hey there lozza,

i had it w/o and found it to be AOK.

I now have VIP as this TTC thing is turning out to be yet again a long journey so decided to upgrade.

when you lose VIP you lose the fertility monitor, early pregnancy signs estimator and the ability to search for charts that resemble yours. (you can still do chart searches, but they are not based on a selection of 'signs' that you have inputted).

my advice would be to try without first and see how you go and see if you miss it. i also waited until FF had a good deal on membership and took it up then.

HTH