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I'm going on strike - no charting!

redshoegirlredshoegirl member
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I'm not temping for the second half of the 2WW. You can read about my reasoning here, but basically...it's just too stressful. I figure that by this point, either I'm going to be pregnant or I'm not, and temping won't change that...so why stress myself out over it every morning? Stick out tongue
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  • ACM1616ACM1616 member
    I'm with you on that one!  I don't bother either.  Plus, my RE told me to stop charting anyways...
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  • texas77texas77 member

    good for you.  it's so true that temping won't change the fact that you are pg or not.  i say i'm going to do this every cycle and then i don't.  i guess i am a glutten for punishment?   really i just like to see when AF is coming. 

    GL...image

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  • garcia15garcia15
    That web page is too cute! ?You are one strong woman for not charting the second part of the 2ww. ?The suspense would kill me.
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  • texas77texas77 member

    imageACM1616:
    I'm with you on that one!  I don't bother either.  Plus, my RE told me to stop charting anyways...

    why did your RE tell you that?  did he/she mean stop all together or just during the 2ww?

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  • KelinandKevinKelinandKevin member
    imagetexas77:

    imageACM1616:
    I'm with you on that one!? I don't bother either.? Plus, my RE told me to stop charting anyways...

    why did your RE tell you that?? did he/she mean stop all together or just during the 2ww?

    My OBGYN isn't a fan of charting either. ?He told me it's "not accurate" and "a waste of time". ??

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  • JacquiemarkJacquiemark

    I told myself I will do the same thing but I don't know if I can. DH will have to hide the thermometer.

    I agree it can't magically change anything. GL!

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  • redshoegirlredshoegirl member
    imageJacquiemark:

    I told myself I will do the same thing but I don't know if I can. DH will have to hide the thermometer.

    Oh I had to get DH to hide the thermometer first thing this morning after I took my temp! I literally laid in bed with a pillow over my head so I couldn't tell where he put it...otherwise I knew I'd crack! 

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  • JacquiemarkJacquiemark
    imageredshoegirl:
    imageJacquiemark:

    I told myself I will do the same thing but I don't know if I can. DH will have to hide the thermometer.

    Oh I had to get DH to hide the thermometer first thing this morning after I took my temp! I literally laid in bed with a pillow over my head so I couldn't tell where he put it...otherwise I knew I'd crack!?

    LOL! This will be me, but I might peek.

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  • texas77texas77 member
    not accurate??  to me that is the best part.  it is very scientific to take your temp every day and record it on a graph. 
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  • MelT79MelT79
    Good for you...enjoy a less stressful 1ww (hopefully the last one for a long time!!!)
    DS 07/14/07 natural m/c 6.5 wks 11/08 missed m/c 9 wks 2/09 DS 3/20/10 Surprise! Baby sister due in March!
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  • KelinandKevinKelinandKevin member

    imagetexas77:
    not accurate??? to me that is the best part.? it is very scientific to take your temp every day and record it on a graph.?

    Thats what I said! ?I brought in my charts to show him how my temps rise after O...etc. ?And he shook his head and said, "still doesn't mean anything". ?I stopped seeing him, I see the other OBGYN in the same office who thinks charting is uber-cool!?

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  • ACM1616ACM1616 member
    imageKelinandKevin:
    imagetexas77:

    imageACM1616:
    I'm with you on that one!  I don't bother either.  Plus, my RE told me to stop charting anyways...

    why did your RE tell you that?  did he/she mean stop all together or just during the 2ww?

    My OBGYN isn't a fan of charting either.  He told me it's "not accurate" and "a waste of time".   

    RE said to stop altogether.  They will monitor me from now on.  I can if I want just for my own sake, but they won't use any of the info.

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  • texas77texas77 member
    oh that's good kelin, i'm glad your new dr is open-minded. 
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  • waitingforbaby#2waitingforbaby#2
    Wow, good luck redshoe!! :)  Hopefully this is the last time you'll have to do this!
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  • mrsfarmer0711mrsfarmer0711
    I didn't chart during my 2ww last cycle, and it really helped to keep me from overanalyzing.
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  • ~*BREN*~~*BREN*~ member
    GL!  That is so great control...I don't think I could do that, I'm obsessed with my temps. Lol.  Let us know how it goes...and I'm crossing my fingers for you BFP!
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  • PeetiePiePeetiePie
    Good for you!  Big Smile
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  • JacobsGirlJacobsGirl
    imageKelinandKevin:

    imagetexas77:
    not accurate??  to me that is the best part.  it is very scientific to take your temp every day and record it on a graph. 

    Thats what I said!  I brought in my charts to show him how my temps rise after O...etc.  And he shook his head and said, "still doesn't mean anything".  I stopped seeing him, I see the other OBGYN in the same office who thinks charting is uber-cool! 

     Wow.  I would switch too.  I don't think I'd want an OB that ignorant of fertility...My doc didn't bat an eye when I told her I would be using NFP as my "birth control" for the three-month waiting period after my m/c.  She said so long as it's not the rhythm method (which it is not) she trusted me. 

    And to the OP--good for you!  I'm continuing to chart, but mostly because I want to know when to expect my period if I'm not pregnant.  This cycle has been totally messed up, so I'm not sure when to expect it.  I think my luteal phase might lengthen a bit more (hopefully). 

    If I find myself stressing and over-analyzing though, I'll make my husband hide the thermometer. =)

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  • superlupersuperluper
    I totally understand. I started stressing so much about the temps that it wasn't worth it for me. I'm just sorta taking it easy this cycle.?
    oh please. not KU. effed up.
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  • alwyzbsyalwyzbsy
    Good for you.  I've given it up several times and do find the 2ww less stressful.  Each temp rise or drop changes my mood when I do keep charting.  Last cycle DH thought we should chart all the way through, of course he was out of the country for the last week of the crazy 2ww!  ((BFP dust))
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