I found charting really interesting too. I always thought my periods were irregular, but when I got off the pill I started charting right away even though it was a few months before we were wanting to TTC and I found out I'm pretty much Miss Average!
I don't know if it would've taken longer to get pg if I hadn't've charted, but certainly I found out more about fertility (ie when to BD, etc) in order to chart my cycle, and that helped a great deal. All the best and hope you get that BFP soon.