Ovulation?

kalkrech
Since 8/2020kalkrech
Since 8/2020

October 8, 2020 at 6:09 pmHello! I’m on my second month of charting, and my first cycle was the first one I’ve had off the pill (HBC for 9 years). My first chart seemed really straight-forward but this one has been confusing, and my thermometer ended up breaking for a few days so I couldn’t take my temp (on the days they weren’t charted). I had strange bleeding post-period and then it seems like my temp dropped after that. The OPK strips were positive at the same time this month as last month and I’ve had little/no CF since going off the pill. I’m not sure if I’m taking my temp too early (I take it when my husband gets up around 5:30am and then I get up closer to 7am) or if my hormones will take a while since I’ve been off the pill only a couple months. Any insights are greatly appreciated!

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ChartingwithAn…
Since 8/2019ChartingwithAndrea
Since 8/2019

October 9, 2020 at 9:46 amHi, welcome!

5:30 am is not too early to take your temp. If you wake up at that time, even if only breifly, it would be better to take your temp then than at 7 am when you alarm goes off.

When coming off of hormonal birth control, it can take months for your body to regulate or find it's 'normal' and that will be different for each person.

It is also possible that your new therometer is calibrated just slightly differently than the other thermometer. Making that change mid-cycle can make it a little harder to see a clear thermal shift. It is also possible that you ovulated a little later this cycle. With 4 missing temps, it's just harder to say for sure.

The chart detects possible ovulation on CD 16, but it doesn't meet all the requirements to populate an ovulation day for sure.

Is there a day you feel like ovulation likely happened?

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kalkrech
Since 8/2020kalkrech
Since 8/2020

October 9, 2020 at 3:04 pmThanks Andrea! I didnt really have any other signs of ovulation this month. I don’t know if I’m really “in tune” with my body yet since going off the hormones. Do you recommend to keep using OPKs this cycle? Or is there a chance I didn’t actually ovulate? Thanks.

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ChartingWithWh…
Since 4/2013ChartingWithWhitney
Since 4/2013

October 12, 2020 at 8:53 amIf you're not sure if you've ovulated yet, it doesn't hurt to continue with OPKs. Like Andrea mentioned, it's tough to know how each person may see their cycles for a bit after disconinuing a hormonal BC. Personally, I like to have as much data and info when I'm tracking, but you'll want to do what is most helpful for you.

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