a strange cycle

[spiceoflife]

Hi, I'm wondering if someone can help me make sense of a few things

I came off Implanon in June 09 after not tolerating it well at all. As a result, I had a pretty severe hormone imbalance. I have been seeing a naturopathic doctor since July 09, and while it has taken a long time, the herbs and homeopathics have greatly reduced my symptoms

I started charting my cycle back then as well, and bbts show that I have been very fortunate to have ovulated every cycle. Sometimes a slow rise, sometimes a short LP, sometimes (more recently) early ovulation. I used to be a 27-28 day cycle. Now I've been averaging 26 days, lp = 12days.

It was the early ovulation that caught me out in January. We ended up with a chemical pregnancy We aren't ttc until April, but heck, it was a bit of unexpected excitement.

The next cycle (Feb 10) showed the best chart I've ever had - absolute textbook - so pretty I thought for sure I could come off all treatments next cycle (March 10). My naturopath agreed, and we also decided that I would do a 30 day gentle liver cleanse this month, just to rid my body of all the excess hormones and other toxins that might be leftover from all the adjustments. I'm 10 days into the cleanse now, and CD15.

Well, my temps have been all over the place! Extreme highs (e.g. 36.68) and lows (e.g. 35.75 - I have NEVER gone below 36.1!) in the folly phase, and a couple of times my thermometer cleared the temp before I got to read it. The point is I cannot make any sense of my chart

Also, I had some slippery CM around CD10 but then really nothing much the last 3 days, in fact I would call it dry. I even tested my saliva this morning - nothing that looked close to a fern.

I guess my questions are: could my body still be adjusting from the chem pregnancy? Could it be adjusting to the liver cleanse? Could ovulation be delayed because of student stress (assignment deadline)? Could I have O'd early and be getting low-ish temps in the lp, meaning my hormones are still out of whack?

Any ideas/suggestions are welcome. I guess only time will tell - AF knows all

[spiceoflife]

Sorry, looks like I stumped us all!

I'm not too worried, still tracking bbt - need a couple of more higher temps to confirm a possible O on Thursday.

Anyway, thanks to those who checked out my post. I've been charting for more than 9 months and love it, so I'd be happy to answer others' questions if I can.

See you around BB!

[Yarrawin]

How did you go spiceoflife or am I too early?

I'm guessing its possible you could still be settling down from the chemical pregnancy. I don't really know much about what that is, but I had a miscarriage back in September, so coming up for 7 months ago and I'm still not back to my 100% normal self. My cycles have been super long since then - last month was 47 days or something rediculous, but then I'm pretty sure I've oved this month in the last day or two and I'm cd16 with a usual lp of 14 days. No idea whats going on with my body, but I was like clockwork before my mc so I'm guessing it's something to do with that.