How many of you weren't charting when you got your BFP?

tayray1 · August 2010

Hi ladies, I am visiting from TTGP and I wondered how many of you got your BFP when you weren't charting? How did you know AF was late when you tested? I am curious b/c I am not charting but AF is 3 days late. I know that I must of ovulated later than normal, so I am patiently waiting for either AF or a BFP, but just wondered all the same. Thanks if you feel like answering! Good luck to all of you!

Foxy Jones · August 2010

I didn't chart, but I was using a CBEFM so I knew when I ovulated. I also tested before AF was due (10dpo) and got a positive HPT, so I'm probably not much help. But good luck!!!

bbzangel70j · August 2010

i didnt chart- i used the cheapie OPK's and got pg the first month using them.

I tested about 3 days before AF was due.

Good luck!

lilbit923 · August 2010

I wasn't charting with this pregnancy and had no clue I was pregnant. My cycles have been crazy all over the place since I stopped breast feeding Emma. While we wanted to get pregnant after Emma turned one to have some distance between the kids....looks like we got a head start.

Tehilas Mom · August 2010

i charted for a month with fertilityfriend.com but i got my BFP the first month(i was suprised too) of charting so i cant be much help. i was using temp and cervical mucus to tell when i would ovulate....

JennDave+1 · August 2010

I wasn't charting. I knew AF was late because I am a pretty consistent 28 days. Out of the last 8 months I only had one cycle that was not 28 days. AF was three days late from my 28 days that I calculated so I tested and it was positive.

kilissa · August 2010

I didn't chart with either pregnancy. I checked an ovulation calendar for an approximate date on when to do the deed. However, we had a really active sex life to begin with. DH wanted to try without too much effort.

iamgrace · August 2010

I didn't chart, but I knew when I ovulated and tested 12 dpo.

Annie and Frank · August 2010

I had charted for a few months before, but had stopped because my cycle is a very regular 27 days. I used The Bump's ovulation calculator to note the days when I would be most likely to conceive, marked them on the calendar and told my husband. I got the BFP one day after I should have started.

The at home tests are pretty accurate once you are late, if I were you I'd give it a shot.

amethyst1220 · August 2010

i wasn't charting, and had crazy cycles after going off BCP, ranging from 30-45 days. when i hit cycle day 40, i tested.

Mrs.Husband · August 2010

I charted with DS religiously, but not this time around. We were not trying to get pregnant again this soon but, admittedly, weren't great about using protection either. My cycles have been all over the place since I stopped breastfeeding in March. Anyway, the only reason I tested was because I (i) was waiting to start my period so I could start the birthcontrol prescription I had just received from my doc and (ii) got extremely nauseas and almost thre up my chicken salad lunch. Went to CVS to buy immodium and also picked up a pregnancy test. Sure enough. I was just at 6 weeks when that happened.

TeacherMel · August 2010

I did not chart. We had just had our first appoinment with an RE and I was going to start clomid after my next AF. I was aware of my LMP date b/c I need that info for the RE, but I had long since given up on OPK's and temping.

o2bme · August 2010

I didn't chart. My cycles were never over 28 days so I tested when I was a day late.

craftytype · August 2010

I didn't chart, but my cycles were generally between 26 and 28 days. I tested on day 24 with an line EPT and day 25 with a digital. They were both positve. Since I tested so early and since I still had a digital left over I tested again about two weeks later, which was positive as well.

squillo · August 2010

Didn't chart, only have a very sketchy idea of how all that works anyway. I was only off the pill for about 2 months, so I don't even know for sure when I ovulated or how long my cycle is. I was using a website that calculates your ovulation based on your period but I don't think I had enough period data entered for it to be accurate.

leighv333 · August 2010

I wasn't charting, I had only been off BC for two months so I didn't have an idea how long my cycle was but if it was the normal 28 days, I waited until I was four days late then tested. Good luck!!!

ckandi007 · August 2010

I wasn't charting. We had literally started trying and I figured if nothing happened in a few months, maybe I'd start...well, we didn't even have to get that far--I got my BFP the first month we tried!

missmiss307 · August 2010

I wasn't charting. I tried it, but it just wasn't for me. I suspected I was pregnant, and when I didn't start my period the day I expected to, I went ahead and tested the next morning and got my BFP. I used a FRER test.

MrsLenau09 · August 2010

I looked into charting and decided it was too stressful to figure out Stick out tongue DH and I felt it best to live our lives normally, without the stress of "OMG I want a BFP!!" I also gave God the glory of it, praying that I was willing to do His will (whether that be as a mom or not) and that I'd be happy either way. I was leaving it up to Him.

My cycles are always spot on, the same day every month, but getting off BCP did mess with it a little. When I felt I was late, and having symptoms (extreme irritability, fatigue, pimples, craving chocolate milk? which I hadn't had in forever), I took a $1 test from Dollar General and got a faint line. Took another one two days later and it was official! We got our BFP within two months!

