Advice on Charting

MM1024

First, I'm new to the message boards so I'm sorry if I don't use all the abbreviations

My Husband and I are at the end of month 8 of ttc and my obgyn has had me using ovulation kits, charting basal body temp and carvical mucus. My cycles are extreme and I don't ovulate every month and the months I do aren't even close to being around the same time. I have uterine fibroids (6 that are golfball size). We have lost a baby before and since then my cycles have gotten worse. So we do have some odds against us and I see the importance of charting. Honestly though, it stresses me out...it makes me stress about it the more I have to do. I am worried enough as it is. Now my obgyn is sending us to a fertility specialist because he is concerned. My friends all get pg with one try basically and most of them are done trying so they just don't understand what I'm dealing with. They say "if it stresses you out don't do it" but I think it will be beneficial for the specialist. I want to keep charting but I am overwhelmed with it. What am I suppossed to do...I'd appreciate your thoughts since you are going through the same thing. I just didn't know where else to turn for advice on this.

MrsP71506

As soon as you see an RE they are going to tell you to stop charting.  So if it stresses you out then it is okay to stop.  When I had my first appointment with my RE and I showed him my charts he said don't worry about that I will learn much more with all the tests I am going to run.

welcome to the board and good luck

mlmtgg

honestly my RE didn't tell me to stop charting. aside from a quick glance to see how they looked though, he doesn't want to see them - they are more for me.

I fought charting for a year under the thought that it would make me crazy to do it. Frankly though, I am so glad I started. It's taught me a lot about my cycles (mine are much more regular though than you describe and I do not know how an irregular or annovulatory cycle on a chart would do in terms of making me crazy). Getting up to temp has been a lot easier than expected, and even through IF treatments and meds, I have been able to see the patterns of my chart and it has actually helped me be LESS crazy when it comes to testing - so now I know I don't need to stress myself by seeing BFN tests when I see my temp dropping. 

 

good luck.