https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 07:28:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-charted-out#post-48129 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:53:46 +0000 TJBee 48129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@carrieknitscake: I didn't give my cycle time to regulate. I take 21 active pills and then take 1 week off before starting a new pack of active pills. I had my freakout on the day I would have started taking my new pack of active pills. If I would have continued being off BC, I wouldn't have started a new pack, but since I freaked out, I did. So I'm going to continue taking them for a few more months before I stop for good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-charted-out#post-48013 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:59:07 +0000 soyjoy222 48013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh my. I am in the same boat.<br /> Started charting my temp last month so that when I am totally off BC soon I will be in the habit. Well..that habit has now fallen by the wayside. Need to find a way to get back in the groove! it is a lot more work than I realized. I might go on Amazon and get some ovulation testing strips for my next attempt...I partly stopped charting because I am afraid of screwing it up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-charted-out#post-47524 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:58:28 +0000 carrieknitscake 47524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has your cycle regulated? Do you know your cycle length at this point? I say this because using OPKs would be good there. I found that it's much easier to pinpoint my LH surge and ovulation with those than charting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-charted-out#post-47516 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:53:18 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 47516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I understand how you feel. Charting is a lot of work. I've decided to take a break from it for a while and NTNP for a few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-charted-out#post-47501 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:41:51 +0000 MamaMoose 47501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hear you. I use an app on my phone where I record my period start dates and that was all I did when I first went off the pill. I was lucky though because my cycle regulated really quickly. So just knowing when my cycle would start I had a pretty good idea of when to use condoms to avoid. Now that we are TTC I still use the phone app and also started using OPKs. I tried to temp for about a week and it just wasn't for me. I often wake up to pee early in the morning, but how early changed from day to day and the stress of trying to take it at the same time but also before I got out of bed was just not worth it for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-charted-out#post-47486 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:35:23 +0000 TJBee 47486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I guessed I wouldn't last long and I was right!<br /> The plan was to go off BC, start charting to figure out if/when my cycle was regulated, use other protection when DTD until May when we were going to start TTC after my 30th birthday trip to Paris.<br /> I did fine charting through my period, but the day that I "would" have taken my next active pill had I still been on BC, I flipped out. The pressure just hit me like a ton of bricks. Waking up at the same time/recording correctly/using other protection/potential side effects of going off BC... it all became too much emotionally.<br /> So I'm going to take DH's advice (for once). I'm going to stay on BC until just before we leave for Paris, then stop taking it and NTNC for a bit. I'll possibly start charging after a few months if nothing happens before then.<br /> I feel I have to do it this way, if not for my own sanity, than definitely for my DH's. </p>