does my plan make sense

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Registered: 08-14-2008
does my plan make sense
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Thu, 05-14-2009 - 7:00am

So ... my R.E. thinks temping and charting for me really isn't necessary and may just cause unnecessary anxiety, etc. I ovulate every month regularly ... its been as early as CD12 and only as late as CD16 but is normally right in the middle. I'm sure he figures since I know I'm going to ovulate then and cover the fertile period, the temping and charting really isn't necessary.

The reason I like to do it is mainly to pinpoint exact O (and I use OPKs). I get AF at 14DPO every time without fail. So I like to know that.

I'm thinking this month that after O is confirmed maybe I should just stop temping altogether and wait to see what happens. I know "just relax" is all a bunch of crap, but what if just maybe I can eliminate the anxiety, overanalyzing each temp, dip, etc. The only "con" I can think of is that if it ends in a BFP I'll never know what my BFP chart looked like. DH says at that point "who cares."

We've done all our testing, everything seems to be fine, I ovulate regularly, its just unexplained. I am on my second cycle of Clomid, and we are scheduled for IUI after 3 cycles of Clomid, if nothing.

At this point I'll try anything!




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Registered: 05-11-2009
Thu, 05-14-2009 - 12:55pm

My DH suggested the same thing to me - Just stop temping after we confirm OV -

I just can't do it! I've tried, but I need to see that temp drop (I have a consistent 14 day LP) and perhaps I cause unneeded stress, but I enjoy worrying - it gives me something to do!

Try it - it can't hurt, and we always here all those stories about women who "just stop trying" and wind up pregnant - maybe because they are no longer stressed.

Maybe our bodies go into survival mode when we are stressed-out and think that we don't have a stable environment to bring a baby into - Sounds primal, but who knows-

Good luck - I'm praying for all the hopeful mommies-to-be!

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