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How did you all start?

vegetaravegetara
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Did everyone start charting right away?

 Did anyone give it a couple of cycles to see if their normal sexual routine resulted in a pregnancy?

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  • GregermisGregermis member

    right away for me

    TTC #1 Since 4/2010, Cycle 30
    Positive for HLA-B27, I'm a mutant :p
    Testing - Me ok, gluten issue? DH - borderline count, low motility
    4/28/11 IUI#1 = BFP!(5/25), EDD 2/2/12 - m/c 5w3d
    7/3, 7/31, 9/25 - IUI#2-4=BFN
    IVF#1 - 1 blast = BFP!! (12/30), EDD 9/9/12, confirmed c/p 4w2d
    FET#1 3/2/12 - 2 blasts =BFP!! EDD 11/18/12, us#1 = twins! Confirmed m/c 5w6d
    4/20-surprise BFP and another c/p 4w2d
    FET#2 7/16/12 - 2 blasts = BFN
    FET#3 8/20/12 - 1 blast - BFP!! Beta #1-2=177, 354
    1st u/s 5w6d, one beautiful little HB :), 2nd u/s 146bpm
    baby girl born 5/10/13

    TTC#2 since 12/17/2014, Cycle 8
    Repeat Testing...FSH=12, AMH=3.8, AFC=28. 
    IUI#5 5/10/15- c/p?
    IVF#2 8/19/15 - cancelled due to cysts
    IVF#2 take two 10/2015 - 5 blasts frozen
    FET#4 12/11/2015 - BFN - 4 blasts remaining
    FET#5 2/18/16 - BFP!!!  Beta1-3, 126, 250, 745!!

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  • luckygal3luckygal3 member
    We started TTC in November but this is my first month charting. I am so glad to be charting, my cycle is irregular and I wasted A LOT of HPT because I had no idea when or if I ovulated. 
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  • ginamcpginamcp
    I started charting 6 mos before I even started TTC. 
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  • ConfuzzledTrishConfuzzledTrish member
    I started from the very first cycle.
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    DD born 07/2011 DD due 11/18/2013
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  • ManiacMcGeeManiacMcGee
    Nope. We started charting the second month. Once I decided I was ready for pregnancy I didn't want to wait/waste any more time.
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  • MagieGMagieG
    We went 3 cycles before I even knew about charting. My 59 day cycle got me searching for answers and I came across the wonders of charting! I started immediately since I had already "lost" so many months without knowing what I was really doing.....
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  • JessynloveJessynlove member
    right away for us too. We want to give it the best chance possible...
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  • KellyAnne2006KellyAnne2006
    I didn't start until the third month. I was sick of not knowing what was going on with my own body.
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  • 062307Bride062307Bride
    We started charting this cycle (2nd cycle).
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  • moviesprincessmoviesprincess
    I went off my BCP about 8 months before we were going to TTC and started charting right away so I could have 8 months of cycles to reference if we had issues. So glad I did!
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  • MegBauerMegBauer

    I did not chart with my son at all, I knew how long my cycle was and etc but didn't check my CM or do temping.I got pregnant the second cycle.

    This time If I don't get pregnant this cycle I will start seriously charting.

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  • LeeLee930LeeLee930 member

    This is my 1st cycle TTC, charting and using OPK's (I'm obsessed with POAS).  I went off BCP in April and wish I had come here sooner because I would have started charting then.

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  • heatherinoklaheatherinokla

    I started charting in December 09 to avoid, and so I'd know more accurately what my O date is when we actually started TTC.

