I am charting just because I can't handle not knowing when my period is coming. Even when I can't pinpoint my ovulation date, I still have an idea of when it was so I have a range of days during which to expect my period. That was my favorite part of being on BCP: having regular cycles. I had to go off for medical reasons so I was very happy to learn about charting and being able to know as much as I can about what's going on and when.
If your cycles are regular and just long, I think not charting would be fine. I don't think you would need to temp late in your cycle. Give yourself a test date if you haven't had your period by X day, then try not to worry about it until then
I know, much easier said than done.
Ya I've been charting to avoid since February.. My cycles have finally been somewhat consistant for the last four cycles. So I know roughly when I should ovulate, and then roughly when my period should be due. So it won't be a mystery, unless for some reason I ovulate early. I don't ovulate until around cd25ish, so there is always a chance that I will ovulate early.
Basically I am trying to give up that knowledge and control, but it's hard because I am a bit of a control freak
I just keep telling myself that there are plenty of people who don't chart and have no idea when they will ovulate, so I already have more knowledge than that!
This is why we get along.. because this is so me. Hahaha
Hi!!! How come you decided to stop?
That actually wouldn't affect anything.. stress can change when you O, but not when your period comes :-) Did you ever read TCOYF, or just FF tutorials?
I am totally giving you the side eye Jenny... if you didn't read any of it how do you know anything about charting?
I just saw this second reply, I was typing the other one when you posted it haha. I would definitely read the first few chapters. If you are worried about the length, don't be - you don't need to read the whole thing. If you read the how to parts, then since you have endo I am pretty sure there is a chapter on that so read that part. Then if you ever have questions about other things you can always reference it later. No need to read all of it!
That's what I did. Just read how to do it all, then I have had questions about other things later on so I just checked the index and found my answers in the parts that I hadn't read before.