Trying to Get Pregnant
fertilityfriend.com Q:
First of all, thank you everone who sent me to fertilityfriend.com! I set up an account.. but my question to you is..
Do I have to take my temp inorder for it to work??
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Re: fertilityfriend.com Q:
Yep. It sounds like more work than it really is.
I get up at 5 during the week, so as soon as my alarm goes off I just grab the BBT (laying right on my nightstand) and pop it in my mouth. I get to snooze while temping for a few more minutes (an excuse to be lazy in getting up!) My BBT will store the temperature, so I can choose to record it later. Usually I'll just open the Fertility Friend app I have on my phone, and input it (which takes less than 30 seconds). On the weekends, I set my alarm for 5 am too, and temp when the alarm goes off. Then I shut off the alarm, roll back over and go to sleep and deal with the recording when I wake up for real. It's even less disruptive to my sleep than getting up to pee. In fact, sometimes I have fallen back asleep with the BBT in my mouth!
The benefits from taking a couple of minutes to do this make it super worth it! And once you've started doing it, chances are you'll find it doesn't even feel like work (especially since the chart app does all the calculating for you).
Mama's Clone - 07/18/12
OP -- keep in mind that the downside to doing it this way is that you will not be able to confirm whether or not you ovulated (you have to temp in order to confirm O). Your CM and OPK results may have pointed to ovulation, but they only tell you ovulation may happen. Sometimes you gear up to O, and then for some reason your body delays it and you don't actually O for days or even weeks later. If you go by just CM and OPKs, you might erroneously think your AF is "late" (and thus you're KU) when really your O was late, and you missed your fertile window all together.
Mama's Clone - 07/18/12
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Official Due Date 5/29/15 & HB 143 on 10/13; 11/25 Harmony Results perfect & it's a Girl!
Off BCP 5/2009
TTC since July 2010
DH's SA = Normal!
Hysteroscopy 2/2011
50mg Clomid / Progesterone 77.5 April 2011 = BFN
25mg Clomid / Progesterone 53 May 2011= BFN
25mg Clomid / Progesterone 44.3 June 2011= BFN
5mg Femara / Progesterone 15.7 July 2011= BFN
5mg Femara / Progesterone 14 August 2011= BFN
5mg Femara + Crinone / Progesterone 32 September 2011=BFN
5mg Femara + Crinone / Progesterone 14.9 October 2011=BFN
First RE Appointment 11/2011
Hysteroscopy 11/2011 & on Med break
12/2011 Diagnosed with PCOS (Insulin Resistant)
12/2011 Adding 1000 MG Metformin per day
12/14/11 BFP
Beta #1 664 Beta #2 3330 Beta #3 6160 Beta #4 19546
Official Due Date 8/18/12 & HB 147 on 1/3; HB 171on 1/19
Pre-term labor @ 29W bed-rest till Emergency C-Section
IT'S A GIRL
My Ovulation Chart
TTC #1 since March 2010
DH - SA = Low Morphology. Great overall count.
August 2012: HSG - All Clear
September 2012: Timed Intercourse 100 mg Clomid CD 4-8 w/ Repronex & HCG Injections = BFN
October 2012: Timed Intercourse 100 mg Clomid CD 4-8 = BFN
September 2013: New Doctor: 50 mg Clomid CD 5-9 & IUI #1 = BFN
October 2013: 50 mg Clomid CD 3-7 & IUI #2 = BFN
November 2013 to ??? = On a mental break for now.
Exactly! Temping is super easy!
CM= cervical mucus
OPK= Ovulation predictor kit
I do these and temp which combined gives you the best chance of pinpointing O.
If you don't do these or temp, FF is going to be completely useless, IMO.
Its not that I dont want to chart, I just was wondering because I put in my last period info and the monthly cal. had all this info on it.. I didnt know if it was a must. And no, I dont know what OPK or CM is. Today is my first day of looking into all of this, Im sure I will figure it out.