Hi Sloane, welcome to the world of TTCing!

It is completely up to you when you want to start temping. Fertility Friend is a great website that you can chart your temperature on and it's free (unless you become obsessed and buy the VIP membership like me ). The program is pretty smart and you can even start temping mid-cycle if need be.

The only problem you might find if you start with your first cycle is that your first cycle might not be a "regular" cycle. The only reason this can cause problems is because FF will include the temps from your first cycle when calculating averages and when it thinks you might ovulate and get AF etc... I hope you understand what I mean because I swear I'm going to confuse myself soon! Hehe.

Hmmm, maybe if you have a peek at my chart (in my signature) you'll notice that I have lots of little green squares in the "stats" row. That's because I had a miscarriage and my first cycle afterwards was longer before I ovulated again. Now FF is confused as to when I will ovulate and so has to give me all those possible "green" ovulation days. Then if you look at someone's chart that always has regular cycles, you'll probably see that they only have 2 or 3 green squares.

Anyway, I am rambling. If you would be happy for FF to possibly be a little confused then I say GO FOR IT! I hardly even loot at the stats because it's the pattern of the temps that is really important anyway. You'll be amazed how much you learn about your cycles and your body. I thoroughly enjoy temping and I hope you do too honey!

Good luck on your TTC journey!