chart study

I spent some time last night studying my chart and the one from when I got pregnant with Monkey and there are some similarities (like ovulating very near the same day) and differences, too. I had a very clear temp shift last time and this one was more gradual. But, hormones change and I am still nursing. Then there's when I ovulated. It could be a two to four-day difference. Assuming the earlier day, I could have implantation any time between days 8 and 12, which would be TODAY until Wednesday. With Monkey, I took a test at day 10, the same day I had a tiny bit of spotting (almost certainly implantation bleeding) and it was negative. Two days later, I had a faint positive and the next day, i had a clear positive.
10 days post-ov THIS cycle, when I could expect to have implantation spotting, would be Monday. And I could test as early as Wednesday. It does no good to test before implantation--your body doesn't know anything is going on until then because it's all on a cellular level UNTIL that fertilized egg burrows in the uterine lining. Then the hormones start flowing and the test picks it up.
My temps are low compared to Monkey's pregnancy...97.8 to 98.0 compared to 97.9 to 98.3 with Monkey. So that's not encouraging.
If I ovulated later than I thought, I wouldn't get a positive until Friday or later. So it'll be hard to wait it out and I wouldn't expect a period until Friday the 18th, at the earliest. It's going to be a long week.
First month trying. If it takes, it'll be a miracle--but it's always a miracle.
I feel a little icky...but it's probably anxiety!! I don't have a strong feeling either way--just hope.
I also had fertile-seeming fluid today, which is WAY weird. Hormonal changes?? Who knows. With Monkey, the other reason I suspected I was pregnant was because I usually spotted in the three or so days preceding my period--and was 14 days post-ov and wasn't spotting. So that'll be another sign to look for.
Anxiety, man. Phew.

Definitely...

...post-ov now. Another quite high temp this morning. This is good news cuz even if I'm not pregnant, at leasr I can move on to a new cycle sooner!!! I'm checking this chart against the one from when I got pregnant with Andrew and so far, they're only slightly similar. I've marked when to expect implantation spotting and when I could test, just so I know. It'll still be a while before I know when I really ovulated...but if I am pregnant, depending on when I get a postivie result, I'd be able to tell better. It's still only a matter of four or five days, though, which is a pretty good estimate. I'd be due mid-January, which is just fine by me.

FINE-ally!!

Yes, it looks like I did ovulate. Probably Sunday or Monday. I took my temp this a.m. at three-something and again at six-something and it was fully two tenths of a degree higher the second time, also putting it above the cover line. It occurred to me that I have been taking it super-early in the night, the first time I wake up. So, yeah, your temp rises during the night. So...the last several temps would be sort of misleading and if I bumped them all up two-tenth like I did today...I'd have had a temp rise on Monday. I had a major dip Thursday and Friday, then Sunday I was WAY fertile (fluid-wise) so that would add up. And thankfully, we "did it" Friday and Sunday so we're in good shape.
This cycle is a booger. Then I missed a day to take my temp so that doesn't help. It was definitely really low Thursday and Friday, which is typically a dip in estrogen as ovulation approaches and before the progesterone takes over. I could've ovulated as early as Saturday, too. I thought I had fertile fluid Sunday, though, and have definitely dried up since. I still had SOME fluid post-ov, however...which is weird.
Today's was quite high, though. We'll see how the next few days pan out. My temp today was what it was when I got pregnant with Monkey so that knowledge will help. I'd love to see it stay high.
Either way, we'll know in two weeks!!

Nope, haven't ovulated yet

cuz I've still got fertile fluid today!!! It's a little frustrating--like I want to ovulate already and get on with this cycle so I can find out if I'm pregnant or not. It's dragging on. Ugh. And I'm crampy today, too. And short-tempered. Grrrr.
My temp was high today but I'm certainly not dry like I should be post-ov. Hmm.

I found it!!

My thermometer, that is. Woo-hoo!!
Still not dry so I may not have ovulated yet. I'm getting impatient!! Let's get on with this, already!!

still fertile

Yup, we're at day 22 and I seem to be having another fertile spell--trying to ovulate again, perhaps. Not "again," like I already did--I mean my body tried once earlier in this cycle and didn't quite make it so it seems to be trying again. I've gotta reach that estrongen threshhold!!
We're doing the every-other-day thing to conserve sperm--so that's fun!! :) I can't find my thermometer--really need to. That'll help a lot.
I'm feeling slightly less urgent about this--but that won't continue once I know I ovulated. If I'd have conceived today, I'd be due January 11. So it's nice that we'll be well into 2009, it would seem.
As always, time will tell!!

loooow

day 18. low temps continue so i haven't ovulated yet. good news, i suppose. life is a bit crazy but pretty normaol, all things considered...but it makes us wonder if we really want to add a baby to the mix. is it ever just the right timing??