Any Chart Savvy can help me here?

[Mejane]

Hi

Just wanting a second opinion on my charting, as partner and I DTD and I am a little 'omg' in the censored version for a public forum...as I am not in a posistion to be pregnant right now! I am in the middle of dental work (root canal), and on medications that would not be ideal for a pregnancy!!! So you can imagine how I am feeling-oh s** not now!!!

I was sure I made it past the 'danger moment' but now the question is 'did I'???

This is my chart recording- starting first day of period.

July

13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 23
25 26 27 28 29 30


I generally have 30 day cycles- to pin point the about ovulation day can be done as a simple maths sum - 30-14 = 16 (30 day cycle - 14 day leuteal phase = about day 16)
but I also have shorter ones of 28/29 as well- it just varies from cycle to cycle.

Now- I recorded these observations

23rd- Big blob sticky goop -
24th- pain in right side-
26th - mid pain - thin clear CM
27th - thick cloudy CM ................this is where I was thinking it was all d & d for the month! but.........
28th I wiped loooooonnnng stretchy cm and wasn't real sure because I had already had pains...
29th DTD

Got on the computer and looked and just went - @#$%&^*......... If I did infact ovulate on day 16 this month-the 28th -could I still have been fertile on the 29th or would I have missed by a hair!???

thanks ladies

M.J

[Mejane]

oh yeah.........if I will be having one of my short cycles this month I will have missed by a long shot, which will explain the earlier pains earlier in the week. Can you see the confusion I am meaning?

I hate having irregular cycles!!

[Just Me]

It is not really known for how long after ovulation you are fertile - some people think for up to a week. Did you only DTD on the 29th or on other days? If you did DTD before the 29th, it is possible for sperm to look like fertile CM. Fertile CM is usually completely clear, like egg whites (crack open an egg and have a look if you're not sure and stretch it between your fingers). If the globe that stretched all stuck together, it may have only been sperm and you may have already ovulated. Judging just on your observations, I would be guessing ovulation on CD14 - the 26th. I could be wrong though.

The only way to know for absolute certain that you ovulated is to temp. It is possible to get all the other signs of ovulation but unless your temp rises ovulation can't be confirmed. The other observations are only secondary and temping is the most accurate and reliable.

Sorry my answer is not entirely clear. I am not exactly sure what you were asking ...

[Mejane]

Thanks for your reply

We only DTD on the 29th none before. The CM on the 28th was clear stretchy egg white, - which made me think 'whats going on here'? I was sure I was done for this month going on all other symptoms.

cheers

Mejane

[kiwimummy]

The only way to know for absolute certain that you ovulated is to temp. It is possible to get all the other signs of ovulation but unless your temp rises ovulation can't be confirmed. The other observations are only secondary and temping is the most accurate and reliable.

Yup, this is really the only way to be sure. If I was charting to avoid, I'd wait until temp increase and then 24 hrs before DTD. I don't think CM is reliable at all. I've had cycles where the egg white CM came and went for days, and I kept thinking I'd ov'ed but hadn't. The cycle we conceived DD I ov'ed on about day 18 I think, and we would've totally missed the chance if I hadn't been checking temps.

If you ov'ed on day 16, which sounds possible given your usual cycle length and symptoms, yes, you could've been fertile on the day after. If you are really concerned about the possibility of pregnancy, you're still within the window for the emergency contraceptive if that is something you would consider. You have up to 72hrs after DTD.

[Mejane]

Ok thanks so much.

I guess in the end it would come down to the fact that I am 40 years old and don't have any children? hmmmmmm....I can't answer that one!

[Just Me]

Ok thanks so much.

I guess in the end it would come down to the fact that I am 40 years old and don't have any children? hmmmmmm....I can't answer that one!

[Mejane]

thank you for the hug. Cheered me up.

I think I will be having a 'normal' 28 days this month, as I have had some of the mid twinges that I get that means I am a week or so out from A.F, which means ov more than likely occurred earlier in the week so missed by a long shot.

I can remember when I was 16 and had my first period, I complained to my mum for weeks about this 'stitch' like pain right in the middle above the bladder- of course she knew what was going on and wasn't at all surprised when I rang her at work one morning crying my eyes out because 'there is no room in my life for periods!!' - that was the end of my swimming career because I couldn't cope with wearing tampons! lol!

Just the last 2 nights though I have had the mother of all headaches and thought I might have been getting a cold, but I am ok today- so Im not stressing now and the headaches might go away!

cheers

MJ