Question about bbt charting

[Trishy74]

Thank you rainbowflower for viewing my chart. I don't have the nausea yet like I did with my son so quickly so that is def throwing me off. I am very sensitive to hormonal changes. I suffer with bad migraines when my levels fluctuate. I was under the impression I ovulated Sunday into Monday bc Sunday night I had a terrible migraine where my meds didn't even work. I had to double up on them that night. I figured that's prob when the progesterone levels went up and estrogen lowered. I think I'm more sensitive to changes in my progesterone levels than estrogen. I'm def being thrown for a loop here on the chart where I have that huge dip after ovulstion. I read on ff website that the open circles on my chart could be from different time taking temp or sleep deprivation and I know a couple if those days I had broken sleep where I woke and couldn't get back to sleep right away and was tossing and turning. Not sure how much that affects the chart. I'm just hoping my temps stay high. I'm feeling a slight migraine coming on so hoping my progesterone levels aren't dropping. I think I only get the migraine when they go high and not lower. Again, thanks for your help. I'm shocked if I ovulated on Saturday instead of Sunday night like I assumed but I know in the past I've ovulated earlier at times. Rare but it does happen.

I think your OV date is pretty certain based on your chart, and FF has no doubts...
it is actually possible to get preg symptoms at 5dpo - that is the earliest an egg can implant and if you are particularly sensitive to hormone changes the tiny amount of hcg produced might be enough to cause a few small ones...but most "early pregnancy symptoms" are actually just caused by increase in progesterone caused after OV - such as bloating, nausea, etc.

I think the chart looks promising

[atomic sagebrush]

why are circles open???

[atomic sagebrush]

It sounds promising Trishy74. I also think 5 DPO can't produce preg symptoms, just progesterone symptoms. I had a cycle last year that I could promise I was pregnant, had nausea from 2 DPO, enough to make me run to the bathroom, but ended up not being preg at all! I wouldn't read too much into it until 10 DPO. I tried to open your chart but it opens my own FF chart, are you sure that's the right link? Find the share option under the chart and they will provide you with the right link. Good luck!

I agree - one time between DS 2 and DS 3 I had two consecutive months where I felt very very pg (sore BBs, nausea, sensitive to smells, and hot flashes) but we weren't trying and I wasn't pg. I also had "morning sickness" to the point of throwing up, when I began the BCP many moons ago so I know that at least for me, some of those things are hormonal in nature.

[Trishy74]

According to ff website if circles are open it's an indicator that either sleep deprived was checked off or I temped at a different time. I know there were a few nights that I got poor sleep bc I woke during the night and couldn't get bAck to sleep right away so I may have had like 2 hours of solid sleep before temping. I find the week of ovulation I have difficulty either getting to sleep or if my son or dog wakes me during the night I end up staying awake for a while before I can get relaxed to fall asleep. I have OCD and it gets crazy during o week. Lol. However although sleep deprived I did have at least 2 to 3 hours of solid sleep before temping. I find on the weekends I tend to sleep a little later than work days but only maybe an hour if I'm lucky. So that's why there are open circles on my chart.

why are circles open???

[rainbowflower]

it could go either way, and I hope it goes BFP-way for you!

why are circles open???

can be from taking the temp at a different time to normal, alcohol-related, or other factor that might affect temp. Generally it means it's a more ambiguous temp and the solid dots are the most accurate

[atomic sagebrush]

I personally don't believe that people get pregnancy symptoms before they get pos pg tests. There's all kinds of stuff you can read online about people so sure they had symptoms this day or that day but recent studies have shown that women can only accurately pinpoint their date of ovulation using temps and O symptoms about 30% of the time. What I think is that we may be more likely to get pg in months where we have a lot of hormones going on, this makes us more likely to have hormonal symptoms, and then when we fall pg in those months, we remember them vs. all the other months we may have had symptoms but weren't TTC and watching with eagle eyes for anything going on LOL

[atomic sagebrush]

it could go either way, and I hope it goes BFP-way for you!


can be from taking the temp at a different time to normal, alcohol-related, or other factor that might affect temp. Generally it means it's a more ambiguous temp and the solid dots are the most accurate

Thanks for the explanation. of course I do know that already, I was asking why in this particular case her dots were open and whether she had a good level of confidence in those temps. I was typing while breastfeeding and so was trying to be concise. I had started on the first page reading posts and had not yet made it to the second page where she explains.

[aidansmum]

Your chart looks very straight forward to me, I would go with the FF interpretation, it looks pretty accurate. And your temps are staying on the high level, which is great! Very promising chart, I am crossing my fingers you get your BFP! Keep us updated!

[atomic sagebrush]

trishy looked again at chart, now if we start to see temps go up, up, up, then v good sign for poss. pg

[Trishy74]

Thanks for viewing again Atomic! Yesterday my temp dropped a bit which made me nervous but this morning I temped a little earlier (like 20 minutes) and it seemed to be higher than yesterday. However, I woke today with a REALLY bad UTI. I had one 2 weeks ago when I ovulated and finished the RX but today it is back with a vengeance! I'm actually thinking I may have a kidney infection b/c I had bad burning pains in my lower back last week and never related it to the UTI. I'm going to a urogoligst today. I was told like a year ago my bladder wasn't fully emptying 2x and went to a urologist and they said all was ok but I have a feeling I'm def having issues with the bladder not emptying in general and then the UTI and now it being like 1,000 times worse. Do you think something like that would raise my temp? I was kind of nervous about that but it's not like I have a fever. I know a normal temp for me is somewhere in the 97's. Thanks again for looking at my chart again. REALLY appreciate it. I'm hoping for a BFP this month but after all the meds I'm going to need to take for the last UTI and the current one, I get nervous. However, I am making dr's aware that am ttc. Also, was thinking of taking cranberry as a preventative for UTI. I belive you are against taking it in 2ww, correct? Is it really so bad to take it at this time? AF should be arriving this weekend or Monday. I purchased Nature's bounty Cranberry (fruit 4200 mg) plus vitamin C . Not sure if this brand is ok or not but I was really looking to take it b/c of the UTI and hoping to prevent them in the future. I'm waiting for my gyno to call me as well b/c I had hormone levels tested on day 21 this month and prolactin levels checked also considering that was a problem for me before conceiving my son. I was planning on asking him about the cranberry too. Also, I raised my folic acid intake to 2mg from 1 mg per day as I was worried about birth defects. I know I read it on here that it's okay to do. Do you recommend I still do that since I am 39 years old? I thought b/c of my age maybe it would help.

Thanks again for ALL of your help. Let's keep our fingers crossed that my temps keep rising and not bc of my UTI!

trishy looked again at chart, now if we start to see temps go up, up, up, then v good sign for poss. pg