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I think you need to do what works for you and your DH! If you want to try a more NTNP approach for a while there is nothing saying you can't try temping or charting again in the future. Obviously no advice on getting pregnant, but good luck!

For me, committing to having sex EOD for the entire month would be more stressful than pinpointing which 3 days are the ideal window and just hitting that. But if it works for you, do what makes you feel relaxed and in control, by all means!

I dont have regular cycles so i have to chart to predict AF. not knowing that would make me extremely stressed. That said, i have cut down to charting cm only now. It's just as accurate, free and less faff.

I tried this one month...and my body decided to be totally cruel - my period came almost 2 weeks late and I had no idea when I had ovulated, so I was going crazy! But only you know if you really can TTC every other day, and if you'll be able to ditch charting without still wondering about when you're ovulating.

I know lots of people who got pregnant just by regularly having sex, so I think your plan is a good one! I was way too lazy and disorganized to chart, but like peeing on things so I only did OPKs. Even now when we're not trying I still do it just for funsies.

When I was ttc, I would plug cycle day 1 into fertility friend and see when they said I would be fertile. I did check my cervix during that window but I did nothing else the rest of my cycle. I had long cycles so after a few months of figuring it out it worked.

@simplyfelicity: Yeah, you're definitely right about that! We hadn't hit every other day, so that would make it different. I'm sure your DH would be down for giving it a try

I have been charting for the past 2.5 years and I always find it helpful to have an estimate of when my fertile week is, and when my period is due. Usually I will take an opk to confirm if those days are correct. However, I am temping right now and I hate it! It's way too stressful and I'm analyzing every single thing, I'm thinking that after my doctor's appointment next month I will go back to just charting without temping.

At the very least I'd have to use OPK b/c we cannot BD EOD the whole freaking month! Plus my cycles were getting longer after BCP so that made BD EOD even harder! I was only interested in charting for FF to confirm that I O'd. When I got a BFP, I wasn't even charting at the end b/c I was away & I figured what's done is done anyway!

If it's getting to be way too much, definitely ease off the charting and just try to BD more often!

@simplyfelicity: Definitely! I think my friends that get KU and I know for a fact that they weren't trying, was probably b/c they BD a lot

I have been pregnant twice. The first time, we were on clomid, but I did not chart and we just BD EOD and now we have a happy, healthy 2 year old. The second time, we were not on clomid and we BD EOD and were pregnant for 9 weeks, then I had a miscarriage. We have been TTC ever since (August) and I've been on clomid for some cycles and charted all of the cycles and nothing. So, this cycle, I stopped charting. We'll see if that does the trick!

@simplyfelicity: We're taking that approach with #2! With LO, I was obsessed with temping and charting and it was just so stressful. I wanted to have a much more relaxed approach with #2. We'll see if it works

I'm not actively TTC right now, but I have ditched charting! For me is serves no purpose since I don't ovulate on my own anyways!! I used to temp though.

I"m glad I charted in the beginning. I learned a lot about cycles in general, and my how my own body operates. For someone new to TTC with a regular sleep schedule, I would recommend it. It can help you learn a lot about your cycle.

But it did start to get stressful, mainly during the TWW. I would start the day feeling so anxious to look at that number and try to determine what it meant. Then I would find myself wishing it was bedtime already so I could wake up the next day and see my temp. It felt like a crystal ball that could give me clues about being pregnant.

So when I laid my charts out for my RE (who really didn't care), and she said it was clear I was ovulating and I could retire the thermometer, I did just that!