Where is O?

[black&gold]

LacePrincess - You're from Ontario!? Me too!! Very cool!

Do we have to chart of temps and do OPK'S? I was just planning on taking an OPK and BD right around the almost positive/positive OPK.. that's not enough to trust that I'm going to ovulate? My cycles have been regular recently (they were a little wonky as I stopped BFing my son 6 months ago) but the last 3-4 months they've been either 28 or 29 days. Will a +OPK be enough to go by? No i'm worried I should have been charting temps. Totally jumped on the sway wagon way late!

[The Anchor]

I was never any good at charting, but my cycles have always been pretty regular (except when I'm trying to conceive, apparently!). I would say do 2 or 3 OPKs a day until you get a positive. That lets you know you will O in the next 12 - 36 hours.

[LacePrincess]

Cool, MsBlakely! *waves* Seems like there are so many Aussie and UK ladies here it's nice to meet someone close to home!

And no, of course you don't have to chart. Especially not if it stresses you out or you have erratic sleep patterns. It's just another monitoring method, and especially for boy moms we tend to be obsessive anyways so charting just gives us something to feel like we're in control.

You can give it a try if you like, don't worry about it if you find you don't like it. OPK's are more than fine. The only thing with OPK's is that it doesn't confirm O as only a temp shift after O can confirm, but you can also chart CM/CP and that can also give you a good idea of O.

Charting is a very useful diagnosis tool and completely free (except for the thermometer), so I certainly encourage people to chart as you can read a lot of information in a chart (like hormone and cycle imbalances, signs and symptoms of estrogen or progesterone issues).

[atomic sagebrush]

okay thanks for some reason aspirin scares me blood disorder's run in my family and my mom has a bleeding dissorder. also when I had my boy's right after they were born they had to put shots in my legs to help stop some of my bleeding. I don't have a bleeding dissorder but the spirin scares me so I probably won't take it unless I can take it for a short amount of time unless it's not gonna do anything and be pointless.

You should not be taking aspirin anyway, nor should you take cranberry.

[atomic sagebrush]

LacePrincess - You're from Ontario!? Me too!! Very cool!

Do we have to chart of temps and do OPK'S? I was just planning on taking an OPK and BD right around the almost positive/positive OPK.. that's not enough to trust that I'm going to ovulate? My cycles have been regular recently (they were a little wonky as I stopped BFing my son 6 months ago) but the last 3-4 months they've been either 28 or 29 days. Will a +OPK be enough to go by? No i'm worried I should have been charting temps. Totally jumped on the sway wagon way late!

No, not at all and in fact for some pink swayers, it's better not to chart because all the numbers and charting can be like starting a new project, meaning it may raise T levels to do it.

[wannagirl21]

You should not be taking aspirin anyway, nor should you take cranberry.

ya I decided not to take those.