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Re: Chart Stalk & Questions Thread | Week of 8/14
question- when checking CM to document, do you go fishing for it or do you only notice/record it its there ehen you wipe? Asking bc last few months other than ovulation I seem to not be able to tell unless I go looking.
You also may not have CM aside from O. I usually have watery CM leading up to O, and then EWCM around/during O, and that's usually it. I don't tend to get creamy or sticky CM that often, or enough of it that it's noticeable and I can mark it on my chart.
As long as you can identify your fertile CM lead up to and during O, and that you dry up or there's a point of change shortly after it's present -- you should be fine.
If you want to try and increase your CM, though, make sure you're drinking plenty of water. Antihistamines/allergy meds can dry you out. And I think someone at one point was taking cough syrup/guaifenesine to try and thin/increase their CM, and I remember seeing them say it seemed to work.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
DSS born 01/2016
TTC since 01/2017
Letrozole + TI = BFP 01/30/2018 | EDD 10/11/2018
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@MrsMiller8588 No... the CH's look good if your coverline is 97.3 (looks like a typical biphasic temp shift). I did try playing with your coverline a bit (making it 97.5). I guess with the spotting it is more confusing. If you don't get full flow soon, I'd check with your doc.... with that temp drop on 11 DPO and it staying down, it almost made me wonder if your spotting was some sort of breakthrough bleeding or something. I think only a full flow or bloodwork would tell for sure if you properly ovulated.
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
Few questions. Is there a specific time "window" that will give you a closed circle as opposed to an open one? Like, 15 minutes earlier/later than your first temp, half hour, hour?
Also, I already posted this in WTO but it's kinda hilarious, and I'm really curious. I dropped my CBAD holder this morning, it bounced on the sink and landed in the toilet!! So crazy. Anyway, I had saved the one from the other box and used that one, thinking I would get an empty circle, but I got a solid smiley (I got my first flashing smiley yesterday.) Can I trust the solid smiley since it's a different holder?
@thisnthat314 I go looking for it. I don't usually get a ton when I wipe, and I had an IUD for years, so it doesn't really bother me to go up there.
@MrsMiller8588 and @mileswithmyles I'm a newb, so I'm not much help to you, but good luck!!
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
@sandbar517 I get up at 5:45 for work and when I temped at 6:25 on Sunday, it gave me an open circle. I was up at 5:00 on CD 16 and it gave me an open circle.
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
@doxiemoxie212 That's so weird. On my computer screen it's definitely showing my own chart.
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
The link you pasted is the same link I'd have to my own chart, so it just shows my chart. LOL omg, I was freaking out.
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
DD: 07/19/18
EDD: 06/22/22
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
@sandbar517 if you mark sleep deprived it will give an open circle even if it is in your time window. This happened to me last cycle and I was really confused at first. I took my temp 10mins earlier, but got an open circle, when I took away the "sleep deprived" it was solid.
TTC#1 10/2016
TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each.
BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021
planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks,
some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
So I think the theory is the higher the estrogen in the dip the better
If you didn't fill a tampon or a pad - it's spotting.
I'm sure we've all hoped the start of our period was actually some late IB.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
any personal experiences?
@kbamomma33. You mentioned that green tea and lots of water helped with cm production. I feel like I already drink a ton of water, but the past several cycles I haven't had much in terms of watery/ewcm. I tried drinking 1 cup of green tea per day, but didn't notice a change. How much do you drink?