This is a thread where anyone can feel free to request a chart stalk, second-guess FF's interpretation, or post TTC-related questions, regardless of where in your cycle you are. Sometimes FF is wrong. That's where we come in. Get your second opinion here.
Me: 30 | DH: 31 Met: August 2006 Married: July 2012 TTC #1 since June 2016
Anyone else look at their "regularity meter" in fertility friend? It's not a VIP only feature, but I never noticed it until now. It's in the app at the bottom of the calendar page once you click on the link next to cycle length. I got 88%, and always thought my cycles were irregular, so it doesn't sound too bad. I'm curious to see what everyone else is getting.
Me: 30 | DH: 31 Met: August 2006 Married: July 2012 TTC #1 since June 2016
@icecubeinthedesert I've never looked at it until now either! It shows I'm 100% regular which I think is completely wrong. Last cycle I was 22 days and this cycle I've just reached day 37.... doesn't seem like I'm regular to me.
Mine says 93% and I was definitely surprised...my cycles haven't been wildly irregular but 93% seems a bit high given that there has been some unpredictable variation. I don't know how helpful it really is.
I'm honestly more excited by the shift away from drop down menus for putting CM in! Good change, FF!
Weird ya, I havent used FF for months so I'm curious what that feature would say for me... @icecubeinthedesert Fx we can get ourselves unbenched here cos I kinda miss temping! Lol. Watching my chart unfold each month is just so cool! :D
Yeah, I noticed that a while back and think it's completely wrong. It says 90% for me... In the last three cycles, I have Od on CD21, CD31, and CD27. However, like @lulu1180 said, it's a relatively new feature and I wonder if it's still being tweaked. It also uses a year as a benchmark, so I wonder how not having a full year of data in there would affect the percentage for some people.
ETA: I forgot to mention, it may also not be looking at a full year yet. Last time I looked at it, before the last cycles data was in, it was at 92%, so it is adjusting.
FWIW, the feature doesn't seem to look at your history. Nor does it take in data until you log a CD1. My past cycles were 42 and 26 days. The feature was added some time during this an-O cycle which is still going strong at CD65. Right now, it's telling me 100%
Would any of you chart-savy ladies mind taking a look at my chart (linked in siggy?) I'm curious if anyone else thinks I may have O'd earlier than my major temp shift reflects? CM isn't much help because I just don't have very much since my mirena removal
@CandyApple2012 Based on your current chart, I would put O at CD18 due to the watery CM and the positive OPKs for the days before. You can try putting in a fake high temp tomorrow and see if it gives you CHs for that day. Obviously the only way to tell for sure is to wait and see what your temp does tomorrow.
Also, I would suggest putting either a link to your chart in your post or a screenshot for those on mobile that can't access your siggy.
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Me: 38 DH: 38 Married 6/11/16 TTC Since 6/2016 12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal 3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve 8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC 7/2018 Clomid+IUI 11/2018 Letrozole+TI 12/2018 Letrozole+IUI 2/2019 NTNP 5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
@CandyApple2012 I always use fake temps too to play around with the data and try to get a better sense of O. I'm on mobile so I can't see your chart but I trust @lulu1180 chart stalking abilities
I've been taking for granted that steady pre-O temps are a good thing. Does anyone know if that's the case? I had a few days of steady temps right after AF left last cycle as well, which was my first cycle temping. Link to chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
ETA: steady temps = steady hormones?
Me: 34 | DH: 33 Married Aug. 2013 TTC #1 Sep. 2016 ***TW***
BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF. BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
I've been taking for granted that steady pre-O temps are a good thing. Does anyone know if that's the case? I had a few days of steady temps right after AF left last cycle as well, which was my first cycle temping. Link to chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
ETA: steady temps = steady hormones?
I don't know what causes flat temps, but I have a similar phenomenon sometimes too. Once I thought it was my thermometer because it seemed to be favoring temps, but even when I switched to a new one it happened. I just chalked it up to consistent bedroom temperature and sleep patterns.
