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TCOYF

SpanishbeautySpanishbeauty
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Is there anyone else who is/was over whelmed with the amount of information? 

Is it kind of a, get the jist then figure out the rest as you go along?  I feel like there is SO much information that I'm having a hard time processing all of it.  I'm suppose to start charting in about a week and I feel like it's all over my head.  I did the FF lessons a while ago and I'm reading TCOYF right now, but it's a lot of info.  Please tell me I'm not crazy (stupid) and that'll eventually get it.

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  • CollieJadeCollieJade

    YOu're not stupid; I felt exactly the same way and was totally bewildered by the whole chart thing at first.  I made Mr.CJ do my charting because I couldn't even LOOK at the chart without getting confused! 

    I found the TCOYF software and/or FF software to be really helpful, because all I had to do was remember to temp at the same time every day and check CM, and log onto the software and fill in the blanks!  Over time I got much more used to looking at the chart and it eventually all made sense. :)  Just temp, check CM, and note all your "symptoms", and let the software do the work for you!!

    PS - YGM re: TTD

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  • TayteeTaytee

    I think the important thing to know and remember is that it's absolutely NOT necessary to know everything to get pregnant! Yes, knowing how ovulation works helps. Having sex at the "right" time of the month is key. But past that, chances are that you will get a positive PG test before every acronym makes a permanent home in your brain.

    I just kept telling myself "15 year olds get pregnant. I can get pregnant"

    OH and FWIW, on the stupidity factor - I'm a nurse and I didn't know the details of half the stuff covered in the book. Definitely not the kind of thing they went over in detail in sex ed in HS, although maybe they should have! When I got off the pill a couple years ago and started getting EWCM I honestly thought I had an infection. That was an embarrassing visit to the OB....

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  • SpanishbeautySpanishbeauty
    imageCollieJade:

    YOu're not stupid; I felt exactly the same way and was totally bewildered by the whole chart thing at first.  I made Mr.CJ do my charting because I couldn't even LOOK at the chart without getting confused! 

    I found the TCOYF software and/or FF software to be really helpful, because all I had to do was remember to temp at the same time every day and check CM, and log onto the software and fill in the blanks!  Over time I got much more used to looking at the chart and it eventually all made sense. :)  Just temp, check CM, and note all your "symptoms", and let the software do the work for you!!

    PS - YGM re: TTD

     

    YGM, back!

     

    Taytee:  As of right now I'm not too worried about getting PG, when it's right, it'll be right.  I'm actually more worried about NOT getting PG.  Of course, I can always use a back up every time... It's just that not taking a pill (after being on it for 9 years) and relying on some else to be the over all responsible one is a little nerve wracking.

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  • MrsNoleMrsNole member
    imageSpanishbeauty:

    Please tell me I'm not crazy (stupid) and that'll eventually get it.

    You are not crazy or stupid and you WILL eventually get it..... if you basically know the 'jist' of it (charting) you should be fine!  Don't stress!

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  • CollieJadeCollieJade
    imageSpanishbeauty:
    imageCollieJade:

    YOu're not stupid; I felt exactly the same way and was totally bewildered by the whole chart thing at first.  I made Mr.CJ do my charting because I couldn't even LOOK at the chart without getting confused! 

    I found the TCOYF software and/or FF software to be really helpful, because all I had to do was remember to temp at the same time every day and check CM, and log onto the software and fill in the blanks!  Over time I got much more used to looking at the chart and it eventually all made sense. :)  Just temp, check CM, and note all your "symptoms", and let the software do the work for you!!

    PS - YGM re: TTD

     

    YGM, back!

     

    Taytee:  As of right now I'm not too worried about getting PG, when it's right, it'll be right.  I'm actually more worried about NOT getting PG.  Of course, I can always use a back up every time... It's just that not taking a pill (after being on it for 9 years) and relying on some else to be the over all responsible one is a little nerve wracking.

    It is a little nerve wracking...but you can trust the back up!  Even when we were charting to avoid I never felt comfortable not using a back up method.  And remember he's not the one that totally has to be responsible -you have a say as to when and where the backup is used!  I was always like, "Get that thing away from me unless you're ready to put a glove on it, babe."  LOL  I wouldn't let him within 10 feet of me without backup in place, that's how paranoid I was when we were avoiding!

    Turns out that if how long we actually actively tried is any indication, I probably didn't have to be so paranoid....

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