Good luck to you!

AliandJimmy · August 2010

I wasn't charting. I was on Mirena for almost 2 years and took it out in May 2010. My cycles were completely normal after. July was our first month saying whatever happens, happens. It all worked out and I got a BFP on Friday the 13th lol. Just hoping for the best now!

TheCricket · August 2010

I never charted. I went as far as buying a basal thermometer, but we were in the process of adoption, and I figured charting would amount to a whole lot of effort for what would probably yield yet one more BFN. Little did we know...

skio · August 2010

I sorta kinda was just starting to mess around with charting and fertility friend about two weeks before my BFP. I didn't know when I O'd.

BUT my cycles were pretty regular for the previous 4 months and I sort of knew about when I had probably ovulated, and after DH and I BD'd a couple times one weekend, I realized it was right around when I probably O'd.

I didn't think I was pregnant. DH had a strong feeling that I was and was persistent about it. I tested on the day I was supposed to get AF, only because we were going to a rehearsal dinner and I planned to drink. It was a "just in case" thing, and good thing I did!

azuremama · August 2010

I didn't chart, but I knew approximately how long my cycles are. I took a test based on that, but I also knew things could be off, so I just would have waited and tested again a few days later if it was negative and AF still hadn't showed.

erin.m · August 2010

I didn't chart but was fairly certain when I was ovulating and tested at 12dpo-AF was due the next day.

m0132 · August 2010

I didn't chart. Since I had DD I can tell when I am Oing and around 10 days after AF I started getting a little crampy so I put DH on a humping schedule for that whole week. It worked the first month. I got my BFP 2-3 days before AF was due again.

starlily313 · August 2010

I didn't chart or use OPKs.

I knew AF was late because I've always had a very regular 28-29 day cycle. While I never charted, I did always keep track of when AF started each month. I waited a week past its expected arrival date to test.

Mrs S 08 · August 2010

I didn't chart this cycle. I had been charting for months and it had been established I wasn't ovulating so the doctor prescribed Clomid. Well I did 2 months of that and it didn't work, and DH was about to deploy and was going to be gone a lot so we decided I would just got back on BC until he got back. Well I took BC for a month, and then didn't take it the next month because we were on vacation and I had forgot the refills. We were gone for 2 weeks and when I came home I started feeling different and very bloated, I started having some light spotting so I thought I would get me period, but when that went away and I had no period after a couple days I tested. My period were pretty regular (25/26 days), and I tested around 29 days. The only reason I waited so long was bc DH had just left and I didn't want to getmy hopes up, we had been trying for over a year and I was truely starting to think it wouldn't happen.

SpartanGirl · August 2010

I didn't chart with any of my pregnancies. My cycles are very consistent at 28 days, so I waited until I was a few days late and then tested.

GL to you!

Stella's_PUMPED · August 2010

no charting here. I have always been able to tell when I'm ovulating though. I only have one period since LO (due to BF'ing) and when I ovulated I asked DH if he was ready for another one.

We tried and it worked!!! WOOHOOO!

on_the_move · August 2010

I wasn't charting because we were in the middle of moving and I didn't have my BBT. My period had been a little strange since I stopped BF DS in March so after about 30 days I just tested and DH found it. We were both very pleasently surprised!

CutieBean79 · August 2010

Not me - I wasn't doing anything except paying attention to the calendar. My cycle had been pretty regular for 4 months, so when my period was 3 days late (later than 28 days from my last period), I tested. We were hoping and praying but expecting infertility problems (history of PCOS, but recent weight loss helped to disguise symptoms).

LoLo1014 · August 2010

We didn't, just figured out my ovulation days and went for it!

missfire · August 2010

I had a phone app where I tracked my period for the last 6 months or so. Sometimes its prediction was off by a few days, so my cycles must not be exactly the same. It would shade the week that women "typically" would ovulate. We still only had sex when we felt like it. For both pregnancies, I got pregnant pretty fast, so we weren't at a point where I felt a need to chart or otherwise work at it.

stahlop · August 2010

I wasn't charting but I did take an OPK, so I knew around when I would be ovulating. Still managed to concieve on the first try.

myst33 · August 2010

I didn't chart but used a cbefm. Good luck!

kabarbanel · August 2010

I didn't chart. I try to watch my CM closely, but of course I can't pinpoint an O date. I got my BFP the day AF was due.

NickelC35 · August 2010

I wasn't charting, since we technically were not ttc (but not avoiding either). I was still breastfeeding my DD, so I hadn't had a period yet. I tested when I was about 5 weeks pregnant and got a positive. I only tested because my nipples felt like they were on fire, and the only other time I had felt that was when I was pregnant with DD.