So over charting

Davie813

I'm just not doing it.  I don't like getting up to read the thermometer (I didn't get one with a light-up display).  It makes me tired.  I don't like obsessive comparisons with pg charts in the FF gallery.  I don't like slowly watching my temp creep down at the end of the month.  I do not like it, Sam I am.

So I quit.  I figure I know by now when I ovulate.  I'm seriously considering skipping the opks this month, too (I used them when I conceived DD, but very badly.  I might as well not have).

Since we'll likely be receiving some kind of treatment next cycle, I think I'm just going to relax for this one.

Anyone with me?

meredithcarole

I have completely resisted temping for that very reason. I got pregnant fairly quickly the first attempt so unless I get close to the 6 month mark this attempt I think I will just try and time things myself.

lgsdesigner

I'm a complete science nerd, so I am the opposite of you. I enjoy it. 
I mean...I like seeing the temps go up and down, but I don't like the act of taking my temp. I usually fall back asleep AS I'm taking it...haha!  

Austrogermokee

I can't deal with temping. I know generally when I ovulate (though my cycles are all over the place lately), so I just start using OPKs a few days before so I don't miss it. And mucus? No freaking way.

URMySunshine77

Like @lgsdesigner, I enjoy temping and taking down all of the data. However, I will probably change my perspective after charting for more than six months without a BFP.

Sharon&Paul

I did it with my first two pregnancies. We were trying to conceive our third during the holiday season and I was too busy. I did use OPK. I always ovulated the day after a positive OPK, so I used that as my guide. I am very regular and almost always ovulate on Day 13. I have not started temping this time. It would just be something else to analyze.

tlc35

I'm a lazy temper since I don't set an alarm.  I just temp whenever I wake up.  For now I still feel like it gives me some "control" of what is going on but I can see that eventually I might get sick of it.  Do whatever feels best though.

kindershlitz

I'm with you. It's too much for me to think about in the AM, I'm up at different times, I have to pee, whatever it is. I also was constantly looking at other charts and comparing.  That hasn't seemed to have helped!

I use opks but I seem so consistent with surges, I too have skipped a month here and there.  I feel like the obsessing is making it worse on me so I have taken "breaks" but not from BDing

SillySally24

I sucked at temping, but then I've pretty much been working with an RE the whole time anyway.  I pay them lots of money - so let them figure it out!  I use the OPKs just to see 2 lines on a stick - LOL!  They're the wondfos so it's a cheap thrill I have...

C_Girlie

I totally get it, temping is a lot of work. Lol I would feel weird if I stopped doing it. I'm not 100% sure, but I think this is my fifth cycle temping. Now it's just a regular activity like combing ur hair

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Lesliem0901

This was my first real cycle of temping and it def made my OCD kick in. At least I only have the free version; otherwise I'd really be in trouble!
I'm going to a new RE on Friday to move to IVF. I still plan on temping for now...

CML11

I got benched for IVF, so no need to temp while on the pill. I'm a science nerd like @lgsdesigner‌ so I got into it. Even my DH would ask about it and would know that if my temp crashed in the 2WW it wasn't good.
Also I kept a small flashlight next to my thermometer so I could see.

Jmaddiso

I'm very much with you!! I thought FOR SURE this would be our month. Took 4 tests over the last 5 days...and what do ya know...but that biotch AF showed up about an hour after i peed on the stick. UGH!!!

I've been temping/charting for about 2 months (i think) now. And let me tell you...i don't know anymore about my cycles now than i did before i started!! I had an elevated temp for the past 10 days. Which in comparison to all the other temps, that was a good sign that we were pg. Yesterday it took a slight dip and today it was back to the elevated level. But then AF just showed up. So i don't know what to think! I'm baffled. I tend to take it around the same time each morning, but i don't set an alarm. I just naturally wake up around the same time every day. But i'm just super baffled and frustrated.

Enjoy your break!! Destress and toss that thermometer out the window!

Davie813

Hmmm...I guess I can see how temping and charting might be "scientifically" interesting.  I may even have felt that way when I started--I can't remember.

Now, though, it's settled into a pretty predictable pattern:  "Looks good!  Oooh, that's not so good.  Wait, rebound!  Nope, back down.  And down again.  And--we're out."

It's like watching the same losing ball game month after month.  Who needs it? >:P

marijaa333

Totally hear you... I keep forgetting to do it first thing, so have been doing it around 9:30/10:30 and the temps are all over the place. Oops. Plus, I never know if I'm doing it quite right....

TTCBabyJ

Hey I'm right there with you, I  decided not to temp this month as well. I obsess over every temp and spend hours looking at the  "Charts Like Mine" gallery. I have noticed that my temps sets the tone for my days and sometimes I just want to go to bed to see what my new temp will be.....yes I have it bad! So I stopped this month I figure with OPK, the O pains I get with on Clomid I will be fine.

Davie813

TTCBabyJ said:

Hey I'm right there with you, I  decided not to temp this month as well. I obsess over every temp and spend hours looking at the  "Charts Like Mine" gallery. I have noticed that my temps sets the tone for my days and sometimes I just want to go to bed to see what my new temp will be.....yes I have it bad! So I stopped this month I figure with OPK, the O pains I get with on Clomid I will be fine.

Ugh, yes. Exactly. Happy not-charting to both of us!

eskimozie

I did it for an entire year, graphed it and everything. Turns out I can tell without the thermometer...which is good because any more I hop out of bed to pee before remembering to check my temp. So now I don't bother.

MelissaMiso

I haven't tried the whole temperature charting thing yet. Seems like too much work. I'd rather just have lots of sex and be done with it. I do track my period on FF but mostly bc I am horrible at remembering when I'm due and don't want to be caught without some lady products with me.