Check out my chart....I need some help!

williegsocks

Okay, so we have been trying for over a year and a half now and I am seriously ready to get serious!!!  LOL  I've started charting this month as I have a fertility appointment with my obgyn next week and they advised me to start it up again.  I tried to do it a few months ago, but I wake up so frequently to pee that I got sick of doing it because I never had a consistent time to temp where I had 3 hours of sleep.  I'm still having the same issue, but I am really trying to get my temps as accurately as possible.  Though my times are not all accurate I am making sure to have at least 3 hours of sleep before temping and I make sure that I take my temp before my first pee.  

Okay, so here's what I need!  I would really appreciate you checking out my chart in the link below and letting my know what you think.  Am I doing okay so far?  What's up with my temp dropping again?  Did I actually ovulate?!  Any advice on temping!

My Chart

williegsocks

I was told by some other members to come to this board for this issue.  So sorry!  I am struggling to find the right board.  

catlover790

Hi and welcome!

If you've been TTC for 1.5 years I also would recommend skipping the OB appointment and seeing a reproductive endocrinologist (RE). They will help you more than an OB.

I was charting for the past year and from your chart it does have a spike but the temps aren't showing a sustained shift. Unfortunately, waking up in the middle of the night can change temps. Also, there are many variations of shifts including a slow rise and fallback rise. For me, until I had like 5 temps past O I never trusted the crosshairs because I didn't always have the huge shift that others do. Anyway, I would keep having sex until you're positive you see a shift.

Also, what are your cycles like normally length wise?

Good luck with everything!

catlover790

Oh I forgot! If you're interested in learning more charting you can look at the gallery on FF and see what other charts look like. You can search for different things too like "inconsistent sleep/wake time" to see some where other people are in similar situations. Go to gallery and search, there are drop down choices.

However, if you decide to see a RE and/or start treatment temping isn't really necessary so you may not find it's worth spending a lot of time learning about at this point. Anyway...good luck!

williegsocks

I didn't have a period for about 6 months once I got off the pill and then I started taking Vitex and it got my period started again.  My cycles are crazy irregular!  Here are my cycles for the past 8 months: 37 days,72 days, 46 days, 49 days, and 23 days for this last one.  I also use OPKs and it showed that I ovulated on August 4th.

catlover790

williegsocks said:

I didn't have a period for about 6 months once I got off the pill and then I started taking Vitex and it got my period started again.  My cycles are crazy irregular!  Here are my cycles for the past 8 months: 37 days,72 days, 46 days, 49 days, and 23 days for this last one.  I also use OPKs and it showed that I ovulated on August 4th.

Well, I think from what I've read on here the vitex isn't always a good idea? (Someone else jump in with more info!)

Those cycle lengths do seem irregular. It's hard to say if you ovulated or not, sometimes you can get a positive OPK and not actually ovulate too. There are many variables with charting! However, if you got a positive opk and your temp goes back up then it would be easier to confirm.

BunnyBerry

Sorry about the temping troubles, it can be so frustrating! Hate those weekends waking up at 5am, lol.

I second PPs, I think with the off cycles, you'd really be in great hands with an RE. It seems like the OBs that we all respect around here are the ones who immediately referred us to an RE to get thorough testing without wasting any time or taking treatments that may not have a chance of working (and may be dangerous without proper monitoring).

The good thing about working with an RE - no need to temp anymore, they keep track of everything for you.

Pintobean39

It's been a while since I charted but I looked back over some of my charts and my temp did always drop a little in the beginning of my LP. Feel free to look in my siggy and look at my past charts. Mine were always crazy looking because I never took my temp at the same time, I'm a bad sleeper. I just took mine when I got the longest amount of sleep, it ranged from 1am-6am.

I'm with everyone else, skip the OB and go straight to the RE. They are much better equipped at getting you pregnant.

williegsocks

I have an appointment set up with an RE for August 18th and I am so ready to get this started.  They already have a lot of tests set up for my first appointment and they told me it would be at least a 2 hour appointment.  I love that they don't waste any time because I am in no mood to play around any longer.  I have been way too emotional, discouraged, and anxious about all of this.  I am going to vent for just a second and then I won't do it again, but it makes me so unbelievably upset that we have to pay for something that I should be capable of doing for free as a woman!  Okay, I'm done now.  Thank you all so much for your responses and support!  It feels so nice to have people out there who understand and lately I feel like this is all I can think about.  I think I'm starting to get obsessed.  Thank goodness school will be starting soon (I'm a teacher) I really really really need the distraction.  Summer is dangerous. lol