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Mdgirl
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October 31, 2012 at 3:05 pmHi all

This is my first cycle charting. Can someone take a look at my graph and tell me what they think? The monitor still shows all my days as white.

Thanks so much! Meredith

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October 31, 2012 at 3:08 pmWith a 48 day cycle average, it's still going to be a while until the monitor begins looking for your oral 'cue peak' trend. With an average cycle length of 48 days, ovulation would occur around CD 33-34 (in a perfect world that is). Does your cycle length ever vary much from that?

Sarah - OvaCue Specialist

Mdgirl
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October 31, 2012 at 3:15 pmIt has been all over the place, honestly. I chose 48 days as my best guess but it's been shorter and longer. Should I be just depending on the monitor to pick up the cues or should I be doing something else as well?

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November 1, 2012 at 6:02 amMdgirl with the unknown of your cycle, I would rely on the data of the monitor and NOT The colors. Low v reading means more fertile, high v readings mean less fertile. If that v reading dips BD. The oral cue may be missed if you O early because as Sarah said the monitor will not even look for a cue peak until a set time. Be aware of the data. We all can help you interpret the data and not the colors. Sarah is wonderful to help with data interpretation too! Welcome to the board.

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Christ-Lee (BBT-a-Nator)

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November 1, 2012 at 6:03 amSarah your v readings are textbook perfect, I think you are very fertile LOL.

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Christ-Lee (BBT-a-Nator)

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November 1, 2012 at 8:23 amMdgirl - How much shorter/longer can your cycles run? We'll want to take your shortest cycle and use that to know when to begin looking for the trends in your oral/vaginal readings so we don't miss it!

cmiclat - Haha, thanks. I'm not currently TTC, and I bet the second I decide to, my cycle will all the sudden become irregular. . . that just seems to be how life goes, doesn't it?!

Sarah - OvaCue Specialist

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November 1, 2012 at 8:30 amSarah,

haha you can say that AGAIN!!!

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Christ-Lee (BBT-a-Nator)

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November 1, 2012 at 11:30 am:)

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purplespirit79
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November 1, 2012 at 3:17 pmHow do I post my chart here?

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November 1, 2012 at 3:40 pmI can access your chart. . . and everything looks just fine. However, it looks like you input your cycle length in the OvaCue as 4 days? (or at least that's what OvaGraph shows). What is your average cycle length?

Sarah - OvaCue Specialist

purplespirit79
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November 1, 2012 at 3:46 pmMy average cycle is 26 days!

Mdgirl
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November 1, 2012 at 3:54 pmHi everyone,

Thanks for the welcome and all the information! I really appreciate it!

My shortest cycle runs about 35 days. The longest has been probably more than 90 days, but I recently started taking fertilaid and that has really started to shorten my cycle. Today my v reading is lower, which is good, right? Moving towards being more fertile?

Thanks for all of your help with learning this! Meredith

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November 1, 2012 at 3:57 pmSO my Vaginal reading rose way up from super low to over 300 today what does that mean?

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November 1, 2012 at 4:11 pmAlso I just checked the ovacue and there's a purple box is this a good thing. There was a pink box on Tues saying ovulation confirmed and today Thursday it says ovulation confirmed again but with a purple box so a little confused.

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November 2, 2012 at 9:41 amPurpleSpirit79 - The purple pox was populated because you had a vaginal dip on CD 12, followed by another vaginal rise. However, in this case, I would recommend you disregard the purple box because your vaginal dip on CD 12 didn't drop nearly as low as it was on CD 10. After ovulation, we expect to see relatively elevated vaginal readings, so at this point, things are definitely looking like ovulation was successful on CD 11.

Mdgirl - With your shortest cycle running about 35 days, it would be too early to start looking for trends in your vaginal readings. However, it could be that FertilAid has started shortening your cycle even more. So, let's play it on the safe side. You did have an oral 'cue peak' trend on CD 5, 6, and 7 (this is the absoulte earliest I would look in your case), and then we're seeing a downward trend in your vaginal readings. As ovulation is approaching, we expect to see declining vaginal readings as estrogen is surging. Then once ovulation occurs, we'll see a vaginal rise followed by continued elevatated vaginal readings. So, since your vaginal readings are on the decline, I'd go ahead and consider yourself in your most fertile iwindow now and keep an eye for that vaginal rise. Feel free to keep me posted and we can continue to interpret!

Sarah - OvaCue Specialist

Mdgirl
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November 4, 2012 at 3:31 pmThank you for all the advise. My vaginal reading is very low today and I've been having some pain (possibly ovulation pain?) yesterday and today. If I see the vaginal reading increase tomorrow then that will have confirmed ovulation, correct?

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November 5, 2012 at 10:20 amHello Mdgirl! Yes, a rise in your vaginal readings is a good indication that you have switched from estrogen dominance to progesterone dominance and that ovulation has occurred. I would recommend continuing to take vaginal readings after that, as we will want to see your vaginal readings remain elevated after the initial rise to confirm that ovulation occurred successfuly. Hope this helps and keep us posted!

Suzanne - OvaCue Specialist

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Mdgirl
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November 7, 2012 at 5:12 pmCan you take a look and let me know what you think now?

Thank you!

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November 8, 2012 at 8:57 amHi Mdgirl - Thanks for your post. You had a very clear vaginal rise on CD 15 and so far your vaginal readings have remained elevated which is a great sign! Of course, we'll want to continue to monitor those vaginal readings and if they do dip low again, you'll want to go ahead and continue to consider yourself fertile.

Sarah - OvaCue Specialist

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