Chart Stalk Me Please

CoffeeBean71

 This is my first time charting.  Does my chart look like I ovulated?  How do you tell if you implanted?  Thank you!

 

My Ovulation Chart

SheenaNash1

It looks like you ovulated to me. There's really not a surefire way to tell if implantation has taken place. Some people get implantation dips in their temp or spotting or their chart goes triphasic, but some people get nothing. All you can do it wait a few more days and then test if AF doesn't show.

lycih

I'm just curious why you have that discarded temp on the 11th?  It still looks like you ovulated to me, but if you put it back in, does FF move your CH a couple days later at all?

There's no way to tell if you've implanted, even if you have a dip, or spotting, or a triphasic chart, it still might mean nothing.  If there was a way to know for sure, the 2WW would be a lot less crazy-inducing!  Good luck!

CoffeeBean71

Someone had told me to discard the temp on the 11th because I wasn't getting crosshairs unless I did.  I am going to try to put it back and see what happens.  Thank you for the replies. =]

SheenaNash1

CoffeeBean71:

Someone had told me to discard the temp on the 11th because I wasn't getting crosshairs unless I did.  I am going to try to put it back and see what happens.  Thank you for the replies. =]

Don't ever discard a temp unless there is a real need to. Even if I don't get 3 hours of sleep or I temp at a different time in the morning I still enter it and take the open circle. FF is made to deal with that type of data. Discarding a temp just to get CHs isn't the best way to go. Remember, just because its on FF doesn't mean it happened in real life, meaning manipulation your chart to get CHs doesn't mean that you made a difference in your actual cycle. 

RobinR91

SheenaNash1:

CoffeeBean71:

Someone had told me to discard the temp on the 11th because I wasn't getting crosshairs unless I did.  I am going to try to put it back and see what happens.  Thank you for the replies. =]

Don't ever discard a temp unless there is a real need to. Even if I don't get 3 hours of sleep or I temp at a different time in the morning I still enter it and take the open circle. FF is made to deal with that type of data. Discarding a temp just to get CHs isn't the best way to go. Remember, just because its on FF doesn't mean it happened in real life, meaning manipulation your chart to get CHs doesn't mean that you made a difference in your actual cycle. 

  All of this. I mean, I certainly mess with FF to *see* what would happen but I always reset it back to real life when my curiosity has been quelled. Open circles are the way to go. GL to you!

sunflowers4AC

SheenaNash1:

CoffeeBean71:

Someone had told me to discard the temp on the 11th because I wasn't getting crosshairs unless I did.  I am going to try to put it back and see what happens.  Thank you for the replies. =]

Don't ever discard a temp unless there is a real need to. Even if I don't get 3 hours of sleep or I temp at a different time in the morning I still enter it and take the open circle. FF is made to deal with that type of data. Discarding a temp just to get CHs isn't the best way to go. Remember, just because its on FF doesn't mean it happened in real life, meaning manipulation your chart to get CHs doesn't mean that you made a difference in your actual cycle. 

So what do you do when FF automatically discards your temp? Do you just uncheck the box and move on?

Shayliz

sunflowers4AC:

SheenaNash1:

CoffeeBean71:

Someone had told me to discard the temp on the 11th because I wasn't getting crosshairs unless I did.  I am going to try to put it back and see what happens.  Thank you for the replies. =]

Don't ever discard a temp unless there is a real need to. Even if I don't get 3 hours of sleep or I temp at a different time in the morning I still enter it and take the open circle. FF is made to deal with that type of data. Discarding a temp just to get CHs isn't the best way to go. Remember, just because its on FF doesn't mean it happened in real life, meaning manipulation your chart to get CHs doesn't mean that you made a difference in your actual cycle. 

So what do you do when FF automatically discards your temp? Do you just uncheck the box and move on?

 

When does FF automatically discard? I have seen it open circle..never seen it discard a temp for you automatically. 

sunflowers4AC

Shayliz, it did it to me twice. Once 2 days ago and then again this morning. My temp times have all been between 6:15-6:40am. I'm still new to it all so maybe I messed up somewhere.

CoffeeBean71

Ok, I put the discarded temp back and now my chart has changed the crosshairs from 9 DPO to now 5 DPO.

 So now I have another question...that would give me a luteal phase of ten days..is this a short luteal phase or could I still end up with a healthy BFP?

lycih

CoffeeBean71:

Ok, I put the discarded temp back and now my chart has changed the crosshairs from 9 DPO to now 5 DPO.

 So now I have another question...that would give me a luteal phase of ten days..is this a short luteal phase or could I still end up with a healthy BFP?

I thought it might move it forward with that higher temp back in there.  5 dpo seems right to me. 

Why do you think you'll have a luteal phase of 10 days?  Do you know how long your last one was?  You won't know how long this luteal phase it until you get AF.  And just because your cycle was x days last month, doesn't mean it's going to be exactly x days this month.  I wouldn't worry about it.

CoffeeBean71

My last menstrual cycle was 28 days long and they are pretty regular, so I figured if I am 5 DPO and if my menstrual cycle starts on the 29th, that would give me a luteal phase of 10 days.  Is this right?  I'm not sure how this all completely works yet.  =]