BBT, OVULATION KITS WHILE TTC ALOT OF WORK.

Berrychic2

HELLO 

DH  and I have been together for 8yrs total, married for 3 this May. We are both ready for a little addition to our  family. I went to see my NP 4/23/13 she took a whole bunch of blood ( preconception blood work-up) check me out thoroughly. I just having fun with hubbie for now until i start to ovulate in May. I am nervous, anxious & excited all at the same time. I plan to ttc on day 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 & 18 of my next cycle. I read  a lot about charting BBT or buying ovulation kits, i feel this is a bit much and would cause an increase in anxiety. Can someone please tell me about there experiences and if you think it would be beneficial for me to do. btw i have a regular 28-30 day cycle.

Berrychic2

thanks, i will.

 

staycee

in my experience, by month 3 I had more anxiety not knowing when/if I O'd and if we had timed things right.   I started charting BBT and was much more relaxed.

magdalina.h

I would have more anxiety not knowing when I was ovulating.

Ksahlberg

Read "taking Charge of your fertility" I don't know why I put off reading this for soo long, it really does provide a lot of good info both for TTA and TTC. I definitely recommend charting temps just to give you an overall picture of your cycle.

I thought I had normal periods for years and found out otherwise.

All the best and good luck!

 

FemShep

Honey, if you think BBT and ovulation kits are stressful and lots of work, just wait until you have a baby!

 Good luck to you! 

hnid222

I just started charting my BBT. I thought it would be a pain to do but I have the Fertility Friend app on my phone and its been super easy so far! I think the worst part of it is just checking it at the same time every day. I wake up at 4:30am to go work out so it won't be fun to check on the weekends but I can usually fall back asleep. Good luck!!

Twinkie0612

I didn't start charting until our 2nd month TTC.  At first I thought we would do the old "let's just have fun and see what happens" thing, although I did check CM so that I could try to make sure that we had sex at the right time.  What I found out was that not knowing what was going on, drove me crazy. 

I started charting and using OPKs the next month and I am so glad I did.  It gave me peace of mind that we were timing sex around my FW and it confirmed that I was ovulating and didn't have any LP issues, which were both important when I started IF testing after a year of TTC.  Some doctor's even recommend charting and/or OPKs for a few months before starting testing, just to make sure that you are having well timed sex.

JenV724

Charting did cause a lot of stress for me. Did I sleep long enough?? An I a mouth breather? However, OPKs do help you out. Start using them day 10 until you get two dark solid lines, and it will give you a better idea when to BD.