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I never discussed it with my Dr though I doubt she would care

I mentioned it to both my former OBGYN and my RE and neither one of them cared.

When I showed it to an OBGYN she didn't care, but my RE actually looked them over and said it was obvious I'd been ovulating with a regular cycle. Idk that many providers really care that much about them, but don't let their opinion stop you from charting. I continued it while even doing our IUI.

My midwife (who I started seeing before I was pregnant but while I was trying, as a regular gyn visit) didn't look at the charts (I didn't specifically offer them either). She just said I should continue if I wanted to, but her advice was "Have a lot of sex". If I'd been trying for a long time, she may have cared more? I saw her after only a month and change of trying, when I was due for my annual.

Both of the doctors I've seem have shrugged at my charts. The new doctor was confused when I showed him FF charts because he is a catholic gp who specilized in NFP. All they chart is CM & disregarded the temps. I like temping because of the lack of CM it gives me a better idea of when I O.

My RE isn't a fan and thinks it can add a lot of stress (which it did for me). He thinks there's usually too much human error for it to be reliable.

Well considering my LMP was June 15 for a baby I knew was conceived around August 28... I brought my chart and they didn't do more than glance at it, not believe me, do an ultrasound and then freak out "Your baby is measuring very small for how far along you should be."
Why yes, I know. Hence the chart. The EDD based on my chart was a day off from the one based on the ultrasound.

I know my RE didn't take the time to look at them, but the knowledge I gained from charting prior to my first RE appointment helped me feel empowered. I could tell her confidently about my cycles, and if she needed more information I had it. I say do what you feel is right, don't worry about the doctor's opinion.

@Sugar.Biscuit: did your doc specialize in the Creighton model? That's what we use, but I also temp as well. I picked my doc specifically because of this issue...I wanted someone who valued charts! He spent a few minutes with them, put a copy in his chart, and told me to keep going. After a few docs who didn't get it, its nice to have someone who values it.

A doctor actually recommended charting to me as the "quickest way to get pregnant" when we started trying (his words, I know this is not true for a lot of people). This was NOT my OBGYN though, but DH's uncle who's a specialized surgeon experienced with endometriosis (what I'd been dealing with at the time). So that's how I started temping! I never told my OBGYN about it, but I was pretty proud of myself when baby measured exactly where I knew he'd be at our 1st u/s!

I didn't really chart but used opks and knew the exact day (Thursday, 2 days late) that I ovulated. I told the OB and she insisted on going by my LMP. Well DD always measured two days "small" & I delivered 40 weeks to the day going by when I ovulated! So there! Lol

My former OB in Chicago couldn't have cared less about my charts, even when determining the due date for my son. Which was crazy b.c my cycles were between 30-45 days. So it really mattered when determining his due date and figuring out if he was measuring correctly. I finally just ended up telling her I had the date of my LMP wrong and adjusting it so it was 14 days before ovulation.

My doctor now is a bit more, how do I say... collaborative(?) in his approach so I think he'd be all about looking at them if I wanted him to.

We got to go to clomid a few months earlier because CBEFM showed I hadn't been ovulating and then blood tests backed it up. Not exactly charting but my midwife was willing to look at my data and make a decision. Come to find out the CBEFM doesn't work for me, the month I had bloodwork done it said I ovulated and I didn't....

I brought my printed out charts to my appointment with my gyn and showed them to her. I basically had to explain to her what she was looking at, she had no clue, and she was very dismissive.

When I first met with my RE, I mentioned that I charted and he asked to see my charts! I was caught off-guard because I didn't bother bringing them after the way my gyn reacted, so I pulled them up on the FF app on my phone, haha. He oohed and aahed over them and called them textbook, even held my phone up to explain the pattern to my DH.

But then he said I could stop charting because I had pretty regular cycles. He said that people used to believe that you could tell the strength of an ovulation based on charting temps, but that studies have shown there is no correlation (other than that a temp rise proves ovulation to some extent) so he said once you see that pattern, you can stop. I probably won't stop though, I like data.

My RE didn't care to see them, but did ask what they showed and if there was a distinct temp rise. When I looked through my records I saw that they actually have a section asking about charts, so I guess they care a little bit.