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  • gorby007gorby007
    started charting the month before TTC.
    TTC #1 since 4/10 Clomid 2/11, tube check= BFP @18dpo (would not pee on anything earlier!) Due 11/14/11! BabyFruit Ticker</a
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  • brookelynpaisleybrookelynpaisley member
    I started charting right away after I dropped the BCPs, but that cycle was TTA.
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  • lisawelisawe member
    I am on my 2nd cycle TTC. I haven't been charting but I am starting my next cycle. I am on CD 39 but have got two BFN's. So now I have to sit tight since i have no idea when AF will come since I don't know when or if I O'd. Good Luck!
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  • kate05kate05 member
    OPKs the first cycle and charting this cycle (our second).  I feel so much more aware this cycle.
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  • amberproamberpro member
    We are 2nd cycle TTC.  I only did OPKs first cycle, this time I'm charting as well.  
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  • nic5606nic5606 member
    started with opks and then charting on 4th cycle.

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  • ChasingTheDog ChasingTheDog member

    i think we had unofficial kind of trying sex for a month, then I got all paranoid and hypochondriac-y and needed to *know* that I was ovulating (cycles aren't super regular) so this is my second full cycle of charting.

     I kind of hate it--I'm not getting the passion for "knowing what my body is doing". I don't give a shiit, ordinarily. I hate getting up early every g. d. day. So I hope I get ku soon so I can stop. a little whiney, I know. 

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  • SeptemberBride'08SeptemberBride'08 member
    I started just charting my cycles for about a year. Then had to take a few months off for medical reasons. Then started again with charting, CM checks and have no added temping and OPK.
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  • JLynne427JLynne427
    I didnt do anything the first month but look at the generic ovulation calendar to see my potential O week. Then the curiosity with all the things I have learned on this board about temping, charting, and opk'ing killed the cat, so now I do them all.
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  • lylahlovelylahlove member
    I started charting a couple cycles before we began ttc. I'm so thankful I did - I would be a nutcase without it
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  • jesselayne8jesselayne8 member
    I started charted on my 3rd cycles because my cycles were long and I wanted to know whats going on.


    TTC#1 for 19 months with PCOS and MFI IUI#3 + injectables = BFP!!!!  Beta#1-134(13dpiui) Beta #2-392(15dpiui) 
    #1 born December 2011
    TTC#2 - Beta #1 -51@10dpo Beta#2 -1353 @16dpo
    #2 born May 2013
    TTC # 3 June 2014 BFP 12-1-14
    #3 born August 2015 
    #4!!!!!!! due June 2017 
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  • sunandsurfmamasunandsurfmama member

    imageginamcp:
    I started charting 6 mos before I even started TTC. 

    This.  Although I was crazy and did it by hand for many months.  I have been to lazy to enter all my old charts into FF, yet. 

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  • blynn03blynn03

    I started using FF right away, just checking CM and position.  I ordered my BBT and it came partway through that cycle so I started using it then too.

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  • hall994wdhall994wd member
    Went off BCP in July 09, started charting July 10 and used OPK for the first time this cycle.
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  • Noreen and ChrisNoreen and Chris member
    I started charting and using a CBEFM right away. A friend of mine tried for about 6 months and then went to  her doctor only to find out she never ovulated, then she started charting and about 1 year later finally got pregnant, so I figured I don't want to waste any time and this way if I have any problems I will have my charts to bring to my doctor and hopefully they would help clear things up.
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  • Marcilyn0812Marcilyn0812
    DS was an accident.  DD we decided to just have sex alot for 6 months before charting...and we got lucky cycle 3.  This time I don't want to wait, and I've always been curious, so we decided to chart.  I started temping to get in the habit for the last week or so and I come off BCP today!
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  • cvl105cvl105 member
    I'm not charting yet...we just started ttc. I don't plan on charting unless we have trouble getting pregnant over the next couple months.
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  • macdidlyiciousmacdidlyicious member
    right away
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  • Temp878586125009588Temp878586125009588 member
    I started charting right away. More so to learn about my body and my cycles and I'm so glad I did.
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  • TheRealNJhousewifeTheRealNJhousewife member
    I started temping my first cycle off BCP, which is still this cycle. I plan on starting OPKs next cycle. Good luck!
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  • bellaarchitectbellaarchitect member
    I started charting last cycle and we will be TTC next cycle.  I wish I had started sooner so I would have more to compare to.
    Married on 09.01.07*Me:29 yrs*DH:39 yrs We conceived our first child after 15mo TTC and 3.5 months after DH's varicocelectomy. Beta#1,12.12(18DPO)=2512mIU/ml * Beta#2, 12.14(20DPO)=4744 * u/s1,12.21.12=6w1d,hb=117, poss. anomaly spotted, sending us to Maternal Fetal specialist * u/s2, 12.27.11=7w, hb=144 * Grow Baby, grow! Follow Me on Pinterest <a href="http://s1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd402/bellaarchitect/?action=view
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  • LauraElizabeth85LauraElizabeth85 member
    We just started ttc in August 2010. I used cb ovulation tests to try and pinpoint when I was o'ing. I also made a point of checking my CM. I have not been charting + using temps. We will wait and see how things go before we think about taking it to the next level with charting etc.
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  • jb2rnjb2rn member