Me: late 30s | H: early 30s TTC #1 since April 2015 RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016 IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal Polyp removed May 2017 FET May 2017 - BFP! Baby boy born 2/2/18
I don't know about flat temps, but I do know that when I first started temping I didn't realize that I had to hold down the button to see the last stored temp. Instead I was just taking the temp that appeared after 188. So I had like 4 days of 97.70 from when I was too lazy to look at the temp right after taking it before I realized what I was doing!
Me: 28 | H: 29 Married: October 2014 TTC #1 March 2017 Dx: PCOS - March 2018 IUI #1: April 2018 BFN IUI #2: May 2018
@eggplantface Thanks. I think my thermometer is fine because the temps are different, but just vary by very little! @elisek haha oops!
Me: 34 | DH: 33 Married Aug. 2013 TTC #1 Sep. 2016 ***TW***
BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF. BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
@starla-2, I don't think there's anything known about steady temps as they relate to hormone levels. But I have noticed that my temps tend to steady out in the few days before ovulation, particularly when I just came off BCP and started temping and had a lot of erratic temps at the beginning of my cycle. Nite that I've been off BCP for about 16 months, I'm setting a trend of more overall steady temperatures, but I'm not sure how much of that is more experienced temping and what is regulation of hormones.
Me: 30 | DH: 31 Met: August 2006 Married: July 2012 TTC #1 since June 2016
I'm new to this and still learning. FF says I started my ovulation window yesterday and I should ovulate on Wednesday. Any advice or thoughts?? Thanks ladies
@aalauren FF is guessing about your fertile window based on either past cycles or average user data, if you haven't charted a cycle in it yet. You'll know when you're entering your actual FW when you get fertile CM and positive OPKs. Sadly, temping only helps confirm O after-the-fact, but can't help you predict it.
Me: late 30s | H: early 30s TTC #1 since April 2015 RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016 IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal Polyp removed May 2017 FET May 2017 - BFP! Baby boy born 2/2/18
Thanks! I've heard that temperature can drop before ovulating, but the friends I've talked to have different opinions on that. I've been using Ovia for months, and just started using FF a month ago. We will see I guess!
@aalauren if you know previous cycle data, like start dates and O days, you can back-enter them into FF to give it a better idea of how to more accurately predict your cycle.
Charting related but not exactly about my chart... When doing OPK's ... I've ready 10am is good, but by then I'm half way through my day at work. What times of days do you ladies usually test? Tips/tricks for me? TIA
Me: 29 DH: 33 Married April 1st 2017 DS #1: May 2009 DS #2: Jan 2012
Charting related but not exactly about my chart... When doing OPK's ... I've ready 10am is good, but by then I'm half way through my day at work. What times of days do you ladies usually test? Tips/tricks for me? TIA
It depends on the brand of OPK and your own surge patterns, which is a fun, vague answer, I know!
LH typically surges in the afternoon, so testing around 2-3pm is recommended on a Wondfo with a 4-hour hold. The CBAD is also testing for estrogen, which usually surges overnight, so FMU is recommended with that one, probably so you don't waste tests. If you're using a CBAD, I suggest supplementing with Wondfos for afternoon/evening tests.
I started using Wondfos when I saw fertile CM, testing at first just in the late afternoon until I got my first positive. Then I tested in the morning, after work, and just before bed (so three times a day) so I'd when it stopped. Some women have a short surge of only 12 hours, or even less; mine lasted about 48 hours. Women with shorter surges probably test morning too, which can't hurt.
Me: late 30s | H: early 30s TTC #1 since April 2015 RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016 IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal Polyp removed May 2017 FET May 2017 - BFP! Baby boy born 2/2/18
@aliw220 I have longer surges so I test with FMU using wondfos... sometimes if I'm curious or feeling like peeing on all things I'll test morning and evening. Otherwise I think @eggplantface has you covered.
*TW*
TTC 1/2012 Diagnosed : unexplained infertility 6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015 TTC #3 5/2016 Restarted Fertility tx IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
@smokinangel When do you usually O and what are your post-O temps usually like? I can see why FF has the CHs dotted, your thermal shift is not significant and really only 1 temp is higher than your pre-O temps. But some shifts are very slight, so if you have a chart history that will help.
