I'm still pretty new to the forum (as a registered member anyway), but my husband and I have recently decided to TTC our first baby so I thought I'd start a journal to keep track of things.

As a little background, my name is Carrie and I am 23 years old (turning 24 on May 25). My husband, Chris, is 27 and we have been married for 2 1/2 years. I've been wanting to try for a baby for about a year now and my husband has just recently decided he is ready too so here we are.

Right now I am checking my BBT every morning and I have started taking some prenatals (just OTC for now). I am currently on day 17 of my current cycle, but I haven't ovulated yet. I find it kind of odd because due to my chart I've probably been fertile for a few days, but my temp is not going up. If someone could tell me how to post it here so others could it that woud be great.

Other than that, any advice is welcome. Thanks!

Hi! Hope your TTC journey is a fast one! Good luck and sorry I can't help with charting. I didn't chart because my doc said it was just busy work. He was a quack and I got a new one.

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Benny and Shan March 30th 2002

Hey! Wishing you a very quick TTC journey!

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Best of luck to you!!

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Welcome to BT! You can post your chart in your signature (go to User CP, Edit Signature) or just as a link in any post. Just click on the little blue globe icon right above where you type a post and put in the url to your chart.

If that doesn't make any sense, let me know, and I (or someone else) can give you more help.

As for your temps...are you temping at the same time every morning? How long are your cycles usually? If you have longer cycles, it's not uncommonn to ovulate later. I typically had 31-33 day cycles (on avg) and wouldn't O until day 17-20 of my cycle. So I would certainly be having fertile signs for quite a few days before I o'ed. It's definitely not unheard of.

I find charting very helpful and hope it works out well for you!

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Thanks everyone!

I figured out how to post my chart. I didn't realize I had to publish a home page.

Here is the url: Charting Home Page - FertilityFriend.com

I have been temping every day at the same time, except for 1 day when I had to temp 1 hour early, but I put that in the notes. That is the low dip you see on the chart. Today is my highest temp yet so I am hoping that I O'd yesterday.

It doesn't look like you've ovulated yet. I don't see an obvious thermal shift. Take a look at some of the charts in the chart gallery on ff...I know when I was ovulating, my temps would be about a whole degree higher once I had o'ed (they were in the 97s before ovulation and in the 98s after).

Is this your first month charting? It may take you a few months of observing your cycles to really get a feel for your body's patterns. I see you're taking note of your cervical fluid too....that will help make a decision about your O date.

As long as you have some nice fertile cervical fluid, keep doing the deed and keep your fingers crossed that you'll catch that egg when it drops!

Oh, and I don't think anybody except you can view the notes you write on ff. That might change if you're a premium member...I'm not sure. I can tell, though (by the fact that the circle isn't filled in) that the temp time was different.

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I never charted - we merely decided to start TTC and let it happen the way it wanted. I got lucky and we got preggy the first time we had sex after I went off the patch!

Good luck and I hope your journey is short too!

Well today there is a much more obvious temperature shift. I think my temperature just may rise more slowly than others because I have a low body temperature to begin with.

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Yep, more obvious today! Keeping my fingers crossed that your temps keep going up, up, up and stay there!

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