Do you have a pretty good grasp on what is going on in your cycle?
How did you get there?
How long did it take you to find your groove?
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It has taken years (over 6) but I finally know my body well enough to get pregnant when I pay attention.
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Well, when I was TTC for Baby #1, after 3 cycles, I had a pretty good idea of what was going on because I was very regular. But now, first cycle postpartum, and I have nooooooooo clue what's happening!!!
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@Dandelion: That is AWESOME! What did you use to figure it out?
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@HolisticMama: mostly paying attention to my cervical patterns during my cycle. Takes a long time to figure it out but once I figured out my pattern it works well.
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I think I'm starting to understand my cycle.. Which makes sense since I've been TTC for 5 cycles now
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Yes. Before I got pregnant I had a very regular 26 day cycle...it's now changed to every 28 days since AF returned PP. CM always gives away when I am ovulating. I briefly tried temping and checking cervical position when we were TTC, but those seemed confusing.
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Even though I don't like the pattern, last month I would have said I am pretty good at gauging my cycle. This month however all bets are off. I decided to try vitex be because I keep spotting starting at 8 dpo so I decided I had nothing to lose. Turns out I was wrong, I have no clue if or when I ovulated. Fertility friend is totally bewildered too, it keeps giving me cross hairs (on different days) and then taking them away.
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I am not regular but I am really good at noticing signs and symptoms so since my second cycle I've had a pretty good grasp.
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I was literally just thinking about this. I have never been on birth control and have tracked my cycles for a few years. CM is my big sign of when I'm ovulating. I think my LP is about 16 days. I have slightly irregular cycles, but that is based on when I ovulate.
I got pregnant the first try going off of just that knowledge, so I'm hoping it will work again.
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When I was TTC it took me 4-5 cycles to "get it", when I started charting and paying attention to cervical mucus and position.
Even with that it still took us 10 cycles to conceive, and another 3 to conceive our son.
Now I don't know what my body's doing, but I have an IUD, so that's pretty expected.
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my cycles are super wonky (26-100+ days), but now i still know when i O even without checking CM or position- your estrogen rises before your LH surge and it makes my face breakout really badly, then i have bloating/cramps pressure (not severe like PMS, but enough for me to notice), and then on O day my boobs are super sensitive. even when we've taken TTC breaks & i have no idea when O is going to take place because they're irregular & i'm not checking CM, i can tell when i've Oed and AF shows up 2 wks later. it's kind of awesome (as in i'm in awe of the whole process, not awesome as in i love breaking out and having weird bloating)
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Period every two weeks before getting pregnant. Now my cycles are weird again postpartum.
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I voted other because I'm new to it, but I sure HOPE to be! On the other hand, I wish I don't have to be (aka I get KU very soon)!
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I'm not regular, but after 3 years of charting, I feel like I know my cycle pretty well. It occasionally surprises me with a super long and wonky 60 day cycle, but I can usually tell that it's going to be a long one if I pay enough attention.
I've found it helpful to just assume that my cycle is wacky and be pleasantly surprised when it's not
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Not really!
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I have irregular cycles but it usually goes like: long follicular phase, very obvious ovulation signs, regular 14-day luteal phase. So even though I can't predict exactly WHEN I will ovulate, I always know when I AM ovulating and then when I can expect AF. I feel like I have a good enough handle on my cycle.
ETA: I've always been able to tell when I'm ovulating. As far as I can remember. So once I counted days after ovulation I realized it's always 14 days to AF - figured that out within the past year or so.
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@HolisticMama: HELL NO!
My cycle does what it wants, when it wants, and it doesn't give a crap if I want to get pregnant or not. My cycle runs my life, not the other way around. D***ed cycle knows not the meaning of consistency.
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I got really good pre BFP. Now post baby, I'll think I get it, and then it'll be like January and I'll get AF 3 times. YES THREE TIMES IN JANUARY. WTF. Hoping it's just getting itself back on track after the long vacation
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@Adira: YUP. Same exact. I feel like saying "Go home, cycle. You're drunk."
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@kjpugs: HAHAHA
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@kjpugs: Oh my goodness. This had me going.
I'm really enjoying everyone's insights about their cycles!
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I thought so, this is the only month I didn't bd within 2 days before or after O day as DH was sick. Also had no noticeable CM changes, but yet I think I'm bfp this month.
So as it turns out, I have no idea! -
@Mrs tartan: Well. Super awesome sperm can live 3-5 days.
Did you fall in that window?Do we get to see more test pictures soon?
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I totally understand the length of my cycle and my approximate ovulation date. But I don't really ever have symptoms of anything. I just feel normal all the time. Except for when I have random inexplicable anger but I suspect that is caused by other things....
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@HolisticMama: my stupid digital test came up with error earlier and I'm 20 miles from the pregnancy test shop so ill be there first thing tomorrow (11 hours)!
I'm so thrown about when I O this month now but I think it was 2 days before and 2 days after. -
I think so yes but my cycle and body have been different since I had my son so I'm a little less confident than I was before. We shall see how it goes.
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@Mrs tartan: SERIOUSLY?! UGH! Where is Amazon prime fly when we need it?! http://www.amazon.com/b?node=8037720011
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@HolisticMama: here we are, got my BFP at last
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@Mrs tartan: woo hoo!!! No denying that BFP!!! Congrats, Mama-to-be!!!!!
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@HolisticMama: When I clicked, I half expected the picture to be something like this:
http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/She-Ra.jpg
I was really regular pre-pregnancy without really knowing or appreciating that fact. I still haven't had working lady parts since E was born. Is it bad that I passed by a display of tampons in Target and thought, "I wish!"????
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@Espion: That picture would have been really appropriate. I'm really into the idea of women's cycles being similar to the lunar cycle. (It's the hippie in me). When was E born?
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My cycle has always, always been super regular- 26-28 days. However about 2 months ago, I had a 32 day cycle, & along with some crazy, unusual symptoms (sore breasts, cramping, etc), I was convinced I was pregnant. Not so much, although since then, things like having sore breasts for almost half of my cycle is becoming the norm! Boo!
I've started temping and charting, and that's really doing a lot for my knowledge of my cycle- I had always assumed that I was O-ing, but never had any proof. I now have a chart that has a temp rise following a little dip around CD17, so it's good to know what is going on!
If I'm not KU this cycle, I'll still be super happy just to discover more information about my luteal phase, as that's another part of my cycle I never knew about! Charting is really helping me to learn so much!
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I am the master! Ever since I figured out that hormonal birth control was not for me I've been tracking my period...so for the last seven years or so. It changed postpartum but me keeping track of my cycles helps us have babies or stay baby-free
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@holistic mama: can you add an option for 'my body likes to play mind games and keep me on my toes?' had cramps all day, resigned myself to AF turning up 9DPO, shed some tears.... Cramps gone, no AF.
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@Snowdrop: and now sore nips back, right? Your body thinks it is so funny...
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@HolisticMama: no, now I am spotting with a weird pressure feeling, I will wake up to AF tomorrow, I'm pretty sure, officially a roll over...again!
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