Thanks @TravelingCouple I usually O CD 18 or so, but have been prescribed supplements to try to bring it earlier. Usually get a better shift than that, which is why I was curious. Rarely get a +OPK, so my CH are often dotted. Wondering if the new supplements are helping or if they totally messed up my cycle...
@smokinangel in that case I'm inclined to agree with FF for now. What supplements are you taking, out of curiosity? If your temps skyrocket from here it could even be CD 27, but it's hard to tell with no +OPK lining up and such a slight thermal shift.
@TravelingCouple makes sense. The waiting game is killer. She put me on myoinositol, vitamin b complex, and coQ10, in addition to prenatal, fish oil, etc. said the B vitamins and antioxidants support timely ovulation. Would be funny if it delayed it...
@smokinangel I purposely took vitamin B6 this cycle with the intention of delaying O. It worked for me (though it doesn't for all women) and I O'd 4-5 days late, and 2 days after I stopped taking the B6. Perhaps that is what has/is happening to you?
Ok all, I need a chart stalk. I know I ovulated but I want your opinions on when! In all of the cycles that I've tracked and have confirmed ovulation without a doubt, I have O'd on CD10 all but one cycle (which was CD12, 3 cycles off BCP, first cycle temping). I wasn't checking CM and CP because I was kind of taking it easy since I had the MRI scheduled right before O and I was waiting on those results. I also didn't take an OPK on CD10 because I was drinking a lot of water and felt like my urine might be too diluted. The past 2 cycles that I've used OPKs I only got one day of positives though, one cycle I O'd on the day of the +OPK, the next cycle it was the day after. (sorry for the novel)
@lulu1180 I think CD9 is likely, but you can't rule out CD11. Either way your timing is great!
Me: 34 | DH: 33 Married Aug. 2013 TTC #1 Sep. 2016 ***TW***
BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF. BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
Hey ladies, would love a good chart stalking. I pretty consistently O the same day I have a +OPK (obviously you're normal until you're not). Based on +OPK and the amount of EWCM and past history I feel pretty confident that I O'd CD19 (see chart below). Not matter what false temps I put in though FF has my O'ing at CD21. Any thoughts? I've included an overlay of my last two cycles as well. I generally have a slow rise. TIA!
@lulu1180 I agree with FF, and that you had a fallback rise. But @starla! is right, your timing is great either way!
@kariann323 I would say O is either CD19 or 20... maybe 21, did you have any CM that day? Because you discarded those key temps, FF is probably not going to ever give you CH for 19 or 20.
@lulu1180 I agree with starla I think CD9 with a fall back rise but CD11 could be possible too.
@kariann323 I think hartmich nailed it on the head... with those discarded temps right before O its making FF mad... I think you have an argument for CD19 or 20
*TW*
TTC 1/2012 Diagnosed : unexplained infertility 6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015 TTC #3 5/2016 Restarted Fertility tx IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
Re: Weekly chart stalk/questions week of 3/20
Me: 30 | DH: 31
Met: August 2006
Married: July 2012
TTC #1 since June 2016
***TW***
BFP: 7/12/16 | MC: 9/12/16
BFP: 1/18/17 | MMC: 2/13/17
BFP: 10/7/17 | EDD: 6/21/17
MTHFR: homozygous A1298C
I'm honestly more excited by the shift away from drop down menus for putting CM in! Good change, FF!
Mine is at 92%, mostly I'm guessing because of my super short an-O cycles because other than that, they've all been between 24-28 days
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
ETA: I forgot to mention, it may also not be looking at a full year yet. Last time I looked at it, before the last cycles data was in, it was at 92%, so it is adjusting.
Thank you!
ETA link: https://fertilityfriend.com/home/5712bc
High School Teacher * Reluctant Floridian * Steelers Fan
Family info in Spoiler
DS 11/2017
MMC 10/2019 @ 12 weeks
Planning to try for our rainbow 01/2020
Also, I would suggest putting either a link to your chart in your post or a screenshot for those on mobile that can't access your siggy.