    This is my first cycle off the pill. I figured it might be weird, so I am charting cervical position and fluid, but that is it. I have a BBT and will use that next cycle. I also purchased some OPK's in bulk but I don't want to waste them this early since I figure my hormones may be screwy for a bit.

     

    b/w=FSH 15.6, AMH 0.4 surprise natural BFP on 3/12/11
    DS born via unplanned C-section at 40w6d

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  • RicolaRicola member
    Started last month with cycle #7
    DS born 12/2011
    DD born 03/2014

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  • MandaS08MandaS08 member
    We started with "not trying but not preventing" method, then moved on to OPK's, then charting and OPK's....still working....

    TTC since 5/2010
    DX with Diminished Ovarian Reserve - AMH of 1.1 - 7/2011; AMH of .42 8/2012    BFP 9/1/10-M/C confirmed 9/8/10-Methotrexate 10/6/10
    IUI #1 (w/clomid)-9/5/11-BFN ; IUI #2 (w/clomid)-10/5/11 - BFP - 11/1/12-No sac seen; 11/2/11 and 11/9/11-Methotrexate 
    IVF #1- ER 2/2; ET 2/5;-Two 8 cell embryos transfered = BFFN
    Surprise BFP - 5/7/12
    U/S on 6/8/12 - H/B at 128 BPM; U/S on 6/14/12 @ 9wks-No H/B-D&C on 6/17/12
    IVF 2.0- ER 10/17; ET 10/20-One 12 cell, one 10 cell and one 8 cell embryo transfered
    BFP!   11/16/12 U/S- Two nuggets with perfect heartbeats! EDD 7/10/13

     

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  • aggiej15aggiej15
    I'm glad there is one other person out there that doesn't think that charting is the best thing ever.  I did a lot of "research" as we were ready to have a baby before we thought we were financially ready, so when we decided it was time I wanted it to happen immediately.  I already knew about charting so started right away.  It frustrates me because I can see that I bd on the right days and it doesn't work, and I know when I O so if there is a party planned after that I worry that I shouldn't drink and I just think, think, think too much about everything.  I kind of wish we had taken a few months to just have a lot of fun sex!  Although if I wasn't charting, I would probably be just as neurotic.  I am just too much of a control freak!
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  • vegetaravegetara
    imageChasingTheDog:

    i think we had unofficial kind of trying sex for a month, then I got all paranoid and hypochondriac-y and needed to *know* that I was ovulating (cycles aren't super regular) so this is my second full cycle of charting.

     I kind of hate it--I'm not getting the passion for "knowing what my body is doing". I don't give a shiit, ordinarily. I hate getting up early every g. d. day. So I hope I get ku soon so I can stop. a little whiney, I know. 

    You could chart only your other fertility signs if the waking up is an issue. (I also HATE the waking up/temperature thing and have thought about doing this.)

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