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Oh, yes, we know the OPK's

want2bmoms — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:24:52 -0700

Oh, yes, we know the OPK's well... never been so obsessed with peeing on things im my life!!!

Charting. . .

Brwn.Skn — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:54 -0700

I've been charting for only one cycle this go around. . and my chart also looks like a view of the mountains. . .crazy! My temperature is so low in the morning that it sometimes doesn't hit the chart. . .as in 95.7 and what not. . .weird. . .I was just telling my "pregnancy buddy" today that I'm soooo tired of peeing on a stick with only one faint line and one dark line showing up. . .but I know that I have a rather long cycle so it's all about patience. . .

Have you tried the OPK's? It helps past the time and helps when the thermometer somehow falls between the bed and the nightstand!

I'm all about support! So, anytime!

thank you!!! unfortunately

want2bmoms — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:14:16 -0700

thank you!!! unfortunately I'm on the indigent care program our state offers becuase I don't have pricate health insurance... and they don't do fertility "stuff" as far as i can tell. I have only been chart for about 2.5 months and it seams like every time I get ready to ovulate, I end up fallng asleep between the alarm and the thermometer getting to my mouth, I have just known that I ovulated in prior months because my chart showed a clear bi-phasic pattern (strictly before 97.2 before then strictly above 97.2 after) This month, no second phase and my chart looks like the view of the mountains I enjoy every day.
I know it's a normal thing, I'm just being a paranoid freak.
Thank you for the support!

Wow. . .

Brwn.Skn — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:02:25 -0700

First of all. . .deep breaths! An anovulatory month is a normal thing. . .sometimes one ovary doesn't feel up to popping out an egg and hence you skip a month of ovulation. . .two things you can do. . .(and probably more, but these are the recommendations I get). . .have the doctor complete an ultrasound of your ovaries. . .make sure there aren't any cysts or other things getting in the way of that egg getting out. . .second. . .plan around the fact that you may skip every other month as far as ovulation goes. . .meaning. . .if your left ovary just isn't doing the job the right one will every other month so plan your insemination around that "other month". . .

Also. . how long have you been charting?? If it's been 3 to 5 months. . and you have ovualated every other month. . I would do the ultrasound thing first. . .

Keep on charting! Best of Wishes and Babydust!!

hmmm...

want2bmoms — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:22:28 -0700

According to my chart, this is an anovulatory month (iow, i didn't pop an egg out) WHY???? I don't understand why I wouldn't ovulate this month? WTF???
I know it's fairly normal, sometimes your boyd just "skips" a month, but why??? what do I need to do to FIX IT?