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
High School Teacher * Reluctant Floridian * Steelers Fan
Family info in Spoiler
DS 11/2017
MMC 10/2019 @ 12 weeks
Planning to try for our rainbow 01/2020
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
p.s. - there is no other satisfaction like seeing CHs on a chart these days. It's the little things, I guess, lol
High School Teacher * Reluctant Floridian * Steelers Fan
Family info in Spoiler
DS 11/2017
MMC 10/2019 @ 12 weeks
Planning to try for our rainbow 01/2020
Link to chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
ETA: steady temps = steady hormones?
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
TTC #1 since April 2015
RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
Me: 28 | H: 29
Married: October 2014
TTC #1 March 2017
Dx: PCOS - March 2018
IUI #1: April 2018 BFN
IUI #2: May 2018
@elisek haha oops!
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
Me: 30 | DH: 31
Met: August 2006
Married: July 2012
TTC #1 since June 2016
***TW***
BFP: 7/12/16 | MC: 9/12/16
BFP: 1/18/17 | MMC: 2/13/17
BFP: 10/7/17 | EDD: 6/21/17
MTHFR: homozygous A1298C
TTC #1 since April 2015
RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
When doing OPK's ... I've ready 10am is good, but by then I'm half way through my day at work. What times of days do you ladies usually test? Tips/tricks for me?
TIA
Married April 1st 2017
DS #1: May 2009
DS #2: Jan 2012
LH typically surges in the afternoon, so testing around 2-3pm is recommended on a Wondfo with a 4-hour hold. The CBAD is also testing for estrogen, which usually surges overnight, so FMU is recommended with that one, probably so you don't waste tests. If you're using a CBAD, I suggest supplementing with Wondfos for afternoon/evening tests.
I started using Wondfos when I saw fertile CM, testing at first just in the late afternoon until I got my first positive. Then I tested in the morning, after work, and just before bed (so three times a day) so I'd when it stopped. Some women have a short surge of only 12 hours, or even less; mine lasted about 48 hours. Women with shorter surges probably test morning too, which can't hurt.
TTC #1 since April 2015
RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
should I believe the crosshairs? Sorry for giant image - mobile bumping at work!
I usually O CD 18 or so, but have been prescribed supplements to try to bring it earlier. Usually get a better shift than that, which is why I was curious. Rarely get a +OPK, so my CH are often dotted. Wondering if the new supplements are helping or if they totally messed up my cycle...
She put me on myoinositol, vitamin b complex, and coQ10, in addition to prenatal, fish oil, etc. said the B vitamins and antioxidants support timely ovulation. Would be funny if it delayed it...
So what do you ladies think??
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
Dating: 2/2007 Married: 4/2011
TTC #1: 9/2016
*TW*
BFP #2: 3/9/2017 - CP: 3/10/2017
08/2017: DH's SA = normal
08/2017: Low progesterone (4.6) all other BW normal
11/2017: HSG Clear; Pelvic Ultrasound Normal; and AMH, FSH, and Estradiol normal
12/2017: 1,000mg Metformin
12/2017: 50mg Clomid + TI = BFN
01/2018: 100mg Clomid + TI = BFN
01/2018: RE Consult
03/2018: 5mg Letrozole + 50 units Gonal-F + 500 μg Ovidrel + IUI = BFP #3: 4/1/2018 - CP: 4/4/2018
04/2018: 5mg Letrozole + Gonal-F + Ovidrel + IUI = BFP #4: 5/2/18
@kariann323 I would say O is either CD19 or 20... maybe 21, did you have any CM that day? Because you discarded those key temps, FF is probably not going to ever give you CH for 19 or 20.
@KariAnn323 I would say that O was CD20 due to the EWCM. If you have any EWCM today then I might say today would be O.
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
@kariann323 I think hartmich nailed it on the head... with those discarded temps right before O its making FF mad... I think you have an argument for CD19 or 20
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17