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Started charting, pregnant first cycle but miscarried, then got pregnant again on my second cycle of charting post mc! It's definitely soooooo eye opening and educational!!

Everyone's charting journey is different. I've been charting for 5 cycles now and still am not pregnant. But it definitely is so eye opening and helps you predict pregnancy and periods and ovulation. I would certainly recommend it.

I've been charting for 8 months with no luck, but I do recommend it - it can show you patterns that can identify possible issues (annovulation, short LP, late ovulation, etc)

I charted and used opks for 5 months before a BFP. It was very informative but it also made me obsessive about temps and definitely found myself over analyzing my chart. I highly recommend it though as it definitely teaches you alot about your body. The only top I have is to not be a stickler on the time you temp. Obviously if you can take it at the same time each day that would be best but if you happen to sleep in or wake up early taking that temp is ok too. I rarely took mine at the same time each day, I just made sure I took it after a solid 3 hours of sleep and I was always able to see a clear temp shift to confirm ovulation.

I charted for a few months after coming off BCP and before we started TTC. I got pregnant on our second cycle of TTC.

In terms of tips, I found that charting cervical position along with CM and temp was super helpful. It took awhile to know what I was feeling, but once I got the hang of it it was incredibly helpful with predicting and confirming ovulation.

Best of luck to you - charting is awesome!

I got pregnant on my 2nd month charting.

I was charting before we were married or even thinking about TTC so I already was pretty aware of my cycles and had charting pretty much down when we started trying. I got pregnant the first cycle, MC'd, took a cycle off, got pregnant the next cycle, MC'd, took 2 cycles off for testing and medication adjusting and got pregnant the following cycle with our sticky baby. So technically the charting was successful each time. I ovulate late and irregularly too so I highly doubt we would have been able to conceive as easily without charting.

2nd cycle... used Fertility Friend and OPKs

I got pregnant 6th month of charting (also 6th month of TTC). Charting helped me realize I wasn't producing very much EWCM, so I ended up using pre-seed during cycle 6 (BFP cycle).

Charted and got BFP cycle 1. I had been charting for periods though, before ttc... so i had the hang of it already.

Why were you on clomid, and were your clomid cycles monitored -- as in, did the doctor check to see whether your follicles were growing and how many there were?

I charted for 10 months, some while on fertility treatment, some not. We ended up going with injectable medication + IUI (and I charted during that cycle, too, to make sure I didn't ovulate before the IUI). We did three clomid cycles (unmonitored), one unmonitored femara cycle and three monitored femara cycles (didn't respond well to it), a natural cycle IUI based on a positive OPK, then went back to clomid for a cycle before we brought out the "big guns" of injectables + IUI.

Charting is a great tool, but if you have another issue that's preventing you from getting pregnant (IE, you don't ovulate on your own or you have undiagnosed male factors), it's not really going to help. If your issue is timing or you just want to take a break from meds (which I totally understand, btw), it's definitely worthwhile. I took cycle-long breaks from treatment, but always charted and took OPKs on those months just in case. And several times we were able to catch my O -- it just didn't help us!